18/12/09 - A Mojo Psychedelic Bubble - confirmation

Thanks to Dell1972, who had the common sense to look at the Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble MySpace page and read this snippet confirming the already rumoured mix CD...

"There will be a special dedicated covermount CD " A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE EXPLODING IN YOUR MIND" on the Jan/ Feb issue of MOJO magazine alchemised by the Amorphous Androgynous. There will also be a feature on the band themselves tracing their story from FSOL to AA through to the Monstrous Bubble."

Lovely stuff.

07/12/09 - Unreleased tracks, Mojo and The New Consciousness

A bit of intrigue lately, and some song titles for potential up coming archive style releases for you: Switzerland, Dead Dolphine 2, East Pacifica, Eleven Hot Knives, Egypt (Original) and Under Pass. None of these are confirmed for release and may change names in the meantime, but it's something to have a think about. Maybe. If you're bored. See the forums for more information.

More interestingly, it's been rumoured The Amorphous Androgynous, in their continual attempt to take over the world, are doing a cover mix CD for Mojo magazine, in what will probably be February's issue (195), despite it coming out at the beginning of January. Do dates mean nothing to these people? Anyway, Alisha Sufit said 'Gaz Cobain and Brian Dougans will put their wizard hats on and beaver away with their mixing bowls for quite some time to make a good pud for Mojo, so we hope so . . . .' on her blog somewhat recently, so that looks like it may be the same thing...

Old stuff - the New Consciousness YouTube was updated some time ago, apparently, with more videos of this early 80s art project featuring Brian, along with a track from 1978 band The Heads, which features the same Mr. Dougans on guitar. Thanks to Ceeg for pointing these incredibly interesting curios out!

What's that, you want real news? Nah, not yet. But interesting things are around the corner...

05/12/09 - Amorphous at Greek festival next year.

That's about all we know. Existenz have posted this on MySpace:

The Amorphous Androgynous will be coming to Greece in May

To performing at a large festival stay tuned for more info.

Thanks for support and patience.

29/10/09 - what The Amorphous Androgynous did next!

Apologies for the lack of updates re: all this, there've been hiccups and other tedious problems all around this end.

So, here's what's going on:
1. The Amorphous Androgynous Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 2 launch party at the O2 is cancelled. Mr. Cobain has this to say on the 'matter' (ahem):
Sorry to announce that Matter and ourselves have taken the decision to cancel A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE ( scheduled for this FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER ).
Matter largely having operated within the dance music/ DJ events sphere to date were simply unprepared for the amount of production and promotion work for a LIVE event of this scale.( 7 bands and numerous theatrical interludes ) This has resulted in everything being compromised to an unacceptable extent and therefore we have mutually decided to cancel at this stage. Monstrous however will definitely resurface as the full-on extravaganza it was always intended to be . . . .and maybe still at Matter . .

MANY MANY APOLOGIES for any inconvenience and disappointment !! We worked very hard on this and share both sentiments !!

Full refunds by the ticket issuers and any queries should contact Matthew Ward - mward@musicresponsegroup.com

2. Amorphous supporting Kasabian
Alisha Sufit writes this about AA's support slot with Kasabian on October 21st...
Cor! Last night The Amorphous Androgynous played at the HMV Forum AND IT WAS GREAT despite the fact that we were in a . . . shall we say . . . cosy? dressing room considering the amount of bodies we were.

Built in 1934 as a cinema when film was truly glam, the HMV Forum is a wonderful piece of architecture, a lavish and inspiring environment for any gig. I had had my doubts about how the sound balance would turn out, as it can be a bit shaky at festivals and we had a strictly limited time frame, plus we were working with new sound men, but I reckon it was the best we've had so far. The gig was a headliner for Kasabian and had sold out in 15 minutes, I was told, so the place was nicely packed with 2000 happy bods or more.

I'm truly honoured to be invited to sing with The A A guys – the musicians are so good, the music is so inspiring and inventive! The band is really coming together now so I hope we get more gigs of the same ilk on our own patch – i.e. in the UK. (It's a great excuse to wear outrageous twinkly frocks, as well, let alone the psychedelic plimsoles!)

3. Gaz in The Times
Thanks to The Times Online's terrible security scripting, it's probably easier if you read this interview here, and ignore the words 'lead poisoning' and continual references to Gaz being the only member of Amorphous (sigh).

4. MPB2 is out now!

28/09/09 - Amorphous cover Falling Down

Yep - as if the remix wasn't enough, now Amorphous have covered Oasis' Falling Down. What the song is for, whether it'll be released or not, and so on, is yet to be revealed, but Alisha Sufit writes this on her blog...

