Short snippet of the opening track 'Enigmagic' from the remastered version of 'Symbiont', in collaboration with Andy Pickford, originally released in 1995. Now up on my personal Bandcamp page along with a bonus track of a Dutch concert we performed in 1996.

Digital remaster release of Symbiont my collaborative album from 1995 with Andy Pickford including a bonus concert that we played in 1996 in The Netherlands. This album is a real melting pot of genres from electronic rock through Berlin School to trance & ambient ianboddy.bandcamp.com/album/symbiont

This should be interesting. I've had my eye on an OXI Instruments OXI One MKII sequencer for quite a while & decided to take the plunge now so I can use it at my upcoming Awakenings gig in September. I'm looking at getting a whole lot more interactive with sequencing in a live setting with this.

Great to see 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) by Bluetech sitting pretty at number 17 in this list from the ever excellent Echoes radio show. echoes.org/2026/07/06/t...

Whenever I go to another country I always like to pick up an English translation of a native author. So in Bruges I got a copy of 'Cheese', published in 1933, by Willem Elsschot which is apparently the most translated Flemish novel ever. Whimsical & humorous it's a brisk, light read.

Surface Tensions (DiN24) by Surface 10 is free to download/name your price during July @ dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/surfac... The opening track 'B2 Gigacosm' is one of my all time favourite cuts on the DiN label with a breath-taking amalgam of electronic music styles.

Next up in my A. E. van Vogt marathon is Tyranopolis (originally published in 1973 as Future Glitter). Another crazy plot about a planet ruled by an absolute dictator and a scheme by a scientist to take him down involving hiding some weird genetic code in his unborn son. Or something like that.

Excellent review from @chuckvanzyl.bsky.social for DiN Reimagined Volume 1 (DiNDDL36) www.starsend.org/DiNReimagine... "Hallucinatory & fragmentary, these impressionistic aural images are the product of a particularly astute re-interpretation & refinement of the original recordings".

It's Tot Ziens to the Netherlands & Belgium after a fantastic 2 week road trip in our little Mazda MX5. Meeting good friends, eating lovely food washed down with copious amounts of great beer. And lots of art & culture. For me first & foremost I am a European. I've always felt so at home over here.

Fascinating exhibition by the digital media artist Refik Anadol at the BRUSK gallery in Bruges. Titled Latent City this used custom AI software trained on the city’s archives which imo was visually incredible. This is someone pushing AI into the artworld in a meaningful way. BTW this was 12m high.

A lovely meander around the Groeningemuseum in Bruges with an excellent collection of Belgium & in particular Flemish paintings. And it has very nice air-conditioning which is particularly at the moment.

Hands across the border.

This week I am mostly listening to albums by artists beginning with the letter - R Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - Outpost #MusicSky @ianboddy.bsky.social Dark ambient music. Yet another stunning DiN release. But I love so much of music released on DiN that I have to keep including them in this list.

A new Dutch beer (at least for me). And very good it is too.

Trappist Westvleteren - the Special Ones.

Lunch anyone?

My next solo concert will be at the Awakenings in Rugeley on 26th September. I'll be playing a one hour set ably supported by Swansither & John Palmer. If you can't make it don't worry they also have the option for a virtual ticket. www.awakenings-em.co.uk Hope to see some of you there.

Next up on the DiN label will be 'Juxtapositions' (DiN97) which is a collaboration between myself and @scannerdot.com (Scanner). Releasing on limited edition Digipak CD on 4th September.

Next one in my A. E. van Vogt odyssey is this 1974 novel, The Man With a Thousand Names. For once this novel had an engrossing, coherent plot-line, until it didn't - the last quarter of the book going really weird and a bit all over the place.

Excellent review of 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) by Bluetech in this months @electronicsound.bsky.social. "Both cosmic and microscopic in scale, with a keen eye on melody and drama, it's a compellingly fresh take on the nostalgic tropes of the modular world".

Based on the track “Mineral Silence” from the album “Timeless Conceptions” by “Rodrigo Passannanti”. Mysterious, contemplative, and expansive with a strong undercurrent of wonder and quiet intensity.

THOUGHT RADIO™ thoughtradio.org Saturday 6:00 am EDT/GMT-4; #electronicmusic #ProgRock #NewAge on WMUH 91.7FM wmuh.org New: Bluetech; Booth & Creek EMFB: Kinetic Flow (2000) by Rudy Adrian on Groove Unlimited @wmuhfm.bsky.social @ianboddy.bsky.social

Thanks so much to all the good folk who attended last nights Listening Party for 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) by Bluetech. As ever it was a lovely crowd with lively & interesting feedback in the chat room which makes these events such a pleasure to host.

DiN Reimagined (DiNDDL36)- 5 very special mixes of the labels deep back catalogue albums completely reconstructed into 30 minute ambient soundscapes by label boss Ian Boddy which open up new possibilities from the peacefully ambient to the weird and mysterious dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/din-re...

Tonight (4th June) @ 8:00pm BST (UK). A gentle reminder of the Listening Party for the new Bluetech album where I will be joined by Evan to listen and chat about his amazing new album 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96). dinrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/petite...

