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About The Future Sound of London
The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) are a prolific British electronic music band comprised of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music.
Although often labelled as ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers most areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, drum and bass, trip-hop, ambient dub, acid techno and often involves extreme experimentation; for example they have, since the turn of the millennium, experimented with psychedelic rock under their Amorphous Androgynous alias.
The artists have been fairly enigmatic in the past but have become more candid with their fanbase in recent years with social websites like Myspace, Youtube, their forum and many interviews in which Cobain almost always speaks for them both. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making.
Dougans was also involved in the seminal dance track Stakker Humanoid. This track is widely regarded as a true dance classic along with other tracks released by the duo under various alias' such as "Q" and "Metropolis".
In tandem to this the more performance based work was recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous. The first of the releases under this name was Tales of Ephidrina released in 1993 and following in the same sample-based vein as FSOL releases. In 2002 the AA moniker was revived for 'The Issness', and again in 2004 for "Alice in Ultraland", however these releases had more in common with 60s and 70s psychedelic rock updated for the new millennium.
In 2007, the band uploaded several archive tracks online, for the first time revealing much of their unreleased work and unveiling some of the mystery behind the band. The old FSOL material, including the previously unreleased album "Environments", along with a selection of newer experiments, the 5.1 experiments and a promise of unreleased Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic material, was uploaded for sale on their online shop, FSOLdigital.com. As of July 2008 the CD releases of the "Archives" series have sold over 15,000 units.
“The FSOLdigital platform has performed very well - we are delighted that people still dig us - we dig you all too.”
- Brian Dougans on the positive reaction to the site and "Archives" sales.
In early March 2008, the band released a new online album as Amorphous Androgynous entitled "The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness", which they claim is "A collection of psychedelic relics from The Amorphous Androgynous, 1967-2007". The release retains the sound of their last two psychedelic albums, while expanding on the element of funk first introduced on 2005's "Alice in Ultraland". Following this came "The Woodlands of Old", recorded under the alias of their imaginary engineer Yage. Unlike the techno work recorded as Yage in 1992, this new record was darker, more trip-hop and world music inspired and featured ex-Propellerheads member Will White.
In a continuation of the band's newer, more candid side, they revealed future plans to fans via email and MySpace, with 2008 promising a fifth and final "From The Archives" release, archives from The Amorphous Androgynous, more solo experiments from Brian and two new "Environments" albums, covering past and present material. An entirely new FSOL album is in the works, but no actual details have been revealed to date. Furthermore, following on from the band's 1997 DJ set of the same name, two "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind" mix CDs are being worked on, the first as an Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic mix, the second back as FSOL.
On 16th June 2008, online radio station Proton Radio showcased the first in a series of new broadcasts by the band, called "The Electric Brainstorm". A cover was supplied to fans via the Welcome To The Galaxial Pharmaceutical fansite, and the set included a number of unreleased archive tracks alongside some pieces from the forthcoming third volume in the "Zeebox" series. The second Electric Brainstorm release has been postponed briefly due to licensing matters, but promises to be a three hour set showcasing new FSOL material, as opposed to archives.
www.futuresoundoflondon.com
Although often labelled as ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers most areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, drum and bass, trip-hop, ambient dub, acid techno and often involves extreme experimentation; for example they have, since the turn of the millennium, experimented with psychedelic rock under their Amorphous Androgynous alias.
The artists have been fairly enigmatic in the past but have become more candid with their fanbase in recent years with social websites like Myspace, Youtube, their forum and many interviews in which Cobain almost always speaks for them both. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making.
Dougans was also involved in the seminal dance track Stakker Humanoid. This track is widely regarded as a true dance classic along with other tracks released by the duo under various alias' such as "Q" and "Metropolis".
In tandem to this the more performance based work was recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous. The first of the releases under this name was Tales of Ephidrina released in 1993 and following in the same sample-based vein as FSOL releases. In 2002 the AA moniker was revived for 'The Issness', and again in 2004 for "Alice in Ultraland", however these releases had more in common with 60s and 70s psychedelic rock updated for the new millennium.
