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Posted 28th October 2011
Well as someone pointed out, I totally failed to update this blog on Sunday. There will be news of the Cutting Edge Film Festival soon but for the moment I'm just getting excited about Halloween!
Free Shock! Horror! single still available
I can't believe it's been an entire year since the release of my single Shock! Horror! If you missed it or are just finding Synoiz now then check out the creepy horror music video by 12 FT Beast Productions by clicking on the animation to the side and click here to grab the 4-track free horror music download Shock! Horror!.
At the moment I have two main projects on the go, one is completing the main theme/intro music for a creepy game soundtrack for a publisher proposal and the other is remixing the new Erasure single "I Lose Myself" (which isn't really work as it's for a competition but it'd be amazing to get a remix on an Erasure release!).
How is everyone doing for Halloween? Looking forward to it? Costume sorted? Been out already?
Posted 21st October 2011
Hello again!
It's been bloody ages since I wrote a blog, it's that typical thing that whenever you have stuff that people might actually be interested in, you're too busy to write it down. Well the main thing I'd like to point out is OMGNEWBLOODYWEBSITE, hope you like it, tell me what you think in the comments section below.
So what have I been up to? Well I've done a few remixes and also a few horror film soundtracks, the first is a mad industrial electro one for the still-photography short "Nightmares", another more atmospheric spooky one for the film "The Dark Passenger" by Lee Bibby, and some currently unreleased music of mine has been used to score a TV pilot/short film called "Freakarama" (which is INSANE but strangely watchable!).
In addition to this I've played lead acting roles in two independent films, one being The Dark Passenger mentioned above (the things I'll do for a soundtrack gig eh?) and the other being the amazing Le Belle Dame Sans Merci written by Phillip Michael Buchan and directed by Antoni McVay from Mitsuko Studios.
I -think- all of these films are going to be shown at a local film festival in Newcastle upon Tyne sometime next month but that's a pretty major event so I'm gonna dedicate a whole blog to that sometime later.
There's lots more to tell you but I'll sit down on Sunday maybe and write that out for you, hope you're all well, thanks for being fans of Synoiz!
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 2nd September 2010
New Synoiz Remix + SKatterBrain Album Out Now!
Just because it's more important than my holiday ramblage I'll start by telling you that the new album "The Basic Condition of Life" by SKatterBrain (aka Dan303) is out now for only £1 via BandCamp.
Also released which compliments the album nicely is a remixed version entitled "The Basic Condition of Life Remixed" (you probably could have guessed that one!) featuring remixes by some other great artists and includes an exclusive new remix by myself of the opening track on the album "The Most Impossible Plan" which I've totally ruined by making into a trance/dance/thing mix. LOLz.
Click here to check out The Basic Condition of Life by SKatterBrain on Bandcamp
First Day In Cornwall
Well here we are, after a gruelling 9 hour long drive from my place in Sunderland (note that I wasn't driving so had to pass the time by trying to annoy Kirsty and fulfilling my duties in giggling at silly place names and pointing at things out that window that she blatantly can't look at lol), we're finally here in Cornwall. When we arrived yesterday we were both pretty shattered but still found time to get some sightseeing done and on the night time I had a tweet-up with the lovely Simon Clements-Hawes who is just a great example of what awesome like-minded people you can meet through the power of Twitter. (Are you drilling cat?)
Today on our first full-length day we got a guided tour around Truro Cathedral and learned some amazing stuff about how long it took to build as well as local history such as how the idea of an annual harvest festival came to be. However we did have to resist the urge to murder one woman in the tour group who was just one of these on-holiday-on-their-own-but-needs-to-suck-up-to-the-guide types (OHOTOBNTSUTTGT for easy remembering). After getting some tea at a nice little tea shop (and nearly getting out the door before remembering we needed to pay) we were back in the car and off to Lizard Point.
Lizard Point
Okay this is by far one of the most beautiful and scenic places I have ever been, and rather then try to describe it I'll just post some photos I took while we were down there. It's so nice to finally get to this place as it's always been on my "places I want to visit" list since I saw it on a globe in my dad's old work place as a kid. The name made me laugh and so I've always remembered it and said "I'll go there one day", now I have. Awesome. To see the full set of photos so far in Cornwall, check them out on Flickr here!
Posted 12th April 2010
Well it's finally here! The new single from my debut album "Ambients" is now out for the world to hear and download.
"Ever Emptiness" is a dark brooding cello led piece that builds up slowly into an industrial Nine Inch Nails style peak and decline. It's one of my favourite tracks from the album and it's one where the sentiment strikes much stronger every time I listen.
It also includes the 10-minute epic B-Side "Silhouettes" which is my attempt at a dark wave film soundtrack, both sinister, uplifting and thrilling over the course of its several movements.
The single is available from loads of different online stores. The cheapest place to buy it is Amazon (£1.38 / $1.78) and iTunes (£1.18) which is not very much for nearly 14 minutes of music. It would really help me as an independent artist if you bought a copy of the single and left a positive review on any of the stores.
Watch the Ever Emptiness video
If you haven't seen it yet, please check out the official "Ever Emptiness" music video produced by local company 12 Ft Beast Productions. It continues on from the first two music videos and concludes the tale of "the man" against the masked chiaroscuro.
I hope you like what we've achieved here by managing to make something pretty dramatic and suitable for the track with almost no budget and a lot of help from dedicated fans and our friends.
Thank you to everyone who was involved, you can watch the video and see a full credits list on the YouTube by clicking here.
A Special Message from Synoiz
Also available on the YouTube is a special message from myself mentioning the new single, ways to buy it and a little bit more background info on both the track itself and the exclusive b-side "Silhouettes". You can watch it by clicking here to visit YouTube.
Update on "Darkling EP" for remixers
Thank you to all of the artists who have sent in or are working on remixes for the upcoming Darkling EP. The stuff that I've heard so far is amazing and it's the biggest rush to hear how someone else has changed and reinterpreted a track of yours. I've decided to postpone the deadline. Initially the deadline for submissions was going to be mid-April (around a week from now) but I've realised now that I've gotten into the project deeper and heard the quality of the mixes that are coming through to me, I want to spend a lot more time with this. The EP will be released later on this year however I'd prefer not to rush the last release from my debut album.
At the moment I'm thinking about providing a 10-13 page PDF booklet with full artwork and including short biographies and details of each artist included on the digital release. This way I can allow these people who have been so amazing to me to get just a little bit more promotion and also get to be included alongside some pretty funky artwork.
Because of this there is still time for new artists to apply to appear on the EP, if you like to work on a remix of one of my tracks, please get in contact at remixes@synoiz.net
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