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Artist: Syrian Album: De-Synchronized	buy it on adifferentdrum.com	After their "No atmosphere" single was released, I've been waiting to hear what these guys would come out with next. The "No atmosphere" single was great, and this album holds up to the same great style which they had on "No atmosphere". These guys are from Italy, which is cool, since I don't really know of any other cool industrial / synthpop bands from Italy, even though Italy does have an amazing techno scene, and lots of great electronic music does come out of Italy. This CD is on the A Different Drum Label, America's source for Synthpop, yes these guys are a synthpop band, but definitely more futurepop / club oriented than most synthpop bands, which is cool because it is upbeat and great to dance to. The style is basically fluffy synthpop vocals, with dancey ebm club music behind it. Track by track commentary: 01 - She is in the dark a great track to start out the album, has a powerful moving dance beat, and the vocals start out in italian, which i found to be very cool. eventually there are some english vocals mixed in, so its pretty interesting how the two languages are combined in this track. overall its a great track, would be great to play at a club as it has a futurepop / ebm sound to it. 02 - No Atmosphere I was already quite familiar from this track, from hearing the single, and it is a personal favorite of mine and i play it pretty often when i dj. this is actually a remix of the track which is on the single, and quite a good remix at that, has a lot more techno influence to it. 03 - De-Synchronized A more melodic synthpop song, yet still somewhat upbeat, has some great synth melodies, and apparently there's some french samples in it. Also there's some vocal distortion to make it sound kinda robotic in a couple of the parts, which sounds good. 04 - Vision an upbeat synthpop track, has a very catchy chorus that just sticks in your head, and the accopanying melody is very addictive as well. 05 - One More Mission OK, what is this song doing here? Sounds kinda like country / western music, with some electronics behind it. In all honesty, this song just sucks. 06 - Vega Velocity Another track that was on the "No Atmosphere" single. This was also a favorite of mine, and it's also a cool new remix. This is a really good club track as well. 07 - Wasted Years a more fluffy synthpop track, still has a high bpm, and some nice electronic melodies, its just a more happy gay sounding song, then again, it is synthpop. overall its a good track. 08 - Starless a very slow song, with depressing lyrics. the vocal effects sound kind of sci-fi like, i didnt really find this song all that exciting. 09 - Now is Forever the electronics behind this song sound good, and its an upbeat track with a nice flow to it. the vocals are a bit monotone, but there's some cool trance elements to the track. 10 - Nove 3001 at only one minute and 43 seconds, this is an instrumental track, with a couple random samples in the background, then ends with a sample that says "end of transmission". rating: 8 out of 10 -reviewed by jet June , 2003
Artist: Syrian Album: No Atmosphere	buy it on amazon.com	this is a new single from Syrian - an italian band that is new to the a different drum label. their sound is future-pop / synthpop, and this is actually really good for a relatively new band, i was quite impressed. the music is similar to bands like icon of coil and apoptygma berzerk, and the vocals are more synthpop sounding, like beborn beton and de/vision. the title track is a great track, and the cd features 4 versions of it, including an extended club mix which is similar to the original, and two versions that are more techno sounding. also, there's a great track called "vegas velocity", which would also be a great club track, and another track called "flowers fade", which sounds really good but the vocals are kinda cheesy sounding. as the first time i've heard this band, i must say that they are very good and i expect them to gain more popularity in the future. i'm looking forward to their future releases. rating: 8 -reviewed by jet February , 2003