| Disc: 1 |
| 1. Wave In Head "Emotional Machines" |
| 2. Echo Image "Standing Alone" |
| 3. Ganymede "This Wasn't the First Time" |
| 4. Spray "I Kill With My Car" |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Neuropa "Beyond Here and Now" |
| 2. Axoe "Fallen" |
| 3. Distorted Reality "Super Crush" |
| 4. Intuition "Two" |
| Disc: 3 |
| 1. Neikka RPM "Bound with Sympathy" |
| 2. Hand Held Halo "I Feel" |
| 3. Wideband Network "Orbit" |
| 4. Dissonance "Control" |
| Disc: 4 |
| 1. Atlantic Popes "That's All" |
| 2. System22 "Somewhere Nowhere" |
| 3. Infam "Sea of Love" |
| 4. Terminal Bliss "Stop the Rain" |
| Disc: 5 |
| 1. Fr/action "Crime Pays" |
| 2. Echoing Green "Fall Awake" |
| 3. Freezepop "Freezepop Forever (Ionian Remix)" |
| 4. Space March "Dorian Gray" |
Editorial Reviews
In late 2002, A Different Drum planned together with several other synthpop labels like Ninthwave Records, Nilaihah Records, Alfa Matrix, Cohaagen Music, and many more to put together a huge collection of synthpop that would present 85 different bands in one package. It was hoped that this collection would serve as a sort of snapshot of the modern synthpop scene, covering many styles, sounds, and moods. This huge library of music could be both a tool to new synthpop fans, allowing them to explore a lot of different artists with a single low-priced package, but could also be a release worth collecting even for the die-hard synthpop fan who knows these bands by heart. So forget the futile and time-consuming attempt to find and download tracks by so many emerging synthpop bands on the internet, and just pick up this 5-disc set, and the work will be done for you, all in high-quality sound and fun, informative packaging. We hope you enjoy this "State of Synthpop" collection!
State of Synthpop,Various Artists,A Different Drum,A vast colletion of bands from the Modern Synthpop scene, playing in every conceivable electronic pop style.
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State of Synthpop 2005
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ASIN: B0009XEEAU Release Date: 2005-07-26 |
Tracks:
- Emotiophobic (Intricated)
- XRV (The Dignity of Labour)
- Superstar - Electropop Mix (Daybehavior)
- In Flight (Cosmicity)
- Terra E (Edenfeld)
- Garden (GD Luxxe)
- Minor Causes (The Mitgang Audio)
- Everywhere Was Cold (Pulcher Femina)
- Memories - Club Mix (NamNamBulu)
- Exit - (Code64)
- Schwerelos - Pearls of Dew Club Mix (Carnival of Dreams)
- Sickliest Creep (Perfidious Words)
- Guardian (Easternize)
- At School (Celluloide)
- Never Change (Distorted Reality)
- Standing Still In Time (Neuropa)
- Solace (Swerve)
- Hong Kong (Ganymede)
- Flying (Bunker Soldier)
- Oblivion (Real Life)
- Electrified (Null Device)
- Edge of 17 (Psyche)
- Power Windows (ova looven)
- Unbreakable (Seize)
- Hunt (Backlash)
- Dying Beauty (James D. Stark)
- Atomika - Philadelphia Mix (Paradoxx)
- Forever More (Epsilon Minus)
- Everyday Superstar - Mix by Glis (Moon Rock)
- Summer Tide (Bit Pixel)
- Illuminate (The Azoic)
- Space Overdrive (Syrian)
- The Living and the Dead (Fr/Action)
- Age / Sex / Location (Eight to Infinity)
- Red Dawn (Michigan)
- Too Much to Handle - Hajas Mix (Opium)
- You Don't Deserve My Love (Rename)
- Casanova Fall (Universal Poplab)
- Local Boyz (Macondo)
- Dollar In Blue Collar - 2005 Single Mix (Empire State Human)
- Visualize (Provision)
- Media Boy (Moulin Noir)
- Wonderland (Paul Luckey)
- Butterfly (Children Within)
- This is the Life (The Electroluvs)
- Tumbledown (Restricted Area)
- Staring Off at Nothing (Intuition)
- Sunyata - Radio Edit (Basic Pleasure Model)
- Another Day (Glow)
- I Stand By My Mistakes (Color Theory)
- Could it Be? (Hungry Lucy)
- Major Philosopher (Blind Faith and Envy)
