Cynicism Management is an alternative / progressive rock band (originating from Slovenia but currently located in Berlin, Germany), dedicated to recording worldwide smash hit singles in odd time signatures. It is a brainchild of vocalist Monika Fritz and multi-instrumentalist, producer and writer Borut Praper. The scheme started out in late 2008 as a "literary musical" experiment: the basic idea was to write a novel featuring a "fictional" band called Cynicism Management and record music to go with it. The band's first album, poetically entitled Tit (small bird of the Paridae family) was released in 2011, well before the novel. The "tangible" CD release was followed by a digital release under the AMAdea Music label. A live lineup of the band had also been formed before the novel saw the light of day and performed at a number of concerts between 2010 and 2012. In 2012 the band published a digital single entitled Opus 0. The last "live incarnation" of Cynicism Management was disbanded in 2012, as its two founding members moved to Berlin, where they continue working on the project. In July 2013 Cynicism Management – the novel was published by the UK publisher Aventura eBooks. After their move to Berlin, Monika and Borut once again dedicated themselves to studio work and released the four-track Shadow Chasers EP in 2013. In 2015 the Second Edition of Cynicism Management was self-published by the author due to the lack of control over the first edition. The band, on the other hand, released Pendulum Pet, its second full-length album and "soundtrack" for the novel with the same title, which will be published in 2016. DISCOGRAPHY: 2010 - CYNICISM MANAGEMENT: DEMONOLOGY 2010 (limited edition, no longer available) 2011 - CYNICISM MANAGEMENT: TIT 2012 - CYNICISM MANAGEMENT: OPUS 0 SINGLE 2013 - CYNICISM MANAGEMENT: SHADOW CHASERS EP 2015 - CYNICISM MANAGEMENT: PENDULUM PET BIBLIOGRAPHY: 2013 - Bori Praper: CYNICISM MANAGEMENT 2015 - Bori Praper: CYNICISM MANAGEMENT (Second Edition) 2016 - Bori Praper: PENDULUM PET (coming soon) RELATED RELEASES: 2010 - RAY KOSMICK AND HIS PORN GROOVE CREW: BAT LEFT THE BELFRY EP 2014 - RAY KOSMICK AND HIS PORN GROOVE CREW: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING 2014 - RAY KOSMICK - APERÇUS (The fictional character Ray Kosmick and his music make an appearance in the Cynicism Management and Pendulum Pet novels.) LINKS: http://studio.sur.si http://www.boripraper.eu http://cynmanagement.blogspot.com http://cynmanagement.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/cynicism-management http://www.facebook.com/cynmanagement http://raykosmick.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/ray-kosmick