What could be better than reading a dystopian masterpiece like Orwell's 1984? Reading it in the original language with the perfect soundtrack. Flanagan 🐑 approves. Finished today, now I have to choose what to read next. #dystopian #1984 #orwell #booksky #book #electronicmusic #synthsky

Listening Party for 'Hydrology' (DiN94) the new album by @loulayorke.bsky.social (Loula Yorke). Join Loula & myself to listen through to this wonderful album and chat about all things modular on Thursday 13th November @ 8pm (GMT). dinrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/hydrol...

Promo video for the new album 'Hydrology' (DiN94) by @loulayorke.bsky.social (Loula Yorke) featuring the track SICL with imagery by Wendy Gibson Boddy. youtu.be/fShdjYGJrgI

I'm delighted to announce that 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the debut album on DiN by @loulayorke.bsky.social (Loula Yorke) is now available on limited edition Digipak CD, download as well as a fine art print of the cover. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hydrol...

Latest (re)read has been The Voyage of the Space Beagle, which is my favourite A.E. van Vogt novel and certainly a classic of the Golden Age of sci-fi. Published in 1950 it is a fix-up of 4 of his short stories and certainly was an influence on both Star Trek and more overtly the first Alien film.

Diving deep into the DiN back catalogue during November is Moiré (DiN18) my 2005 collaboration with Bernhard Wöstheinrich which is now set as a free to download/name your price album. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/moir-d...

Look at this fabulous double CD by Din Label. Best electronic compilation in my collection. Graphics and colour are outstanding as is the music. Flanagan the Sheep is amused. Tone Science n.10 The Final Patch: din.org.uk/album/tone-s... Thanks @ianboddy.bsky.social #electronic #modular #synthsky

Now playing Opus by the legendary Ryuichi Sakamoto. Taken from the film recital of his last performance just a few months before his death these simple, elegiac interpretations of a selection of his own compositions are both beautiful & redolent with memory & love.

A gentle reminder that Pure (DiN17) my 2004 collaborative release with touch guitarist Markus Reuter is still available as a free to download / name your price album until the end of October. Thanks for your support. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pure-d...

1st patch with the Doepfer A155-2 sequencer & it's not an obvious Berlin School thing. Rather I have 2 synth voices with very similar 8 note phrases coming from the Hermod & the A155-2. A pair of Chance Delays are thinning out the gates as I mess with the tuning range of the Doepfer in pendulum mode

Trying out this new module. Doepfer A-155-2 Mini Analog Sequencer with Ratcheting. Dopefer of course kick started the whole Eurorack revolution but seem to me to be often overlooked for brighter shinier toys these days. However they do good modules at very compeitive prices.

Latest read in my A.E.van Vogt marathon is this 1976 edition Undercover Aliens. First published in 1950 as The House That Stood Still. I must admit I didn't find this one particulary riveting. Sort of a detective story thread within a sci-fi framework. Not evertyhing from the Golden Age is great.

Currently playing Soul of the Machine: A Celebration of the Life & Legacy of ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman. An incredible 36 track compilation organised by @projekt.bsky.social with proceeds going to the Alan R Pearlman Foundation. It's a no brainer-get it. projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/soul-o...

Fabulous review @igloomag.bsky.social of the upcoming Caged 25th Anniversary reissue on @muterecords.bsky.social. This album is my collaboration with Chris Carter originally released way back in 2000. Out on CD & double red vinyl on 28th November. igloomag.com/newswire/ian...

#enclosurethree FYI @ianboddy.bsky.social Next week's special show.

This should prove interesting. An English Trappist Ale. Is such a thing possible? Brewed & bottled at the Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Charnwood Forest. At 7.4% it comes across as a Dubbel style beer & tbh it’s pretty good.

Next one in my marathon A.E.van Vogt reading session is The World of Null-A published in 1948. There's one helluva lot of ideas in this novel although that means at times the plot seems a little incoherent. It was also amusingly incongruous that one of the main protagonists was called John Prescott.

Lovely trip to the Durham Oriental Museum with this Hannya mask used in Noh theatre amongst the exhibits. I thought it had a striking resemblance to the mask in the 1964 Japanese black & white horror film Onibaba.

Demo Mix for the upcoming new album 'Hydrology' (DiN94) by @loulayorke.bsky.social. Released on Digipak CD & download on November 21st. tinyurl.com/mszm3ef9 For this, her debut DiN solo release, she has explored the world of water in all its myriad forms.

Chillin’ with my girl Lola and a nice glass of Belgian Duvel. Currently listening to Black Sabbath Volume 4. Cheers everyone:

Thanks to @electronicsound.bsky.social for a lovely farewell review of 'Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch'. As they say "all good things come to an end". dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tone-s...

Well well, wasn’t this fantastic. @ianboddy.bsky.social with Markus Reuter and ‘Pure’ DiN 17 (2004, Bandcamp). One not familiar with until now. Some beautiful contrasts and delicate textures in play, feeling light yet substantial. Well worth checking out, well recommended 👌😎

Latest read has been The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks, published in 1988 this is the second in the so called Culture series. Set in the same universe as Consider Phlebas (the first in the series) this is a self contained story with literally, a clash of two different cultures.

