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Axiom (DiN64)

by Ian Boddy

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    Limited edition of 10 numbered & signed fine art prints by the artist & photographer Wendy Carroll. Total print size 22" x 16", image size 18" x 12".

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    Limited to 5 copies only. This bundle includes a copy of the Vinyl edition of Axiom signed by Ian Boddy + a copy of the Giclée Print of the cover art on Fine Art Rag Paper signed by the artist Wendy Carroll. Total print size 22" x 16", image size 18" x 12". Vinyl & print will ship separately.

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1.
Omicron 06:17
2.
Nitro 07:41
3.
Boddy Love 05:58
4.
Icon 09:29
5.
The Fallen 05:19
6.
Axiom 06:07

about

DiN label boss Ian Boddy has been composing and releasing music since 1980 and in the intervening 40 years has seen Electronic Music grow and evolve almost beyond recognition. One aspect of this constant change which elicits a wry smile from Boddy is how in the 1990’s analogue and modular synths almost went extinct whereas in recent years there has been a huge resurgence in these analogue technologies. Furthermore whole sub-genres, such as Synthwave, have grown up which reference the electronic music of the 1980’s.

At the start of 2020 Boddy was asked by the artist Bluetech to contribute a track for an upcoming compilation album (Portals) lovingly curated to reflect the Kosmische music heritage of many of the musicians involved in this project. Boddy’s track “Omicron” with its cascading arpeggios, soaring synth choirs and deep Moog bass proved a heady mixture that was used in the promo video for this release. This got Boddy to thinking that perhaps a full solo studio album in this style would be a creative goal worth pursuing and thus we have the release of “Axiom” (DiN64) as the result of that exercise.

The six tracks on “Axiom” certainly reference Boddy’s musical roots with its pulsating sequencer passages that hark back to the Berlin School sequencing of Tangerine Dream, most especially on the powerhouse track “Nitro”. The self referential track “Boddy Love” is an in joke with a nod to a classic 70’s Klaus Schulze album and features a gorgeous melodic sequence line that steadily grows to a beautiful climax before gently fading into the distance.

Elsewhere “Icon” with its subsonic bass throb and veil of orchestral strings climbs to a sonic summit before crashing down to the sublime and emotional piece “The Fallen”. Closing out the album the title track bookends the albums opener “Omicron” with a slice of Synthwave that has it all from analogue sequences, vintage drum machines and soaring chords for an emotional, joyous journey.

“Axiom” will be released on both CD digipak as well as a limited edition 180g vinyl edition.

credits

released November 20, 2020

All tracks composed, programmed and recorded by Ian Boddy January - May 2020.
Mixed and mastered by Ian Boddy June 2020.

The opening track Omicron originally appeared on the compilation album Portals which
was curated by Bluetech and released on Behind The Sky Music.

Instruments
Serge & Eurorack modular systems
Roland System 100-M
Moog Voyager, Matriarch & Minimoog
VCS3
Analogue Systems French Connection
Folktek Resonant Garden
Plug in instruments Omnisphere, M-Tron Pro, Stylus RMX & Rob Papen Punch
Kontakt playing sample libraries by Spitfire Audio & Soniccouture
Echo Fix Tape Echo EF-X2
Ableton Live


“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important”
Arthur Conan Doyle

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DiN Sunderland, UK

The DiN ambient label was set up by Ian Boddy in 1999 to release ambient electronica that bridged the gap between the analogue sound of the early 70's synth pioneers and the digital soundscapes of the more experimental modern exponents of electronic music. ... more

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