The follow up to the debut album, Awaken The Androids. This release is the second album from Arcane Synthetic made almost entirely of collaboration tracks. It is the first of two parts of the second chapter in the Arcane Synthetic saga.

With the first album ultimately being a solo effort, Benjamin Murray (Arcane Synthetic) felt the most obvious progression would be to frequently collaborate with other artists he looks up to. This process has been an incredible time of growth for Benjamin, further developing his skills learnt initially in the Awaken The Androids process.

At this point in the conceptual narrative Arcane has travelled across time reporting on the human condition for his superiors. As well as his immediate duty, Arcane has been searching all over time for his long lost lover and is now relieved to finally be reunited. Alongside his lover, new friends, and allies he is now traversing the spiritual plains in an attempt to broaden his perception of "what the point of it all is".
However something's missing for Arcane... It's still not enough.
At the end of this first installment of the second chapter there is a turning point. Arcane and his lover have something to look forward to that will drastically change everything...
The Saga will continue on 'A New Era & Nothing More: Part II'.

Acknowledgments from Benjamin:

This album has been one of the most challenging creative projects I've worked on to date. At times I found the process costing my mental, emotional, and even physical health.
I feel it was all worth it. This final product is nothing short of spectacular and more than I could've wished for in a second Arcane Synthetic installment.

I want to sincerely thank Jonathan Ashwell from Skitch Hiker, Lost Cause Industry, Plains Desperate Symphony, and Infektomorph for their contributions to these incredible tracks. I quite literally couldn't have done it without all of you and am 100% honoured you agreed to collaborate with me on this album.

Thank you to all my loved ones, you know who you are, for your continued support (not to mention often patience) in my work on this project I seem to have developed an addiction for.

Thank you always to my parents, newly made grandparents, Carolyn and Stephen for all their love and support.

Thank you to my dear Nora. I feel as though I owe you everything. Not only have you continued to love and support me and created the stunning album art we see before us, but you gifted me the greatest experience so far one could ever imagine; A beautiful baby boy.

Thank you to my son, Félix, You inspire me more than anything has before your arrival. Mummy and Daddy are so very proud of you and promise to love you more and more every day. 

All lyrics, all vocal performances, and final mixing and mastering by Benjamin Murray.
Album art by Nora V. Kovacs

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A New Era Wanting More & Intermission

Arcane Synthetic is the experimental alter-ego of an autistic artist and actor, delivering visceral, cinematic soundscapes that unfold as reports from a time-traveller documenting the human condition. Blending goth, industrial, and dark ambient influences, the project channels sincerity, irony, and lived trauma into a neon-noir world of heavy emotional storytelling.