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Komputer
Synthetik
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. International Space Station
2. Headphones And Ringtones
3. Breathing
4. Like A Bird
5. Synthetik
6. Blackie
7. Rain
8. Gloopy
9. Tokyo (We Want To Go To)
10. Satin Traffic
11. Liquid Gold
12. What We Do

CD Details

All Artists: Komputer
Title: Synthetik
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Europe Generic
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 7/2/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
Styles: Electronica, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 094638959120, 0094638959120, 094638959151, 009463895912

Synopsis

Album Description

2007 album from the experimental Electro-Popsters, their third album overall. Opening with the futuristic "International Space Station", a farewell song to planet Earth, the album looks to the future, takes a slightly nostalgic look at time's past, and then, unapologetically tells the listener how it is with the artisan anthem "What We Do". Komputer continue their rewriting of Pop music with Kraftwerk as heroes. Their sound is also reminiscent of early Mute bands like I Start Counting and The Normal. Mute.

CD Reviews

A mixed bag

mathew | Austin, TX USA | 11/25/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's a lot more listenable than "Market Led", and parts of it harken back to the brilliance of "World of Tomorrow", but ultimately "Synthetik" suffers because of its lack of overall consistency. Some of it sounds like early Komputer ("Like a Bird", "Liquid Gold"), some sounds like Baker & Leonard's previous band Fortran 5 ("Breathing"), and some even sounds like their first incarnation as I Start Counting ("Blackie"). So, an album for their long-term fans, rather than anything that's likely to gain them new fans."

Weak.

Y.A.V | 07/13/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Here we have Komputer's CD for 2007, a weak release. After 10 years from their first album, far more was expected. Some songs lack beat and sound like interludes making the full listening boring.

If you want to extend your ELECTROnic precise Kraftwerk-like beats all you need from Komputer is "The World Of Tomorrow" (1997)."