Mind Games – Alan Bolton x hau5trap

Alan Bolton is an Irish mixed media digital artist living in Tenerife, Spain. A multidisciplinary creator, Bolton’s work is not defined by one form of media and includes photography, videography, graphic design, 3D art, augmented reality, digital collage and more. His works are imaginative with a surrealist, abstract feel and a practice is centered around experimentation and evolution. 

“I’m inspired heavily by music, spirituality, technology, and nature. Each one of my pieces is special to me and I like to give a back story to each piece and what went through my mind in creating the artwork.”

A great deal of Bolton’s part work consists of social media content for brands and music artists with past clients including renowned musicians such as Tiësto, Deadmau5, Jay Robinson, and Example.

A multi-genre platform extensively serving as an authoritative voice for dance music heavyweights such as Skrillex, Feed Me, Chris Lake, REZZ, Getter, i_o, ATTLAS, and more, deadmau5’s prolific mau5trap label boasts home to some of electronic music’s most impressive creatives. Now looking to continue his never-ending endeavor of championing trailblazing and genre-defying talent, deadmau5 debuts a brand new label venture. Announcing hau5trap: a multifaceted home for global electronic pioneers within the house music space. Welcoming back familiar members of the mau5trap horde while simultaneously introducing fresh faces alike, hau5trap is positioned to make itself one of dance music’s most unique labels to date.

Regarded as one of electronic music’s first-class homes for technically proficient producers with a strong emphasis on sound design, mau5trap has set an industry gold standard since its inception. Priding themselves on artist discovery through compilation series like We Are Friends, remixes, live artist showcases and beyond, mau5trap constantly strives to break artists into the scene and build alongside them as they grow into their artistic best. Over the course of its wide spanning career, mau5trap catapulted a multitude of up-and-coming artists into household names, from first-ever label signee ATTLAS, to REZZ, to i_o and beyond. Now looking to expand its horizons into the groove driven, textural, melody focused space is hau5trap, a new premier collective for the who’s who of who’s next in all things house.