Ian Boddy has been at the forefront of the UK electronic music scene since 1983 when he both performed at the very first UK Electronica Festival in Milton Keynes and released his first vinyl album The Climb.

In the 4 years preceding this event he had been experimenting at an Arts Council funded studio in Newcastle whilst at University. His early work resulted in 3 cassette only releases on the Mirage label as well as several local concerts. These early tapes showed Boddy gradually forming his own style through a long self teaching process in the techniques of analogue synthesis and tape manipulation.

After the success of 1983 he went on to release another 2 vinyl albums, Spirits and Phoenix, as well as performing several concerts throughout the UK. However it wasn't until 1989 that his first CD release, Odyssey, came out on the EM label Surreal to Real. After Drive, his second release on the Surreal label Boddy formed his own record label, Something Else Records , through which he released a further 4 solo albums as well as reissuing his 3 early vinyl albums and the cassette only release Jade on CD. Furthermore he released three collaborative CD releases with some of Europes finest exponents of EM, namely Andy Pickford, Ron Boots and Mark Shreeve.

He continued to expand his concert appearences which have now surpassed over 100 events with concerts in the UK ( including several more UK Electronica appearances, two shows at the Jodrell Bank Planetarium & two at the National Space Centre), Holland ( five festival appearances ), Germany and three shows in Philadelphia, USA.

Alongside these mainstream EM activities Boddy has also built for himself a formidable reputuation as a sound designer having produced a series of sample CD's & virtual instruments for sampling specialists Time & Space. In late 2008 Boddy set up his own downloadable sample CD company with the Waveforms series of sample packs. Furthermore he is also involved in library music having composed 11 such CD's for the publishing company deWolfe as well as producing some music for a computer games company.

Thus we come up to the present with the formation of his DiN label in 1999. Unlike his private Something Else Records the DiN label was set up to allow Boddy to actively form different collaborations with a wide variety of musicians as well as release other artists music. DiN has achieved widespread critical acclaim for it's adventurous outlook at the world of EM and has seen 39 releases with Boddy being involved in 21 of these ( five solo and sixteen collaborative projects ). 

In 2008 DiN expanded it's catalogue with a series of download only releases featuring Boddy in concert both as a solo performer and with other DiN artists. 

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LATEST NEWS:
My latest music album is out now on Kalamine Records called Polar Ember:  You can find it here:
https://kalaminerecords.bandcamp.com/album/polar-ember

Also on all major streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music as well:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0jTEJocJ6xogziCy3iFFxS?si=5LrAF6njT9ePLMuYTUzDpg

A recent review from Moon Phase Radio is here:
https://moonphaseradio.com/entries/new-ambient-music/pre-polar-seclusion

A recent review from Weatnu Records:
  'Branches from the start becomes inspiring to the ears.  Berlin school is becoming more accepted in an electronic world of sound.  The music is professional and the mix of clear ambient and dark pads help the production shine.  There is sure to be more music heard from Pre Polar in the future.'

Recently added to this cool mix:
https://on.soundcloud.com/Rf6ScChegAth2uZZ6

Recent collaboration with my friend Chad Hoffman from Royal Crocodiles has resulted in some tracks under the name of Cassette Museum.  You can find these tracks on YouTube here:

https://youtube.com/@cassettemuseum?si=dZ5H-PGLUc8mEqAa

If you enjoy listening to my music, please show your appreciation by checking out the Kalamine Records website and purchasing my albums on Bandcamp!
The few bucks goes to help Kalamine keep the label and website going.
Here is the site info:
https://kalaminerecords.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-soma
Or:
http://prepolar.bandcamp.com/

We would appreciate your support of independent music very much! 

You can find Pre Polar on Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTube, Amazon Music, and other major streaming services.

Previous tracks has been picked up by several bloggers and Spotify playlist curators.  
A recent review from Acid Ted Blog:
Here’s The Distant Survivors, the opening track to album Crystal Monuments. The album is as much chill as it is ambient. But it’s perhaps best seen as chilly, rather than chill. 
The Distant Survivors is a slow piece full of open spaces. It’s described as both “Endless grey skies. Dim sunlight. Seeping cold…” and “An overflight of a distant fjord where unexpected people are found.” This makes it sound austere and a bit unwelcoming. It’s not really like that at all. 
The synths have a rounded warmth and welcome. It’s a track that enjoys places to roam. Views to be seen. Things that are far off. It takes its time to unfold. It’s a beatless wander through snowdrifts. Crystalline. 

Recently, I created a page on Gumroad for selling my sample packs.  You can find them here:
Sci Fi - Cinematic Sample Pack Volume 1
https://gum.co/PWmwZ
Sci Fi - Cinematic Sample Pack Volume 2
https://gum.co/OVVpF

Contact for Collabs, wav files for your mix, Custom Sound Design and Booking :
ohvonbraun@yahoo.com

"No elevators to Eden".

Composer, lyricist, published poet, sound artist, improviser, recording artist. Since 1998.

Also known as @ajkaufmann.

Curated by Mickaël Halley

US001 - Various
US002 - Various
US003 - NOSUN - NOSUN
US004 - Mickael Halley - Panorama
US005 - Société Moderne - Compilation Bleue
US006 - KöSHRiMP - Lubrisolarium
US007 - SpunOff - Kinetic
US008 - Second Age - Summer Of Hate
US009 - M-O-R-S-E - Vanités
US010 - Private Grief - Appropriate Care 
US011 - Mieszko Bavencoffe - Ah mince :) 
US012 - Marine Froeliger - Solstice (Improvisation Solaire)
US013 - Tyler G. Holst - A Paradise Called
US014 - Mickael Halley - Reworks
US015 - Ufo Nurse - Màquina Indignada
US016 - Neuromancienne
US017 - Various Artists
US018 - Miss Bean - Business Wuman
US019 - Delfine - Five Arrangements For Architectural Forms 
US020 - gogabriel - rassemblement national
US021 - Somaticae - Sanai
US022 - Multipolar - Ghost Of My Life
US023 - Glass Can - We Are Lichens
US024 - Tina Schwizgebel-Wang & Mickaël Halley - 对不起
US025 - Aesthesis - Spellbound
US026 - Florence Cats - first steps in the nebula

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Sello discográfico donde convergen artistas de Berlín School, Ambient, Soundscape, Space  Music. Proyecto musical, artístico y cultural,  tienda online y distribuidor de música digital.-

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