Principle Instigator at DiN Records, Ian Boddy culminates his acclaimed 10 volume Tone Science anthology set with The Final Patch (129:46). Including contributions from 20 Modular Synthesists known from earlier editions of the series this class of substantial, studied expressions plays out in a contest of beautiful ideas. The central wonder here is that all the works are so personal, and so unfixed. Coming through in thoughtful, principled expressions Andrea Cichecki,Field Lines Cartographer,Benge, Bluetech, Ian Boddy,Swansither, Paul Nagle,Parallel Worlds,Nigel Mullaney,Todd Barton,Panic Girl,Lyonel Bauchet,Chris Carter,Sarah Belle Reid,Hainbach, Batchas, Polypores, Scanner, d'Voxx, and Nathan Moody each deliver a poignant and enigmatic realization - energized by some current higher than what the rest of us are running on. From soft tunes, beats and grooves to breakdowns of pumping sequencer patterns and the smart circulation of echoing arpeggio notes, down to its wild abandon of vexed modulations, textures and tones, The Final Patch concludes the Tone Science endeavor with the same sense of daring with which the format began. Abandoning reality for a domain of sound this mainly machine music is actually produced by human beings - in hopes of better illuminating our world. There is still plenty of power and promise in this story. The practitioners of Electronic Music are constantly reinventing the genre, constantly responding to their own troubled era, and constantly asking, What do we owe the future?
Please tune in to the 09.28.25 broadcast of STAR'S END for music from The Final Patch the tenth & final release in the Tone Science series, and much more...
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Recording and performing under the name Ótal works by Icelandic Electronic Musician Óskar Arngrímsson feel more measured than most modular synth realizations. Blurring the borders between collage, sculpture, abstraction and tonal representation he searches for a hidden realm. Original, restlessly charged and changing sounds float free of context or lineage - with meaning pointing in multiple possible directions. While rising sonic forms enthrall in a slowly revealing timbral bloom, oscillators take their turn advancing, stacking and receding. As enigmatic as the realm it is trying to depict Arngrímsson's realizations do not merely hang in the air, inert. They sparkle, shine and gleam - moving as easily out through the cosmos as they do inward to the recesses of the human spirit.
Following his 11 October 2025 performance at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia, Ótal plays live on the 10.12.25 broadcast of STAR'S END. Please tune in for details and/or stream live on Youtube.
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Principle Instigator at DiN Records, Ian Boddy culminates his acclaimed 10 volume 
Recording and performing under the name Ótal works by Icelandic Electronic Musician 
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