Synkronized is the fourth studio album released by Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai. Released in 1999, the album contains funk, disco, and acid jazz elements. It is also known for being the last Jamiroquai album featuring the band's more traditional line-up and sound. "Where Do We Go From Here?" was described[who?] as the point of change within the group's sound, using rocks with a leap-frogging blues piano and tangy bongoes. The final song on the album "King For A Day", is a regal rock-operatic excursion embellished with fully orchestrated piano and strings, with lyrics relating to Stuart Zender, the band's bass player for their first three albums, who left the band during the making of Synkronized. It is noticeable that there is no bass guitar or bass synth sound within the song. Recording sessions for the album began with Zender installed on bass, but he left partway through the recording in mid-1998, and rather than credit Zender for the tracks he had played on, Jay Kay decided to scrap all the tracks and start again. Clips of two of these tracks were shown on MTV and have been bootlegged, although not in their full form. The clips display a much more Latin and fusion sound than the songs that made it on the final album tracklisting. An outtake from Synkronized, "Snooze You Lose", was later released on the mini-album "An Online Odyssey". The bass on the album is played on a synth bass by new recruit Nick Fyffe, in a style that is basically an imitation of the departed Zender. Didgeridoo player Wallis Buchanan made his last appearance on the song "Supersonic". Synkronized is the fourth studio album released by Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai. Released in 1999, the album contains funk, disco, and acid jazz elements. It is also known for being the last Jamiroquai album featuring the band's more traditional line-up and sound. "Where Do We Go From Here?" was described[who?] as the point of change within the group's sound, using rocks with a leap-frogging blues piano and tangy bongoes. The final song on the album "King For A Day", is a regal rock-operatic excursion embellished with fully orchestrated piano and strings, with lyrics relating to Stuart Zender, the band's bass player for their first three albums, who left the band during the making of Synkronized. It is noticeable that there is no bass guitar or bass synth sound within the song. Recording sessions for the album began with Zender installed on bass, but he left partway through the recording in mid-1998, and rather than credit Zender for the tracks he had played on, Jay Kay decided to scrap all the tracks and start again. Clips of two of these tracks were shown on MTV and have been bootlegged, although not in their full form. The clips display a much more Latin and fusion sound than the songs that made it on the final album tracklisting. An outtake from Synkronized, "Snooze You Lose", was later released on the mini-album "An Online Odyssey". The bass on the album is played on a synth bass by new recruit Nick Fyffe, in a style that is basically an imitation of the departed Zender. Didgeridoo player Wallis Buchanan made his last appearance on the song "Supersonic". false 2022-12-20 21:17:12 8 1999 1999-06-14 1999-06-14 53 Acid Jazz Alternative Dance Dance-Pop Electronic Funk Motown Soul Dance-Rock 111571 2118984 e469c561-e2ff-4384-9395-2bf7c6970da2 f4857fb9-e255-4dc6-bd01-e4ca7cc68544 f1049013-bcdc-337e-8506-c0e84afe1b0c /media/data/media4/Music/Jamiroquai/Synkronized (1999)/folder.jpg Jamiroquai AlbumArtist Jamiroquai Artist Jamiroquai Jamiroquai 1 05:31 2 04:44 3 05:41 4 04:15 5 03:45 6 05:40 7 05:15 8 04:28 9 05:13 10 03:44 11 04:44 Jamiroquai ( jə-MIRR-ə-kwy) are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in their early releases and later drew from rock, disco, electronic and Latin music genres. Lyrically, the group has addressed social and environmental justice. Kay has remained as the only original member through several line-up changes. The band made their debut under Acid Jazz Records but subsequently found mainstream success under Sony. While under this label, three of their albums have charted at number one in the UK, including Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), Synkronized (1999) and A Funk Odyssey (2001). The band's 1998 single, "Deeper Underground", was also number one in their native country. As of 2017, Jamiroquai had sold more than 26 million albums worldwide. Their third album, Travelling Without Moving (1996), received a Guinness World Record as the best-selling funk album in history. The music video for its second single, "Virtual Insanity", also contributed to the band's success. The song was named Video of the Year at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and earned the band a Grammy Award in 1998. Sony Soho Square