Ian Boddy
@ianboddy.bsky.social
Composer, sound designer, DiN ambient music label owner & analogue synth aficionado.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Great film apart from the longest most futile fight scene in cinema history.
January 31, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Great film apart from the longest most futile fight scene in cinema history.
My small sample playback rack. Based around the BitBox Micro which has 4 outs running through the AJH Triple Cross (that I helped design) which morphs 2 pairs of samples which then run through the Starlab. By increasing the LFO rate on the left an amazing stereo tremolo effect comes into force.
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
My small sample playback rack. Based around the BitBox Micro which has 4 outs running through the AJH Triple Cross (that I helped design) which morphs 2 pairs of samples which then run through the Starlab. By increasing the LFO rate on the left an amazing stereo tremolo effect comes into force.
News alert. The sun is out today. This is not a drill. The sun is out!
January 31, 2026 at 1:50 PM
News alert. The sun is out today. This is not a drill. The sun is out!
The last sunny day we had was 3 weeks ago. Since then it has been unremittingly awful. Longing for spring to arrive.
January 31, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The last sunny day we had was 3 weeks ago. Since then it has been unremittingly awful. Longing for spring to arrive.
Yes it was a very subversive choice but one of the strands of logic is that the film is a different timeline to ours & the whole zombie thing kicked off before all this about JS became public knowledge.
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Yes it was a very subversive choice but one of the strands of logic is that the film is a different timeline to ours & the whole zombie thing kicked off before all this about JS became public knowledge.
Can’t answer your question but have you seen that wonderful moment in a documentary about Bowie where Rick Wakeman plays through it? He describes how he would have tackled some of the chord changes Sheree what Bowie did was totally unexpected & all the more powerful for it.
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Can’t answer your question but have you seen that wonderful moment in a documentary about Bowie where Rick Wakeman plays through it? He describes how he would have tackled some of the chord changes Sheree what Bowie did was totally unexpected & all the more powerful for it.
He was a very famous British tv presenter who was very much part of uk populist culture for many years but after his death was found to be a paedophile who abused his position at the heart of the BBC.
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 AM
He was a very famous British tv presenter who was very much part of uk populist culture for many years but after his death was found to be a paedophile who abused his position at the heart of the BBC.
Nostalgia rules in a hilarious evening seeing The Fast Show on stage at the Sunderland Empire. Which was nice. Brilliant. Scorchio. Nice. Greaaat. Ooh, suits you sir. I was very, very drunk. I'll get me coat. Chris Waddle. No offence. Does my bum look big in this? etc etc.
January 29, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Nostalgia rules in a hilarious evening seeing The Fast Show on stage at the Sunderland Empire. Which was nice. Brilliant. Scorchio. Nice. Greaaat. Ooh, suits you sir. I was very, very drunk. I'll get me coat. Chris Waddle. No offence. Does my bum look big in this? etc etc.
Next setting up the second, higher sequence line. For now this is a simple voice from Braids > VCF > VCA. Maths is the envelope here with some VC of it's decay. Main thing I'm trying is changing the quantised pitches of this higher sequence line against the bass using the Tenderfoot QQ2.
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Next setting up the second, higher sequence line. For now this is a simple voice from Braids > VCF > VCA. Maths is the envelope here with some VC of it's decay. Main thing I'm trying is changing the quantised pitches of this higher sequence line against the bass using the Tenderfoot QQ2.
Setting up the bass line layer in this new Eurorack setup. Final out from the DPO through the AJH Synth V-Shape & Matrix VCF. Sequenced by the Doepfer A-155-2 and adding some top end FM via the left side of the DPO. Echo FX from the Disting. You're going to need good speakers to hear the bass end.
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Setting up the bass line layer in this new Eurorack setup. Final out from the DPO through the AJH Synth V-Shape & Matrix VCF. Sequenced by the Doepfer A-155-2 and adding some top end FM via the left side of the DPO. Echo FX from the Disting. You're going to need good speakers to hear the bass end.
All the best to Chris. Please pass on my best regards.
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 PM
All the best to Chris. Please pass on my best regards.
I'm terrible at keeping all my Eurorack style mini-jack cables tidy as they usually get cast into a big plastic box. Over time they end up as a right rats nest of entanglement so I then have to sort them all out into neat, colour coded piles. Which has a certain degreee of satisfaction in itself.
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I'm terrible at keeping all my Eurorack style mini-jack cables tidy as they usually get cast into a big plastic box. Over time they end up as a right rats nest of entanglement so I then have to sort them all out into neat, colour coded piles. Which has a certain degreee of satisfaction in itself.