- Bow Down (System)
- Captain My Captain (I Synthesist)
- Something About You - 2005 Mix (love - less)
- Visual Overflow (Blank)
- Magnets Coil - Sonar Mix (The Mercy Cage)
- Shiver - Lime N Dale Remix (Tristraum)
- Factys II (Alan Replica)
- Nothing Can Be Saved (Univaque)
- Dark Days (Soviet Radio)
- Safe Harbour (Croc Shop)
- Free as a Bird (Neverever)
- Why (Nevarakka)
- Save Me (Somegirl)
- Dante's Kitchen (Attrition)
- Doubts and Fears (Interface)
- Gift (Motto.Reza)
- What You Weren't (Stochastic Theory)
- Retrospect (Halovox)
- Close (The Alpha Conspiracy)
- Will You Be There Sometimes (In-A-Sense)
- Dearest Mentor (Subimage)
- Why Do I Hate Myself? (The Crystalline Effect)
- All There Is (Vision System)
- Face It All Alone (Internal Dialogue)
- Radius 17M (Massiv in Mensch)
- Save Me From Myself (Fiction 8)
- Dark Side of the Man (Future Wives)
- Fluff On the Radio (Entropy64)
- Never Recover - Alaska Highway Club Mix (Monowheel)
- Salvation (Dekoy)
- Free - Liberation Mix (Blue October)
- Outcasts (Boole)
- Amoureux Solitaires (The Electronic Tomato)
- Death With Soft Names (Rupesh Cartel)
- Freak (The Razor Skyline)
- Whatever (Ultraviolet)
- Television Man (Hong Kong Counterfeit)
- Alright Mitten Fight (Secret Synthi)
Product Description
This huge collection of modern synthpop features 90 songs by 90 different bands, ranging in style from retro-style synthpop, to futurepop and industrial dance, as well as the new electro sound, and more. We prefer to call it all "synthpop", showing all of the genre's variety in sound, style, and mood. This instant library will allow you to explore many bands with little effort and at a low cost, providing more than 7 hours of listening pleasure!Customer Reviews:
Another brilliant release from Todd Durrant.......2006-07-23
Waste of time/money.......2006-07-20
I'm a tolerant person, but this comp. really pushed me over the edge. In addition to being just plain bad, some of the songs were so amateur-ish that the vocals were even recorded out of tune at certain points. I gritted my teeth and listened to all 6 cds. I assure you I won't make that mistake again.
Unless I want a good laugh.
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Black City Lights
State of the Union Manufacturer: Wtii, LLC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00009R5ZP Release Date: 2002-05-13 |
Tracks:
- Enemy of the State
- Black City Lights
- Romancing the Stone
- Citizen
- Vicious Sentiment
- Firewall
- Mankind
- Children of the Night
- World Chaos
- Walk in my Shoes
Album Description
State of the Union set out to defy all boundaries with their debut, Black City Lights. Fusing an intelligent mix of electro, techno, trance and synthpop with Johann's distinctive delivery and emotion has created a sound they can only call their own. Solid from start to finish, Black City Lights is only the beginning of what this band has to offer and provides a glimpse of what is to come in the future.Customer Reviews:
Great futurepop.......2006-07-23
This album is full of great melody, a signature sound (for once), and the singer has a great clean style (I typically do not enjoy futurepop or clean vocals in general. I'm very picky about clean vocalists - they MUST be good). The lyrics themselves are OK, but it's really how he delivers them is what makes them succeed.
The music has a unique sound to it and not many futurepop bands can honestly claim this... only VNV Nation, Covenant, Gasr, and new X-Marks the Pedwalk come to mind. The samples and scales most futurepop groups put forth for their synthlines, basslines, and especially drums/snares is usually so similar I sometimes can't tell the difference between groups if it wasn't for the vocalist!
