DiN - ARTISTS
	ARC 4 albums available	ARC are Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve who have previously released Octane on Boddy's Something Else Record label. Mark Shreeve has recently been involved with his Redshift project that due to the use of his original Moog IIIC modular system has been recreating the vibe and feel of early 70's space music pioneers such as Tangerine Dream. However in ARC, whilst the Big Moog is still ever present Boddy's influence can be heard in shifting the music sideways with a more ambient feel. See also ARC on Something Else Records for their first album Octane. more info...
	dbkaos 1 album available	Art of Sacrifice is the debut album by dbkaos. Based in the South-West of England, Dave Hickman, the man behind dbkaos, has had several years experience programming synths and effects for the thirteen sample CD's he's had released by Zero-G (the UK's leading sample CD producer). This pedigree has enabled him to compose Art of Sacrifice, a well crafted vision into the future of synthesis. Using a MAC computer as the main sound source with external audio contributions from a VCS3, Supernova II and of course access to his vast library of samples, the six tracks display a real sonic... more info...
	DiN Label Sampler 3 albums available	The UK magazine The Wire showcased the DiN sampler in its June 2001 issue. more info...
	Dub Atomica 2 albums available	Listen to the world within the world of sound as critical beats career and collide with ethereal vibes and tones to produce an eclectic, minimalist dance floor, chill out sensation. Ian Boddy in collaboration with beats guru Nigel Mullaney from Best Before. more info...
	Hoffmann-Hoock & Wöstheinrich 1 album available	DiN has always fostered an environment where unusual musical alliances can flourish. Such encounters seem to be of high significance both for Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock, the mastermind behind successful music projects like MIND OVER MATTER & COSMIC HOFFMANN, and Bernhard Wöstheinrich, who, being 'THE REDUNDANT ROCKER' himself, is a member of the bands CENTROZOON and SUBSONIC EXPERIENCE. Indeed Wöstheinrich has not only appeared on DiN previously in these two guises but has also worked with DiN label supremo Ian Boddy on Moiré ( DiN18 ). Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock's musical roots go back to the late sixties when he started playing the lead guitar... more info...
	Ian Boddy 8 albums available	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... more info...
	Ian Boddy & Bernhard Wöstheinrich 1 album available	One of the aims of the DiN label was to act as a community of artists who could interact and colloborate in different ways. This is a perfect example of a colloboration between Ian Boddy and Bernhard Wöstheinrich. more info...
	Ian Boddy & Chris Carter 1 album available	Chris Carter began his career in the 1960's working for various TV stations as a sound engineer. He also found himself getting more involved in the visual side of entertainment, which eventually progressed into designing and presenting light shows and visual effects for numerous festivals, events and gigs, including bands as diverse as Yes and Hawkwind. This led to commissions for BBC TV shows, Colour Me Pop and The Old Grey Whistle Test. By the early 70's Chris was touring universities and colleges with a solo, multimedia show playing self-built synthesisers and keyboards and incorporating a myriad of lighting effects... more info...
	Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter 2 albums available	Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter See also Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter on Something Else Records for their live album, Jodrell Bank Concert. more info...
	Ian Boddy, Markus Reuter & Nigel Mullaney 1 album available	Boddy, Reuter and Mullaney offer a seamless blend of improvisation and composition in this latest disc taken from their appearance at the E-Live 2000 Festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. As you'd expect when three musicians of this calibre get together to perform on stage for the first time, there are moments of delicacy, robust experimentation and tangles of knotted rhythms with critical breaks and sequences which are guaranteed to have fans of electronic music salivating. more info...
	Parallel Worlds 1 album available	Parallel Worlds is the main project for the Greek musician Bakis Sirros. He has been active in the Greek electronic music scene since 1998 having performed at several concerts including E-PHOS electronic music festival in summer of 2001, Mad club, Club22 (2nd Summer in the city Festival), Music Day Festival 2006, Small Music Theatre and the Underworld Club. He is also involved with other muscians in collaborative work. The new IDM project “Interconnected” with the German IDM musician Ingo Zobel (of DRON, Signalform, Self Oscillate) and the ambient / experimental project “Memory Geist” with the Australian electronica musician Steve Law... more info...
	Protogonos 1 album available	The working name adopted by Stefan W. Bojczuk and any musical collaborators, the most enduring partnership having been with Matthew Shaw for the last six years. Protogonos: Derivation: alchemical, the first seed: cabbalistic, adam kadmon, the blueprint of humankind. Stefan became interested in playing electronic music in the late '70s. It was while he attended Newcastle University that he met Ian Boddy. Their mutual interest in electronica led them to Spectro studios where they experimented with VCS3s and other wobbly analogue synths. Stefan returned to his native Halifax, where, for a number of years he dabbled with punk/new wave, keyboard player in... more info...
	radio massacre international 1 album available	radio massacre international ( rmi ) comprises Steve Dinsdale (keyboards, electronics, drums), Duncan Goddard (keyboards, electronics, bass) and Gary Houghton (guitar, keyboards). This trio of musicians have steadily been building a solid reputation since 1995 with the release of their first album ‘Frozen North’ on Centaur Records. Since then they have released several other albums on Centaur as well as their own private Northern Echo label. Most recently they have released the double CD album ‘Emissaries’ on the well respected Stateside Cuneiform label. The band incorporate elements of Berlin school electronics with Prog/Krautrock and are a force to be reckoned with... more info...
	Robert Rich & Ian Boddy 3 albums available	Both Boddy & Rich have been involved in electronic music for over twenty years but have travelled very different musical paths. Rich is best known for his many releases on the Hearts of Space, Hypnos and Release/Relapse labels. Boddy's numerous electronic albums on his Something Else Records label garnered respect throughout Europe during this same period. Ian Boddy launched the DiN label in 1999 in order to stretch the boundaries of contemporary electronica, and has released a series of exceptional limited edition releases including several of his own solo and collaborative albums. more info...
	Subsonic Experience 1 album available	The members of Subsonic Experience are traditionalists. Not so much in their thinking, but in their history. Bernhard Wöstheinrich (born in 1968) and Thorsten Niestrath (born in 1967) met in Arts School in Bielefeld, Germany, a city with a reputation in improvised experimental music and design. Being design students, the two worked together on a number of art projects which included film, performance art, painting and last but not least, the band Subsonic Experience (from autumn 1990 till summer 1993). Artistically influenced by Zen Buddhism, the teachings of Don Juan, Gerhard Richter, Peter Michael Hamel and the likes of Klaus... more info...
	Surface 10 2 albums available	Dean De Benedictis, aka Surface 10, is a Southern California based composer / producer / performer / conceptual artist and electronic music pioneer. He utilizes his interests in a variety of musical styles and concepts ranging from experimental electronica to ambient, IDM to progressive jazz and beyond. In 1996 Dean released his self titled debut CD on Hypnotic Records (a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records) under the alias SURFACE 10, gaining him recognition in the electronic ambient genre. Since then he has appeared on various Hypnotic compilations and tribute CDs. In 97 Dean then collaborated with George Sara of THC on another... more info...
	Tetsu Inoue 1 album available	Based in New York and with over 40 albums to his credit, including collaborations with such left-field luminaries as Bill Laswell, Atom Heart, Peter Namlook and Jonah Sharp, Tetsu Inoue has established himself as a musician equally comfortable in the contrasting worlds of ambient, sound installation, and computer music. more info...

