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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Another arrival and a real favourite of mine from Ian Boddy and the DiN record label. ‘Coil’ (DiN 74) 2022, CD. Just hauntingly beautiful atmospheres and textures throughout. It all just clicks, well so well worth checking out.
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Another arrival and a real favourite of mine from Ian Boddy and the DiN record label. ‘Coil’ (DiN 74) 2022, CD. Just hauntingly beautiful atmospheres and textures throughout. It all just clicks, well so well worth checking out.
A gentle reminder of the DiN January sale: 25% off everything on the DiN Bandcamp store until the end of the month. Use the following discount code at checkout on CD, vinyl, digital, t-shirts, Eurorack modules, prints and even the total discography.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
A gentle reminder of the DiN January sale: 25% off everything on the DiN Bandcamp store until the end of the month. Use the following discount code at checkout on CD, vinyl, digital, t-shirts, Eurorack modules, prints and even the total discography.
dinwinter26
dinrecords.bandcamp.com
dinwinter26
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Really enjoyed 28Years Later: The Bone Temple. It’s not gonna be for everyone as the opening half has some extremely tense & gory moments. But by concentrating more on what the humans are doing rather than endless zombie stuff makes it a more interesting film. And Fiennes turns it up to 11.
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Really enjoyed 28Years Later: The Bone Temple. It’s not gonna be for everyone as the opening half has some extremely tense & gory moments. But by concentrating more on what the humans are doing rather than endless zombie stuff makes it a more interesting film. And Fiennes turns it up to 11.
Demo mix for the upcoming d'Voxx album 'HERZOG: A Retrospective' (DiN95) released on limited edition digipak CD on February 20th. Five tracks, each a musical interpretation of the five films Klaus Kinski made with legendary director Werner Herzog.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Demo mix for the upcoming d'Voxx album 'HERZOG: A Retrospective' (DiN95) released on limited edition digipak CD on February 20th. Five tracks, each a musical interpretation of the five films Klaus Kinski made with legendary director Werner Herzog.
tinyurl.com/ypnbd9zv
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This is going to be some concert. Playing alongside @flcartographer.bsky.social & @sulkrooms.bsky.social at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool on Saturday 25th April. We'll each do a solo set followed by a 3 way jam which should be great fun.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:50 AM
This is going to be some concert. Playing alongside @flcartographer.bsky.social & @sulkrooms.bsky.social at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool on Saturday 25th April. We'll each do a solo set followed by a 3 way jam which should be great fun.
capstone.hope.ac.uk/whatson/elec...
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On a Slow Flow Echoes, a meeting of generations on the altar of Krautrock with two tracks from Doppelganger by Ian Boddy and the storied German drummer/synthesist Harald Grosskopf. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xnu
Friday, Jan 16, 2026 - Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Ian Boddy teams up with German drummer and electronic musician Harold Grosskopf. Grosskopf played on several Klaus Schulze albums and in Ashra and Wallenstein.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a meeting of generations on the altar of Krautrock with two tracks from Doppelganger by Ian Boddy and the storied German drummer/synthesist Harald Grosskopf. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xnu
In depth interview with Markus Junnikkala who runs the Be A Better Artist website. As well as talking about my music career, library music, sound design & modular synths we also touch on what it means to be creative and how to sustain this over a long career.
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Following Sound, Not a Plan — Ian Boddy on Creativity and Longevity
YouTube video by Markus Junnikkala
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January 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM
In depth interview with Markus Junnikkala who runs the Be A Better Artist website. As well as talking about my music career, library music, sound design & modular synths we also touch on what it means to be creative and how to sustain this over a long career.
youtu.be/HyvC63PI0GY
youtu.be/HyvC63PI0GY
Good to see another couple of DiN releases featured in a list of top albums from 2025. This time in Cyclical Magazine with Doppelgänger (@ No.6) my collaborative album with @haraldgrosskopf.bsky.social & Hydrology (@No.20) by @loulayorke.bsky.social.
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Cyclical Magazine #19
Cyclical Magazine #19 Jan 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Good to see another couple of DiN releases featured in a list of top albums from 2025. This time in Cyclical Magazine with Doppelgänger (@ No.6) my collaborative album with @haraldgrosskopf.bsky.social & Hydrology (@No.20) by @loulayorke.bsky.social.
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The next release on the DiN label will be 'Herzog - A Retrospective' (DiN95) by the synth duo d'Voxx. Out on limited edition Digipak CD on February 20th it is a truly cinematic suite of 5 pieces celebrating the quintet of films made by legendary director Werner Herzog with the actor Klaus Kinski.
January 12, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The next release on the DiN label will be 'Herzog - A Retrospective' (DiN95) by the synth duo d'Voxx. Out on limited edition Digipak CD on February 20th it is a truly cinematic suite of 5 pieces celebrating the quintet of films made by legendary director Werner Herzog with the actor Klaus Kinski.
Many thanks to the ever excellent @igloomag.bsky.social for including 4 DiN albums (DiN93 @flcartographer.bsky.social, DiN91 @haraldgrosskopf.bsky.social) in their Best of 2025 list as well as the @muterecords.bsky.social 25th anniversary edition of Caged.
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igloomag.com/features/bes...
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2025
Across 2025, hundreds of releases surfaced, with December granted space to settle. From that sweep emerged a carefully shaped collection of favorites, each paired with links to Igloo reviews and relea...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Many thanks to the ever excellent @igloomag.bsky.social for including 4 DiN albums (DiN93 @flcartographer.bsky.social, DiN91 @haraldgrosskopf.bsky.social) in their Best of 2025 list as well as the @muterecords.bsky.social 25th anniversary edition of Caged.
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igloomag.com/features/bes...
Latest read has been this fine volume from Penguin Classics of "Tales of the German Imagination". An eclectic mix to say the least ranging from Fairy Tales/Fantasy through atmospheric supernatural tales to philosophical musings of the human condition.
January 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Latest read has been this fine volume from Penguin Classics of "Tales of the German Imagination". An eclectic mix to say the least ranging from Fairy Tales/Fantasy through atmospheric supernatural tales to philosophical musings of the human condition.
In the bleak mid-winter.
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
In the bleak mid-winter.
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Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2025 igloomag.com/features/bes...
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2025
Across 2025, hundreds of releases surfaced, with December granted space to settle. From that sweep emerged a carefully shaped collection of favorites, each paired with links to Igloo reviews and relea...
igloomag.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2025 igloomag.com/features/bes...