Continuing my A. E. van Vogt with this novel first published in 1974. Something about secret galactic races wanting to conquer the earth and a bloke who has been killed but has his brain preserved but tbh the plot is rather muddled. And its treatment of the female characters is dubious at best.

The RMI album 'Septentrional' (DiN23) will be a free to download / name your price album throughout June. Improvised sessions by the trio reconstructed and remixed by myself back in 2006 for a rather unique album in the DiN canon. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/septen...

It might be a bit fiddly to make but mushroom risotto is certainly one of my favourite dishes to cook & eat.

Lots of folk posting about the new BoC album. They are certainly incredibly influential but I wonder how much of a musical straitjacket that is? The expectations of fans perhaps doesn’t allow them to stray too far from the original formula. For the record my favourite album is The Campfire Headphase

Listening Party set up for 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) on Thursday 4th June @ 8.00PM (UK BST). Join myself and @bluetechonline.com to listen to and chat about his wonderful new album. Hope to see some of you there. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/petite...

Another excellent review for the new Bluetech album 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) over @igloomag.bsky.social. "All in all, this is a heavily sequenced, playful, light, and textural ambient work that is also melodically evocative". igloomag.com/reviews/blue...

... Substack Article: open.substack.com/pub/trevlad/... Artists & labels: Mark Ellery Griffiths @bluetechonline.com Behind The Sky Music DiN @ianboddy.bsky.social THE GAYE DEVICE @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social Soul Jazz Records @caughtinjoy.bsky.social CIALYN @alexringess.bandcamp.com ...

Lovely review of 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) by Bluetech @moonbuilding.bsky.social. "There is so much detail in these compositions that will slowly unfurl their beauty over multiple plays. Which is totally true. The more you listen, the richer it gets". moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-110-...

Today is the official release day for Petite Constellations (DiN96), the fabulous new album from Bluetech. All pre-orders are being shipped. Available as both a Digipak CD on DiN & a vinyl edition on Behind the Sky. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/petite...

Excellent review on the German music portal Bonedo of the AJH Matrix VCF, Triple Cross & Chance Delay. The latter two were designed by myself in conjunction with AJH and are a mainstay of my live-rig. All three modules were awarded 5/5. www.bonedo.de/artikel/ajh-...

Bizarre alien creature spotted on our lawn.

In a change of pace my latest read has been The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Published in 2006 this Pulitzer Prize winning novel centers around a father & son journeying across a post-apocalytic landscape. At times the dialogue is spartan but this gives the novel a very intimate feel. Highly recommended

Here is the third of three videos @bluetechonline.com (Bluetech) has posted of tracks from his forthcoming album 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) to be released on 29th May on limited edition Digiapk CD on DiN & Vinyl on Behind the Sky. Aphelion Isomer www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4RP...

Here is the second of three videos @bluetechonline (Bluetech) has posted of tracks from his forthcoming album 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) to be released on 29th May on limited edition Digiapk CD on DiN & Vinyl on Behind the Sky. Chronal Anomaly www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTBh...

Here is the first of three videos @bluetechonline.com (Bluetech) has posted of tracks from his forthcoming album 'Petite Constellations' (DiN96) to be released on 29th May on limited edition Digiapk CD on DiN & Vinyl on Behind the Sky. A Study In Vapors www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQVO...

Just one week to go before the official release date of this fabulous new album by @bluetechonline.com (Bluetech). We will start shipping all pre-orders next week so with a bit of luck and a fair wind you should all have your CDs & Vinyl editions very soon. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/petite...

And it’s arrivederci to Venice. What a crazy, vibrant wonderful city. Yes there are touristy pinch points but my overall impression is of a city that encourages art, culture & above all creativity. I certainly hope to be back in the future.

And tonight we have.

Spent today meandering through the incredible spectacle of the Venice Biennale. So much art. Much of it beautiful, some of it crazy & some of it unfathomable. The final pavilion we visited was from Egypt with works by Armen Agop. This was my favourite piece. It was like seeing the intangible.

Sometimes the internal architecture of an art gallery can totally enhance the visitor experience which was certainly the case at the Punta della Godana in Venice and the fabulous Lorna Simpson exhibition which we visited today.

Beautiful day visiting the Peggy Guggenheim Gallery in Venice & seeing, amongst many other great works, three pieces by one of my favourite artists, Yves Tanguy. I’ve always been fascinated by his mysterious, other worldly paintings.

Here for the next week chilling & living the good life.

Next up in my van Vogt reading marathon is Supermind published in 1977. This is one of his fix-up works comprised of 3 earlier short stories stitched together into a single work. The first 2 seem to go together but the third seemed like a different story. But still it had Space Vampires.

Wonderful gig last night by The Utopia Strong at the Star & Shadow in Newcastle. A heady brew of psychedelia, progressive, krautrock, ambient & electronic. Steve, Kavus & Michael really have gelled as an improvisational trio.

If you're enjoying my latest Serge Works (DiNDDL35) album I have posted a totally different version of the track Liturgy, based on a chordal progression by Bach, as an exclusive to my Patreon channel 3 this month. Link on the photo.