Like last year I made a track especially for the Christmas Special from the German electronic music podcast Syndae. My track is called 'SynthCarol' and is my interpretation of the Christmas track 'Carol of the Bells' only with synthesizers in stead of bells. Stefan made a very nice show again of a little over an hour and left me the honor to finish of the show. All music in this Christmas Special is especially made by the artists involved for this show. I think that is quite unique. You can download the show from http://www.syndae.de and as said before my track is the last one at about 1:02:00. Have fun and Merry Christmas!

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But I think the mailinglist is the best option if you are only interested in music stuff, since I write a lot about my studio and DIY projects as well on the other channels. Well you are into that that fine of course :)

Michel, Synth.nl

Yesterday I released my third album called 'OceanoGraphy'. My inspiration for this album came from the Earth's Oceans and the creatures living in them. While listening to this album you will be taken on a journey through the deep waters of our Oceans. You will travel together with whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles. Most of these animals are endangered or even threatened with extinction by the way! We should really care more about the life in our Oceans. I hope to get your attention for this mysterious world in this way. I would be a real shame to loose it for ever. This album is officially endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for this reason. A part of the revenue of this album will also be donated to the WWF to help preserve these beautiful animals. I sampled a lot of sounds again myself as well above as under water. This album was released during the E-live festival on the 17th of October 2009. The CD holds 12 tracks on it and is 73 minutes long.

You can find more information about the album and also where to buy it on this URL:

http://www.synth.nl/OceanoGraphy

Michel, Synth.nl

And more good news. Yet another track from my new album was played today on the Dreamscape Radio Show #70 from Groove Unlimited. Actually the title track 'Oceanography'. I hope you like it. Please keep in mind that Dreamscape has no archive of old shows so be sure to download this one right away even if you don't have time to listen now. This show will be only available online for about a week from today. You can find the radio show on this URL -> http://dreamscape.groove.nl/. If you like what you heard you can also pre-order it from Groove here -> http://www.groove.nl/jump2.php?attnum=6001. Have fun :)

Usually after the CD is finished people start asking me what synthesizers I used and most of the time I have to say that I don't remember. Personally I don't think it is very important information since it is the end result that counts, but apparently for a lot of you it does matter. So I tried to remember a little harder this time and also could recollect some information from the notes that I kept with my project this time. So here is the list:

Moog Minimoog Model-D, Moog Voyager RME, Roland Jupiter 8, Elka Synthex, DSI Prophet '08, Alesis Andromeda, Roland SH-09, Roland SH-5, Access Virus TI Polar, Roland V-Synth GT, Korg M3, Clavia Nord Wave, Anywhere Instruments Semtex XL, Cwejman S1 MKII, Analogue Solutions Red Square and maybe some more that I don't remember. If I think of something more I'll add it to this list. Good luck spotting them on the album later on :)

I expect to add some music from this album soon btw so keep track :)

Michel, Synth.nl

Yesterday I visited the Grill Fest that the German music club Schallwende organizes every year. Traditionally they also release a yearly sampler CD there. This year it was already the 11th version of that so it is called Schallplatte XI. Last year I was on it as well with a cover of a classical tune. This year they invited all the price winners and nominees from the Electronic Music price they organized last year to send in a track. I was nominated in two categories last year, best newcomer and best CD, but unfortunately I didn't win both. But I'm still very proud to be on this CD with some great other artists. This year there was no theme or assigned so I just made a track out of the blue with no specific theme in my mind either

I listened to the entire CD yesterday evening and I must say it is very pleasant. When you click on the picture on the right you can see the track list. Unfortunately this CD is not for sale. Only the members of Schallwende get this one. So if you want it I guess you can become a member. More information is on their website -> http://www.schallwen.de/. They have a nice magazine and also organize very nice event throughout the year to keep the Electronic Music scene alive. Well I did put my track on my website so that you can listen to it. You can find it here:

http://www.synth.nl/SchallPlatteXI

I hope you like it :) I think it is a nice warm up for my upcoming album. Do enjoy!

Michel, Synth.nl