Synthesis Weekly Reviews — Joakim: “Milky Ways”

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Author in Album Review, Music

Joakim
Milky Ways
K7!
Joakim Bouaziz, aka Jimi Bazzouka or just simply Joakim, is a serious force in the French electronic music scene. Though head of his own record label (Tigersushi) and remixer of artists such as Cut Copy and Tiga, Bouaziz still finds time to produce his own original stuff. Milky Ways’ first track, “Back to Wilderness,” sounds more like stoner rock than what you might expect from French techno, but, after exercising these rock demons, the album settles into more typical dance music. Expect lots of synth, lots of human voices [...]

Robot Rock

Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by willx in Apocalypse, Blog, Idiocy, Internet, Music, Science, Technology

Because I am a nerd. The dude leaves a lot to be desired with his video work and his big finish is pretty weak. I won’t hold that against him, my camera work would probably be pretty shitty too if I spent that much time hooking my computer up to random crap in my room.

Tomorrow: Lower Class Revolt at The Knockout, San Francisco

Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by spencer in Music

Tomorrow night, Wednesday October 29th, residents of the Bay Area should be heading down to the Knockout for the Lower Class Revolt show featuring Rademacher, Light FM and Raised By Robots!

I’ve been listening to Devil In The Woods Records’ Light FM (pictured above) pretty much all day in an effort to keep me focused on the article I’m penning on Lower Class Revolt (coming to synthesis.net soon), and Light FM’s  dreamy, agitated guitar pop is helping to remind me that those folks have great taste in music (read: those people [...]

Automated Robot Killing Machines May Soon Make Terminator a Reality

Posted on 27. Feb, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Lifestyle, Science, Technology

Automated robots programmed to terminate human life are already in use, in the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as on the borders on many of the more powerful western nations. Thankfully, they still require an actual human to pull the trigger, but this is merely a technicality. US military leaders have already expressed their desire to have fully automated robot death squads, and are ready to put their money where their mouth is:
Washington plans to spend four billion dollars by 2010 on unmanned technology systems, with [...]

Year of the Dinosaur

Posted on 07. Jan, 2008 by Ms. Nickels in Internet, Lifestyle, Technology

I’m giving 2008 to the dinosaurs. I was sitting on the couch the other day, Googling, watching TV, and eating delicious Dino Nuggets:
…when I noticed a commercial for this awesome dinosaur show: Walking With Dinosaurs.

“SIIIICK!” I exclaimed. Who doesn’t love dinosaurs? I started Googling and found this totally awesome gadget from the fine people at Pleo:

Coolest robot ever. Synthesis is on a waiting list to review it. Stay tuned.