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CYGNOSIC performing live at Rock House Moscow
CYGNOSIC performing live at Rock House, Moscow on 28th of October 2018.
Background Information
CYGNOSIC
Origin Athens, Greece
Genre Dark Electro / Industrial / EBM
Years Active 2006 - present
Labels DWA, Black Rain, BLC Productions
Website www.cygnosic,gr
Band Members Georg Psaroudakis

CYGNOSIC (pronounced /saɪɡˈnəʊsɪk/ and usually appears in capital letters) is a Greek electronic music project created by the musician and programmer Georg Psaroudakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ψαρουδάκης). Musically it belongs to the Dark Electro/Industrial/EBM electronic music sub-genres and it has a recognisable sound that consists of characteristic melodic sounds combined with death metal vocals. The band in the studio is a one-man project and it is based in Athens, Greece.

Formation and early years

Cygnosic as a music act first appeared in late 2006 on myspace[1], presenting tracks and networking with audience. At 2007 the band was discovered by Brandon L. Clark, manager of the Industrial Music Label BLC Productions based on Little Rock, Arkansas and was offered a full length album deal. During 2008 Georg Psaroudakis wrote a full length album and entered the studio to record a full length album with the sound engineer Dimitris Douvras of Lunatech Sounds Studio[2] on mixing and mastering. In early 2009 the debut album "A Deity In Pain" was released and distributed by Metropolis Records of in North America and by E-Noxe in Europe[3][4][5]. Georg and Dimitris collaborate on various projects ever since. After a year, BLC Productions terminates its operations and releases all its bands from their contracts. During 2010 Cygnosic starts performing on electronic concerts around Greece while writing the second full length album. While samples of the second album were sent to all major Dark Electro/Industrial labels, Cygnosic gets rediscovered by Jamie Nova, manager of DWA[6] (Digital World Audio, former Deathwatch Asia) electronic music label based in Osaka, Japan and enters DWA's roster. After an introductory EP release[7][8] , the second full length album entitled "Fallen" was released in 2011[9][10][11]. Cygnosic continues to release albums with DWA ever since and follows an international career in the Dark Electro/Industrial/EBM electronic music sub-genres.

Intermediate to present time

In 2013 the third studio album titled "Fire And Forget" was released in two versions, a European one by the German label Black Rain and an international one[12][13][14] by DWA. Cygnosic starts touring in Russia, United Kingdom and the rest of the Europe in order to promote the album. Later in 2013 a motivational YouTube video was uploaded introducing for the first time the bodybuilder Calum Von Moger working out with Cygnosic music. The video[15] became viral with millions of views and introduced Cygnosic to a widely larger audience beyond the genre. Since then, Cygnosic's "Mad Desire" can be found in countless motivational videos online. A single of "Crawl" track was released shortly after in 12'' picture vinyl[16][17]. In 2014 Georg Psaroudakis enters the studio to write the fourth epomymous album which consists of an electronic one[18][19] and a metal one[20][21] which consists of the metal versions of selected electro tracks picked from all albums, re-recorded from scratch having Georg Psaroudakis playing himself the drums, bass, guitars, keyboards and of course doing the vocals. The electronic one was released prior to the double disc version as a promotional move in the German Orkus magazine printed in 62,000 copies in its anniversary issue for the 20 years of the magazine[22]. In 2015 an EP titled "The Key[s]" was released in vinyl[23][24][25], followed by a new video clip[26]. In 2016 after a series of concerts around Europe, the creation of the fifth album titled "Siren" started to take shape in the studio after a sold out crowdfunding campaign[27] and was released in DigiBook in 2017[28][29][30][31][32]. From the beginning of its discography to the present day, Cygnosic has done remixes for other bands and was remixed by other bands more than 90 times[33], has performed in concerts around the world and appeared in many big festivals like WGT (Leipzig Germany)[34], Summer Darkness (Utrecht Netherlands)[35], Resistanz (Sheffield UK)[36] and many more, sharing the stage with dozens of acts of the genre.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs and singles

Reissues of sold out albums

  • A Deity In Pain Reborn (2012)[37][38][39]
  • Fire And Forget Memorial Edition (2015)[40]
  • Fire And Forget Extended Version (2017)[41]
  • Cygnosic Extended Edition - Electronic Music disc only (2018)

Videography

Music videos

  • As We Approach The End (2013)[42]
  • This Is The Night (2013)[43]
  • Light (2014)[44]
  • The Key (2016)[26]
  • Blindfold - White (2016)[45]

Miscellaneous facts about the band

  • Origin of the band's name: As mentioned in interviews by Georg Psaroudakis in the German music magazines Zillo and Sonic Seducer, Cygnosic was originally named "Psygnosis" which in free translation in the Greek language means "The knowledge or the soul" but it appeared already copyrighted by the former very well known game development company Psygnosis so it was decided to modify the name to Cygnosic than change it completely.
  • Mad Desire: Mad Desire, one of the most successful tracks of Cygnosic is a cover of an Italo Disco song of the 80s.