I’ve had both that & the Dalek Modulator for ages. Still doing a good job.
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I’ve had both that & the Dalek Modulator for ages. Still doing a good job.
That’s a Tenderfoot 4 channel quantiser.
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
That’s a Tenderfoot 4 channel quantiser.
Testing out the drone layer in the new Eurorack layout. Morphing Terrarium Wavetable > Cwejman Frequency Shifter > Cwejman Spacial Phaser > Erica Black Hole Effects. On the left is the Livewire Vulcan Modulator = 2 x LFOs. Plenty of options here for totally changing the sound from calm to chaotic.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Testing out the drone layer in the new Eurorack layout. Morphing Terrarium Wavetable > Cwejman Frequency Shifter > Cwejman Spacial Phaser > Erica Black Hole Effects. On the left is the Livewire Vulcan Modulator = 2 x LFOs. Plenty of options here for totally changing the sound from calm to chaotic.
Reconfiguring one of my Eurorack cases for some gigs I have coming up this year. What I'm after here is some simple analogue sequencing that I can play with in real time playing two independent synth voices with an extra layer of spacey drone textures. Let's see how this layout works.
January 27, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Reconfiguring one of my Eurorack cases for some gigs I have coming up this year. What I'm after here is some simple analogue sequencing that I can play with in real time playing two independent synth voices with an extra layer of spacey drone textures. Let's see how this layout works.
Just finished this mini-tome, 'what art does' by Brian Eno & Bette A. Certainly interesting and an intelligent attempt to pin down such an ephemeral subject. I've always thought that creativity is a side-effect of conciousness. As such it's inside all of us.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Just finished this mini-tome, 'what art does' by Brian Eno & Bette A. Certainly interesting and an intelligent attempt to pin down such an ephemeral subject. I've always thought that creativity is a side-effect of conciousness. As such it's inside all of us.
Now playing Solo Three by @erikhallmusic.bsky.social. Another superb release by this master craftsman playing all the parts to 4 minimlaist compositions by Branca, Palestine, Laurie Spiegel and the stand out piece, Music for a large Ensemble by Steve Reich.
erikhall.bandcamp.com/album/solo-t...
erikhall.bandcamp.com/album/solo-t...
Solo Three, by Erik Hall
4 track album
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January 26, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Now playing Solo Three by @erikhallmusic.bsky.social. Another superb release by this master craftsman playing all the parts to 4 minimlaist compositions by Branca, Palestine, Laurie Spiegel and the stand out piece, Music for a large Ensemble by Steve Reich.
erikhall.bandcamp.com/album/solo-t...
erikhall.bandcamp.com/album/solo-t...
Just grabbed this off Bandcamp - superb. Particulalry liked the Reich piece which is a great companion track to your Music for 18 Musicians release - although in your case there's only 1 musician!
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Just grabbed this off Bandcamp - superb. Particulalry liked the Reich piece which is a great companion track to your Music for 18 Musicians release - although in your case there's only 1 musician!
Tempting though it is to feel like that when measured against such great artists that’s not what music is/should be about. It’s not a competition. Express yourself with the skill set you have.
January 25, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Tempting though it is to feel like that when measured against such great artists that’s not what music is/should be about. It’s not a competition. Express yourself with the skill set you have.
Continuing my A. E. van Vogt odyssey with 'The Mind Cage', published in 1957. I've read elsewhere that van Vogt was a big influence on Philip K. Dick and I can see why, with this novel featuring two minds being swapped and all the repercussions that has on each of their perceived realities.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Continuing my A. E. van Vogt odyssey with 'The Mind Cage', published in 1957. I've read elsewhere that van Vogt was a big influence on Philip K. Dick and I can see why, with this novel featuring two minds being swapped and all the repercussions that has on each of their perceived realities.
Rewatching Heat, directed by Michael Mann in 1995. What a film. There’s precious few of these about. Proper grown up script. Brilliant acting, especially Pacino & De Niro, excellent characterisation. Wonderful cinematography. Great score. And that shoot out in the street - astonishing.
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Rewatching Heat, directed by Michael Mann in 1995. What a film. There’s precious few of these about. Proper grown up script. Brilliant acting, especially Pacino & De Niro, excellent characterisation. Wonderful cinematography. Great score. And that shoot out in the street - astonishing.
Great. Thanks for sharing.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Great. Thanks for sharing.