On July 1, 2016, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Modern Synthesis”, the second Area 11 studio album. It was recorded April 2015 – January 2016, at “Room4 Studios” in Bristol, UK, and was produced by Tom Clarke.

Personnel:

• Sparkles – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, sleeve and booklet design, photography
• Alex Parvis – vocals, guitar
• Jonathan Kogan – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
• Leo Taylor – vocals, percussion, guitar
• Connie McGuinness Griffiths, Megan Paschke – vocals
• Sparkles, Leo Taylor – engineer
• Phil Davies – additional engineering
• Sparkles, Phil Davies – mixing
• Tom Woodhead – mastering
• Daniel Houlb, Adam Davis – artwork

Track listing:

1. Override (B) – Sparkles
2. Override (C) – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
3. The Contract – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
4. Watchmaker – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
5. Versus – Sparkles
6. Processor – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
7. Red Queen – Jonathan Kogan, Sparkles, Alex Parvis, Leo Taylor
8. Angel Lust – Sparkles
9. The Life of a Ghost – Leo Taylor, Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
10. After the Flags – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
11. Nebula – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
12. Panacea and the Prelogue – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan, Leo Taylor