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Info: Biography, Pictures, Discography of all CDs & DVDs |
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| Please enter something to search for.Please enter something to search for.His early work resulted in 3 cassette only releases on the Mirage label as well as several local concerts.These early tapes showed Boddy gradually forming his own style through a long self teaching process in the techniques of analogue synthesis and...Pickford come together on Symbiontmore info...By the time of this concert DiN was in full flow and Boddy collaborated with German touch guitarist, and DiN artist Markus Reuter.An unusual mix of space music and ambient styles ensued and the music was released as a companion disc to Shrouded on the Space for Music label.National Space Centre), Holland ( five festival appearances ), Germany and four shows in Philadelphia, USA.Thus we come up to the present with the formation of his DiN label in 1999.Unlike his private Something Else Records the DiN label was set up to allow Boddy to actively form different collaborations with a wide variety of musicians as well as release other artists music.DiN has achieved widespread critical acclaim for it's adventurous outlook at the world of EM and has seen 27 releases with Boddy being involved in 16 of these ( four solo and twelve collaborative projects ).Boddy's first collaborative release with fellow UK synth musician Andy Pickford.Please enter something to search for.Boddy's first Stateside concert was organised by Chuck van Zyl who runs The Gathering series of concerts in Philadelphia.Shrouded is taken from this performance and is one of Boddy's most laid back releases.This is a retrospective double album of rare compilation CD tracks, unreleased studio material and selected recordings from 3 concerts.Drive's 9 tracks have a more structured, compact form than Odyssey but still retain Boddy's melodic style from this period.Phoenix was Boddy's third vinyl album and the first to be released on his private Something Else Records.Boddy's most rock orientated album.Featuring the rock drumming of Ian McCormack and vocals of Brian Ross.In the 4 years preceding this event he had been experimenting at an Arts Council funded studio in Newcastle whilst at University.His early work resulted in 3 cassette only releases on the Mirage label as well as several local concerts.These early tapes showed Boddy gradually forming his own style through a long self teaching process in the techniques of analogue synthesis and tape manipulation.After the success of 1983 he went on to release another 2 vinyl albums, Spirits and Phoenix, as well as performing several concerts throughout the UK.However it wasn't until 1989 that his first CD release, Odyssey, came out on the EM label Surreal to Real.Furthermore he released three collaborative CD releases with some of Europes finest exponents of EM, namely Andy Pickford, Ron Boots and Mark Shreeve.National Space Centre), Holland ( five festival appearances ), Germany and four shows in Philadelphia, USA.Thus we come up to the present with the formation of his DiN label in 1999."Images" (1980), "Elements Of Chance" (1981)and "Jade".In 1983 boddy's first LP, The Climb, was released, followed by two more LPs, Spirits (1984)and Phoenix (1986).Following these releases, Boddy founded the Something Else Records label, releasing another 4 albums, "The Uncertainty Principle" (1993), "The Deep" (1994), "Continuum" (1996), "Rare Elements" (1997) and reissuing his first 3 LPs and one of his early cassettes, "Jade"(1992).More recent recordings have included:
"Box Of Secrets" DiN1 (1999),
"Distant Rituals" DiN2 (1999) with Markus Reuter,
"Autonomic" DiN4 (1999) with Nigel Mullaney as Dub Atomica,
"Caged" DiN5 (2000) with Chris Carter,
"Radio Sputnik" DiN7 (2000) with Mark Shreeve as ARC,
"Shrouded" Space For Music Records (2000) Live recording for Philadelphia,
"Triptych" DiN9 (2001) with Markus Reuter and Nigel Mullaney,
"Outpost" DiN11 (2002) with Robert Rich,
"Aurora" DiN12 (2002),
"Blaze" DiN15 (2003) with Mark Shreeve as ARC,
"Chiasmata" DiN16 (2004),
"Pure" DiN17 ((2004) with Markus Reuter,
"Moire" DiN18 (2005) with Bernhard Wostheinrich,
"Arcturus" DiN19 (2005) with Mark Shreeve as ARC,
"Jodrell Bank Concert" Space For Music Records (2002) with Markus Reuter.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.European electronic music scene since the late 1970s, this British based sonic explorer established the DiN label in 1999; a venture which allows Boddy to collaborate with a variety of musicians as well as to release material by other innovative artists.Thus far DiN has released 27 CDs (with Boddy involved musically in many) and achieved widespread critical acclaim for its adventurous outlook at the world of electronic music.Next to Boddy's impressive solo career stands his collaborative live performance and studio efforts with several of Electronic Music's most innovative and interesting personalities including: Ron Boots, Chris Carter, Andy Pickford, Robert Rich, Markus Reuter and the ongoing project Arc with Mark Shreeve.To stand back and examine the music a bit more".He returned on 30 September 2006, which saw the release of his solo CD Elemental.Ian Boddy played in Philadelphia on 20 March 2004 at The Gatherings Concert Series and then later on into the night on the STAR'S END radio broadcast of 03.Boddy's one hour radio set was based on his audio installation piece for Maltese artist Norbert Attard.STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD.The radio concert followed Boddy's performance in Philadelphia on 30 September 2006 at The Gatherings Concert Series.The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Celebration Concerts
Ian Boddy returned to Philadelphia to perform live with Robert Rich on 16 June 2007 at The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Spacemusic Festival presented by Member Supported WXPN.This event saw the worldwide debut of Robert Rich + Ian Boddy in concert.STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD
