December 2011 It's
December again so it must be time for The Omega Syndicate's
free Christmas album. This year's free album is entitled 'The
Holy and the Ivories' and details and the download link are available from
the Music page.
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March 2001 The following
albums are available direct from the band in limited
quantities, Paypal links have been added to the Music
page:
Riding the Revelations - £11
UK £13 worldwide
Learning Curve - £11 uK £13 worldwide
Village Fate - £11 UK £13 worldwide
Extra Curriculum Activity - £11 UK £13 worldwide
Millennium Drone - £11 UK £13 worldwide
X - £11 UK £13 worldwide
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January 2011 The Omega
Syndicate will be stepping down from live performance at
Restoration 2, the music will continue in the studio but not
on stage.
As a thank you to all who
have followed our live exploits over the years, in addition to
our usual "Limited Edition" which will be available
on the night, there is also a FREE album to ticket purchasers
only. This features the rehearsal (although more of an
equipment check really) for the St. John the Baptist gig in
2007. The versions of the pieces on this disc are EXCLUSIVE to
this release & are very different in places to any other
versions, they have been cleaned up, but the odd
"fluffs" have not been removed as these were never
intended for release. So come along, say hello, or goodbye, or
both & see what promises to be "something
special".
The FREE CD is only available to ticket purchasers, it is not
for sale through us. The event organisers have put a lot of
effort into this & we were asked to play, but the event
needs a PA system, lighting etc. All this costs, so to help
out, this disc was produced. If you want a disc you must buy a
ticket, if you can't attend, that's fine but there will be a
small fee to send the disc out otherwise the money from the
ticket purchase is eaten into by the postage to send the disc
out.
Tickets £6 from:
www.bandofrain.com/products.html
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December 2010 It's
December again so it must be time for The Omega Syndicate's
free Christmas album. This year's free album is entitled 'Synth
Hosanna' and details and the download link are available from
the Music page, which has also been
updated to include a slew of new and old releases.
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March 2010 The Omega
Syndicate will be making two live appearances this year, one
at Awakenings
on 18th September and the other at Hampshire
Jam 9 on 13th November. See the gigs
page for details. Dave
says both sets will be completely different so you should come
to both.
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December 2009 Happy
Christmas from all at The Syndicate, last year's audio
Christmas card seemed to go down well, so we have decided to
post another one this year. See the music
page for details and the download link. This will only be
available for a limited time. Feel free to sign the Guestbook
and let us know what you think.
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September 2009 Paypal
links to Learning Curve and Riding the Revelations removed as
there are only a few left of each & which will be
available from the stall at An Evening with
The Omega Syndicate in
Liphook.
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July 2009 An Evening with
The Omega Syndicate, Friday 30th October 2009 at Liphook
Village Hall, doors open 6.30pm, performance starts 7.00pm and
ends 10.30 approx. The band are on a 'Recruitment Drive' that
evening & will have a keyboard rig & possibly a guitar
set up for anyone who wishes to join in. To avoid people just
walking up & randomly playing, it is requested that if you
wish to join us on stage, you contact us via our Guest Book
& we will also get your T-Shirt size as you’ll look out
of place without one.
There are already a few interested parties, so we will
allocate 'blocks' for artists of about 15 minutes during each
1 hour section.
In addition to the show, there will be a raffle of donated
items for benefit of the Village Hall fund & stalls by
ourselves & other artists.
Back catalogue, new releases, if we have it, it’ll be
available. More details and tickets from the gigs
page
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June 2009 The last few of copies of
Horsemen on the Horizon and The Eve of the Holocaust are now
available to purchase from the band via Paypal, links are on
the music page.
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May 2009 Limited numbers
of copies of Learning Curve and Riding the Revelations are now
available to purchase from the band via Paypal, links are on
the music page. There are also a few
copies of the FREE album from the Awakenings concert left
which are being included free with orders while stocks last.
