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The prizes keep wandering in for the 2024 membership drive, make sure you follow us on FB or Instagram to see what comes in each week! Whats also coming in, or maybe "together" is a better word, but the best of for 2023 is mostly picke dout, but I still look to you for suggestions. I'm only about 1/2 of the way through listening to all of RSA in 2023. Hopefully you have some suggestions! Blazej Malinowski - Madness Pending Position - Lick My Legs (Ruined Conflict) GBxCL - Belt Of Constraint Presence Of Mind - The Fall (Edit) Merry Chiklit - Deine Wut Ist Gut (Nature Of Wires) Unitcode Machine - Surface Absurd Minds - Long Before Formato Negativo - Radioactivo http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

OK, now we're in the race to Christmas and I have to get cracking on the annual "best of" show for 2023. I have a lot of tracks selected, but as always I'm looking for your input! There's always a gem or two that my ears miss and the collective listenership of RSA does catch. The prizes are rolling in for the 2024 membership drive. Thats a few months away, but there may be surprises. I also have an idea for possibly doing another round of more simplified T-Shirts. The Threadless store has been a bit of a disappointment, but I think I have a new line on making a new simplified shirt. Getting a sample or two made now. Color Theory - The Rot (Raindancer) NNHMN - Your Body (Video Edit) NeuroWulf - Reborn PreEmprive Strike 0.1 - Marauders From Earth Chiasm - Cut Right Through (A23) Absurd Minds - The Moral Men (Intent Outtake) Super Dragon Punch!! - Rise (Last Activity) Espermachine - Love And Pain http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Had a bit of an existential crisis last week, wondering if RSA has become irrelevant. Once upon a time I did an interview with I Die: You Die and when the topic of is there any end in sight, I commented that what would probably be the end was when RSA became irrelevant. Couple that with some back end technical issues that have been driving me bananas and I suddenly wondered if that time had come. A friend of mine once asked if "Imposter syndrome" ever goes away. It doesn't, but I let my mind run away with the worst possible scenario and quite frankly I'm still recovering. The mind is a terrible thing to taste. But I got through the week and got this weeks show up! Nano Infect - Danceslut (Massiv In Mensch) Gauthier - Submission Robota Robotny - UFOs Im Kornfeld Unitcode Machine - Blind Dead Lights - I Am Electric Nuquatron - Authentizaitat Disappearer - Magia Mildreda - Prophecies (Fix8Sed8) http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Got some prizes in this week, pins and magnets! Next step, lets get some more stickers made up. In this weeks show I touch on protecting your hearing a bit. Got my hearing checked this week, and its surprisingly good barring the tinnitus. Wear ear plugs at shows if you can, and maybe turn the volume down a bit on your headphones. I've also posted a poll in the Facebook group. I'm looking to see how you "consume" RSA so I can maybe tweak a few things and make life easier for everyone. I'd also like to apologize for lateness in email notifications. It would seem my web host isn't able to properly monitor mail queues. So I'm having to wait hours, open a ticket, wait a day, and basically do the email all over. But we're working on it! In other news we have a brand new show for you with some great music across a few sub genres! Espermachine - Heavy Modulation Absurd Minds - Gravitas (Neuroticfish) FabrikC - Death By Hanging Merry Chiklit - Deine Wut Ist Gut (Restriction 9) NeuroWulf - Exposure Cygnosic - Destiny Darkness On Deamnd - Ban Of Truth Parralox - Goodbye Berlin (DMT Berzerk) http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

