17/12/10 - Amorphous co-produce new Paul Weller album

Or some tracks from it, at least. See below...

21/11/10 - Lego Man

Lots of points to be won for the person who can work out what the hell this is

01/11/10 - Bubble 3 out now

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Volume 3: The 3rd Ear is out today, with a little less fanfare than last year's EVENT OF THE YEAR-esque extravaganza. The disc can be bought from FSOLDigital, as well as your favourite corporate outlet.

28/10/10 - FSOLDigital revamp

28th October 2010 will forever go down as the day when I should have just waited and done one big news update in the evening.

FSOLDigital.com has been updated with what we're hoping will be a stable format. Looking shiny and lovely and new, and with a new login system for the shopping cart, it really makes me want to buy stuff I can't afford. Some of the records have lost their descriptions and A Tiny Point Of Light has disappeared for good now, but otherwise it's all there. The Pod Room isn't complete yet and the mixes will be up soon, but it's been put online now so people can take advantage of the MPB3: Third Ear pre-order, rather than putting all your hard-earned cash into the pockets of HMV or Amazon.

And because I'm not writing another entry today, here's an edit. Look! New Amorphous Androgynous official site. Not that there's much there...

28/10/10 - Amorphous Twitter

The Amorphous Androgynous seem to have all but abandoned the Murdoch Machine for good, not only providing updates via Facebook (see two entries below), but now Twitter, too.

28/10/10 - Brian's Clockwork Keyboard

Sounds fun, eh? Yes. Yes it does.

27/10/10 - The Amorphous Androgynous on Facebook

The Amorphous Androgynous on Facebook - click Like to keep up with news.

18/10/10 - Want an original picture of Gaz? Only $23,000!

That picture you've probably seen on various studio shots and websites over the last ten years, called 'Gary Popstar' (yes, really) is up for auction for the cheap, cheap estimate of $23,700-$31,600.



Read more here if you're really bored.

09/10/10 - MPB 3: The Third Ear, November 1st

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Volume 3: The Third Ear is released on... I dunno, Monstrous Bubble Records, History Records, nothing at all, it depends where you read. On the 1st November 2010. The cover looks something like this -> and, inevitably, it's mixed by The Amorphous Androgynous. Most excitingly for us is the presence of an exclusive Amorphous track, In Fear - no idea what that is yet - plus there are some tracks that date back right to MPB radio show vol 1 from 1997 in there, so it'll be a continuation from the previous volumes and no doubt a smash hit with the critics once more. Timothy Leary pops his head in, which is odd given Gaz's tee-total organic food no drugs or other naughty things existence, but when did anything ever make sense in the world of the Amorphous Androgynous. Whatever. This will surely be another excellently mixed disc of safe sounding groovy psych and bafflingly terrifying oddities from the history of music (just please nothing like that Lightning Tree track again. That is still the soundtrack to many of my nightmares). This is getting rather personal. Here's the tracklist, courtesy of Play.com

Disc 1 - Introduction by Timothy Leary taken from 'Live And Let Live'

1. Chasse à l'homme - Pierre Cavalli
2. Its All In The Mind - Nektar
3. Coma Pony - Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet
4. Witches Wand - Luv Machine
5. Hi Lo - Golden Animals
6. The Psychedelic Movement - The Ravelles
7. Here Comes The Sun - James Last
8. Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim - Ozdemir Erdogan Ve Orkestrasi
9. In Fear - The Amorphous Andorynous
10. Waltz With Lumbumba - Spencer Davis Band
11. Watch The Women - I.D Company
12. The Minotaur - Dick Hyman
13. Electric To Me Turn - Bruce Haack
14. Gli Scatenati - Ennio Morricone
15. The Beast - Aphrodites Child
16. Turn Me On - Rotary Connection
17. Journey To The East - Bill Plummer
18. Exploding In Your Mind - Sun Dial
19. Kuljen Halki Kuutarhan - Lau Nau
20. E Verra L'uomo - Corte Dei Miracoli
21. Cosmic Sea - Mystic Moods
22. Thinking Is The Best Way To Travel - The Moody Blues
23. Master Builder (Eye Remix) - Gong
24. Now It Hurts You - Drum Circus
25. Sock It My Way - The Animated Egg
26. Parallelograms - Linda Perhacs

