Not a bad mix of performances, even if there is some resorting to the old speeding up the bleeps, and a few thing Bebe and Louis Barron might have dreamt up.  The final section, a reworking of a La Monte Young piece, sounds a bit like my tinnitus, and I'm not sure I could take 25 minutes of it.

Taken from the forthcoming album "Tubbataha" by Ten Atmospheres.

Pre orders start April 7th 2023 // Release date: April 14th 2023
The album will be available in a limited edition CD with handmade wallets, hand numbered, edition of 35.

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Ten Atmospheres - Asian Garden

Polypores Multizonal Mindscramble DiN81

Release date 15th September 2023
Limited to 300 copies 180g Vinyl / 300 copies Digipak CD

Stephen James Buckley aka Polypores returns for his second full album on the DiN imprint following on from his 2022 debut “Hyperincandescent” (DiN71).

Though we’ve come to know a wide range of sounds from Polypores, it’s here on “Multizonal Mindscramble” that we get plunged into the outer reaches of the inner psyche. Flickering insectoid transmissions are laid atop slowly shifting walls of drifting oscillators, barely discernible chirps and static-encrusted filter sweeps. There are moments of undeniable melodic bliss amongst the warm, weightless transmissions though, with soaring arpeggios and covert counter-melodies emerging from the fog and coalescing into perfect harmony before fading once again into the ether. The slow intricate weaving of sounds and timbres has become a Polypores trademark, and once again the fluidity and ease with which Buckley moves between sound-worlds is evident on this new album. The organic textures morph and grow, from a syncopated glitching oscillator through to slow swells of synth and spacey, cavernous reverb. Like a languid walk through the forest, while you gradually melt through the earth and into the soil. 

A perfectly balanced textural odyssey, and a stunning example of the depth and breadth of the Polypores sound “Multizonal Mindscramble” is released both as a 180g Vinyl edition and a Digipak CD with stunning artwork from Wendy Carroll that matches the music perfectly.

01 The Dream Incubator   03:30
02 Foam   03:01
03 Machine Elves   05:58
04 Can Non-Player Characters Experience Love?   02:58
05 Diverging Reality Tunnels   03:29
06 Retrocausal   03:05
07 Hyperdata   00:59
08 Until You Observe It, It Isn’t There   04:30
09 Compute Gnosis   02:56
10 Hexagram   03:18
11 Strangels   04:04
12 The Green-Screen Beneath It All    02:09
13 Adventures In The Super-Spectrum   02:59
14 Butterflies   01:08

Total Time :  44:02

Multizonal Mindscramble

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Multizonal Mindscramble by Polypores (DiN81) Demo Mix

Tracklist

01. Arovane - Endett
02. Andrew Heath - Belonging
03. Solo Andata - Leaden Sky
04. Memory Scale - A Suivre
05. Thme - Nocens
06. Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson - Anther
07. Mi Cosa de Resistance & Ciro Berenguer - Los espejos
08. Andy Cartwright - Mended Environment
09. Francesco Covarino - Nido i
10. Miguel Otero - End of Summer by The Pier

338. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01. Fortresses - Hear
02. Katharina Schmidt - February. all-night donut shop
03. Ian Hawgood & David Cordero -  An influx of dreams curtailed by the softest of voices
04. Sonmi451 - A Taste For Vicarious Pleasure
05. Harry Towell - Laurus nobilis
06. Memory Scale - A Suivre
07. Daily Rituals -  Self-portrait under rusting sun
08. Andrew Heath - Eulogy
09. James Osland - I Am Because Of You
10. Imprints - Overworld
11. Richard Skelton -  Hypervelocity

341. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Brother Joseph's Sonic Treasure - Radio Buena Vida 04.08.23

Various Artists Tone Science Module No.8 Tone Science Live DiN:TS08

Release date 6th October 2023
Limited to 500 copies. Digipak CD format

Tone Science sub-label, from DiN records, continues to explore the world of modular synth music.

The first seven volumes on the Tone Science sub-label featured 63 musicians (9 on each album) with varying backgrounds and styles, showcasing the wonderful richness and variety inherent in the world of modular synthesis. The next step was to transfer this concept to a live performance and hence the inaugural Tone Science Live concert, which took place at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool on the evening of 22nd April 2023. 

