iNDEX03 is the third DiN compilation album and includes two tracks each from the titles DiN21 - 29. The artists include Robert Rich, Ian Boddy, Tetsu Inoue, Radio Massacre International, Surface 10, Parallel Worlds, Hoffmann-Hoock/Wöstheinrich & ARC.
As with the previous two DiN compilation albums, iNDEX01 (DiN10) and iNDEX02 (DiN20), DiN label boss Ian Boddy has mixed and cross-faded the 18 pieces into a continuous ambient mix that not only showcases the albums on the disc but presents an exciting and varied album in it's own right. It also highlights the varied and intruiging music that the DiN label conjures up on it's releases from deep analogue synth grooves through glitchy, digital soundscapes to powerful, epic ambient atmospheres. An intoxicating mix of the old and new beautifully presented in a slimline cardboard wallet with an extra front flap which just adds to the value and collectability of this disc.
iNDEX03 wil sell for the budget price of $10 from the DiN web site and as such is a wonderful introduction to the music of the DiN catalogue.
Tracks :
01) B2 Gigacosm - Surface 10 - Surface Tensions DiN24
02) Foundry - Ian Boddy - Elemental DiN25
03) Geode - Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - DiN21
04) Particular Moments - Tetsu Inoue - Yolo - DiN22
05) Conundrum - Hoffmann-Hoock & Wöstheinrich - Conundrum DiN27
06) Slow Hand - Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - React DiN29
07) The First Cry . . . - Radio Massacre International - Septentrional DiN23
08) Rapture - ARC - Fracture DiN28
09) Beneath Fear - Parallel Worlds - Obsessive Surrealism DiN26
10) Veiled - Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - React DiN29
11) Trident - Radio Massacre International - Septentrional DiN23
12) Distracted - Parallel Worlds - Obsessive Surrealism DiN26
13) Dawn/Bleep/Dusk - Surface 10 - Surface Tensions DiN24
14) Tane - Tetsu Inoue - Yolo DiN22
15) Lithosphere - Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - Lithosphere DiN21
16) Phased Realities - Hoffmann-Hoock & Wöstheinrich - Conundrum DiN27
17) Fracture - ARC - Fracture DiN28
18) Elemental - Ian Boddy - Elemental DiN25
Total running time : 73:54
Ian Boddy Concerts Autumn 2008
Ian Boddy & Bernhard Wöstheinrich @ Bochum Planetarium, Bochum, Germany on Saturday 27th September.
The concert is promoted by the German Schallwende electronic music club and there are details at www.csaconnect.com/schallwen.de/HTML/Termine.htm#aktuell
Ian Boddy will be performing both a solo slot and as part of Mark Shreeve's Redshift at the Hampshire Jam VII, The Final Encore @ Liphook Millenium Hall, Hampshire on Saturday 15th November.
Ian Boddy will be performing at DundeE-Live on 18th October 2008. This is the 25th Anniversary Concert for the very first UK Electronica held in 1983 at which Boddy also played. As such this is a unique one-off event in the history of UK electronic music. Full details @ www.dundee-live.com
React is the third collaboration between American ambient pioneer Robert Rich and DiN label boss Ian Boddy. However, unlike their previous two studio outings on the DiN label, Outpost (2001) and Lithosphere (2005), this is a record of their first ever live performance at the Star’s End Radio Show 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert in Philadelphia in June 2007.
The duo forge a fascinating sonic collaboration that allows for glimpses of each other’s musical personalities to be seen within the evolving musical landscape. Boddy is mainly responsible for the rhythmic content which he mutates and morphs from the sonic input of Rich’s MOTM modular system. There are references to a couple of tracks from Outpost (Ice Fields and The Edge of Nowhere) and the title track of Lithosphere but they’re presented in a more energised and dynamic version. Meanwhile Rich paints a tapestry of sound with muted keyboards, flutes and his trademark gliss lap steel guitar voicing.
The music ebbs and flows from abstract soundscapes through gentle reveries to up tempo sections that combine thunderous analogue bass and glitchy percussion overlain with a mesmerising mix of keyboards, flutes and gliss guitar. A truly unique concert performance by two of the most accomplished musicians in modern ambient electronica.
