Born in California is the fourth and last album from Amsterdam based Jeroen Van Garling, one of Holland’s pioneering Goa trance producers mostly known as Synchro. Jeroen began listening to various '80s bands like Human League, The Cure and Depeche Mode. Techno began to infiltrate his world, as he explains, “the first time I heard like house music was at an acidhouse party, and it just blew me away”. He bought a Rolland SH-101 a year after.
At the age of 22 he was living in London, working as a makeup artist for music videos, and actually did the makeup in the Faith No More clip EPIC. A few years later, he lost interest in being a makeup artist and went back to Amsterdam, where he purchased some synthesizers. In 1995 started doing the lights for a small club called Mazzo. before stepping behind the decks himself. In 1995 the name Synchro was on the lips of many, as he began to make music that would help shape the trance scene worldwide.
His early releases came out on M-Track Amsterdam, a label born out of the Mazzo club to support local talents, later additional releases came out on POF. Releases like Chromium Dioxide under his side project Three State Logic, followed by Next Stop Oblivion under Z to A, positioned him in a front row and contributed in defining the music of the late ’90s. Over the years Synchro had studio collaborations with acts like GMS, 3.Turn, Planet Ben, Tarsis, and others.
With Born in California on Avatar, Synchro delivered his most accomplished work, featuring standout tracks such as Kiss This and Atomik, both were widely played by DJs across Europe and the USA. This latest version of the album has been remastered.