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DiN - History

A veteran of the European electronic music scene since the late 70s, UK based sonic explorer Ian Boddy has produced 13 CDs on his Something Else Records label. Emerging from the post TDream generation, Boddy has carved out a distinctive position as an independent composer and performer. As well as his CD output he has also released several library music CD's for deWolfe and is well known for his pioneering work with the sample CD company Zero-G.

His reputation growing as a producer and composer, Boddy decided to set up DiN in 1999 to facilitate his desire to work with musicians from several different areas of modern Electronica.

DiN - the Missing Link ?

One of Boddy's main aims was to provide a label which could provide a bridge between the analogue sound of the early 70's synth pioneers and the digital soundscapes of the more experimental modern exponents of electronic music. Thus DiN provides a platform for music that stretches across the range of contemporary Electronica. Each DiN release describes a musical landscape where nothing is forbidden and boundaries are redundant.

DiN - Limited Editions

The universe is always in motion. Nothing stands still. Neither will DiN. DiN has adopted a strictly limited edition ethos. In this way, DiN is able to appeal to the collector and the connoisseur by releasing limited edition multiples. DiN does not repress back catalogue. Catch it before you miss it.
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DiN - the Story so Far

There have been 28 releases since the launch of DiN including DiN 10 - iNDEX 01 which was a sampler CD of DiN 1 - 9. This disc was featured in the June 2001 issue of the well respected music magazine The Wire. There have been a wide range of artists involved with DiN so far including Chris Carter, Robert Rich, Tetsu Inoue, Markus Reuter, ARC, Centrozoon, Dub Atomica, Surface 10, Protogonos, Subsonic Experience, dbkaos, Parallel Worlds, Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and of course IanBoddy. With such an eclectic mix of musicians it's fair to say there's been quite a range of musical styles emerging on DiN. However under the guidance of Boddy the output on DiN has a consistency and high standard that will challenge and interest all lovers of "fine contemporary Electronica".

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