Ian Boddy

A linked suite of seven pieces comprising pulsing analogue percussion layers, warm soundscapes, sweet melodies and Boddy's unique glissando keyboard sound, this is the debut collaboration between DiN label boss Ian Boddy & Greek electronic musician Bakis Sirros (aka Parallel Worlds).

Released as a limited edition of 1000 copies and presented in a beautifully designed digi-pack, Pearl is a career-spanning two cd compilation of the music of revered electronic musician Ian Boddy.

Since the release of his first album on the cassette label Mirage in 1980, Ian Boddy has gone on to issue 23 solo and 24 collaborative albums.

Mixed into a continuous stream of music, Pearl provides a fascinating way to experience the career of an original and pioneering musician.

The music of Parallel Worlds is a combination of dreamy, atmospheric textures and pure analogue electronic rhythms and sequences, combining the feel of 70's electronic music with modern electronica and ambient music. Steady, organic rhythmic structures are overlaid with deceptively simple melodies that remind one of some lost John Carpenter soundtrack.

The music of Parallel Worlds is a combination of dreamy, atmospheric textures and pure analogue electronic rhythms and sequences, combining the feel of 70's electronic music with modern electronica and ambient music. Steady, organic rhythmic structures are overlaid with deceptively simple melodies that remind one of some lost John Carpenter soundtrack.

Dean De Benedictis, aka Surface 10, is a Southern California based composer. He melds his interests in a variety of musical styles and concepts ranging from experimental electronica to ambient, IDM (intelligent dance music) to progressive jazz, and beyond, in order to produce a very distinctive sound.

Radio Massacre International ( RMI ) comprises Steve Dinsdale (keyboards, electronics, drums), Duncan Goddard (keyboards, electronics, bass) and Gary Houghton (guitar, keyboards). This is their first album on the DiN label and sees label boss Ian Boddy remixing their long, free-form improvisations into a DiN friendly format.

Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve once again combine forces for their fourth outing as the duo ARC. Arcturus is a recording from one of their rare live performances at the Hampshire Jam III festival in October 2004.

"Blaze" is the third CD release by ARC and their second CD on the DiN label. The duo is comprised of DiN founder Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve and the pair are joined on the album by guest musician Carl Brooker who plays drums on four of the discs eight tracks.

Art of Sacrifice slots nicely into the DiN pantheon whilst retaining it's own individual character. Lush, ambient textures are overtaken by frenetic, complex sequencers. Trance like percussive sections give way to surrealistic, dream-like passages.

The concert ARC (Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve) played in St.Mary's Church, Philadelphia showcasing their style of retro analogue synths & sequencers.

Norwegian ambient artist Erik Wollo in collaboration with DiN / Centrozoon stalwart Bernhard Wostheinrich. A beautiful, atmospheric album inspired by the early arctic explorers.

Ian Boddy and Markus Reuter’s most challenging studio collaboration to date.

Dervish pushes beyond the usual comfort zones of electronic and ambient music. You may have heard Boddy and Reuter before but you’ve never heard them like this. Also featuring King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto.

Slide is the studio album follow-up to Elemental (DiN25) and is the sixteenth full solo CD release by DiN label boss Ian Boddy.

Two of the founding fathers of the UK Electronic Music (Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve) scene recording together as ARC create a heady mix of retro style sequencing, quirky melodics and deep space ambience.

React is the third collaboration between American ambient pioneer Robert Rich and DiN label boss Ian Boddy and is a record of their June 2007 performance at the Star’s End Radio Show 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert in Philadelphia.

Elemental is Ian Boddy's new studio album. He has run the DiN label since 1999 and having worked with a diverse stable of musicians he has distilled their influences to startling effect in what is his most rhythmic, melodic and structured set of compostions for quite some time.

"Outpost" is the first collaboration between British synthesist Ian Boddy and American recording artist Robert Rich. Together, Rich and Boddy have concocted a mysterious blend of fluid electronic rhythms and impressionistic 50's Sci-Fi soundscapes.

"Lithosphere" is the second collaborative release between DiN label boss Ian Boddy & American ambient pioneer Robert Rich. "Lithosphere" has an earthy, organic quality that is centered around Rich's signature lap steel guitar voicings and deep bass machinations of his analogue MOTM modular system.

Chiasmata was recorded during Boddy's concert at the planetarium of the National Space Centre, Leicester, UK on 1st November 2003. Boddy has, in the past, often used concert appearances as a testing ground for material that would then see a full studio re-working before release. Indeed this was the original intention with this concert but on listening to the tapes in the post-concert calm of his studio it became apparent that this material had really worked well in the concert environment. There was passion and delicacy in equal measure and a sonic construction to the semi-improvised set that would be next to impossible to recreate in the hard, cold glare of the studio spot-lights.

Whilst the familiar sonic territory of Boddy's love of analogue synthesis is well represented on "Aurora" he has further extended his tonal palette by embracing cutting edge software synthesis. This is particularly evident on Vox Lumina, conceived entirely in software using Metasynth and Pluggo to create strange, microtonal vocal rhythms. With "Aurora" Boddy has once again proved that his music continues to evolve with an album that combines his analogue heritage with 21st century sonic explorations.

Featuring a continuous mix of music especially compiled by DiN founder Ian Boddy, this is the second DiN sampler album and is a successor to the disc included with the June 2001 issue of The Wire.

A low-price introduction containing 78 minutes of atmospheric and pulsing Electronica from the likes of Markus Reuter and Ian Boddy, the CD is presented in a beautifully designed cardboard wallet.

Blast contains four epic soundscapes that are ambient in intent but with unusual sequencer under-scores. Mixed by Ian Boddy this album should appeal to anyone who liked Distant Rituals.

DiN label founder Ian Boddy formed a new creative partnership with with Centrozoon's Bernhard Wöstheinrich to create a blend of ethereal ambient textures counter-balanced by solid rhythmic structures.

Arguably the UK’s leading independent electronic music maestro Ian Boddy has teamed up once again with German touch guitarist, Markus Reuter to create a stunning new album called Pure.
Although Boddy and Reuter have collaborated in concert (at Jodrell Bank in 1999 and the E-Live Festival in Eindhoven 2000), Pure represents their second proper studio outing since their impressive 1999 debut, Distant Rituals.

Boddy, Reuter and Mullaney offer a seamless blend of improvisation and composition in this latest disc taken from their appearance at the E-Live 2000 Festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Markus Reuter is a member of the eclectic Europa String Choir and Centrozoon. Playing 8 string touch guitar Reuter bends notes and blends tones with Ian Boddy's sublime atmospherics. Watch the goose bumps rise as dense dark cloudscapes give way to luminous bliss in this fascinating collaboration.