VOV! Well . . . not VOV really . . . that was just what it sounded like when my French friend used to say WOW!! But, yes, WOW! All yesterday Amorphous Androgynous were recording their very own new cover version of Oasis's Falling Down (love that song!) down at The Way studio run by nice Steve. Gorgeous chaps Virgil and Kes came in early to lay down the drums and bass and then we layered the rest – WonderAnt on guitar, Dave BAD! bongos, fab fiddle from Steve, cello from genius Hannah Miller, vocals from me in the early hours, vocals from SuperDave in the even later early hours . . . in between times, Dave (Sanderson), Edd Keene (flute), me and Hannah gently sessioned upstairs in the loungey place. Mare Street is good for great takeaways, too. I don't know what the poor little rescued canary made of it all in his big cage in the office, but he sang a bit as well! Then a nice Turk cabbed me home to my bed with a smile on my chops at 2 a.m. – no hour for an old hippie still to be up!! I went out like a light as soon as my head hit the feathers. Yes, we didn't finish till late . . . LATE!! Who was it on the studio sofa said, "And you're mixing it tonight, too, are you?" I THINK NOT! Gaz Cobain and Brian Dougans will put their wizard hats on and beaver away with their mixing bowls for quite some time to make a good pud for Mojo, so we hope so . . . .

MPB out now - and gig rearrangements

Right, after a lot of confusing realigning of dates, the upcoming Amorphous Androgynous gigs are...
Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble album launch @ Matter, London O2 Arena, 30th October, with Hawkwind, Comus, Yellow Moon Band, Nick Nicely's Unlived Lives, Cranium Pie, Alisha Sufit and special guests. Noel Gallagher is no longer appearing with The Amorphous Androgynous.

And the Athens gig is... er, 'December'. We'll let you know more on that one as and when.

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind 2: Pagan Love Vibrations is out on CD and Download today from FSOLDigital (and all major high street blah blah blah).

14/09/09 - Gaz and The Independent

I'll let this one speak for itself.
We're on the lookout for videos/audio/setlists of FSOL at Bestival this Saturday just gone. Any help, links or such would be appreciated!

FSOLDigital branches out, Gaz on filesharing

After the two EBV releases of the late '90s, FSOL have once again branched out into artist distribution - this time with two digital releases.
First up is 'Prestatyn' by longtime FSOL friend and collaborator, Riz Maslen as Neotropic.
"Prestatyn is a journey of melancholy, inspired by childhood holidays in the bleak yet beautiful landscape of Prestatyn in North Wales. Although these holidays were happy times, there is the back story of the struggles of a single mum trying to make ends meat and give her kids some kind of escape away from the traumas of a family break up! Riz creates her landscape filled with her memories, with its dark meanderings leading to the ever hopeful crescendo."
Tracklist includes The Horse Trainer, Patience and Farewell/Home. The digital release includes a Yage remix of Home, while the CD runs at only three tracks.
Second up is Hegira by Seafar - better known to some of you as FSOLBoard poster Mason Bentley. The two hour album is described as:
"A new comer to FSOLdigital - SEAFAR deliver a fat slice of electric space music - Hegira the sounds of a flight from danger. Wander the streets together, the noise of life muted by sheets of rain, brilliant colours dimmed in a pervading mist of grey. An instrumental amalgam of moody beats and synth drenched noises."
The 26 track album can be downloaded from FSOLDigital, where you can also find the Neotropic download, and the Neotropic CD purchase link. The site itself has had a brief overhaul with a sparser look, new fonts and a link to the second Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble CD release (as well as a broken link to an MPB8 podcast - coming soon perhaps?). And fear not, links to the forthcoming 2" Tape Reels and Environments 3 remain!

Meanwhile, Gaz is kicking up a storm on the internet, this time in an argument with a poster on YouTube which has been recounted in full on WATMM and can be read. It all ended peacefully, but throws an interesting light on the perspective of filesharing from the owner of an independent digital label.

We'll have news on confirmed dates for the next Amorphous shows - the MPB launch has been moved tentatively to 'October' - soon.

25/08/09 - Amorphous at the O2 Arena with Noel Gallager, Hawkwind, the resurrection of John Lennon and God Himself

Well, almost. Just as last winter's excitement dies down, The Amorphous Androgynous are hitting the headlines again. Playing the biggest show AA or FSOL have ever played, the band are headlining the launch party gig for the second Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble gig, at Matter, a 2,600 three floor venue in London's O2 Arena, on Thursday 17th September 2009.

