Synoiz Music Blog

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. 

To find out more and to see a list of other stores that stock the single, check the website by clicking here.

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

Posted 10th March 2010

Hey everyone,
Things have been very busy for me lately so apologies for the big catch up mail out. I've had a few slight personal issues lately to work out so start on a bit of a personal note (that I wasn't sure I should mention but sod it) I'm currently suffering from the early stages of hair loss and it's driving me a bit nuts. I know it's natural and one of those things that "just happens" but I can't ignore it or just let it happen without regretting my lack of action later.

I've been visiting clinics around the UK and they're all trying to rope me into stupid loads-of-money-upfront-and-no-guarantee-of-our-treatment-working schemes. Sod that. However I can't rationally explain how much my hair means to me not just because it's part of an image, but because it's what I've grown to expect to see in the mirror every morning and I don't know if I could deal without that same "this is who I am" type moment when I get ready.

Maybe I should just grow to accept the inevitable and stuff but however childish it sounds, I don't want to. I'll probably let you all know if there's any news (oh how exciting!) but if you have any advice or stories of your own please feel free to send me an email at: synoiz@synoiz.net.

"Ever Emptiness" the new single

Appropriately with the mood I've found myself in I'm happy to announce that the third and final single from Ambients will be "Ever Emptiness". It's a darker one from the album however one of the strongest. The 2-track digital single will be available to buy from the 12th of April 2010 and comes with the exclusive 10-minute long B-Side "Silhouettes" which took bloody ages to write! More details will be given closer to release.

Special Shout Out To Endo Meso

Just a quick shout out to the wonderful Endo Meso who mentioned me and the remix of "Darkling" he's been working on (more details below) in his last mail out and got me lots of tasty new fans and subscribers. 

To return the favour I'll soon be working on a remix of his track "Miser" which should be interesting indeed when it's completed!
You can visit the Endo Meso site on ReverbNation by clicking here.

Remixers wanted for "Darkling" EP

If you haven't already applied to do a remix for the upcoming "Darkling" EP, it's not too late. If you want to appear on the compilation alongside the mighty Endo Meso, Pinklogik, Anguaji and Arrow Down Hill among others, the deadline for submissions is mid-April. If you're interested in doing a remix of the track to appear on a free EP later in the year, please get in touch at remixes@synoiz.net.

Sale on previous singles!

In case you didn't get a copy of the first two Synoiz singles "Long Lost..." and "Getting Safer" from Amazon or iTunes when they first came out. I've found a new way to get the releases to you both cheaper and better through Bandcamp.

Both 3-track singles (which include two of my most favourite tracks "And Everything You Represent" and "The Esoteric Order Of Dagon" only available as B-Sides) are available for only £1.30 each including a special 2-page PDF digital booklet which is not available on the other stores (guess why that is!).

To FURTHER sweeten the deal, for a limited time you can use the discount code synlaunch to get an additional 10% off.

Click here to visit the new Synoiz store...

Thanks for reading and being a supporter. Hope you're doing well and as excited about the new single as I am,