In 2007, the band uploaded several archive tracks online, for the first time revealing much of their unreleased work and unveiling some of the mystery behind the band. The old FSOL material, including the previously unreleased album "Environments", along with a selection of newer experiments, the 5.1 experiments and a promise of unreleased Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic material, was uploaded for sale on their online shop, FSOLdigital.com. As of July 2008 the CD releases of the "Archives" series have sold over 15,000 units.
“The FSOLdigital platform has performed very well - we are delighted that people still dig us - we dig you all too.”
- Brian Dougans on the positive reaction to the site and "Archives" sales.
In early March 2008, the band released a new online album as Amorphous Androgynous entitled "The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness", which they claim is "A collection of psychedelic relics from The Amorphous Androgynous, 1967-2007". The release retains the sound of their last two psychedelic albums, while expanding on the element of funk first introduced on 2005's "Alice in Ultraland". Following this came "The Woodlands of Old", recorded under the alias of their imaginary engineer Yage. Unlike the techno work recorded as Yage in 1992, this new record was darker, more trip-hop and world music inspired and featured ex-Propellerheads member Will White.
In a continuation of the band's newer, more candid side, they revealed future plans to fans via email and MySpace, with 2008 promising a fifth and final "From The Archives" release, archives from The Amorphous Androgynous, more solo experiments from Brian and two new "Environments" albums, covering past and present material. An entirely new FSOL album is in the works, but no actual details have been revealed to date. Furthermore, following on from the band's 1997 DJ set of the same name, two "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind" mix CDs are being worked on, the first as an Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic mix, the second back as FSOL.
On 16th June 2008, online radio station Proton Radio showcased the first in a series of new broadcasts by the band, called "The Electric Brainstorm". A cover was supplied to fans via the Welcome To The Galaxial Pharmaceutical fansite, and the set included a number of unreleased archive tracks alongside some pieces from the forthcoming third volume in the "Zeebox" series. The second Electric Brainstorm release has been postponed briefly due to licensing matters, but promises to be a three hour set showcasing new FSOL material, as opposed to archives.
www.futuresoundoflondon.com
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About The Future Sound of London
The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) are a prolific British electronic music band comprised of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music.
Although often labelled as ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers most areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, drum and bass, trip-hop, ambient dub, acid techno and often involves extreme experimentation; for example they have, since the turn of the millennium, experimented with psychedelic rock under their Amorphous Androgynous alias.
The artists have been fairly enigmatic in the past but have become more candid with their fanbase in recent years with social websites like Myspace, Youtube, their forum and many interviews in which Cobain almost always speaks for them both. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making.
Dougans was also involved in the seminal dance track Stakker Humanoid. This track is widely regarded as a true dance classic along with other tracks released by the duo under various alias' such as "Q" and "Metropolis".
In tandem to this the more performance based work was recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous. The first of the releases under this name was Tales of Ephidrina released in 1993 and following in the same sample-based vein as FSOL releases. In 2002 the AA moniker was revived for 'The Issness', and again in 2004 for "Alice in Ultraland", however these releases had more in common with 60s and 70s psychedelic rock updated for the new millennium.
In 2007, the band uploaded several archive tracks online, for the first time revealing much of their unreleased work and unveiling some of the mystery behind the band. The old FSOL material, including the previously unreleased album "Environments", along with a selection of newer experiments, the 5.1 experiments and a promise of unreleased Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic material, was uploaded for sale on their online shop, FSOLdigital.com. As of July 2008 the CD releases of the "Archives" series have sold over 15,000 units.
“The FSOLdigital platform has performed very well - we are delighted that people still dig us - we dig you all too.”
- Brian Dougans on the positive reaction to the site and "Archives" sales.
In early March 2008, the band released a new online album as Amorphous Androgynous entitled "The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness", which they claim is "A collection of psychedelic relics from The Amorphous Androgynous, 1967-2007". The release retains the sound of their last two psychedelic albums, while expanding on the element of funk first introduced on 2005's "Alice in Ultraland". Following this came "The Woodlands of Old", recorded under the alias of their imaginary engineer Yage. Unlike the techno work recorded as Yage in 1992, this new record was darker, more trip-hop and world music inspired and featured ex-Propellerheads member Will White.