Mr. Cobain of the Automobile Association writes:

A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE VOL2 ALBUM LAUNCH @ MATTER LONDON SEPT 17 2009
Current mood: enlightened
Category: Music
to celebrate the Oct 26th release of A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE EXPLODING IN YOUR MIND Vol 2-Pagan Love Vibrations . . . . .
a launch happening has been confirmed ( with more guests to be added !! ) at MATTER ( O2 ARENA ) , LONDON on Thursday 17th September !!

LIVE :
the AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS featuring Noel GALLAGHER
HAWKWIND
COMUS
NICK NICELY's UNLIVED LIVES
CRANIUM PIE

DJs ANDY VOTEL
GAZ COBAIN & SITAR FREAKOUT

announced in the NME !! here . . . . .!!

http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/46815

TICKETS ARE available here !!

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=343973&interface=matter


EXPLODING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MPB Vol 2-. .over 40 tracks compiled and mixed by the Amorphous Androgynous !! To be released OCT 26th 2009 on PLATIPUS/ PORCUPINE recs !!!

18/08/09 - MPB launch, interview, remixes?

Mr. Cobain spins another web of baffling words and equally odd sentiments on the Amorphous blog...


http://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/interviews/amorphous_androgynous_answers_the_questions_of_doom/

for an atypical cosmic view of the universe looking through the windows of the Automobile Association . . .interview for the ' Too Cool To Die" website . . . .
other news as it happens on the hour every hour . . .
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol 2 Pagan Love Vibrations is mixed ,art is done ( a 2 week process in itself !! ) and the whole caboodle tis ready to seed . . . .
Today we is added to the Electric Picnic Festival in lovely count Laois ireland in September in what promises to be a night of special vibe on the Body and Soul stage . . . .
Rumour and hot gossip . . .looks like there could be a hot London launch party for MPB 2 in September on a grande scale and some rather tantalising remixes are afoot too !!

Rehearsals for our Green Man 11 hr Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble extravaganza are starting next week and not content with 8 people on stage we've added both a flautist and a hammond supremo to the line-up . . promises to be . . . .er . . CROWDED !! Our new hammond brother is currently driving from France with his modified cosmic hammond where he sleeps in a bus . . . .we asked him to join the band before we even heard him play such was his delectable vibe while helping save our 200 year 0ld stone walls in france ( ivy has gotten a grip !! ). . . our good judgement has been justified meanwhile when we finally got to hear him play outside a pizza restaurant in a Limousin eaterie last week . . BooOOY can this guy play . . . .another dimension has opened !!!

catch us if you can . ..2000 light years from home !!
multidimensionals to all
the Automobile Association

13/08/09 - MPB 2: Pagen Love Vibrations - 21/09/09

The next volume of the Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble compilations is out on September 21st, entitled Pagan Love Vibrations. From the title you can probably tell it's not the promised FSOL volume, but once again mixed by The Amorphous Androgynous. Tracklisting below:

Disc 1

1. Dungen - Satt Att Se (Instrumental)
2. Friends Of Dean Martinez - Dusk
3. Sunforest - Magician In The Mountain
4. Ed Askew - Love Is Everyone
5. Bo Diddley - Elephant Man
6. The Transpersonals - Silver Star
7. Electroid 2000 - Moogsters Revenge
8. Dan Sebesky - Guru-vin
9. Cranium Pie - Madman Running Through The Fields
10. Circulus - Orpheus
11. David Holmes - What R We Stealing
12. Dzyan - Naga Raga
13. US69 - 2069 A Spaced Oddity
14. Jean Claude Vannier - Les Gardes Volent Au Secours Du Roi
15. Faust - Just A Second (Starts Like That!)
16. Ultimate Spinach - (Ballad Of) The Hip Death Goddess
17. Focus - Anonymous II
18. Oasis - Falling Down (Monst. Psychedelic Bubble Mix Part 4)
19. Sohail Rana - Soul Sitars
20. Pentangle - Pentangling
21. Brightblack Morning Light - Another Reclaimation

Disc 2

1. Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)
2. Holy Fuck - The Pulse
3. July - The Way
4. Cozy Powell - So You Want To Be A Drummer
5. Animal Collective - Grass
6. Grover Washington Jr. - Masterpiece
7. Günter Kallmann Chor - Daydream
8. Richard Harris/ Kahlil Gibran - Trilogy from "The Prophet"
9. Amorphous Androgynous - Elysian Feels
10. Ananda Shankar - Exploration
11. Mort Garson - Killing Of The Witch
12. Comus - Diana
13. Hawkwind - Adjust Me
14. Rocking Horse People - Lost In The Haze
15. Shogun Kunitoki - Mulberg
16. John Williams - Raga Vilasakhani Todi
17. Jazz Q/Martin Kratochvíl - Toledo
18. The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
19. Turzi - Afghanistan
20. The Settlers - The Lightning Tree
21. Amorphous Androgynous - The Onion
22. Pearls Before Swine - Oh Dear (Miss Morse)
23. Amorphous Androgynous - High Tide On The Sea Of Flesh

10/08/09 - Zeebox Volume 3 finally appears!