All five musicians were set up onstage simultaneously and each played solo before joining together at the end. Field Lines Cartographer opened the evening with a beautiful set full of glistening textures and pulsating oscillations. Next came Nigel Mullaney with a more upbeat performance, featuring the famous “Pale Blue Dot” speech from Carl Sagan which seemed very appropriate as the 22nd April was Earth Day. After a short interval, Polypores took to the stage with a breath-taking display of modular synth virtuosity, with him constantly shifting and morphing the myriad sequencer patterns and tones emanating from his modular system. DiN label boss Ian Boddy followed with a sonic trip through four ambient sections, seamlessly mixing minimal ambience with vibrant pulsing sequencers before falling away to a tranquil conclusion. After another short break, Scanner played a stunning set featuring field recordings and disarming vocal samples and building up a monumental industrial rhythm from the simplest of ingredients.

The evening ended in fine style with all five musicians taking to the stage and performing an ambient drone piece inspired by the early American minimalist composers. At the helm was Scanner, mixing and shaping the overall sound of the music as it slowly grew in intensity to fill the hall with a mesmerising wash of tones. A fitting end to what was a fantastic evening of music from five musicians coaxing such varied and beautiful sounds from their small modular systems.

The entire evening is presented as a double CD in a 6-panel Digipak with accompanying 8 page booklet. A must-have album for followers of the Tone Science series.


Track listing:

01 TSL Set 1 by Field Lines Cartographer   23:43
02 TSL Set 2 by Nigel Mullaney   27:44
03 TSL Set 3 by Polypores   22:42
04 TSL Set 4 by Ian Boddy   23:58
05 TSL Set 5 by Scanner   28:45
06 TSL Set 6 by Tone Scientists   23:58

Total Time: 151:00

Tone Science Module No.8 Tone Science Live

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Recording from the chillout stage when the witching hour hits the ground and turns late night into early morning. Thank you @zmarfestival and keep on going <3

ZMAR

ZMAR festival 2023

full broadcast

http://m50.net/playlists/2024.02.02.html

@teemup...
KiTA - Palace [Knekelhuis]
Boris Divider - Your Light (The Variant Version) [Drivecom]
Sterac Electronics - Atlantis [Interpersonal XP]
HNGIN ?? - ?? moonshine [Not On Label]
Hania Rani - Glass [Gondwana Records]
Tinton Duvanté - Afterglow [Starbaby]
Martinou - Absorption (Citywide) [Nous’klaer Audio]
Galcher Lustwerk - Stem [Ghostly International]
Ali Renault - Peter Summoning [Vivod]
Sun Electric - Sarotti [R&S Records]
Dagobert - These Two Seconds [Stellar Mode]
Donato Dozzy - Le Chaser [Spazio Disponibile]
Doxa Sinistra - The Other Stranger [Midnight Drive]
Holy Other - Yr Love [Tri Angle]
Dressel Amorosi - Synthporn [Four Flies]
Pearson Sound - Earwig [Pearson Sound]
Fatima Yamaha - Hooikorts [Magnetron Music]
Pye Corner Audio - Underneath The Dancefloor [Ghost Box]
F.U.S.E. - Nitedrive [Warp Records]
Paladin - Monad [Mild Peril]
Rude 66 - Magick Angels’ Invocation [Bordello A Parigi]
Deep Spectrum - Moon Memory [030303]
Burial - Dog Shelter [Hyperdub]
Soundbwoy Killah - Halcyon Daze [Sneaker Social Club]
Hiroyuki Namba - Tropical Exposition (Who Done It? Version) [Light In The Attic]
Mildlife - Return To Centaurus [Heavenly Recordings]
Credit 00 - Love Warriors [Pinkman]
Pet Shop Boys - Pet Shop Boys [High Fashion Music]

