Product Description

Germany's super-producer SYNCOPIX (Hospital / Integral) presents his highly anticipated debut solo album! 13 brand new & exclusive tracks focusing the club-genre around 174bpm. A-List DJ support from High Contrast to DJ Marky!

Icarus finally sees the light of the night. Roland Bogdahn aka Syncopix took 12 months time to give his heart & soul into this piece of music. While touring around Europe, Syncopix soaked in many different influences and took these inspirations back to the studio. This concept album reflects the whole bandwidth from 90s rave-school anthems ( Nightlistener ) to the neon sounds of the 80s ( Disc Go! ) or even ProgRock -influenced track ( Anonymous ) that have already been smashed by D&B pro-league DJ s like Logistics, London Electricity, Marky or High Contrast. The sound of Chronos , Embraces & Curses (feat.Ruben of Rogue Soul), Blue Fog and Dynamo is hot trademark-liquid funk that Syncopix has been known for since his releases on labels like Hospital, Liquid V or Integral. Rounding up a beautiful and uncompromising album (...it s all about Drum&Bass ...) ICARUS comes up with great sleeve design by Ricky Trickartt whós known for his artwork skills and originality for many clients like Hospital, John B, PlayMusik, MedSchool & many more . Try to catch Syncopix playing in a club near you!

Track Listing

1. Rising
2. Tan Striped
3. Hope
4. Chronos
5. Nightlistener
6. Disc Go
7. Embraces & Curses
8. Lost In Space
9. Firing Sequence
10. Dynamo
11. Anonymous
12. Blue Fog
13. Icarus

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #549504 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-08
• Number of discs: 40
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Headphone Commute Review
I just love dark and dirty drum'n'bass. But... I also love its jazzy, organic, and carefree flip-side. That is the sound of Syncopix. You walk out the door, on a crisp summer morning; the sun casts off the sharp shadows of the trees; and with the headphones on you trot to the beat. The light and upbeat rhythms tickle your eardrums with the high frequencies of snares, hi-hats and cymbals. You get into the groove with the minor chords and melodic pads. And just when things get rolling, the deep bass kicks in. An uncontrollable smile creeps in. This is what I'm talking about. Hamburg (Germany) based Roland Bogdahn, has been producing drum'n'bass under his Syncopix alias since 2001. Along with Yaw O. Afram (MTC Yaw) he founded Form Recording, and then spun off Syncopix Records sublabel, on which he already put out about half a dozen of his own 12-inchers, and finally his debut full length album, Icarus. All the years past, Bogdahn has been mostly releasing two-track DJ friendly vinyl on London Elektricity's London based Hospital Records and its sub-label, M*A*S*H; as well as Integral, Dutch Fokuz Recordinngs (sub-label of Citrus from Triple Vision), and Berlin based Hard:Edged among the many. There are also numerous collaborations and remixes - too many to mention for this writeup. But this is Bogdahn's first album. Even though it is unmixed, it flows very well, and is worthy of being a standout release apart from being just a collection of tracks. In fact, it only has two out of thirteen pieces which previously appeared on vinyl. The rest are all new (as far as I know). Geared more towards the listener, rather then the nightclub, Icarus is an album to add to your d'n'b archives. Recommended. Favorite tracks: Nightlistener and Disc Go!