In a continuation of the band's newer, more candid side, they revealed future plans to fans via email and MySpace, with 2008 promising a fifth and final "From The Archives" release, archives from The Amorphous Androgynous, more solo experiments from Brian and two new "Environments" albums, covering past and present material. An entirely new FSOL album is in the works, but no actual details have been revealed to date. Furthermore, following on from the band's 1997 DJ set of the same name, two "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind" mix CDs are being worked on, the first as an Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic mix, the second back as FSOL.
On 16th June 2008, online radio station Proton Radio showcased the first in a series of new broadcasts by the band, called "The Electric Brainstorm". A cover was supplied to fans via the Welcome To The Galaxial Pharmaceutical fansite, and the set included a number of unreleased archive tracks alongside some pieces from the forthcoming third volume in the "Zeebox" series. The second Electric Brainstorm release has been postponed briefly due to licensing matters, but promises to be a three hour set showcasing new FSOL material, as opposed to archives.
www.futuresoundoflondon.com
Although often labelled as ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers most areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, drum and bass, trip-hop, ambient dub, acid techno and often involves extreme experimentation; for example they have, since the turn of the millennium, experimented with psychedelic rock under their Amorphous Androgynous alias.
The artists have been fairly enigmatic in the past but have become more candid with their fanbase in recent years with social websites like Myspace, Youtube, their forum and many interviews in which Cobain almost always speaks for them both. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making.
Dougans was also involved in the seminal dance track Stakker Humanoid. This track is widely regarded as a true dance classic along with other tracks released by the duo under various alias' such as "Q" and "Metropolis".
In tandem to this the more performance based work was recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous. The first of the releases under this name was Tales of Ephidrina released in 1993 and following in the same sample-based vein as FSOL releases. In 2002 the AA moniker was revived for 'The Issness', and again in 2004 for "Alice in Ultraland", however these releases had more in common with 60s and 70s psychedelic rock updated for the new millennium.
In 2007, the band uploaded several archive tracks online, for the first time revealing much of their unreleased work and unveiling some of the mystery behind the band. The old FSOL material, including the previously unreleased album "Environments", along with a selection of newer experiments, the 5.1 experiments and a promise of unreleased Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic material, was uploaded for sale on their online shop, FSOLdigital.com. As of July 2008 the CD releases of the "Archives" series have sold over 15,000 units.
“The FSOLdigital platform has performed very well - we are delighted that people still dig us - we dig you all too.”
- Brian Dougans on the positive reaction to the site and "Archives" sales.
In early March 2008, the band released a new online album as Amorphous Androgynous entitled "The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness", which they claim is "A collection of psychedelic relics from The Amorphous Androgynous, 1967-2007". The release retains the sound of their last two psychedelic albums, while expanding on the element of funk first introduced on 2005's "Alice in Ultraland". Following this came "The Woodlands of Old", recorded under the alias of their imaginary engineer Yage. Unlike the techno work recorded as Yage in 1992, this new record was darker, more trip-hop and world music inspired and featured ex-Propellerheads member Will White.
In a continuation of the band's newer, more candid side, they revealed future plans to fans via email and MySpace, with 2008 promising a fifth and final "From The Archives" release, archives from The Amorphous Androgynous, more solo experiments from Brian and two new "Environments" albums, covering past and present material. An entirely new FSOL album is in the works, but no actual details have been revealed to date. Furthermore, following on from the band's 1997 DJ set of the same name, two "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind" mix CDs are being worked on, the first as an Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic mix, the second back as FSOL.
On 16th June 2008, online radio station Proton Radio showcased the first in a series of new broadcasts by the band, called "The Electric Brainstorm". A cover was supplied to fans via the Welcome To The Galaxial Pharmaceutical fansite, and the set included a number of unreleased archive tracks alongside some pieces from the forthcoming third volume in the "Zeebox" series. The second Electric Brainstorm release has been postponed briefly due to licensing matters, but promises to be a three hour set showcasing new FSOL material, as opposed to archives.
www.futuresoundoflondon.com
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