Product Description

"Synthesizer" is the first new Information Society album in a decade. During the prior ten years, the band was patiently waiting for the music industry to catch up to it. Information Society was among the first bands ever to add computer-data content to a music CD (back in 1988) and has continued to push the boundaries of technology, not only in the creation of music but in the delivery of it. "Synthesizer" itself is innovative: an album that sounds like classic new wave synthpop...if the genre had just been invented today. It's fresh and vital but retains all of Information Society's signature sound.

About the Artist

Although Information Society has always been a "creative collective," most fans consider the trio of Kurt Harland/Larson, Paul Robb and James Cassidy to be the band's "classic lineup." With a platinum album, several Top 10 singles and a number of world tours to their credit, it's hard to argue. Luckily for fans, this classic lineup is back together, and judging by the reaction from fans at their Madison Square Garden show in July 2007, the group is in fine form.

"Synthesizer" features Kurt, Paul and James as well as other special guests and members of the "InSoc Continuum," including singer Christopher Anton and even former teen idol Colleen FitzPatrick (aka Vitamin C). Fans of the band's best-known hits like "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)," "Running" and "Think" will find this new album to be familiar without being stale. Those who follow the current crop of electro-pop bands will also find plenty to love about "Synthesizer," including a greater appreciation of the influence that Information Society had (and still has) on so many successful electronic artists.