After some wait, we finally get our hands on the third and final Zeebox release. The record is remixed and enhanced - "some of these recordings may suffer from wow and flutter - most have been salvaged from 25 year old reel to reel tapes - some of which had to be baked - more at fsoldigital.com".
Featuring 29 tracks, the release is more consistent and flowing than the previous, more disjointed Zeebox releases. Each track features an image and recording information in the id3 tag. For some sneak preview tracks, have a look online - where else but Brian's YouTube.
Zeebox Volume 3 can be bought for £5.00 from FSOLdigital.

30/08/09 - Insert witty video headline here

Humanoid on Hitman and Her - very amusing old footage of Humanoid on stage
Old Puma adverts featuring 'The Far-out Son Of Lung'
And an old Yage jungle track from 1997 - Gentlemen Hold It

That's it. For now. Look out for more soon!

01/08/09 - More videos? More videos!

Well, one at least. Have a peek at Brian and Gaz talking about Accelerator back in 1992 here.

31/07/09 - Brian NOT playing with Amorphous

Dreams shatter once more - Brian is not appearing on stage alongside the Amorphous band gor the Athens show in September, as confirmed by Graham. The band will, however, feature 11 members, so it should still be an interesting show! Full reports will appear once the gig has played - 26th September 2009.

29/07/09 - Videos!

Yeah, we couldn't think of a better headline. Anyway, several videos have appeared on the STAKKERHUMANOID YouTube channel this week. First up, FSOL's hilarious delivery of Dead Cities to Virgin Records in May 1996 here. Graham explains...
A band is meant to on completion of recording an album hand over the finished parts to the record company which are signed for and acknowledged. This is called delivery and is done so that the legal people are happy that the contract has been adhered.

FSOL decided to do a bit more than send it over on a bike.

Second up, the video for "Beers" by Headstone Lane.

Thirdly, a short extract of an interview with Buggy G. Riphead, talking about his art and the My Kingdom single artwork.

And check out the Stakker Humanoid video clip in the background on this Pot Noodle ad.

And that's all the weather for now.

20/07/09 - The Amorphous Androgynous Live in Athens, Greece 26th September 2009

A little bit of exciting news about the Amorphous show in Athens in September has appeared on the radar, in the form of a certain Mr. B. Dougans appearing on stage. We don't know in what capacity he'll perform (perhaps taking over electronics, leaving Gaz to be full on front man), but it's all very exciting and should hopefully put an end to the 'Amorphous is a Gaz solo project' rubbish which appears every now and then!

13/06/09 - FSOL DVD and July DJ dates

The phrase 'FSOL DVD' has been one in the back of the FSOL fan's mind for something like seven years now. We're not sure if this is the one, or maybe it's just a DVD of the Athens show and little else, but Gaz has mentioned it on the first official footage of that performance here on YouTube. The video also contains footage of new material (the stuff with female vocals in the middle may be the new extended version of Lifeforms, or a new track, we're not sure, but the section with Gaz singing sounds very different and new to us, and worth a listen).

Gaz will be DJing some Amorphous/Psych Bubble sets at the beginning of July - Harvest Psychedelic somewhere in Wales' capital, Cardiff, on the third, and the following day at Beat Herder Festival a little further north in Lancashire.

And that's all the news for now.

08/06/09 - Electric Brainstorms 5 online

No waiting about for radio stations, once more we have a FSOLDigital exclusive Podcast direct from The Pod Room - Electric Brain Storms 5. Featuring the usual selection of industrial, ambient, early electronics, Krautrock and the occasional splashes of Amorphous eccentritcy that EBS listeners will now be used to, the show - titled "I Stood There, Motionless" - is a little lighter than its predecessor, the spooky "The Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water". But only a little. No exclusive FSOL this time, although there are a few selections from the forthcoming third Zeebox volume. And the show fits handily on a CD, running at 1 hour 14 minutes. Without further ado, here's a link to the show on FSOLDigital, to purchase for £2.00.

