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Posted 6th February 2011
Hello there chaps and chappesses,
I don't think I've done a blog or mail out in a while but I thought I'd tell you about an important release that's out today.
COMMITTAL - The new single by Instant Pyrolysis (Featuring remixes by Synoiz and Nors'Klh)
Can you see why I'm mentioning this now? :D
This is something I got asked to do a few months back and due to other commitments I ended up leaving it quite late and so (coupled with the new track I was writing for the upcoming Remember Chernobyl charity compilation) I had most of my December working for Adrien from Ambientaria records! The single "Committal" is a really interesting dark ambient piece as it's a track that tells a story of wrongful (or is it?) incarceration through oppressive bass and low piano motifs coupled with some dramatic and at times creepy spoken & operatic vocals from singer Marionita Paige.
You can check out the mini-site for Committal to listen to both a sample of the track and to buy the digital download for only €2 EUR. Considering you get 3-tracks including remixes by both me and Nors'Klh it's well worth the price and your money goes direct to both the artist, the singer and Ambientaria records who are proving a great help in getting a lot more dark ambient artists noticed out there.
Posted 21st June 2010
Download the debut 3-track single for FREE one day only
Can you believe it's already been a year since the first Synoiz release? Long Lost... the debut single, came out officially on June 22nd 2009. To celebrate we're offering you the chance to download the 3-track single for absolutely free (regular direct price £1.30, original retail price £2.37) for one day only. Get your copy for free between 00:00 GMT and 23:59 GMT this Tuesday the 22nd.
Help celebrate the anniversary of Long Lost... by watching the official music video and downloading the single.
Synoiz on the front page of Stereofame
Also as a nice little touch, this Monday the 21st, Synoiz will be mentioned on the home page of major music website Stereofame. A nice little honour and hopefully it'll draw a little more interest to the music and get a few new fans onboard.
Getting Safer (Behind The Scenes)
We were clearing through some old files and videos the other day and found lots of random camera vids that were taken on both the music video sets of first single "Long Lost..." and second single "Getting Safer". For a bit of a laugh we've uploaded one of these which you can view by clicking here. There's a few more so subscribe to the Synoiz channel to be updated when there's a new one available.
There's a lot more Synoiz news to mention so expect a few more newsletters in the coming days containing information on the progress of the Darkling EP, the next Synoiz album as well as the Kirsty project.
Thanks for being onboard with Synoiz.
Posted 24th December 2009
Wow what a time it's been these last few weeks! I've never been so exhausted and rushed off my feet in a long while. A few major things to mention though in case you haven't already heard:
Getting Safer is out now!
That's right my new single "Getting Safer" was released as a 3-track digital download on Saturday the 12th of December. So far it's had a great reception, managing to peak at #16 on the Amazon UK Dance/Electronic chart and #49 on the Indie/Alternative chart. I got very excited to see that people were buying it and enjoying it and so it has kinda made all the hard work seem worth it.
As an independant artist it has been a real struggle getting any kind of attention in the media, whatever image alternative magazines and radio stations present I'm still getting turned away for being a little experimental simply because I don't have vocals or guitars (especially the guitars factor!) and cos I'm not soothing ambience like Enya or Sigor Ros, some alternative media that is.
I would however like to say thank you to both Solipsistic NATION for featuring "Getting Safer" on their latest Twittermix Podcast and the wonderful Olaf from Joint Venture Radio for playing one of the B-Sides "From You" on his show.
If you're wondering how you buy Getting Safer and get access to the single mix and two exclusive B-Sides, simply visit the website I set up here: Getting Safer - The New Single from Synoiz
Official Music Video for Getting Safer by 12 FT Beast Productions
Well it was a lot of hard work and required several days running around in hoodies and masks chasing Alex (then again that's the guys at 12 FT Beast's usual weekend line up) but the official music video for the single is now available to watch below. If you like it please rate it on the YouTube page and leave a comment, it's always nice to get feedback. I like how it has come together considering what little budget we had and the chaos that was the weather during the shoot!
