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SynGate CD-R 2028

Wouldn't it be boring if everything in life was the same color? Wouldn't it all get so dull if love, hate, rage, elation, joy were all the same color, no matter how beautiful? Yes, of course everybody has their own favorite color, but variety is the spice of life, as they say. Variety is also what keeps an artist’s creativity alive, since an artist - just like anybody else - has many different facets that need expressing. We all love Berlin School music, classic EM, and all that, and none of us would ever want to do without it. Still, it’s a good idea to keep our mind open to al the other forms of EM that can bring some new colors into our musical life.
Orange is the color of this unexpected facet of Syn this album is very different from his usual BS stuff, and it is extremely interesting precisely because of this. I was lucky enough to listen to it before it was released and I loved it instantly. Syn calls this kind of music minimalist techno but I think of it as cybermusic: I find that the chilling atmospheres generate cyberpunk film-like images in the listener’s mind, and I do think that lovers of flicks such as Matrix or Ghost in the Shell will fall in love with it at once.
Nothing seems to happen in these tracks, but that is exactly what actually happens. If you think this is a difficult concept to understand, then just listen to it in a relaxed environment and in the darkness, if you can, and you will get what I mean. Tracks such as the beautiful Connected or the penetrating Within my mind will drag you through a virtual landscape made of data and impulses if you have ever wondered what the inside of an android’s mind sounds like, listen to Thought Patterns.
You will also witness the encounter of classic EM and modern music in the surprising Human Spirit.
Orange will give you a new perspective on the talent of this artist from Scotland, who is not only capable of delivering some of the best classic EM around, but some of the best new EM as well.
Do yourselves a favor and add this new color to your life.