Ian Boddy
@ianboddy.bsky.social
Composer, sound designer, DiN ambient music label owner & analogue synth aficionado.
dinrecords.bandcamp.com
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Here are a few quick snippets of audio created entirely within my new sample library Polarity | Modular in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social (Soniccouture) utlising their Polarity granular engine. 250 modular synth samples | 250 patches.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here are a few quick snippets of audio created entirely within my new sample library Polarity | Modular in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social (Soniccouture) utlising their Polarity granular engine. 250 modular synth samples | 250 patches.
New interview on the @syntheticdreamspod.bsky.social chatting about the upcoming reissue on @muterecords.bsky.social of Caged, my collaborative album with Chris Carter, as well as all things DiN label & modular synths. Just search for Synthetic Dreams wherever you listen to podcasts.
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New interview on the @syntheticdreamspod.bsky.social chatting about the upcoming reissue on @muterecords.bsky.social of Caged, my collaborative album with Chris Carter, as well as all things DiN label & modular synths. Just search for Synthetic Dreams wherever you listen to podcasts.
Immersive Van Gogh show in York. A new way to see his work.
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Immersive Van Gogh show in York. A new way to see his work.
Totally immersive art installation by Squidsoup at York Art Gallery.
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Totally immersive art installation by Squidsoup at York Art Gallery.
The beauty of pure colour in a work by Liz West at York At Gallery.
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The beauty of pure colour in a work by Liz West at York At Gallery.
Spending a few days chilling in York after a very busy few weeks. Always listening though & the campanologists in the magnificent cathedral were having fun tonight as we assembled for our ghost walk.
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Spending a few days chilling in York after a very busy few weeks. Always listening though & the campanologists in the magnificent cathedral were having fun tonight as we assembled for our ghost walk.
This final short video shows some of the analogue gear I used in creating a series of Impulse Responses that can be used in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This final short video shows some of the analogue gear I used in creating a series of Impulse Responses that can be used in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
This video shows some of the patch ideas stemming from recordings of my VCS3 (the first synthesiser I ever learnt to play in 1978) utilised in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social .
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This video shows some of the patch ideas stemming from recordings of my VCS3 (the first synthesiser I ever learnt to play in 1978) utilised in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social .
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
My Patreon channel is 8 years old this month. As a thank you for all your support I have posted up the entire set I played at the Diode Electronic Music Festival in June in Nottingham. There's a ton of stuff on here from concerts to unreleased tracks etc so take a look.
www.patreon.com/c/ianboddy
www.patreon.com/c/ianboddy
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My Patreon channel is 8 years old this month. As a thank you for all your support I have posted up the entire set I played at the Diode Electronic Music Festival in June in Nottingham. There's a ton of stuff on here from concerts to unreleased tracks etc so take a look.
www.patreon.com/c/ianboddy
www.patreon.com/c/ianboddy
This video shows some of the patch ideas stemming from recordings of my venerable Roland System 100-M utilised in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This video shows some of the patch ideas stemming from recordings of my venerable Roland System 100-M utilised in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
Fab review in @electronicsound.bsky.social of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Caged releasing on @muterecords.bsky.social on 28th Nov. Originally released as DiN5 way back in 2000 this collaboration between myself and Chris Carter was, perhaps, way ahead of its time so great to see this reissue.
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Fab review in @electronicsound.bsky.social of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Caged releasing on @muterecords.bsky.social on 28th Nov. Originally released as DiN5 way back in 2000 this collaboration between myself and Chris Carter was, perhaps, way ahead of its time so great to see this reissue.
This video shows some of the patch ideas stemming from recordings of my Serge system utilised in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This video shows some of the patch ideas stemming from recordings of my Serge system utilised in Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
Here is the first of a series of short videos talking about
Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Here is the first of a series of short videos talking about
Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
Polarity | Modular that I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social.
250 modular synth samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular engine.
I have been working on this project for several months so it's great to be able to finally share the news of Polarity | Modular which I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social
250 modular samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular synth engine
www.soniccouture.com/en/products/...
250 modular samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular synth engine
www.soniccouture.com/en/products/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have been working on this project for several months so it's great to be able to finally share the news of Polarity | Modular which I have designed in conjunction with @soniccouture.bsky.social
250 modular samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular synth engine
www.soniccouture.com/en/products/...
250 modular samples | 250 patches | Polarity granular synth engine
www.soniccouture.com/en/products/...
Lovely review of 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the new album by @loulayorke.bsky.social in this months @electronicsound.bsky.social.
"there's a deep seam of melody, emotion & atmosphere running through her material. 'Hydrology' is a powerfully transportive record from an artist at the peak of her powers".
"there's a deep seam of melody, emotion & atmosphere running through her material. 'Hydrology' is a powerfully transportive record from an artist at the peak of her powers".
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Lovely review of 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the new album by @loulayorke.bsky.social in this months @electronicsound.bsky.social.
"there's a deep seam of melody, emotion & atmosphere running through her material. 'Hydrology' is a powerfully transportive record from an artist at the peak of her powers".
"there's a deep seam of melody, emotion & atmosphere running through her material. 'Hydrology' is a powerfully transportive record from an artist at the peak of her powers".
The magic of Autumn.
Anyone know which species these are?
Anyone know which species these are?
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The magic of Autumn.
Anyone know which species these are?
Anyone know which species these are?
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.
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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...
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/moir-d...
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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...
dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/moir-d...
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.
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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.
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
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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.
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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.
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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.
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.
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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.
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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.
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.