Thank you to all of our wonderful extras and the amazing Alex who plays the lead. You can find a full cast and crew list on the minisite: Getting Safer - The New Single from Synoiz.
Merry Christmas! Have a free track on me
Well that's it from me, probably until the new year when there will be lots more Synoiz news. To say thank you for a wonderful year and to all the new fans who have come about since the release of my singles and album I've made an updated version of my Christmas track "Falling Snow" available. Enjoy it and have a very Merry Christmas from Synoiz!
Download "Falling Snow" a free Christmas track for fans
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Posted 14th November 2009
I'm rather excited, I managed to get tickets for me and Kirsty to go see La Roux in Newcastle tonight, just before I head out the door here's the latest news from Synoiz!
Ambients the debut album is out now!
My debut instrumental album of 14 electro darkwave tracks "Ambients" was released on the 31st of October to a wonderful amount of support from fans. Despite being pretty much ignored by the UK media (one local publication that I will not name choosing to put their sealed press copy on eBay rather than actually listening to it) the album managed to get a good amount of airplay on independant radio stations in the US and some commercial stations in Germany, even going so far as getting a very kind review in a Turkish newspaper!
You can get links to buy the album as well as listen to Ambients in full from the mini-site: http://ambients.synoiz.net
New single Getting Safer released 12th of December
If you've been following me on Twitter you'll know that these past few weeks have been full of the chaos of filming the music video for the second single from Ambients "Getting Safer". The single will be released worldwide through Amazon, iTunes, eMusic on the 12th of December (before the Christmas single rush I hope!).
For the release I've written two new tracks to act as b-sides. They're both worth a listen and were rather fun to make even though I was drowning in promotion/artwork deadlines for Ambients when I had to write them!We're hoping to have the video ready for the week before the release and will be available, like the video for the experimental first single "Long Lost...", on the Synoiz YouTube
Ambients makes brief appearance in Amazon top 100
In a massive surprise (considering the low-key promo the album has had and the horrific £6.99 price tag the stores have slapped on it) Ambients managed to enter into the Dance/Electronic top 100 MP3 albums on Amazon for 2 days this week. It peaked at #73 which is absolutely amazing for me. When I attempt to make some commercial material I'll be bothered about charts but to get any kind of sales achievement for an album like this is a major thing!
Hope you're all doing okay,
Kind regards,
Synoiz
Posted 12th July 2009
Hey everyone,
I must warn you there may be more blogs coming atcha like an old woman with a shopping trolley, got a few of them stored up you see. Been amazingly busy lately that I've had no sleep or time to do anything except work for about 2 weeks. Thankfully we're almost finished the video for the 3rd (as yet unannounced) single from "Ambients", last day of shooting will be tomorrow; I'm pretty much done with the music for the Pebbledash game (huzzah) and now it's time to get our moo into gear for the 2nd single "Getting Safer".
Now "Getting Safer" is probably the most commercial song off "Ambients" and I'm sure everyone who has heard promos of the album (or listened to it on this mini-site here: http://ambients.synoiz.net ) knew it would be a single eventually. At the moment we're planning stuff for the music video (I've managed to get my way out of starring in it this time so you'll get someone infinitely better lol) however I need to get the artwork sorted and sent off before we start on the video.
Oh oh oh I'm quite excited about this, I'm not sure if the single will include a remix or not as currently I'm writing two b-sides for the single (both of them are sounding quite strong so far). So if you're interested in doing a remix of the song "Getting Safer" for the single, please send me an email at ambients@synoiz.net
Help me with the artwork for "Getting Safer"
Now the main point of the day, I really can't decide what to do for the artwork for the next single. I was really happy with how the "Long Lost..." art turned out and so I really want to have a each-single-a-different-primary-colour theme. However "Getting Safer" (you can listen to a sampler on the mini site) doesn't really fit any colour that I can think of.
Please click the following link to see a list of options I've created (you can suggest your own) and vote for what you think should be the "Getting Safer" artwork.
Click here to cast your vote for the artwork for "Getting Safer"
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