CYGNOSIC Official Website

CYGNOSIC on Facebook


References

  1. ^ "CYGNOSIC | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  2. ^ "Lunatech Sounds Studio". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  3. ^ a b "CygnosiC - A Deity In Pain (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ^ a b "Reviews » | Chain D.L.K." www.chaindlk.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  5. ^ a b "darknation.eu :: View topic - CygnosiC - A deity in pain (2009)". darknation.eu. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  6. ^ "CygnosiC | Digital World Audio". Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  7. ^ a b "Review: Cygnosic - One Step Forward | Brutal Resonance". www.brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  8. ^ a b One Step Forward, retrieved 2019-02-13
  9. ^ a b "Review: Cygnosic - Fallen | Brutal Resonance". www.brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  10. ^ a b Fallen, retrieved 2019-02-13
  11. ^ a b ‎Fallen (Omega Edition) by CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  12. ^ "Review: Cygnosic - Fire And Forget | Brutal Resonance". www.brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  13. ^ a b Fire and Forget, retrieved 2019-02-13
  14. ^ a b ‎Fire and Forget - Extended Edition by CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  15. ^ Miguel Valenzuela (2013-08-19), Mad Desire - Calum Von Moger - APTech Films, retrieved 2019-02-12
  16. ^ a b "CygnosiC — Crawl, a playlist on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  17. ^ a b "CygnosiC – Crawl EP | Kallisti Design". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  18. ^ a b ‎CygnosiC (Extended Edition) by CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  19. ^ a b CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  20. ^ a b ‎CygnosiC (White) by CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  21. ^ a b CygnosiC (White), retrieved 2019-02-13
  22. ^ "Das Magazin für Dark Rock - Electro - Gothic - Dark Metal & more". orkus.de. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  23. ^ a b "Cygnosic – The Key[s] (Digital EP – Digital World Audio) – Side-Line Music Magazine". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  24. ^ a b "CygnosiC – The Key(S)". ReGen Magazine. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  25. ^ a b The Key(S), retrieved 2019-02-13
  26. ^ a b DWA (2016-04-15), CYGNOSIC - The Key (Official Music Video), retrieved 2019-02-12
  27. ^ "CygnosiC: SIREN - The 5th Album (Special Editions)". PledgeMusic. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  28. ^ a b "CYGNOSIC , Siren , Music, CD review". www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  29. ^ a b "Cygnosic – Siren (CD Album – Digital World Audio) – Side-Line Music Magazine". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  30. ^ a b "Cygnosic – "Siren" | Elektroskull.com". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  31. ^ a b ‎Siren (Extended Edition) by CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  32. ^ a b "Siren". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  33. ^ "CYGNOSIC". www.cygnosic.gr. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  34. ^ "~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~". www.wave-gotik-treffen.de. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  35. ^ "Summer Darkness 2013 informatie op Festivalinfo". www.festivalinfo.nl. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  36. ^ "Resistanz- International Industrial Festival 2013 på Corporation (Sheffield) den 29 Mar 2013". Last.fm (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  37. ^ ‎A Deity in Pain Reborn by CygnosiC, retrieved 2019-02-13
  38. ^ A Deity in Pain Reborn, retrieved 2019-02-13
  39. ^ "CygnosiC - A Deity In Pain Reborn User Opinions - sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  40. ^ Admin |. "CYGNOSIC – Fire And Forget (2CD Memorial Edition) | Digital World Audio". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  41. ^ "Cygnosic – Fire And Forget / Extended Edition (CD Album – Digital World Audio) – Side-Line Music Magazine". Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  42. ^ DWA (2013-03-02), CygnosiC - As We Approach The End (Official Music Video), retrieved 2019-02-12
  43. ^ DWA (2013-07-09), CygnosiC - This Is The Night (Official Music Video), retrieved 2019-02-12
  44. ^ DWA (2014-04-30), CYGNOSIC - Light (Official Music Video), retrieved 2019-02-12
  45. ^ DWA (2016-09-30), CYGNOSIC - Blindfold (White) - Official Music Video, retrieved 2019-02-12

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