25/05/09 - Athens show: news and reviews

FSOL's headline performance in Athens was, of course, on Saturday, and several of our lucky forum members were in attendance. While we're waiting for an official tracklist, here's a peek at what went on.
All reports give the show top marks, with an hour and a half performance including new tracks, variations on old ones and ambient interludes. The setup, featuring a massive screen in the shape of Brian and Gaz's faces, was performed to a large crowd, sent in over ISDN cables from Brian's studio in Somerset. Tracks performed included:
Herd Killing/Explosive Part 4
Brujo
Yage
Mouth Muse
Lifeforms
Everyone In The World/My Kingdom
Cascade (with Environments opening)
Room 208
We Have Explosive
Papua New Guinea

There was an encore featuring two new tracks; and at least four were performed, with one including vocals from Gaz.

Videos are appearing all over YouTube and are well worth a search. These, in particular, come highly recommended - excellent quality.

20/05/09 - Gigs. DJ sets. Interviews. And so on.

Life Festival. 29th - 31st May. Ballinlough Castle in Ireland. Headlined by FSOL. Another for your diaries. And remembering the Athens show is on Saturday!
DJ set in Bulgaria? Not sure if this is actually a DJ set or an Amorphous DJ set or what... more news soon! Park Live, 18-20th June.

Elsewhere, the Green Man slot has been expanded to a full eleven hour show,
featuring "HAWKWIND / the Amorphous Androgynous / YELLOW MOON BAND/ NICK NICELY / ALISHA SUFIT / CRANIUM PIE and DJs tba". Whether these are performances or just what Gaz is going to spin we don't know yet. If it's performances it's a pretty staggeringly high key lineup... although considering AA are supporting Hawkwind later in the year, not one entirely out of the blue.
The Amorphous MySpace also confirms the DJ slot at Oasis' aftershow party, Wembley, 9th July (of particular note if you're famous and know the Gallagher brothers), and a further show at 'Cable London' - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble (DJ set we'd imagine from the name, but the event states simply 'AA Live'), on 28th August.

For more reading matter, Alisha Sufit talks about the road to re-success, partially via her appearance in the Amorphous Androgynous' current live band, in Record Collector magazine. If you're not a subscriber to the site, you can read the first part of the interview here, and if you are, you can read the full article there!
Also, generic interview with Gaz on Amorphous et cetera here, and Greek interview with Gaz here. Ability to read Greek essential. We have no idea what it says. Maybe it's the tracklist to the next FSOL album.

Probably not.

No news on new music. If what we're led to believe is true, the next 'release' we'll have will be Electric Brainstorms 5, although never trust anything anybody ever says to you about FSOL. Including this. With the increasing number of live shows and DJ slots coming up this year, it's unsurprising we've not heard much from the studio!

Thanks as ever to the truly beautiful people over on the forums for uncovering all of this lovely information!

12/04/09 - BLOC stuff, Amorphous stuff

Here's a roundup of what's been going on in the world of the Amorphous Sound of London of late for you all to savour...
For the Russians amongst us, here is an article in Russian with a video in English with Russian subtitles featuring a short interview with Gaz, who tells us about FSOL, ISDN and... growing marrows.
Meanwhile, after last night's show in Kiev (which we're informed was 'very very nice' - trying to get more reports out for that!), four more Amorphous Androgynous shows are planned for later in 2009, to go alongside the FSOL ones...
30 May 2009 - BANGERS N MASH STOCKHOLM
23 Aug 2009 - GREEN MAN FESTIVAL BRECON BEAKONS, Wales
29 Aug 2009 - HAWKWIND 40th ANNIVERSARY LONDON
19 Sep 2009 - 20:00 TBC ATHENS
Our reporter on the scene in Kiev, Mouldy (well, forum member...) informs us Gaz spoke of a forthcoming film of the BLOC show, and also cleared up an old mystery - only 15 or so shows, to Japan and the US, appeared during 1994's 3D Headspace tour. You never know what you're going to get with this lot sometimes, do you?

Back in the digital world, the first preview of the aforementioned BLOC film is online on the STAKKERHUMANOID YouTube page here, featuring Mouth Muse, a little new music on the intro and, finally, it's possible to hear what Gaz says at the beginning of the broadcast!

Aaaaaaaand that's about all. For now.

27/03/09 - four live shows confirmation

So, FSOL's live year has been confirmed courtesy of their MySpace. The following performances are happening:
23 May 2009 23:00
Softball Stadium, Ellhniko (this is the Athens show)
11 Sep 2009 23:00
Bestival, Isle of White
12 Sep 2009 23:00
Spektrum, Oslo
17 Sep 2009 22:00
Brain Unravelled, London

"And finally AA will be playing in KIEV in the UKRAINE on Sat, APRIL 11th"

Oh, and we forgot to mention this - Gaz's 'A-Z of Psychedelia' on Rob Da Bank's show.

