| Profile: Ian Boddy | |
 | Emerging from the post Tangerine Dream/Cosmic Music generation, Ian Boddy has carved out a position as a distinctive independent composer and performer. A consistent presence on the European electronic music scene since the late 1970s, this British based sonic explorer established the DiN label in 1999; a venture which allows Boddy to collaborate with a variety of musicians as well as to release material by other innovative artists. Thus far DiN has released 27 CDs (with Boddy involved musically in many) and achieved widespread critical acclaim for its adventurous outlook at the world of electronic music. |
| Ian Boddy provides the listener with a rich atmosphere of original timbres and floating soundscapes. He is one of the few of his generation to have successfully integrated electronic music styles as diverse as seventies-style sequencer structures, melodic neo-classicism and the post-rave Modern Ambient style. |  |
| Next to Boddy's impressive solo career stands his collaborative live performance and studio efforts with several of Electronic Music's most innovative and interesting personalities including: Ron Boots, Chris Carter, Andy Pickford, Robert Rich, Markus Reuter and the ongoing project Arc with Mark Shreeve. | |
 | A prolific performer, Boddy is credited with over 90 live appearances. He has performed at concerts in Britain (UK Electronica Festival, Jodrell Bank Planetarium), Holland (Klemdag Festival, Alpha-Centauri Festival), Germany and Stateside at The Gatherings Concert Series. | |
| Boddy muses, "When I play live it gives me a whole different outlook on whether the music will work or not. It's not just the audience feedback. I have to really, really think about what I am doing. To stand back and examine the music a bit more". Boddy's performance at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 6 May 2000 marked his first ever concert in the USA. He returned on 30 September 2006, which saw the release of his solo CD Elemental. | ||
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Ian Boddy played in Philadelphia on 20 March 2004 at The Gatherings Concert Series and then later on into the night on the STAR'S END radio broadcast of 03.21.04. Boddy's one hour radio set was based on his audio installation piece for Maltese artist Norbert Attard. .
Boddy returned to STAR'S END for a live in-studio on-air ambient set on the 10.01.06 broadcast, an excerpt of which appears on the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD. The radio concert followed Boddy's performance in Philadelphia on 30 September 2006 at The Gatherings Concert Series. | ||
Ian Boddy returned to Philadelphia to perform live with Robert Rich on 16 June 2007 at The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Spacemusic Festival presented by Member Supported WXPN. This event saw the worldwide debut of Robert Rich + Ian Boddy in concert. Also appearing was Jeff Pearce, The Ministry of Inside Things and Orbital Decay.
For Photos and Reviews please access the Concert Announcement
To mark 30 years of continuous broadcast of STAR'S END, WXPN is releasing the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD. This double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music from 12 renowned artists. The unique performances were culled from on-air in-studio radio concerts by some of our community's greatest talents. Included on the disc are previously unreleased live selections donated by: The Ministry of Inside Things, Orbital Decay, Ian Boddy, AirSculpture, Radio Massacre International, Robert Rich, Rudy Adrian, Jonn Serrie, Jeff Pearce, Saul Stokes and Steve Roach.
STAR'S END 30th Anniversary CD Anthology
Together, Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy are the duo of Arc and continue a tradition of experimentation through collaboration - both live and in the studio. Rexamining the sequencer spacemusic of the '70s through the creative lens of two masterful electronic musicians, Arc realizes music that is evocative and compelling. Arc will be making their Stateside concert debut at The Gatherings Concert Series on Saturday 14 November 2009. For complete details, please access: www.thegatherings.org Following The Gatherings Concert in Philadelphia Arc and their music making equipment will be moved over to STAR'S END Ambient Radio for a live in-studio radio performance of all new original Ambient material. Tune in to the 11.15.09 broadcast of STAR'S END for the live on-air radio concert beginning at 1:00am at 88.5fm WXPN in Philadelphia or access the live webcast. | ||
The three inaugural releases on the DiN label's DiNDDL (DiN Digital DownLoad) imprint are The Final Question (2000), Three Dreams (2004) and The Mechanics of a Thought (2006) by Ian Boddy, all recorded live on STAR'S END. For details, access: http://www.musiczeit.com | ||
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