Artist description Synthetic Block produces progressive ambient music.

Music Style progressive ambient

Similar Artists The more atmospheric moments of Pink Floyd and King Crimson

Artist History Jonathan Block has been performing for 20 years, and produced a number of cassette releases in the 1980s and early 1990s. The first Synthetic Block CD was released in 1998 on Mindspore Records. Synthetic Block has also appeared on numerous compilations including Goltri Volumes 1 and 2, and Mellow Records' ELP and Canterbury scene tributes.

Group Members Jonathan Block

Instruments Synthesizers and bass

Albums Synthetic Block, The Opposite of Staring Into Space, Driving Backward, Book of Formation, Live at the Gathering

Press Reviews Sequences magazine said that Synthetic Block's music "is certainly not the usual sound we expect coming from the States, but it's a fresh approach to electronics which is most welcome." While Wind and Wire wrote that "it isn't quite ambient, techno, or German synth, but takes elements from those genres and combines them into its own unique mixture." Expose wrote that the music had "odd-meter workouts that bring to mind no one in particular but Block himself. Not only are his compositions good, but the sounds he produces from his synthesizers are rich, organic and fresh."

Location Fairfield, Connecticut - USA

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