24/03/09 - another new interview

This time it's definitely with Brian!

20/03/09 - new interview!

Have a look here for a lovely new interview following the BLOC show. It seems to be largely conducted with Brian, which makes for very interesting reading in itself, but also asks questions about the FSOL ethos, the digital age and future plans, and is pleasingly honest in its non-psychedelic responses (except asking about the future live stuff, which was answered in typically FSOL vagueness!). Anyway, we really enjoyed reading this, so give it a peek!

17/03/09 - BLOC videos online

A very kind soul who was lucky enough to catch the boys at BLOC festival has uploaded some clips for us. You can find them here. They're hosted on MySpace video - if anyone has any trouble with Java/Flash/other tedious crap which happened at this end when trying to view these, we recommend VDownloader to cut out all the Flash Video crap in the middle.

What to say? Proggy sounds familiar to us from the ExtremeMusic compilations, while the new untitled track is very nice - melodic but upbeat with an IDM-ish sort of rhythm. Performances of the others sounded similar to album versions, but there seems to be some variation, and apparently Lifeforms was altered more significantly, although we don't have a video of that yet.

If anything more turns up, ie a recording (hint hint guys), we'll let you know!

14/03/09 - BLOC setlist

Well, once again a false prediction on our part - not much new stuff in there. But we're hoping we get a recording soon because the setlist is fantastic, a definite greatest hits, not in the Teachings From The Electronic Brain style. Thanks, as ever, to Graham, who has provided this for us...

Mouth Muse
Cascade
Dead Cities
My Kingdom
Globular (this was just the end section)
Lifeforms
Hallucination
Brujo
Tingler 96
New Untitled Track
Proggy
We Have Explosive
Papua New Guinea

It's obviously more 'dance' and festival friendly, but five track from the album is definitely a positive - it looks like Gaz has made his peace with Dead Cities at last.
We're holding out for a recording of this - from what we know, the band have been preparing for ages so this could be fantastic stuff. Watch this space...

08/03/09 - Falling Down remix available now!

Here is an Amazon link to make a purchase of the Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble mix of Falling Down by Oasis
You should buy it, really, it's pretty fantastic. Starting off with the section we heard on Rob Da Bank - the 'radio' part, really, a psychedelic Tomorrow Never Knows-esque version of the original track - and moving into the second instrumental jam section, the track suddenly veers into more FSOL territory for part three, with pianos, Environments II/Dead Ringer-esque strings, filtered vocals and lovely synth work. Part four sees Dave Sanderson (we think) take over the vocal work, pretty much turning it into an Amorphous cover of the track, and part five brings Noel back into the mix, before a dramatic strings and crows (yes, that sample is still around...) outro.
It works very much like a classic FSOL EP - starting with the 'original' track (if you imagine this is AA featuring Noel Gallagher) and then heading off into various versions of the piece. It's epic and genuinely a fantastic piece of music, worth a purchase for any Amorphous fan.

Anyway, enough gushing for now.

07/03/09 - 2009 live plans tidied up

Thanks to Graham, here's a full list of what we have lined up so far:

March 13th-15th - FSOL live BLOC festival
March 23rd - Gaz on Rob Da Bank doing the 'A-Z of psychedelia'
May 23rd - FSOL live in Athens
August 21st-23rd - Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble 7 hour show 'bands and DJs' Green Man Festival
September 11th-13th - FSOL at Bestival
'Back end of summer' - Amorphous live in Athens


The Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble mix of Oasis' Falling Down is available from Monday! Digital bundles can be bought from all good (and terrible) online retailers, and the track has its own 12" release.

06/03/09 - Green man. Bestival. Other festivals. Radio 1.

Platipus have informed us of this - This year's Green Man festival "Also appearing will be The Amorphous Androgynous (AKA Future Sound Of London) taking you on a Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind for 7 hours of life changing experiences.". Seven hours. Of MPB. Imagine.

They also inform us Amorphous are playing more festivals this year (maybe the Athens and Bestival shows we heard about?), and FSOL will be on Rob Da Bank at some point very soon.

Speaking of Rob Da Bank, thanks to a hardcore Oasis fan who has lots of rare tracks on Youtube, including a rip of the seven minute radio play of the Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble mix of Falling Down from Rob Da Bank's show last month here. And breathe...

27/02/09 - FSOL live in Athens this May?

Promotions and media company Existenz (nothing to do with David Cronenberg. Probably) have a little animated screen on their website which happily announces "The Future Sound of London live in Athens 23 May 09". This is interesting news to us. Will it be a festival or a gig? FSOL or Amorphous? Live or ISDN? Who knows, but we'll find out. Hopefully. If you have any info, leave a comment or post on the forum or send an email!