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April 2009 As part of the Awakenings series of concerts, The Omega Syndicate will appear alongside Modulator ESP and 4m33s. The ticket price includes a FREE download Virtual Ticket of the complete show, A new 100 copy Limited Edition will be on sale as well as other albums & merchandise, plus all those who turn up on the day will get a FREE, EXCLUSIVE Omega Syndicate
album, which will also be available to buy for a minimal price if you have a link as a result of buying the VT, but it will NOT be available elsewhere.
For details on buying tickets, visit: http://www.awakenings-em.co.uk
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March 2009 The Omega
Syndicate will be performing at the Awakenings on Saturday
18th April, full details on the gigs
page.
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February 2009 Link to
free Christmas download album removed. Hope everyone who
downloaded it enjoyed it, if so please leave a message in the
guestbook. Who knows, if there is enough positive feedback it
might happen again.
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December 2008 The Omega
Syndicate release a new album, here's the press release:
'In this global time of financial insecurity &
subsequent penny-pinching... The Omega Syndicate have released
another album.
"What's this one going to cost me?" I hear you
ask... The price?...
A visit to The Omega Syndicate website.
A few clicks of your mouse will get you 55 minutes of new
(except for one), previously unreleased music, plus artwork if
you wish to put it on a CDR.
We've given stuff away in the past, because our fans give us
so much in return, so put your money to better use this
Christmas & enjoy something that has no hint of "Band
Aid", "Shaking Stevens" or "Cliff
Richards" on it.
While you're on the site, feel free to sign our Guest Book.
Thank You for your continuing support.
Happy New Year folks!'
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November 2008 Dave, Xan
and occasional Syndicate member Stuart Judd will be appearing
at the Hampshire
Jam 'Jam' at the Millenium Hall in Liphook on Friday 14th
November 2008. Review of Apocalypse by Phil Derby of
ElectroAmbientSpace added to the reviews
page.
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July 2008 - The Omega
Syndicate will be performing live at Holy Trinity Church, Hull
on Saturday 23rd August 2008. All proceeds from admissions
will be donated to the Holy Trinity Choir Fund. There will probably be
a few new CDs available as well as T-Shirts &
maybe a chance to buy a copy of the set on the night if
everything goes to plan. There may also be some special guest
performers.
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October 2007 - The
Starhenge studio opening ceremony took place on Saturday
October 6th. Recordings from the session were released at the
Hampshire Jam 'Jam'. See Music page
for details
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April 2007 Excerpts
of some new studio material have been added to the band's Myspace
page. It was recorded by Dave and Xan at Dave's new studio, 'Starhenge'.
Some of it may feature on their forthcoming Limited Edition
album 'Baptism of Wire' which is due for release at their SMD
concert at the St John the Baptist church, Clarendon Park,
Leicester on the 26th May 2007.
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December 2006 New review
of Apocalypse by Matt Howarth of Sonic Curiosity added to the Reviews
page
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November 2006 The Omega
Syndicate now have a page on Myspace, featuring samples of
their music, pop by and have a listen at: www.myspace.com/theomegasyndicate
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September 2006 The Omega
Syndicate's latest live album Horsemen on the Horizon was
released on 09/09/06, this is a CD/DVD recording of the band's
appearance at the Awakenings in
Leeds on Saturday 8th July.
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July 2006 The Omega
Syndicate's performed a well received set at the Awakenings in
Leeds on Saturday 8th July, featuring the first live
appearance of new guitarist Rob Clynes and additional
keyboardist Glenn Alexander. The new limited edition TOS CD
'Same Synths Different Day' was also released, along with a
Special Ltd Release given Free to those who attended, entitled
'I travelled all the way to Leeds on July the 8th 2006, for an
evening of Electronic Music at Awakenings...I got just that...
