“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.” (DiN press-release)
How much further can sound really go? Is it even feasible to continually propel audio experiments into new terrain? Where might these modulated strings of life head if it weren’t for artists like Ian Boddy carving them from analog machines? If Michelangelo prescribed to Neo-Platonism in which the idea of a sculpture is already present within a rock formation simply waiting for an artist to uncover, then so too does Ian Boddy as he sculpts new lifeforms extracted from an impressive collection of modular synthesizers. Strange Attractors is composed of ambient darkness and thought-provoking intensity that is filled with contemplation, reflection and animated around a suspenseful exterior. Emanating from colorful wires loosely dangling from dark-wood boxes, knobs spin in both directions to unveil a wide-ranging scope of work celebrating DiN’s 50th album release. Seamlessly connecting escapist drone via analogous air-pressure, Strange Attractors delves straight into the obscure and expels for its listeners an unusually attractive sonic engine featuring six elongated pieces of stimulating experimental strains. Listen in one take to experience this soaring, strangely attractive piece of sound art.
Strange Attractors is available on DiN / DiNDD.