I'm still trying to figure out what I should be giving away as prizes, especially at the "Everyone gets something" level. If you have any idea, please reach out. Optical media is dead, and I might have to raise the "minimum" donation from $25 to do anything else, and I'm loathe to do that. I honestly enjoy sending out stuff to everyone! But thats February Todd's problem. November Todd has a great show for everyone! Mind.In.A.Box - Integrate (Club) PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Ressurective Hunger (Kriistal Ann) Cybermode Beats - Welcome To Night City First Aid 4 Souls - Now You See Me (Vain Sancrosact) Void_R - Celebration Morphose - All Comes Back To You (Sven Friedrich) Zanias - Simulation (Alen Skanner) Unitcode Machine - Surface http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Had another interaction this week with a listener who stopped listening for whatever reason a decade ago, decided to look us up and voila! Here we are still putting together great shows for everyone. This sort of thing happens more often than you'd expect, I suspect people coming and going has a lot to do with finishing school, changing jobs, etc. I tried once again to get RSA on Spotify, but no dice. RSA is listed in practically every podcast directory, but sometimes I wonder if the time for something like this has passed. But lets see if we can make it to 30 years. If anything you can stream a lot of older shows on YouTube. But on with a great new show with some wonderful new music! Moris Blak - Fallen Suns (Rabbit Junk) Revolt - Mental Ritual Super Dragon Punch!! - Rise (Modulate) Mind.In.A.Box - The Death Of White (Master Mechanic) Endanger + DSTRTD SGNL - Superficial Love (Grendel) EAS - Walk The Earth Darkness On Demand - Volle Kraft Vorraus Syncfactory - The Truth http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

I've also shifted to working on RSA during the day when there's ya know, daylight. This time of year gets hard for everyone as the days get shorter and darkness envelopes us all. At least with working from home I don't get that feeling of never seeing the sun all winter. But this week I took my time, worked on the show a bit every day and came up with some really neat recent releases that I know you'll love. It was also really cool to be "able" to play Klaus Nomi. Never thought that day would come! Darkness On Demand - White Clouds Noemi Aurora - Shining Unitcode Machine - Emptiness TEVALIK - Freakstreet (Restriction 9) Klaus Nomi - Keys Of Life (The Hacker) Cygnosic - Moving On Emmon - Purebloods (Majestoluxe Dancefloor) Simon Carter - Lost In Space http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

Actually surprised myself on Saturday and sat down to finish RSA only to find that Thursday Todd was thinking ahead and got everything done. Since the cycling season is over, and I don't think it really affected things this year, but we'll be back to posting the show earlier on the weekend rather than Sunday or even Monday at the last minute. Yes, soon comes the darkness where I get all spooky and work on RSA in the (near) dark. Luckily I ditched the goth and its no longer working by candlelight, its LEDs baby! System Syn - Where Is The Love I Was Promised Simon Carter - Let Music Live Forever (Ruined Conflict) DSTRTD SGNL - Superficial Love (Endanger Club) Electra Black - New Life New Light IIOIOIOII - Last King Cybermode Beats - Demon Hunt Lifelong Corporation - Fascinating (World Mix) Any Second - Firefly http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

Last night was a lot of fun spinning in Toronto again, I don't think there will be another local gig, I'm actually quite comfortable just working on RSA each week and getting new music out for everyone to hear. I wish there was a little more interaction, but I just think about the person who's listening while working, or even going back to an "ancient" show (we're down to 2006 on YouTube!) and remember that a lot of people just want to listen, and be entertained while doing crazy stuff. Like taking a train across China. I like those stories. Neuroklast - Chrome Monk AD_Key - Two Souls (Martin Bodewell) ES23 - Now Presence Of Mind - Lonely Like Me Darkness On Demand - Stagnation The Grab Society - Underrated (Nature Of Wires) NeuroWulf - Forsaken Blinky Blinky Computerband - Momentum http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

I swear I pick the tracks at random, but I must admit I have a good ear. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing this successfully, now would I? But I have the sneaking suspicion that there may be not 1 but 2 tracks in this weeks show that make their way onto the end of the year Best Of show. One final reminder that this coming Saturday October 7th I'll be doing a couple of live sets at the Sanctuary reunion, so come down! https://www.facebook.com/events/622705113341923 Mind.In.A.Box - Activate Void_R - Domination Massiv In Mensch - Nordseesturm (Extended) Electra Black - Nothing That I Miss Bratri - Lost Juno System Syn - The Light Was A Lie Dead Lights - Receiver Missing In Stars - The Sinners http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

