STAR'S END Update 09.28.25

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Principle Instigator at DiN Records, Ian Boddy culminates his acclaimed 10 volume Tone Science anthology set with THE FINAL PATCH (129:46). Including contributions from 20 Modular Synthesists known from earlier editions of the series this class of substantial, studied expressions plays out in a contest of beautiful ideas. The central wonder here is that all the works are so personal, and so unfixed. Coming through in thoughtful, principled expressions Andrea Cichecki, Field Lines Cartographer, Benge, Bluetech, Ian Boddy, Swansither, Paul Nagle, Parallel Worlds, Nigel Mullaney, Todd Barton, Panic Girl, Lyonel Bauchet, Chris Carter, Sarah Belle Reid, Hainbach, Batchas, Polypores, Scanner, d’Voxx, and Nathan Moody each deliver a poignant and enigmatic realization - energized by some current higher than what the rest of us are running on. From soft tunes, beats and grooves to breakdowns of pumping sequencer patterns and the smart circulation of echoing arpeggio notes, down to its wild abandon of vexed modulations, textures and tones, THE FINAL PATCH concludes the Tone Science endeavor with the same sense of daring with which the format began. Abandoning reality for a domain of sound this mainly machine music is actually produced by human beings - in hopes of better illuminating our world. There is still plenty of power and promise in this story. The practitioners of Electronic Music are constantly reinventing the genre, constantly responding to their own troubled era, and constantly asking, What do we owe the future?

Please tune in to the 09.28.25 broadcast of STAR'S END for music from THE FINAL PATCH, the final release in the Tone Science series, and much more...

For more on TONE SCIENCE 10: THE FINAL PATCH, please access: http://din.org.uk

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