m50...
Gescom : [b] : Remixes : SKAM
drøn : Troid : Numerator : Science Cult
Inoperative System : Pony : BDSM : Inoperative System
ENA : Simile : Dead Set : Logic of the Signifier
Lakker : Swells : Gateway : YUKU
Chewlie : Home : Transforming Matter : YUKU
Inoperative System : mmodulation mind2 : radi : Inoperative System
drøn : Brim : Numerator : Science Cult
DMX Krew : Always Hats : Spiral Dance : Hypercolour
/DL/MS : InvisibleBits : Calanhi : TRUST
DMX Krew : Ankle Grinder : Spiral Dance : Hypercolour
Tidy Kid They Stole Her Mother (TG Mauss Lottery Remix) : 10 Mixes For No Cash : Hauch
The Monitors : Control : Control : Palette
Anthemic Beliefs : Tape Odyssey : Anthemic Tapes : Hypercolour
Microstoria : Communerism : init ding + _snd : Thrill Jockey
Philip Sulidae : Inside : Circulator : Line
ENA : fine : Dead Set : Logic of the Signifier
Michael Sugarman : Chapter 2 : Perfect Information (Instrumentals) : Cached Media
Michael Sugarman : Chapter 4 : Perfect Information (Instrumentals) : Cached Media
Philip Sulidae : In through the ear, 1951 : Circulator : Line
Chewlie : Submerge Into : Transforming Matter : YUKU
Microstoria : Zuhause : init ding + _snd : Thrill Jockey
drøn : All That We Have Found So Far : Numerator : Science Cult
Philip Sulidae : Old air, 1986 : Circulator : Line
Lakker : Stone Tower : Gateway : YUKU
Tengui vs TVO : West Excerpt : The Long Road South : Logic of the Signifier
Philip Sulidae : Late afternoon, May : Circulator : Line
Current Joys : Blondie : Wild Heart : Danger Collective
Pinkcourtesyphone : pre-sumptuous / post-sumptuous : Arise In Sinking Feelings : Room40
Microstoria : Endless Summer NAMM : init ding + _snd :Thrill Jockey
Philip Sulidae : Short transmission : Circulator : Line

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@https://soundcloud.com/scanner A true narrative from electronic music vet Robin Rimbaud, told through the many styles of synthesizer-focused music. From vets such as Klaus Schulze and RDJ, to modern day innovators in Loscil, James Holden, OPN and Cortini, this is The Night You Dreamt. More info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix86

isolatedmix 86 - Scanner: The Night You Dreamt

On the heels of our modular-synthesizer-heavy release and remix album by James Bernard, we dug into some other artists playing within the rabbit holes of analog frequencies. There are of course many to choose from, but one artist has recently caught our ear as a purveyor in both techno and ambient sounds within the modular realm. https://soundcloud.com/an_on_bast

For more info and download: http://asip.me/isolatedmix88

Tracklist:

01. Bill Laswell - Káshí
02. Mouse On Mars - Unity Concepts
03. An On Bast & Maciej Fortuna - Our Plateux
04. David Toop - Bodies of Water
05. James Bernard - Euph
06. Atone - Qobac Sine
07. Unknown - ShiveRX
08. Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa - Fratres
09. Coil - Finite Bees
10. Pan American - Coastal
11. Celia Green - In The Extreme
12. An On Bast & Allca - 04:05
13. An On Bast - Rootless
14. Unknown - 10060
15. Woob - Later
16. Dream Fish - Underwater
17. Tatsu - Stilness / Introspective Me
18. Loscil - Monument Builders
19. An On Bast - Enter
20. Meritum - Harfowa

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isolatedmix 88 - An On Bast

Release date: 09/03/20

If you would like to review this release, please email info@astralindustries.co.uk

180g vinyl//leaflet included//mastered by Noel Summerville//original artwork by Theo Ellsworth.

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J.Derwort (15/07/1952 - 11/02/2019) left all his flutes, old guitars, strange percussion and some weird found objects at the Chi Factory studio. Hanyo van Oosterom went back to Patmos in April 2019 to visit all the magic places where Chi once started. He recorded the basics for ‘Travel in Peace’. Playing and recording these handmade bamboo flutes without the master himself being there was a lonely and emotional journey. But along the way the magic connection returned and the last Chi Factory album was born. On ‘Santa Fe’ and ‘Last Breath’ samples were used of J.Derwort during his last weeks in Santa Fe, Spain. The Chi circle is now closed. Chi Factory will move on as ‘Sons of Chi’. A new platform for different collabs and new adventures in sound. The legacy will live on, so will we.

Hanyo: As J.Derwort explained by a dream he is now in a wonderful place far away and still so close. The dream came during the recordings when I asked him how he is and where he is. I saw beautiful and ever changing constructions of plants. Nothing else. No words and just a simple explanation: everything is created and connected by intuitive vegetable intelligence. The opening piece ‘Bless You’ is the last track I recorded, it reflects the memory of my dream the most. I almost decided to start all over again, but I did not. Hope you like the last Chi Factory album, thx for all your support, also to my good friend and soul brother J.Derwort this meant a lot. One love!

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Part One

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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