2010: A SYNDICATE Odyssey

Slightly more than a year ago, a bunch of us got together to mastermind a new movement that will take sterile Singapore by storm.

Well, not really. We were just a bored bunch entertaining our delusions by thinking of a monthly night that blends the earworms in our collective play-lists and eye-candy clips we so often see on createdigitalmotion.com.

Despite the delusions, there was somehow a silent consensual agreement amongst our adult selves that the concept will fade away after 6 months and we will resume with our lives till the next crazy idea hits us. Fast-forward 12 months later, well, that didn’t happen too.

The year flew with 12 crazy nights of bouncing beats, heavy bass and radical visuals at Home Club, a list of commissioned pieces and specially curated performances at various events, and a special EP which you can purchase online. Everything didn’t happen magically of course.

First shout-out goes to Home Club for taking that leap of faith with us. Definitely deserving a mention are our partners who have made the nights they were involved in special ones. Here goes to OBEY, Heineken and Red Bull Music Academy. A big bow to all our local and international guest acts for the year. But the loudest cheer goes to everyone of you who has shaken a groove, head-nodded or bass-faced at any of our events. You know who you are.

Moving forward, SYNDICATE will go bimonthly in 2011. Not taking it slow, we just want to take it up a notch from where we started. This time our delusions are driving us to write and release more beats and think of crazier visual ideas for the year to come.

On that note, we hope to see you next February and thanks again for all the support.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Great New Year.

love,
the SYNDICATE family

p.s. here’s a Farewell 2010 mix by Max Lane to take you into 2011. Enjoy.