Not to good.... not too bad........2003-08-20
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ASIN: B0000D8D5W Release Date: 2003-09-10 |
Tracks:
- Wave In Head "Emotional Machines"
- Echo Image "Standing Alone"
- Ganymede "This Wasn't the First Time"
- Spray "I Kill With My Car"
- Psyche "Sanctuary"
- eloquent "Moonlight Over London"
- The Azoic "Not Justified (Retrial Mix)"
- Invisible College "Fuel"
- Nebula-H "H"
- No Comment "I Won't Cry"
- Faith Assembly "Crash & Burn"
- E? "Colony Earth"
- B! Machine "Victim"
- Hungry Lucy "Her Song"
- Sweep "Favorite Song"
- davidmahr "Century"
- Raindancer "Theme"
Tracks:
- Neuropa "Beyond Here and Now"
- Axoe "Fallen"
- Distorted Reality "Super Crush"
- Intuition "Two"
- Blue Audio "Break Me Down"
- Regenerator "Shores of Forever"
- Empire State Human "Little Alfie"
- somegirl "Defeatist"
- Neuroactive "Wonders of the World"
- Celluloide "Seven and Forever"
- Droom "While We Can"
- Tycho Brahe "Dislocation"
- Nachzehrer "I Love Susan"
- Carnival of Dreams "Dreidimensional"
- Moon Rock "See a Lot"
- Virtual Server "Why (Would I)"
- Symbion Project "El-Artikler"
Tracks:
- Neikka RPM "Bound with Sympathy"
- Hand Held Halo "I Feel"
- Wideband Network "Orbit"
- Dissonance "Control"
- Monolithic "House of Joy"
- Declaration "When Push Comes to Shove"
- Backlash "Anodyne for the Weak"
- Cosmicity "I Want You"
- Xero/G "Remember"
- Gebrauche-Musik "How Come"
- Syrian "No Atmosphere"
- Gary Flanagan "Metro Boulot Dodo"
- The Nine "Control"
- Obsc(y)re "Forgive Me"
- Control.org "Sacrifice"
- Dynamic Masters "Streetwalking"
- Liquefaction They Can See You
Tracks:
- Atlantic Popes "That's All"
- System22 "Somewhere Nowhere"
- Infam "Sea of Love"
- Terminal Bliss "Stop the Rain"
- Glow "Gabriel"
- Aiboforcen "Twilight World"
- Agency-X "Don't Hold Your Breath"
- New Clear Sky "Serenity"
- Epsilon Minus "80's Boy"
- Leiahdorus "Indigent"
- Macando "Living Life to the Min"
- Seven Words "Understanding"
- Alien#Six13 "Imagery of Ecstacy"
- Madrid "Story of a Star"
- Fiction 8 "Winding Down"
- Equatronic "Somewhere"
- Simulator "Illusion"
Tracks:
- Fr/action "Crime Pays"
- Echoing Green "Fall Awake"
- Freezepop "Freezepop Forever (Ionian Remix)"
- Space March "Dorian Gray"
- Diverje "On Skin"
- Daybehavior "Devil In Me"
- Provision "Illusion"
- Glis "Resolution"
- Intervox "One Is"
- Moulin Noir "A New Frontier"
- Nukleon "Lucky"
- Null Device "The Sad Truth (7D3 remix)"
- Implant "Gateway"
- Blue October "Mistakes"
- Voice Industrie "Sky (Trick Edit)"
- Project Alphastyle "Make Me Survive"
- Color Theory "Ponytail Girl"
Album Description
In late 2002, A Different Drum planned together with several other synthpop labels like Ninthwave Records, Nilaihah Records, Alfa Matrix, Cohaagen Music, and many more to put together a huge collection of synthpop that would present 85 different bands in one package. It was hoped that this collection would serve as a sort of snapshot of the modern synthpop scene, covering many styles, sounds, and moods. This huge library of music could be both a tool to new synthpop fans, allowing them to explore a lot of different artists with a single low-priced package, but could also be a release worth collecting even for the die-hard synthpop fan who knows these bands by heart. So forget the futile and time-consuming attempt to find and download tracks by so many emerging synthpop bands on the internet, and just pick up this 5-disc set, and the work will be done for you, all in high-quality sound and fun, informative packaging. We hope you enjoy this "State of Synthpop" collection!Customer Reviews:
Impressive collection if you like the type..........2004-05-01
I'm not saying this as a slam in any way and in it's defense, this mix does offer a sense of continuity to the project as a whole, (although some may comment that it also supports the limitation of this genre of music). If music driven, upbeat, danceclub, Europop a la Depeche Mode/Erasure/Black Box with added synth is what you're looking for, then buy, buy, buy this compilation.
