Their seamless “classically-influenced, acid-addled instrumentation” (High Bias) ignites miniature fireworks in your ears with artful explosions and colorful splashes: lush strings, exotic guitar melodies, tribal drum beats, and trance-like vocals. With thoughtful complexity and delicate brilliance, the group with enough members to fill a chamber orchestra takes inspiration in articulating the human experience as musical. What differentiates AM Syndicate from other cerebral bands is how their passion for the creation of sound comes across on stage. Without exhuding musical snobbery, they seem to crawl inside their vast musical libraries to spark upon some mystical intelligence and creativity that makes them just that more intriguing to watch. The inventive ensemble incorporates violin, cello, guitar, synthesizer, bass, and a host of analog and electronic drums to mesmerize the crowds waiting to soak up every drop of the band’s ghostly ambiance.
They are a great example of organic sound mixed with digital noise, coming together to generate a satisfying synchronization between those dualities. Their debut full length album, Empire, released by Chicago’s Sick Room Records in February 2006, has already generated a stir. It has been deemed “absolutely, astoundingly arresting” by Drowned In Sound, and noted as capable of creating “a feeling that evokes the dry, exotic vistas one might find in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel” (Stinkweeds). With Empire beginning to breech beyond regional boundaries, AM Syndicate’s next step is to enchant audiences during the upcoming Wall of Sound Music Festival in Fort Worth to start off further touring in support of the record.
information: Band Website / Band Myspace
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