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:
- Override (B) – Sparkles
- Override (C) – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- The Contract – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- Watchmaker – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- Versus – Sparkles
- Processor – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- Red Queen – Jonathan Kogan, Sparkles, Alex Parvis, Leo Taylor
- Angel Lust – Sparkles
- The Life of a Ghost – Leo Taylor, Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- After the Flags – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- Nebula – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan
- Panacea and the Prelogue – Sparkles, Jonathan Kogan, Leo Taylor