Munich Syndrome was born in a Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret on a Blue Monday, in the midst of the electronic New Wave of the 80's. Intrigued, and ultimately inspired by this new music, the next step was to transcend listening and create. First came a drum machine and an early analog synthesizer. Kinetic rhythms and electronic sounds gave way to layered synths and a four-track recorder.

Stark mechanical soundscapes evolved into fuller compositions: electronic pop songs. The limitations of playing live and overdubbing onto the four-track led to first and second generation sequencing programs. These programs also had their limitations. Then there were the vocals. A vocal element was essential, but they weren't right. At this point the project was deactivated.

Fast forward to the late 90's. Electronic music was suddenly everywhere. A new generation of computing had brought a newer and more robust generation of sequencing and recording options. Munich Syndrome was reactivated. With a new arsenal of synths and a broader palette of sounds available, also came vocoders. With the addition of a a vocoder, vocoded melodies were added, and Munich Syndrome had found its voice.

Though many songs and demos were done in the late 80's, the first experiments to leave the studio were journeys into Down tempo and Trip-Hop with Ambient and Jazz-tinged overtones. These made up the debut album, "Sensual Ambience." Key tracks are: "To Whom It May Concern", "Lost in You", "Endless Possibilities" and the 18-minute title track "Sensual Ambience (Paris Movie)".

As these sessions wrapped up, the next songs started to look back towards the more electronic sounds that were the beginnings of Munich Syndrome and introduced the more prominent use of vocoders. The "Electro EP" led in the direction of the second album, "Electro Pop." The two songs that would lead the stylistic charge are "Come Out and Play (Just for a Day)" and "Modern Age".

"Electro Pop" was the next step in the evolution of Munich Syndrome (House driven Electro Pop for the mind to get lost in and the body to move to). The album embraces a harder sound overall, incorporating elements of Electro, IDM, Dance, Techno, House and EBM. Key tracks are "Dance (Ah Eee Ya Ya Ya Ya)", "Love & Dancing", "Come Out and Play" and "Go Away."

Following the success of "Electro Pop" comes "Electronic Ecstasy." Lyrically looking at unrequited love lost with some of the earliest demos revisited, remade and remixed for this release.

The relentless dance floor beat of the title track gives way to melodic electronic pop songs "Anywhere (But Here)", "2 Whom", "Always (Alone)", "Celebrate" as well as the trippy instrumental "Dream Sequence #3", the dark and minimal "Fear. Panic. Dread" and the propolsive claustrophobia of "Watching You."

Work has begun on our next release...

Munich Syndrome is: David B. Roundsley