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Field Lines Cartographer

Mark Burford, aka Field Lines Cartographer, is one of the new generation of musicians crafting original sonic worlds in electronic music using primarily modular synths. He has garnered quite a reputation both for his live performances as well as a series of releases on labels such as Castles In Space, Quiet Details and Woodford Halse. He has also appeared on a couple of the Tone Science albums, most notably Volume 8, which was the Tone Science Live event from last year.

Field Lines Cartographer – Resplendent In The Light Of The Universe

Artist: Field Lines Cartographer
P: 2025
DIN 93
LTD 333 Copies
The second solo album on the DiN imprint from UK synthesist Mark Burford, aka Field Lines Cartographer, sees him venturing even further out into the cosmic void with an hour long suite of modular explorations. His previous DiN release, Portable Reality Generator (DiN85), was enthusiastically received, and as with that release the music on this new album flows seamlessly from one track to the next. Burford has been establishing a fine reputation both as a live performer and with releases on several labels such as Castles In Space, Quiet Details and Woodford Halse. His musicality and deft touch are certainly at the fore on the beautifully named ‘Resplendent In The Light Of The Universe’. Using a range of analogue modular instruments as well as an array of digital effects Burford weaves music for a deep contemplation of questions alluding to the underlying nature of the cosmos. The eight tracks have such an organic feel and swell and grow like nebulae. With reference to the albums title they have an inner light which shines through the swirling clouds of texture. At times he ventures into Berlin School sequencer territory, especially in tracks such as ‘Various Rotations’ and ‘The Light of Billion Stars’, but it’s never a slavish pastiche of this idiom but rather his own musical voice finding form in this particular style. Elsewhere pieces such as ‘Forever Spheres’ and ‘Gentle Flows’, which bookend the album, are particularly redolent of, in his own words, “the splendour of the luminous universe”. This new release from Field Lines Cartographer is another fine addition to the DiN canon and takes the labels musical roots forward to a bright future.

14,90 EUR

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V/A - Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch (2CD)

Artist: Ian Boddy, Paul Nagle, Chris Carter u.a.
P: 2025
DIN TS10
LTD 600 Copies
DiN brings its acclaimed Tone Science series to a close with The Final Patch, a celebratory double album that gathers twenty artists from across the series’ history. Since launching in 2018, the Tone Science sub-label has featured seventy-two musicians from diverse backgrounds, united by a shared fascination with modular synthesis and its boundless sonic potential. In the seven years since its inception, the modular synth world has grown exponentially. While still niche, these systems are increasingly prominent in both studio work and live performance. The Final Patch marks a fitting end to the series with a carefully curated compilation that both honours the journey so far and gestures toward future possibilities. Presented as a double CD, the release features contributions from key figures including Chris Carter, Benge, Hainbach, Scanner, and label founder Ian Boddy, who also contributes liner notes. An eight-page booklet includes an essay by Neil Mason, offering context and reflection on a project that has remained rooted in emotion as much as technology. As Boddy notes, “the emotional quality of the music is the single most important factor.” The Final Patch is a powerful and poignant conclusion to the series.

18,90 EUR

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Various Artists - Index 09

Artist: V/A
P: 2025
DIN 90
LTD 500 Copies
iNDEX09 is the ninth DiN compilation album and includes two tracks each from the titles
DiN81 – 89. The artists on show this time are Polypores, Benge, Parallel Worlds, Dave Bessell, Field Lines Cartographer, Sophos and ARC, as well as a collaboration between
Ian Boddy & Dave Bessell. Furthermore DiN86 was the highly significant 25 Years of DiN double CD album, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the DiN label, so there are also two tracks included from this release with tracks by Ian Boddy and Robert Rich. As with the previous eight DiN samplers label boss Ian Boddy has mixed and cross-faded the 18 tracks into a continuous ambient mix that not only showcases the albums featured on the release but presents an exciting and varied title in its own right. It also highlights the varied and intriguing music that the DiN label offers on its releases from deep analogue synth grooves through vibrantly melodic instrumentals to powerful, epic ambient atmospheres. An intoxicating mix of the old and new beautifully presented in a slimline cardboard wallet with an extra flap which just adds to the value and collectibility of this release. With a total release catalogue now of 131 titles the DiN label is continuing to innovate and evolve as it heads into 2025 with the next milestone of 100 physical releases for the main imprint coming into sight.

8,50 EUR

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Various Artists – 25 Years of DiN (2CD)

Artist: Ian Boddy, Bessel, Wollo,Benge, Rich,RMI, ARC, NOde u.a.
P: 2024
DIN 86
LTD
This is certainly a milestone release for the DiN label as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Needless to say, this is quite an achievement for a niche, independent label that has relentlessly ploughed its own path for quarter of a century. Its catalogue and release schedule has been carefully curated over all these years by label boss Ian Boddy, who launched the imprint way back in the spring of 1999. It is perhaps a reflection of his own musical identity which, whilst grounded in the Berlin School of the 1970s, has continued to evolve and grow to cover ever widening areas of electronic music, where sub-genres can be mixed and matched at will. There have been plenty of compilation albums released on the DiN label in the past, most notably the iNDEX sampler albums, of which there have been eight to date. These cover tracks from existing albums and are certainly a great showcase for the label. However, this double album is different, in that Boddy invited the majority of the musicians who have previously been released on the main DiN catalogue to compose new pieces. Spread across two discs, this amounts to 142 minutes of sublime, varied and thoroughly original music. Ranging from beautifully ambient to dark brooding soundscapes, via cinematic electronica through to old school Berlin School sequencer workouts, “25 Years of DiN” is a wonderful distillation of the DiN label. Presented in a stunning six panel fold out Digipak double CD package with 8-page booklet featuring an essay by Neil Mason (Moonbuilding), this release is a must-have for collectors of the DiN labels output.

18,90 EUR

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