23/02/09 - Hear part of the Oasis remix now

Here's a direct copy of Graham's post on the forum, because we can't be arsed to re-word it:

You may want to check http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/

Ignore the obvious mistake from Rob, Garry will be correcting him when he's on his show in a couple of weeks time.

It's all of part one and a tiny little bit of part 2.

19/02/09 - A Neotropic Psychedelic Bubble

Riz Maslen, better known as Neotropic and sometimes Small Fish With Spine, longtime FSOL collaborator, friend and more, apparently produced a mix under the somewhat familiar title 'A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind' way back in 2007 (alright, it wasn't that long ago), for the mixtape blog The New Worck. Whether this suggests she'll be curating a further mix, helping out with the festival or whether it's just a friendly nod to the band, we currently don't know. But it's quite a nice mix, which you can download and read more about here.

18/02/09 - Buggy talks Stakker

Buggy G. Riphead has a short interview here, where he talks about making the Stakker Humanoid interview back in 1987. There's also a link on the site to his official page, which contains lots of his photography, including some unseen FSOL shots.

12/02/09 - Classic rock interview, Noel Gallagher interview

Check out the myspace.com/amorphousandrogynous blog for some more interviews. First up, Noel Gallagher on interview about how nothing has been the same since he heard A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble, and on the MPB note, Gaz talks about a second psychedelic volume (contradicting everything we've heard about a second set by FSOL) and the Psych Bubble event/festival, in an interview with Classic Rock magazine.

07/02/09 - Oasis single tracklist confirmed

From Oasis' Myspace...

Oasis have confirmed the formats and extra tracks on their forthcoming single ‘Falling Down’.

The brand new Noel Gallagher-penned song 'Those Swollen Hand Blues' features in addition to various remixes of the single.

The Prodigy have twisted the track into new sonic forms whilst Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy and Dave Sardy, who previously collaborated on a remix of 'I'm Outta Time', have created a new dance-floor filler!

Readers of Noel's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' will also be aware of the remix by Amorphous Androgynous who have delivered a 22 minute epic version of ‘Falling Down’. In a recent entry, Noel described it as, ‘A staggering piece of music. Monumental even. All superlatives will apply”.

The single is released in the UK on Monday 9th March (8th March digitally) and is taken from the band's number one album, 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

The full formats details are:

OASISINET EXCLUSIVE BUNDLE

CD Single

7" Vinyl

12" Vinyl

A set of 3 Exclusive Oasis Badges



CD SINGLE:

Falling Down - Album Version
Those Swollen Hand Blues
Falling Down - "It's the Gibb Mix" by Twiggy / Sardy
Falling Down - The Prodigy Version


7" SINGLE:

Falling Down - Album Version
Those Swollen Hand Blues


12" SINGLE:

Falling Down - "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Mix" by Amorphous Androgynous



DIGITAL BUNDLE 1:

Falling Down - Album Version
Those Swollen Hand Blues
Falling Down - Demo


DIGITAL BUNDLE 2:

Falling Down - "It's the Gibb Mix" by Twiggy / Sardy Remix
Falling Down - The Prodigy Version
Falling Down - "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Mix" by Amorphous Androgynous (Bundle Only)


DIGITAL BUNDLE 3 (iTunes exclusive)..:

Falling Down - Album Version
Those Swollen Hand Blues
Falling Down - Demo
Falling Down - Video

05/02/09 - Oasis & The Amorphous Androgynous

Well, not only does Noel love Gaz and Brian's track selections and mixing skills, but he loves their work too. Posted on Oasis' blog today, he has this to say about a forthcoming release:
"...By the way, there's gonna be a very special release coming your way soon. Remember that "Amorphous Androgynous" lot I was telling you about? Well, they've done a "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble" mix of "Falling Down". It's 22 mins long. I'll repeat that, TWENTY-TWO MINUTES LONG!! I fully expect 50% of you not to have the attention span to deal with something like that but the rest of you, I hope, will be blown away. It's a staggering piece of music. Monumental even. All superlatives will apply."
Graham verifies: It's essentially 5 sections but it all runs together.

So we're expecting something like a FSOL/AA EP out of this, starting with the song and heading off onto an interesting trip. We can't say much more about the release, but keep in mind the words 'a very special release'.
Looks like the band are going to be getting a lot more press lately - they've been in the NME a few times lately, the first since The Isness was released seven long years ago...
Keep your eyes peeled for more news and other FSOL stuff coming soon.

