The analog feel of Modulations and its contemplative trajectory marks a definitive highlight for Boddy’s DiN imprint and a next step in exploratory electronics blurring the lines between abstract, drone, and atmospheric genre bents.
Blurring the lines between abstract, drone, and atmospheric genre bents
Ian Boddy has crossed wires and explored the far recesses of modular synth systems for decades, and it shows once again with Modulations featuring vast ambient landscapes that echo the Berlin school of sequencer audio works. It goes without question that as a multi-talented craftsman, Boddy’s body of work has impacted a new generation of sonic manglers and yet Modulations remains as a benchmark go-to release that raises the bar for celestial soundscapes.
The undulating electronic textures and field recordings on Modulations drift ever so carefully as they embark on vast extraterrestrial realms. Three pieces span over 30 minutes duration culled from live performance recordings and they alone create otherworldly spatial motifs stretching the outer limits wistfully examining the inner depths of raw synthesis. The analog feel of Modulations and its contemplative trajectory marks a definitive highlight for Boddy’s DiN imprint and a next step in exploratory electronics blurring the lines between abstract, drone, and atmospheric genre bents.
Perhaps one of the crowning achievements for Boddy—a key figure in the modular/synthesizer scene and a creator that simply doesn’t find any time to rest—Modulations is a soaring sonic movement and one that resides in the upper levels of our Best Of 2020 lists.
Modulations is available on DiN. Available as digital and numbered edition of 100 LPs of 180g black vinyl.
