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Synanthesia

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Synanthesia (1969)

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London, England

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Psychedelic Rock

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1968 to Present...

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Synanthesia were a hybrid of Incredible String Band, acid folk, Comus-esque darkness ala, First Utterance and jazz.These styles/genres combined to make for quite an original sound.Jim Frazer's sax and flute sounding somewhat like a cross between Keith Gemmell (Audience/Stackridge),David Jackson (VdGG) and Harold McNair (Donovan,et al). The closest sounding bands that can be referenced are probably Dr Strangely Strange and Jan Dukes de Grey.

Formed in London,England in 1968 by guitarist,Les Cook, SYNANTHESIA were a trio with an 18 year old,ex soul bassist,Dennis Holmes,who switched to guitarand vibes.The trio is completed by jazz sax and flautist,Jim Fraser.They performed in and around the London area and garnered interest from the newly formed Chrysalis record label. One of the venues that they would frequent was the 'infamous',Three Tuns in Beckenham Kent,home to DAVID BOWIES Arts Lab. It is rumoured that Synanthesia were for a time Bowie's backing band before he then recruited THE HYPE and then,more famously,Hull's RATS,who becames THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.

SYNANTHESIA eventually recorded there only album,'Synanthesia', in 1969 for RCA.Unfortunately,RCA weren't interested enough to promote the band.Without RCA's backing and the lack of airplay on the radio,Synanthesia split and the threesome went their seperate ways.

SYNANTHESIA'S only album has a unique sound.Falling somewhere between FOREST,INCREDIBLE STRING BAND,COMUS and JAN DUKE de GREY with a hint of AUDIENCE and VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR.The last two bands are included owing to Les Cook's sax and flute styles


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