DiN 15 - Blaze by ARC
On sale NOW in the DiN store
Two edited MP3 files available from the new DiN 15 web page

"Blaze" is the third CD release by ARC and their second CD on the DiN label. The duo is comprised of DiN founder Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve and the pair are joined on the album by guest musician Carl Brooker who plays drums on four of the discs eight tracks.

Both Boddy and Shreeve have been at the centre of the UK independent synth scene since the late seventies and have known each other since they both appeared at the very first UK Electronica in 1983. Shreeve has been involved with his Redshift project for the last 10 years which has revolved around extensive use of an arsenal of vintage synths including a giant Moog IIIc modular system. With Redshift he has released six albums and performed several concerts as a four piece band.

Boddy first approached Shreeve in 1998 to set up the ARC project to run alongside Redshift in a more experimental and ambient vein. Their first disc "Octane" was released on Something Else Records and was premiered at the alpha-Centauri festival in the Netherlands. "Radio Sputnik", the duos second CD was released as
DiN 7 in 2000 and was a document of this concert.


"Blaze" has a running time of almost 55 minutes spread over eight tracks with a split of five rhythmic and three atmospheric pieces. Their signature sound of muscular Moog sequencer riffs overlaid with layers of ambient keyboard is still very much in evidence. However the addition of acoustic drums played by Carl Brooker on four of the five rhythmic tracks gives an added dimension and subtlety to the sound of ARC. Their music has a great sense of organic development and the drumming of Brooker further adds to the sense of dynamics. Once again ARC have compiled an evocative mix of the early Teutonic synth pioneers with modern ambient electronica.



On sale now in the DiN store "Bridges" The Echoes Living Room Concerts V9.
This CD is released by one of the USA's biggest syndicated radio shows Echoes. The first 10 tracks by artists such as Pat Metheny, Erik Wollo, Drala, Autumn's Child etc are all very American sounding in that ever so nice, well played Jazz/Ethnic/New Agey way. And then there's the 11th track by Redshift - 12 minutes of monumental Berlin style sequencing and EM chords. This unique track was performed by Mark Shreeve & Ian Boddy in Marks home studio for a living room concert performed for the Echoes show in the summer of 2003. The DiN store has managed to grab a few copies for sale to any avid Redshift fans wanting to hear this unique track from a one-off line up of the band.


Morphology - the new sample CD library by Ian Boddy is now available.
MORPHOLOGY is a new Native Instruments-powered virtual instrument featuring over 3 Gb of evolving soundscapes, dream synth patches and samples for film composers and sound designers, created from scratch by IAN BODDY . Produced for sample specialists Zero-G details can be found on their web site @ http://www.zero-g.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=787

There are 3 unreleased demo tracks available for free download from the Zero-G site.


On sale now in the DiN store "Older Than God" by Markus Reuter.
Older Than God is the new solo Markus Reuter release on the Burning Shed label. Packaged in a similar fashion to Sun Lounge Debris this is Reuter's best solo release to date. Similar in a way to The Longest in Terms of being but the ethereal soundscapes he conjures up have a more beautiful, calm and relaxing feel.


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