The other 20% or so of this set is a good mix of electro, nu-tech pop type songs. (More akin to New Order, Bjork, Colorbox, 4AD, Xymox, Venus Hum, Garbage, Cranberries etc.) I almost wish they had pulled these songs out and released them in a separate set, because some of the songs seem a little inconsistant dropped into the mddle of the rest of the 80% (example: Spray's "I KIll With My Car", a great, tech, almost punk lyric song just sitting there, wedged between 2 of Ganymead and Psyche's upbeat europop type tunes.)
Don't get me wrong, there are some really great tracks in this compilation that I felt stood out from the rest, (Spray, Droom, Hungry Lucy, Glow, Regenerator, Obscyre, Freezepop to name a few) and I did give the set 3 stars overall because of it's scope and the 20-25% "other songs", but too many of the majority of songs sounded similar to each other, (as mentioned, many of these artists seem greatly influenced by Depeche Mode and a lot of them do an excellent job of recreating the feel of this type of music, but after 20 or 30 songs like this, they start to feel like they're melting into one long DJ type mix.)
I was hoping, with the sheer number of artists included I'd get a wider crossection of different styles, but I have to admit, I feel that this is where this set is a bit weak. I had wanted to make some CD's for friends to turn them on to new artists, but for the most part, only a few tracks/artists really caught my ear and stood out as fresh and unique.
In summation, if you're a big fan of 80's, synth/dancepop or are looking to recreat your own Euro DJ E*rave, this is right up your alley, but if you're looking for a more eclectic sampling of some of the finer, lyrical driven aspects of synth, tech, nu-electro without the "dancefloor, megamix feel", I'd definitely recommend the compilation ELECTRO NOUVEAU instead. (2 discs, 23 tracks, also available on Amazon) I feel it does a better job of showing the diversity of this genre and every track rocks out while maintaining a sense of individuality to them.
Peace
A wonderful Snapshot of the expansive underground..........2004-02-21
I've written in much greater length elsewhere about this excellent release, but suffice it to say there's a track here for every single type of Electronic Pop preference I can think of. Feel free to email me through my profile if you want the link to the full-length review of this title. Truely, a very excellent snapshot of the wonderful Electronic underground that needs to be heard to be believed!
Got two disc number fours........2003-09-19
Great value, great music!.......2003-09-17
The stuff here runs the gamit from EBMish stuff to dead on old skol synthpop. In fact you will hear just about every kind of electronic pop that is being made today. If you like to explore new music in the pop vein then you need to check this out. My only complaint is that it is almost too much! I will be exploring this set for months to come.
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- The Great in the Small [Import]
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- Tribal Nation, Vol. 5
- Ultimate Dance Party 2000
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21st Century Drum & Bass V.2 [Box set] [Import]
Desmarest: Messe à 2 chœurs et 2 orchestres
His Last Performances 1959-1960 [Live]
Music CD: Jazz After Hours With John Coltrane [Import]
Interview With The Vampire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
First Rays of the New Rising Sun
Head on Collision, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
Couperin: Lecons De Tenebres [Import]
Merry Christmas From Pat Boone, Vikki Carr, Tony Orlando, Debbie Reynolds