Outpost (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Outpost
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Robert Rich and Ian Boddy


Released = 2002
Recorded = October 2001 at Soundscape Studio and Noverber 2001 at DiN Studios
Genre = Ambient
Length = 58:50
Label = DiN
Producer = Robert Rich and Ian Boddy
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2ojqear64xu7 link]
Chronology = Robert Rich
Last album = "Bestiary" (2001)
This album = "Outpost" (2002)
Next album = "Temple of the Invisible" (2003)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Ian Boddy
Type = studio
Last album = "Triptych" (2001)
This album = "Outpost" (2002)
Next album = "Aurora" (2002)

"Outpost" (2002) is a collaborative album by electronic musicians Robert Rich and Ian Boddy. Recording of this album began during a week in October, 2001 while Boddy was visiting Rich’s studio in California. It was completed in November when Rich visited Boddy’s studio in Northern England. It was mixed, assembled and mastered by Robert Rich in January, 2002. The track titles follow a science fiction theme of space exploration. This album was released as a limited edition of 2000 copies.

Track listing

#”First Outpost” - 1:31
#”Ice Fields” - 8:21
#”Methane” - 3:48
#”Lagrange Point” - 6:48
#”Link Lost” - 10:15
#”State of Flux” - 6:38
#”Tuning In” - 5:47
#”Tuning Out” - 6:54
#”Edge of Nowhere” - 6:25
#”Last Outpost” - 2:18

Personnel

*Robert Rich - MOTM modular synthesizer, lap steel guitar, flutes, percussion
*Ian Boddy - analog and digital synthesizers, prepared piano, Metasynth, Pluggo

External links

* [http://www.robertrich.com/rroutpost.html album feature from Robert Rich’s official web site]