10/01/09 - Amorphous Oasis remix and DJ set

Yes, it's official, Gaz and Noel Gallager are becoming best chums, it seems! Not only has Noel been raving about the Monstrous CD, but now he's been in touch with the band to commission a remix for their next single - and to DJ at the band's Wembley aftershow! From the Amorphous blog...

Well for those that are bored with us banging on about Oasis things just got decidedly worse . . . Noel Gallagher rang in to the Automobile Association headquarters personally today and what a thoroughly nice chap HE IS TOO!!! He wants us to remix the next Oasis single ' Falling Down ' from " Dig Your Own Soul" giving us carte-blanche to do what the f*** we want" just make it worthy " to fit into "A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE EXPLODING IN YOUR MIND " was his mandate. " WORTHY" what a humble thing to say . . . .

For those that DON"T KNOW the above mentioned MONSTROUS BUBBLY THINGY he's alluding to our 44 track DJ mix compendium of brain frying food that we compiled and mixed and which was released in Dec of last year and which has been getting some heat among the icicles.


It seems that one of his party has visited fsoldigital. com and downloaded ALL 8 of the radio MONSTROUS BUBBLES from 1997-2006 and they've all been freaking out at the mash-up that constitutes the psychedelic manifesto of the AA . . . .

oh and we been asked to DJ at the Oasis Wembley after-show party so there should be some stories to tell this way soon . . . . .

08/01/09 - another old Humanoid release!

Yes, the latest update in the 'find a billion old obscure Humanoid releases' project is this,Tranceformer's 'Humanoid X-Po EP', featuring 'Humanoid '93', Traceformer's remix of Stakker.

Anyone heard this or have it? Drop us a line!

07/01/09 - EBS4 tracklist

For the curious and the completists, here's what we have on Electric Brain Storms 4:

Part One:
Malcolm Clarke - Unseeing
Mobiues+Plank - Solar Plexus
Roger Eno - A Paler Sky
Neu - Im Gluck
Section 25 - Visitation
Richard Pinhas - Ruitor
White Noise 3 - Metor Shower
Dark - Merciful
Eno - Beclaimed
Murcof - Mes
Fripp - 1988
Tin Can Alley - Tin Can Alley
Tim Blake - Crystal Presence
Harmonia - Veferano
Controlled Bleeding - Tolk
Young Fleeto - Seafar
Coil - Clap
Ellen Allien - Bim
Richard Vimal - A Cloche Pied
Will Sargeant - Incandescent Transistor
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Kraftwerk - Storm

Part Two:
Cluster - Sowlesoso
Tortoise - Whitewater
Zeebox 3 - Crosswind
The Residents - Walter
FSOL - Viewed From The Right
Cabaret Voltaire - Sluggin For Jesus
23 Skiddo - 7 Songs
Ghost Box - Ghost Box
Dept Noise X Terror
Sylvio Gualda - Gong Swells
FSOL - The Oldest Lady
Max Richter - Postcards
Daphne Oram - Rockets In Ursa Major
Seearr//cr - cr
Kling Klang - Rocker
Interview - Robert Sandell
FSOL - Boundaries
Monsterism Library Music
Stockhausen - Lectures 71
Angry Neighbors

What does this mean? Well, the usual EBS mix of krautrock and Berlin school electronica, 80s industrial, modern ambient and glitch, field recordings and unheard FSOL material. The set is notably darker than the previous three (the 'Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water' title already suggested this), and is a very nice addition to the series. Many of the environments between tracks feature night time sounds and water noises, which would fit in nicely with Summers Dream, we reckon.

Those FSOL tracks... all three are distinctly ambient, which is fitting considering forthcoming FSOL releases include Environments III and the new album. Viewed From The Right and Boundaries feature previously heard sounds, suggesting they may be EIII tracks (the title of the former relating to EII's Viewed From Above adds to this assumption), while The Oldest Lady is a darker, piano based piece which sounds unlike anything they've previously worked on (other than, perhaps, The Wicker Doll, which suggests the piece may feature Sir Daniel Pemberton, who Brian recently mention the band have been working with again) and could be from the next album.

Anyway, as you can tell from the long write-up, we're very fond of this set around these 'ere parts, and it certainly bodes well for forthcoming releases. Let's sit tight and wait for the next FSOLDigital release.

02/01/09 - Electric Brain Storms 4: Podroom 2009

The latest Electric Brain Storms show, volume 4 "The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water", is available from The Podroom now. Labelled as transmitted to 'podroom 2009', it appears to be an exclusive for the site. No comprehensive tracklist is available yet, but a list of some artists featured on the two hour show is on the site. More information as it comes!