Ian Boddy Odyssey
Boddy turns his sense of the surreal and atmospheric to the world of rhythms and beats in Elektrolytic. There are drum loops, FX hits and loops, Glitch loops, and more—all with a cleanly-recorded analogue sound, all with Boddy's signature style. To my ears, these loops sound vintage but fresh, with lots of ways to make your tunes unique, yet retain that much sought-after old-school vibe. Very nice.
ASL-Analogue Sequencer Loops, made with hardware analogue synths and hardware analogue sequencers—no virtual stuff here, mate—is a time capsule of life when Afros and Naturals (for white people), flair paints with sequins, open shirts and giant Beatalogue is the follow-up to gold medallions, Drumalogue, which has 1,000 platform shoes and the analogue drum, percussion and onehustle—all roamed the shot hits. Beatalogue is a collection of Earth. But not just 300 electronic drum patterns and disco—this collection of loops fed through a massive modular 1,000 loops would be synth system. Of the two, I personally just at home with prefer Beatalogue, since Boddy's loop Depeche Mode or Soft construction abilities are something I Cell, or even—dare I say can only aspire to, but probably never it—my favorite equal. A sound designer would want Homosapien, Mr. Pete both collections—and with Odyssey, Shelley (Figure 12). I that's what you get. played the extended-mix LP's so much, I'm pretty sure my synapses rewired Airwaves, with its sounds "recorded themselves to that song. But I swear using a high quality and powerful I've never owned platform shoes. radio transceiver" brought back (for me) the television show, Outer Limits. Conclusion There are garbled voices, phaseshifted voices, demon alien voices— ASL—by itself, mind you—sells for and that's just the Voices category. $199.95. Odyssey, which includes ASL, The loops in the Atmospheres and plus the other seven libraries I've Backgrounds groups are so effective, described—sells for $169.95. The you can just drop them into your conclusion: Don't let Zero-G develop footage of astronauts doing the your Business Plan. All kidding aside, moonwalk. Like so much of Boddy's Odyssey is more than an incredible work, these sounds will get your value. It is a trip down analogue creative juices flowing. memory lane, but without all the crud we had to deal with—drifting tuning,
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pops and squeaks, small fires—you name it, Odyssey brings it all back, in such a pure, clean form that you just swear, that's the way it used to sound. Ian Boddy is a musical and producing genius and this collection is an invaluable source of inspiration and amazing utility. Now, time to give Telephone Operator another spin. Where's my gold medallion?
Note: You can find Ian Boddy at www.DiN.org.uk. A promo video for Odyssey can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqnDXbvOGUU&feature=channel.
February 2012
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