As well as an EXCLUSIVE free CD from The Omega Syndicate'
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June 2006 The Omega
Syndicate's new album Apocalypse was released on the 06/06/06
- Scary or what and apparently a coincidence - and is
available to purchase now from Synth
Music Direct
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May 2006 Here's a preview
of the artwork for the new Omega Syndicate album 'Apocalypse':
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April 2006 The new Omega
Syndicate album, entitled Apocalypse, will be out sometime
next month on the Neu Harmony label. The exact release date is
not known yet. Apocalypse will feature the new three piece
line-up of The Omega Syndicate with
guitarist Rob Clynes featuring on most of the tracks. The
track listing is as follows:
1. Apocalypse
2. The Lycanthropic Principle
3. Pixie's Playground
4. The Global Extinction of the Wireless
5. Masque
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March 2006 Photos from
the recent special Mind Cavern Session have been added to the Photos
page. the session was arranged for Simon Webster to celebrate
the fact that it was 20 years to the day that he and Dave
first met... At Manchester/Victoria station while both waiting
for the same train after the Tangerine Dream concert at The
Apollo that night.
There were also special guest
appearance from not one, but two guitarists as the Omega
Syndicate were joined by Rob Clynes and Ed Britten of
C.H.A.O.S. Simon also guested
on Moog effects.
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February 2006 Re-designed
and updated Omega Syndicate website launched. First picture of
the line-up including latest recruit, guitarist Robert Clynes: |
l-r Dave Gurr, Robert Clynes and
Xan Alexander
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October 2005 Phonosphere
released at the Free System Projekt gig at the NSC on October
29th 2005. |
June 2005
The duo's
second concert takes place at the Awakenings
festival. (see gigs). |
April 2005
An album
of previously unreleased material consisting of a few edited
tracks from the early Mind Cavern Sessions, a live track from
The National Space Centre concert and a small taster of the
next album has just been completed. This is for the Synth Music Direct
Download
site and will be available soon. |
February 2005
The Omega
Syndicate have 2 EXCLUSIVE tracks on the 3 CD "Awakenings
2005" compilation set which is available direct from the Awakenings
site. |
December 2004
Photographs
from the N.S.C. concert 13/11/04 (taken by Kinetik's
Shirleyann Davies) can be accessed via our links page.
"Analogue
Waves" reaches #12 in the "Backroads Music USA"
Best of 2004 Electronic/Contemporary Instrumental Chart. |
November 2004
There is
a Limited Edition CD of unreleased material available at the
N.S.C. concert 13/11/04.(100 copies only) |
October 2004 The
Omega Syndicate featured on the Electron on-line
EM magazine.
The Omega
Syndicate are to play in Leeds 10/6/05 along with Radio
Massacre International & 4m33s as part of the Awakenings
series of concerts. See their website
for ticket details. |
September
2004 "Analogue
Waves" goes to #1 on the Synth Music Direct
Top 20.
The Omega
Syndicate's debut performance is announced for 13/11/04 at the
National Space Centre, Leicester along with Paul Nagle. |
August 2004
"Analogue
Waves" reaches #2 in the Synth Music Direct
Top 20. |
July 2004
The track
"Analogue Waves" is played on the "Emusic"
programme presented by Bill Fox 8/7/04.
The album
"Analogue Waves" is featured in the Monthly Top 20
of "Emusic".
"Analogue
Waves" is featured in the Top 20 of the Polish music site
"Generator".
The Omega
Syndicate is featured in the Encyclopedia of Electronic Music.
The track
"Analogue Waves" is included on the latest edition
of "Inkeys" CD magazine. |
June 2004
Reviews
of "Analogue Waves" feature in the June edition of
the Synth Music Direct
magazine
and on the "Borderline" Webzine's Neu Harmony page.
The album
"Analogue Waves" reaches #6 in the Top 20 CD's for
June on the Synth Music Direct
web site.
The Omega Syndicate and the album "Analogue Waves"
mentioned in the June edition of electronicshadows.com. |
May 2004 The
debut album by The Omega Syndicate, "Analogue
Waves", on the Neu Harmony label is officially launched
at the Alpha Centauri festival in Holland 15/5/04. |