"No more waiting! A new release from Synapscape! Why the delay? Concerts around the world and collaborations with the likes of Imminent and Centrozoon have kept them very busy.

T.Kniep and P.Munch have finally finished their first full length album since 2001 and compared to other Ant-Zen releases this is not simply an 'act' - it is an Act!

On this cd, Synapscape's astonishing rhythm skills are perfectly displayed. Keeping the beat straight but always changing the patterns throughout a track. When a track starts you might think you know how it will proceed, but while listening you will end up being surprised. There is a permanent change - without any real interference.

The album could also be described as an 'attack on expectations' - sequencers and electronic percussion replace the expected bass drum; in a heavily distorted 4/4 track a techno-like 5th-chord is embedded; crystal clear drum strokes replace distorted beats; - those 'attacks' are the sparks of the burning flow.

The variety of sound is evident in the ambient tracks like 'kollberg' and 'sellout', the hard 4/4-beat-ers like 'the hoe' and 'katunga' (which lean heavily toward the distorted dance floor) and the live-killer-tracks ('wings' and 'alice') which may be well-known to Synapscape addicts. But Act!'s general mood is what makes this cd a real album and not just a compilation of new tracks.

This album is nothing less than an improvement and a logical progression of Synapscape's conceptual work.

The Act! is done.


1 Eingang

2 The Hoe

3 Freedom Kiss

4 Reaktonoize

5 Sonique

6 Wings

7 Katunga

8 Kollberg

9 Soundcheck

10 So Einfach Ist Tennis

11 Rejah

12 Alice

13 Sellout

14 Masks

Oh man. I love you.

Now, take it off before people will start seriously flaming me.

Novabreaker said:

i wanna know what the two dudes are doing in that rough pic..it looks hot.

I nominate this for one of the threads of the year!

Who the fuck is this and why does it get a Sticky?

This should tidy up those sixteen to eighteen other Synapscape threads littered throughout the forum.

minneapolisgenius said:

Novabreaker's been begging/joking about it for weeks now.

this pic alone deserves its own sticky:




ITS HOT!!!

TRON said:

Ooh so begging really works around here then?

This gives me an idea.

minneapolisgenius said:

???

TRON said:

I'm going to start petitioning for my very own Jimmy Page STICKY. One that will never be taken down and will forever be a fixture on the org. No negative comments are allowed and I can post as many pictures as I want. Anyone who makes comments that he looks like a girl, a skeleton, laughs at his long hair, his clothes, etc. will be immediately banned from the org forever. And I'll be given unlimited posting abilities so I can post hundreds of times a day and drive everyone away from this forum forever! It will be MINE! All mine I tell you!!!!

minneapolisgenius said:

Is Novabreaker in any of those pics above?

sextonseven said:

Why? Is it his band?

minneapolisgenius said:

That's not healthy. Your husband must be a Jimmy Page clone.

GangstaFam said:

I don't know. But he loves them so much, I thought he would start showing up in group pics and be their fifth Beatle.

sextonseven said:

sextonseven said:

I'm kidding of course. (there's already a thread like that on the Zeppelin board that I visit daily ) And my husband is a VERY patient man when it comes to my Jimmy fetish. But he already knew I was crazy when he married me, so....


(but he looks NOTHING like him actually)

minneapolisgenius said:

He's a clone of Robert Plant?

sextonseven said:

Neither.



If I had to cpmpare him to a rock star (and this is stretching it ) I would say more like Lenny Kravitz.

minneapolisgenius said:

Hey now, I've been called Lenny Kravitz more than once (usually when I let my hair grow out combined with the type of clothes I wear).

Too bad I didn't meet you a few years ago.

sextonseven said:

Yeah, that is too bad.

minneapolisgenius said:

your a girl?

sosgemini said:

Yes I'm a girl! Check the profile!

sosgemini said:

Please tell me you're joking.

sextonseven said:

You should post your pic. You're one of my favorite orgers and I have no idea what you look like. Always good to put a face with a name.

GangstaFam said:

I concur.

minneapolisgenius said:

That might ruin my aspiration to being an urban legend, but I'll think about it.