8-585: Modern Synthesis is the second studio album by English rock band Area 11 . It was released on 1 July 2016 and has an 11-song track list similar to their previous album All The Lights In The Sky . The album was written and partially recorded in Italy from between in the Spring of 2016 and then recorded in England throughout the rest of the year of 2015 into early 2016 between the band's tours. The writing process for this album
16-406: A name which has come to collectively describe Area 11 fans. In fact, some of Area 11's songs are based on various anime, including Code Geass , Death Note , Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , Naruto , Elfen Lied , Bakuman , Fullmetal Alchemist due to the band's strong fondness of the genre at the time of recording their earlier records. Towards the end of recording their debut album, All
24-527: A wider more prominent range of synthesizers and electronic effects, which they sometimes referred to as gaijin rock. Meaning "foreigner rock" in Japanese, this is a title that also relates to the band's musical origins when their style was notably influenced by anime and J-rock . Area 11 consists of Tom Clarke, Alex Parvis, Jonathan Kogan, and Leo Taylor. They formed on 8 October 2010 in Nottingham during what
32-575: Is exclusive to the CD release of the album. Area 11 (band) Area 11 is an English rock band from Nottingham, England . The band consists of four members: Thomas "Sparkles*" Clarke, Alex Parvis, Jonathan Kogan and Leo Taylor. To date, they have released a number of singles and EPs, and three studio albums. The band's sound is heavy with minimal synthesizers and electronic effects that they call modern rock , however in their earlier records, Area 11's sound commonly blended heavy metal guitar riffs with
40-540: The Lights in the Sky , the band decided that they had done all they wanted in terms of writing songs about anime, and stopped writing songs about the animation genre, wanting to explore original new ideas and concepts. The band has been commissioned to produce music for companies such as YouTube broadcasting group The Yogscast and Namco Bandai Games . Significantly for Namco Bandai Games they produced "GO!! Fighting Action Power" as
48-663: The credits theme for their Bravoman web-series on ShiftyLook , and later "Wonder Wars" as the theme song for the Wonder Momo anime series. The band's sound consists mostly of heavy guitars (including 7-stringed guitars) but also makes subtle use of synthesizers, orchestral sections and electronic effects. In contrast to this many songs contain acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitars and emotional piano melodies. In their earlier records, Area 11's sound commonly blended rock and metal styles of guitar with aspects of Japanese music including J-pop , this sound they referred to by
56-432: Was described by band frontman Sparkles as a "disastrous jam session". Founding members Sparkles, Luke, and Alex then discovered their shared love of anime whilst watching Code Geass episode 22 "Blood Stained Euphy", from which they wrote their first song, "Euphemia." The name "Area 11" is a reference to the anime Code Geass , as Japan is referred to as Area 11 in the series, with its citizens referred to as Elevens,
64-413: Was more collaborative than the band's other records, with Jonathan Kogan and Sparkles* sharing much of the work, and with band members Alex Parvis and Leo Taylor contributing. This album is the band's first to be partly distributed by a non-indie label: Cooking Vinyl . Note: As a hidden track, the previously released single, "Override [B]" is placed in the pregap of the first track Override [C]. This track
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