To mark 30 years of continuous broadcast of STAR'S END, WXPN is releasing the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD.This double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music from 12 renowned artists.Included on the disc are previously unreleased live selections donated by: The Ministry of Inside Things, Orbital Decay, Ian Boddy, AirSculpture, Radio Massacre International, Robert Rich, Rudy Adrian, Jonn Serrie, Jeff Pearce, Saul Stokes and Steve Roach.The three inaugural releases on the DiN label's DiNDDL (DiN Digital DownLoad) imprint are The Final Question (2000), Three Dreams (2004) and The Mechanics of a Thought (2006) by Ian Boddy, all recorded live on STAR'S END.Ian Boddy has been at the forefront of the UK electronic music scene since 1983 when he both performed at the very first UK Electronica Festival in Milton Keynes and released his first vinyl album The Climb.In the 4 years preceding this event he had been experimenting at an Arts Council funded studio in Newcastle whilst at University.After the success of 1983 he went on to release another 2 vinyl albums, Spirits and Phoenix, as well as performing several concerts throughout the UK.However it wasn't until 1989 that his first CD release, Odyssey, came out on the EM label Surreal to Real.After Drive, his second release on the Surreal label Boddy formed his own record label, Something Else Records , through which he released a further 4 solo albums as well as reissuing his 3 early vinyl albums and the cassette only release Jade on CD.National Space Centre), Holland ( five festival appearances ), Germany and three shows in Philadelphia, USA.Furthermore he has also become involved in library music having penned eight such CD's for the publishing company deWolfe as well as producing some music for a computer games company.Thus we come up to the present with the formation of his DiN label in 1999.There are links for all his DiN releases on the DiN web site.Mark Shreeve in only their second concert outing performing at the Hampshire Jam III festival.Moog sequencing with ambient atmospherics and laptop loops to create an ever evolving mix of organic, live electronics.Pure is the 2nd studio collaboration between Boddy and Reuter.This time a different approach was taken with Reuter providing much of the sonic material in the form of looped and chopped up fragments of his beautiful touch guitar tones.The 10 tracks from this album are taken from a concert Boddy performed in the Planetarium of the National Space Centre, Leciester in 2003.As such it show cases many of the influences that Boddy has absorbed since the formation of DiN.Together with Shreeve's Redshift project ARC is providing a stable diet of analogue goodness to those fans craving the old style sequenced music of Tangerine Dream.By this release he was showing the full mastery of his sound design skills in combining analogue sequencing with cutting edge software synthesis.Mullaney's live beat manipulations.Centauri festival in Huizen, The Netherlands.Octane with 4 new pieces.DiN release showed how Boddy was using DiN as a vehicle to forge partnerships with musicians right across the electronica landscape.The duo have since collaborated on several more DiN projects.Box of Secrets came as quite a surprise to many of his fans with an unusual mix of traditional synth motifs in combination with more modern drum loops and ambient textures.An unusual mix of space music and ambient styles ensued and the music was released as a companion disc to Shrouded on the Space for Music label.Shrouded is taken from this performance and is one of Boddy's most laid back releases.DAM CD it is now out on the Space for Music label.They had known each other since 1982 but it wasn't until Shreeve had gone back to his roots with the use of a giant Moog modular system and Boddy had been formualting a more ambient, improvised style since Continuum that the two decided to collaborate.In many ways it is a summation of Boddy's music from the previous decade before he moved on to the formation of his DiN label.Taken from a concert performed in Eindhoven shortly after the New Year.Boddy provided most of the sequencing with Boots playing his characteristic melodic synth lines and v.Heijden playing an electronic drum kit.The original pressing is now out of print but it has been reissued as a high quality CDr with the original sleeve.Boddy's first collaborative release with fellow UK synth musician Andy Pickford.The Deep is probably the closest Boddy has come to a concept album as it was heavily inspired by the James Cameron film The Abyss.The original pressing is now out of print but it has been reissued as a high quality CDr with the original sleeve.The original pressing is now out of print but it has been reissued as a high quality CDr with the original sleeve.Phoenix was Boddy's third vinyl album and the first to be released on his private Something Else Records.Boddy's most rock orientated album.The title track was premiered at the first UK Electronica, Milton Keynes in 1983.Featuring the rock drumming of Ian McCormack and vocals of Brian Ross.The original pressing is now out of print but it has been reissued as a high quality CDr with the original sleeve.Boddy's classic debut vinyl release from 1984 was reissued on SER in 1995.The original pressing is now out of print but it has been reissued as a high quality CDr with the original sleeve.The original pressing is now out of print but it has been reissued as a high quality CDr with the original sleeve.Cosmic Music generation, Ian Boddy has carved out a position as a distinctive independent composer and performer.Thus far DiN has released 21 CDs (with Boddy involved musically in 14) and achieved widespread critical acclaim for its adventurous outlook at the world of electronic music.Boddy is credited with over 90 live appearances.Boddy's performance at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 6 May 2000 marked his first ever concert in the USA.He returns on 30 September 2006.Ian Boddy played in Philadelphia on 20 March 2004 at The Gatherings Concert Series and then later on into the night on the STAR'S END radio broadcast of 03.Boddy's one hour radio set was based on his audio installation piece for Maltese artist Norbert Attard. |
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