DiNDDL04 - Syntax by Dub Atomica
Now available as an exclusive download from MusicZeit
Dub Atomica are a collaboration between Ian Boddy, DiN label boss, and beats-master Nigel Mullaney. Their workouts are expansive, both in length & breadth. Dubwise vibes provide the cohesive thread through which you pass icy moodiness, minimalist futurist ethnicity, lilting hip hop, and mutating, phased ambience. Their original release on DiN, Autonomic ( DiN4 ) released in 1999 is now sold out. The duo always intended a follow up to this very well recieved album but various work commitments always seemed to conspire against this. However Mullaney did appear with Boddy & Markus Reuter on stage for the performance that was released as Triptych ( DiN9 ) in 2001. Following this the duo also performed their one and only concert as Dub Atomica at The Buddle Arts Centre in the North-East of England on December 1st 2001. The launch of the DiN sub-label DDL now sees a perfect opportunity to release this as an album that can be downloaded in full, lossless FLAC audio with full res artwork from the DiN download store @ http://www. downloadplatform.com/din
React is the third collaboration between American ambient pioneer Robert Rich and DiN label boss Ian Boddy. However, unlike their previous two studio outings on the DiN label, Outpost (2001) and Lithosphere (2005), this is a record of their first ever live performance at the Star’s End Radio Show 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert in Philadelphia in June 2007.
The duo forge a fascinating sonic collaboration that allows for glimpses of each other’s musical personalities to be seen within the evolving musical landscape. Boddy is mainly responsible for the rhythmic content which he mutates and morphs from the sonic input of Rich’s MOTM modular system. There are references to a couple of tracks from Outpost (Ice Fields and The Edge of Nowhere) and the title track of Lithosphere but they’re presented in a more energised and dynamic version. Meanwhile Rich paints a tapestry of sound with muted keyboards, flutes and his trademark gliss lap steel guitar voicing.
The music ebbs and flows from abstract soundscapes through gentle reveries to up tempo sections that combine thunderous analogue bass and glitchy percussion overlain with a mesmerising mix of keyboards, flutes and gliss guitar. A truly unique concert performance by two of the most accomplished musicians in modern ambient electronica.
Between 2000 and 2006 Ian Boddy performed three shows at the Gatherings concert series in Philadelphia, USA. After these evening performances Boddy then transferred his gear to play in the early hours on the Star's End radio show. Hosted by Chuck van Zyl this ambient music show has been broadcasting for over 30 years.
Boddy utilised this oppurtunity to play sets of music of a darker, more experimental nature. Unreleased until now these three performances are the inaugral releases on the new DiN download label, DDL.
DiNDDL01 - Ian Boddy - The Final Question
Star's End performance 7th May 2000. The Final Question starts with a computer voice reading text from an amazing section of The New Atlantis by Sir Francis Bacon that, whilst published in 1627 seems to foretell of the astonishing things that can be achieved in a modern day recording environment. Following this are some really ethereal spacey atmospheres interspersed with the gentler, calmer Earthbound. The set is finished off with an awesome string/choral orchestration based around The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives.
DiNDDL02 - Ian Boddy - Three Dreams
Star's End performance 21st March 2004.
Three Dreams starts with the track Trapped in Black that alternates very dark, spooky atmospheres with heavenly choirs. Referencing sound elements from the DiN releases Box of Secrets, Caged, Outpost & Aurora it is actually a live version of a piece Boddy was commissioned to score for the Maltese artist Norbert Francis Attard. Summer Lawn Daze features the sounds of summer in your typical British garden but transmuted into a strange surreal world half-way between sleep & consciousness.
The last track The Final Breath is a tapestry of deep space atmospheres that forms the initial gestation of what was later to be crafted into the epic piece Rapture that concludes the latest ARC album, Fracture.
DiNDDL03 - Ian Boddy - The Mechanics of a Thought Star's End performance 1st October 2006.
The Mechanics of a Thought is a more upbeat performance than the previous two Star's End shows. This may have had something to do with the fact that a small invited audience was present in the new studio at the station and supplied Boddy with pizza and some nice Belgium beer before hand!
After an initially dark, spacey intro Out There storms into a thrilling Moog sequencer trip. In Here has a lower key rhythmic section overlaid with some looped Fender Rhodes playing and sounds like a lost track from Elemental. The final, long title track is a slow meandering atmosphere using state of the art digital synth manipulations in an organic, highly textured soundscape.
All 3 albums are available exclusively from the DiN download store @ http://www.downloadplatform.com/din/ They are available in 256kbps MP3 or lossless FLAC formats and have full hi-res downloadable artwork.
The music is available in DRM free high quality MP3 (256kbps) or lossless FLAC files together with hi-quality printable artwork. The majority of Ian Boddy's non-DiN releases, other DiN artists and many more musicians and labels can be found at this excellent new site. Please go to http://www.musiczeit.com
