{"id":12996,"date":"2018-11-07T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psybient.org\/love\/?p=12996"},"modified":"2018-11-07T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:04:28","slug":"interview-sync24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psybient.org\/love\/interview-sync24\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Sync24 (Daniel from CBL)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have had a pleasure to chat with Daniel (Sync24), one of two person behind world famous Carbon Based Lifeforms. We talk about his new album, studio and personal life. Interview made by Melissa with participation of Gagarin Project<\/a> in October 2018.<\/p>\n

Started in early years experimenting with tape recorders and simple music players on the Commodore 64 and gradually upgrading equipment and techniques. Having CBL as his main focus and some other projects on the side there\u2019s always room for personal reflections.<\/p>\n

If you like what we do, we would appreciate your support on patreon<\/a>, via paypal<\/a>, cryptocurrency<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hi Daniel, thanks for taking the time to conduct an interview with us. I have been a fan of Carbon Based Lifeforms for some time now and have listened to a few of your songs in the past so it is a great pleasure. I love your new album Omnious – congrats on the release! My favourites are The morning before it all happened and Lungs full of clean air . So, I have a few questions for you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hi guys, it\u2019s a pleasure to meet you and I am grateful that you take an interest in my music<\/p>\n

You live in Sweden, how is ambient music scene in your area ? Is there any regular \u201cdowntempo\u201d events or festivals that have place for this kind of music ?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The scene here is very small. Maybe there is something more happening in Stockholm but in Gothenburg, where I live, a downtempo event is very rare. Most of the few shows we have done here we actually organized ourselves. So even if there is a great number of people who are big fans of this kind of music, there is no place to go to to enjoy it. But I hope that change in the near future :)<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s first talk about the new album. Why the name Omnious? And please tell us a little about the artwork.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Omnious is a misspelling I did a few years back, that I thought sounded cool. It\u2019s roughly translated to \u201cAll full of everything\u201d and it rhymes with the sense of total freedom I felt writing the album. Titles like \u201cLiving the dream\u201d or \u201cTotal freedom\u201d sounds way to corny.<\/p>\n

In June 2017 I was at home listening to my old albums and decided that I wanted to do a new Sync24 album. I was on parental leave and decided that I would start when that was finished and my youngest daughter had started pre-school. In the fall my employer had to do some cutbacks so I was let go. I figured I might as well do music full time and do some freelance programming on the side. So in November last year I started and my goal was to make an ambient album and then an uptempo album right after that.<\/p>\n

Omnious is an eight track ambient album and it\u2019s the result of about six months of total freedom and joy. I scratched a lot of ideas and reworked some tracks a lot. I did a lot of field recordings and also recorded som live effects and percussions. I used a healthy mix of hardware and software. I think I did a pretty good job with the tracklist and I hope that the listeners agree and find it a pleasant journey. The opening track \u2018A deep sea meditation experience\u2019 was a given but I was uncertain about which one to choose as the end track \u2018Wise wispers in the wind\u2019. I picked a favourite that is kind of melancholic but has warmth and a positive feel to it. I want to leave the listeners with a warm positive feeling.<\/p>\n