Spent the afternoon yesterday going over my remaining vacation days at work and figuring out if I can squeeze a gig or two out for 2023. The last time I was asked I was in a very bad mental state, and the prices to fly to the US haven't exactly gone down recently. So I have some decisions to make. Can I afford to lose more brain cells that a night or three of partying will destroy? This week I also take a moment to talk about my involvement with the ENGin program. I encourage you to take a look while you listen to... Super Dragon Punch!! - Haste (Soman) PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Ressurective Hunger Technomancer - Without You (Machinista) Method Cell - Terminal Velocity Alien Nation - The Age Of Satan (Freaky Mind) Ginger Snap5 - Shadow gHost (Radio Edit) JanRevolution - Man Without Return (Ruined Conflict) Psy'Aviah - Healing (Aesthetiche) http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

Another fine summer week spent listening to new music while working and trying to stay cool. I can hardly wait until my renoviction is over and I can move back to my "new" building next year. I hate wearing headphones while listening to music, I like the ambience of feeling the music in the room as well. But with a portable air conditioner next to me its either headphones or bake. Soon enough I'll be complaining about the cold as is the tradition in Canada. Nano Infect - Lifeless (World Of Deceit) Menschdefekt - Break Free (Trancefiguration) Simon Carter & Fabsi - Moonchild Lifelong Corporation - She Loves Pain (Just Ashes) Terence Fixmer - Entropy Girls Under Glass - Everything Will Die NNHMN - NRL Die Krupps - Temple Of Love http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

A short work week behind us, and I managed to get sick again on Thursday! But I'm luckily still a Covid virgin, so it only kept me down for a few days. Now I just ration a bit of vertical time over the weekend so I can recover and get important stuff like RSA completed. I've really gotta start watching what I eat, there's something I think I'm sensitive too. Ah, the joys of getting older! But as I said, I always make RSA a priority so that even if I do get knocked down I have enough already done that I don't disappoint! PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Ressurective Hunger (Psychic Force) Ellen Allien x Ash Code - Dance And Kill Simon Carter - Don't Blink (Alternate) Arise-X - Nacht Uber Deutschland Chainreactor - Das Verderben Suicide Commando - God Of Destruction (Kreign) Torul - We Don't Care (Rotoskop) evo-Lution - Vorwarts! http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

A great show for everyone as most people in North America have a long-ish weekend with Canada Day and Independence Day so close together. Yes this time every year we celebrate the sacrifice that Randy Quaid made in 1996 to keep earth safe from the alien invaders. Also, the USA does something. Not quite sure what. Psygore - Hate Me More Stahlnebel & Black Selket - Lost The Way (DV8R) Superikone - Aus Purem Gold (Frozen Plasma) To Avoid - Driver (Holocoder) DSTRTD SGNL & Rob Dust - Repeat! (DSTRTD SGNL) A-X-Amun - SDS (Hocico) Menschdefekt & JDead - You Spin Me Round Technomancer - I've Got A Sister In the Navy http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

If last weeks show was minimalist, this weeks is anything but. We run the gamut from Terror EBM to Techno Industrial to ... Ominous EBM? Not quite terror EBM, but not exactly Front 242 either. Lord help me, I swear I knew all of the pigeon holes we put music into and drew a blank on 1 or 2. Well thats perfectly acceptable when I've been editing music, but when I'm doing my "QA listen" I really should be able to figure this stuff out. When in doubt, just slap 2 existing genres together. Much like how "Todd Casting" came about. Synapsyche - God In Vitro (Statik Sekt) Siva Six - Fight The Machine (Infected Sound System) Ranstad - Washed2 PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Marauders From Earth Monolith - The Hunter Suicide Commando - Destroyer Of Worlds (Trinity Test Hiroshima) Darkness On Demand - Fools Skren - TIEF http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio