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Meccano Mind | 
 enlarge | Artist: Syntax
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 60636
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099751494522
ASIN: B0001FT2H6
Release Date: March 8, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Pray - Syntax, Syntax Error | | • | Bliss | | • | Strange Days | | • | Message | | • | Destiny - Syntax, Syntax | | • | Pride - Syntax, Burton, Jan | | • | Little Love | | • | Tower of Power | | • | Fever | | • | Time to Fly |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Airborne November 25, 2008
Fluke is one of my favorite bands. Expansive electro fired up with a hefty dose of urgency, lots of soaring synth and cataclysmic percussion. Gets me amped, as the saying goes. Their most recent album, Puppy, was a critical flop, but I consider one of the few albums I own where every song gets five stars. Maybe I'm just behind the times; every negative review I've read of the album calls it "dated" and "out of touch." Harsh.
And also stupid. Music is cyclical and inherently derivative. Give it a few years, and Fluke's sound will probably be de rigeur again before you know it. In the meantime, there's 2 Pie Island, Fluke's darker, angrier collaborative effort with musicians the likes of Andy Gray. Maybe you heard their single, "Nobody Never." Big back in 2005.
Between PUPPY and 2 BIT PIE, this little gem surfaced and was immediately forgotten. Wanting to sink his teeth and nails into a harsher and more intense kind of electro, Fluke member Mike Tournier teamed up with Jan Burton to create Syntax. The result is a beautifully bittersweet album, a collection of songs that are dark and uplifting in equal measures. The kind of record you might want to hang glide to, if it weren't unadvisable to hang glide with a stereo strapped to your body.
Unfortunately, due to a weak and underprepared marketing department and an uncooperative label, the band and the album failed to make any kind of mark on the music scene, and faded into obscurity before it was even given a chance. You might hear some of these songs on television shows or commercials for cars, but these guys are unfortunately no longer around. It's a shame.
Buy this CD. Put it on. Close your eyes. Go hang gliding.
instant favorite November 21, 2008
I heard "Pride" on the TV show Bones and liked it; the rest of the album is even better. This became my favorite album after one listen.
 A song from Law & Order: Criminal Intent "Privilege" May 30, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Track 6 is the song played during the introduction of "Privilege," from Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It is a lovely song--artistic, addictive, soulful. That's why I bought it--the rest of the tracks seem sort of of a combination of New Age and alternative, and hasn't warranted a closer listen yet. But that one song, "Pride," is worth the price of admission to this album.
Songs for the Meccano minded.... March 26, 2008
What a great freshman and the only release by Syntax...Excellent collaboration of the Fluke's front man and other artists...Too bad Syntax disbanded right after the album was released...An undiscovered gem, however, you will find at least 6 remixes of various songs in this album...These are very hard to find...One remix of song Bliss is simply mind blowing...Felix da Housecat is the man behind the flawless remixing of that song...The same remix can also be found in the Global Underground # 29 cd set mixed by Sharam from Deep Dish...
I'm hooked March 21, 2008
I heard a song of theirs, "Pride," on an episode of Nip/Tuck, that was stuck in my head for a week before I finally got their album. All the tracks are wonderful with hypnotic beats and vocals. This CD has been on replay on my computer for a week and I'm not tired of it yet. Highly recommended if you like electronica or ambient style music.
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