(2/2) Pure by Markus Reuter and @ianboddy.bsky.social. I took advantage of the name your price promotion. (The Source is such a great track) din.org.uk/album/pure-d... #bandcampfriday #ambient #electronic #electronicmusic #synth #guitar #modular #synthsky

Bandcamp Friday community message update. Looks like the email versions of the messages I sent out this morning have finally gone through - just a mere 8 hours after I sent them. Something strange has been occuring but at least it looks like it's sorting itself now.

Weird morning for Bandcamp Friday. Doesn't look like messages I have sent out to my BC followers have been sent. It also seems unusually quiet in terms of messages from other artists. How are others finding it?

Odyssey, my solo album from 1989, has been remastered with the addition of two unreleased bonus tracks and is available now for download from my personla Bandcamp page. ianboddy.bandcamp.com/album/odyssey

#NowPlaying🎧🔥▶️ Pure - Markus Reuter & Ian Boddy Release DiN17 on DiN din.org.uk/album/pure-d...

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Amazing support for 'Pure' (DiN17) my collaborative album with touch guitarist Markus Reuter released all the way back in 2004. Currently up as a free to download/name your price album for the month of October. And No.1 on Bandcamp in the Electronica genre. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pure-d...

Pure (DiN17) is the second studio album collaboration between DiN label boss Ian Boddy and German touch guitarist Markus Reuter. This is available as a free-to-download/name-your-price album until the end of October. dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pure-d...

Ambient at Breakfast series #AmbientAtBreakfast Wavetable #22 by @ianboddy.bsky.social din.org.uk/album/modula... ✨ Share your ambient breakfast by commenting/reposting #ambient #spacemusic #electronicmusic #synth #synthsky #breakfast #darkambient

One of the most wondrous sounds of Autumn is the skeins of geese migrating south from their arctic breeding grounds. This formation just flew right over our garden. They’re probably Pink-Footed Geese heading perhaps to the Tees Estuary or maybe even the Wash further south.

An excellent, thoughtful review of Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch by @chuckvanzyl.bsky.social, host of Star's End Radio. "The central wonder here is that all the works are so personal, and so unfixed". www.starsend.org/update.html

It's a little way off at the moment, but this event next year in Liverpool is looking to be pretty special...

Tone Science Module! The best best series of compilation albums ever. Even better than "Now That's What I Call Music".

This is going to be some concert. Playing alongside @flcartographer.bsky.social & @sulkrooms.bsky.social at the Capstone in Liverpool on Saturday 25th April. We'll each do a solo set followed by a 3 way jam which should be great fun. tinyurl.com/4bvsstpe

Our last art visit before heading home was the show at the Tate Modern of the beautiful Aboriginal art of Emily Kam Kngwarra. The emotional impact of the connections these pieces have to the cultural & spiritual world they are derived from is immense.

Sometimes the room or space an artwork is displayed in can have a huge impact on how one perceives the work. Deep in the bowels of the Tate Modern was an incredible room with a minimalist display of sculptures by Alberto Giacometti. The lighting & reverb here induced a feeling of wonderful calm.

Next on our art odyssey was a wander along the banks of the Thames to Tate Britain & a wonderful show of the works of surrealist & occultist Ithell Colquhoun. Didn’t really know of her work ahead of time but was really impressed with their beauty & mystery.

Next up in our art trip was a lovely exhibition of works by the Czech surrealist artist Toyen at the Richard Saltoun Gallery. Certainly not as well known as her male counterparts these small scale works show a wonderful playfulness & certainly eroticism in their imagery.

V/A :: Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch (Tone Science/DiN) igloomag.com/newswire/ton...

Kept this one for a separate post. Anselm Kiefer’s interpretation of Starry Night originally by Van Gogh. This is one of the most impressive pieces of art I have ever seen. It’s monumental scale, amazing textures & overwhelming emotional impact.

And for the main event & why we’re in London is this amazing exhibition of the work of Anselm Kiefer inspired by his love of Van Gogh at the Royal Academy of Arts. These are monumental pieces with all sorts of mixed media including straw, gold leaf & sediment of electrolysis (whatever that is).

A real surprise find in our evening meander around the Tate Modern in London. An installation piece by Abbas Zahedi titled ‘Begin Again’ provided a combination of a very cool ambient soundscape with some very far out sculptural instruments.

Starting our trip to London with a quick evening visit to the Tate Modern & this fab little side exhibition by landscape artist Richard Long.

Maybe a day early (Equinox is tomorrow) but it definitely feels like Autumn. Who remembers playing Conkers when they were kids? Drilling a hole through these beauties & attaching a string. Let the battle commence. Your supposed to hit your opponents Conker not their knuckles.

Announcing the next DiN label release will be by the wonderful @loulayorke.bsky.social. Hydrology (DiN94) will be released on limited edition Digiapk CD & download on 21st November. For this, her debut DiN solo release, she has explored the world of water in all its myriad forms.

Fabulous review of Tone Science Module No10 The Final Patch from the always excellent @igloomag.bsky.social These compositions drift between deliberate construction and serendipitous unfoldings—organized improvisation that channels the ethereal through cables and voltage igloomag.com/newswire/ton...

Tremendous review of 'Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch' over at the excellent @moonbuilding.bsky.social Thanks to Neil Mason for not only this review but for his excllent essay in the booklet which accompanies the album. moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-80-1...