DiNDDL12 Strange Attractors by Ian Boddy
"Strange
Attractors" is a milestone for the DiN label in that it is the 50th album
release (38 physical + 12 digital). As such it is only fitting that it should be
by the driving force behind DiN, label boss Ian Boddy.
Recorded
live in April 2011 at the Awakenings series of electronic music concerts the
album showcases Boddy at the top of his game. Employing almost exclusively
analogue sound sources he crafts a seamless blend of electronica spanning 76
minutes of sonic exploration.
The
album opens up with "Amongst Dark Clouds" with it's nebulous, spacey atmospheres
and wash of glorious, epic chords. Tracks such as "Crossing The Range" and
"Return Vector" see Boddy pulling off the feat of live sequencing and keyboard
playing, a difficult task in a solo concert environment. As the tracks build you
can literally hear Boddy building the pieces brick by brick to a sonic crescendo
before tearing the musical structure down again. A fascinating experience that
uses his years of experience using analogue modular synthesisers to the full.
Other tracks such as "Parabolic Excursions" & the encore piece "Trip The
Light Fandango" use studio created trippy sequencer grooves. Over these Boddy
plays a range of subtle keyboard parts which feature his analogue "Ondes
Martenot" style controller. These soaring lines are built up using a looping
device into beautiful ambient beds and phrases. The title track "Strange
Attractors" is an all together different affair. Like some proto-sequencer
soundscape it's organic pulsations seem to drift in and out of phase. Overlaid
with darkly shimmering ring modulated textures it's dark, unsettling atmosphere
is punctuated with beautiful mellotron flutes. Building to an intense climax
Ligeti like choral intrusions heighten the sense of unease.
One
of Boddy's best and most intense concert performance of recent years "Strange
Attractors" showcases one of the UK's leading electronic musicians. With almost
150 concerts under his belt such experience really shines through on the
complexity and inventiveness of this live show.
More
info + track player here:
http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/422
Video
of Strange Attractors Promo photo slideshow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Xe9flGUdY
The
download album includes extra bonus material:
Full
resolution artwork
Concert
photographs
Promo
text pdf
Strange
Attractors Promo photo slideshow movie
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