Disc 2 - Introduction by Timothy Leary taken from 'Live And Let Live'

1. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - Leon Russel
2. White Bird - It's A Beautiful Day
3. Get Thy Bearings - Donovan
4. Nautilus - Bob James
5. Soma - Brave New World
6. Like Water Needs A Flower ( Part 4 Amorphous Androgynous Remix ) - Paul Weller
7. Toxicological Whispering - Amon Duul II
8. Run - Supergrass
9. Hard Time - The Tremolos
10. Bird Of Space - Bonnie Dobson
11. Laila Part 2 - Agitation Free
12. Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight - Tiny Tim
13. Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos
14. Guru Song - The Amorphous Androgynous
15. Find Shelter - Noah Georgeson
16. Soul Vibrations - Dorothy Ashby
17. Spooky - The Dave Pike Set
18. Now That I Found It - Cosmic Michael
19. Albion Sunrise/Morris Medley - Albion Country Band
20. All The Seats Were Occupied - Aphrodites Child

07/10/10 - Archive 6 CD available from FSOLDigital

Thanks to Dell the amazing FSOL-fact-finder for finding this fact. From The Archives vol. 6 has been snuck out on CD through FSOLDigital! There's a 'buy' link which suggests it's available now or will be very, very soon. It costs £9.99 and is really good. Yes sir.

06/10/10 - That Pop Levi Remix

Can be purchased from Beatport and iTunes as part of the Ninja Tune XX compilation ('Volume 2', in this case), but not as an individual track. It's right down on page 4 there on Beatport in 'album only' mode, probably because they don't want to sell a 16 minute track for £1.30. Tight gits.

Talking of tight, it's nigh on £16 on there and a tenner on iTunes.

You can hear a sample of it there too. It sounds really fucking weird. And surprisingly funky. Imagine Chile Of The Bass Generation stuck through a blender.

16-09-10 - From The Archives vol. 6 on CD

Click our super-short link to see confirmation of a CD release date of 25th October http://amzn.to/cvTPBC

02/09/10 - Archive 6 available from FSOLDigital right abouuuuuuuut... now

As of some time yesterday evening, From The Archives Vol. 6 has been available to download from FSOLDigital and can be picked up here. It all looks a bit like this:

01 - March Of the Money Men

02 - Light Forming

03 - Coast Line

04 - Cross Winds

05 - Gyrated

06 - She Fell Backwards

07 - Jelly Legs

08 - Departed

09 - Protractor

10 - Camel

11 - Abandoned Incoming

12 - Induced Coma

13 - Swarm

14 - Linear Block 5

15 - Unassumed

16 - Elation

As it's just been excitedly downloaded this end, we can't say too much about it yet except Light Formed is a Lifeforms/Environments 1 era outtake. More words on this soon.

24/08/10 - The Amorphous Androgynous cover The Beatles

Well it's about the only thing they haven't done. I'll leave it for the ever-reliable Dell1972 to explain while I attempt to get a few hours sleep between two several hundred mile train journeys...

Brian and Gaz have been keeping quiet for a reason...
Just stumbled across this:

http://newsblog.thecmuwebsite.com/post/MOJO-announces-vinyl-covermount.aspx

http://cover.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=1816&year=2010

MOJO has announced that the first 10,000 copies of its next issue, which is due to go on sale on 31 Aug, will come with a free twelve-inch vinyl compilation entitled 'Let It Be Revisited'. The artists featured on the freebie, including Pete Molinari, Phosphorescent, The Jim Jones Revue, Beth Orton, Amorphous Androgynous, Besnard Lakes and Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, have recorded their own versions of tracks from The Beatles' 1970 (and final) album, 'Let It Be'.

MOJO Editor In Chief Phil Alexander said of the special edition: "The MOJO Vinyl Edition is our way of celebrating the rebirth of vinyl which we've seen in recent years. Essentially, we created an incarnation of the magazine that we wanted to buy ourselves so it was something of a labour of love. In terms of the album itself, we hand-picked the acts and they all paid tribute to the enduring power of The Beatles by providing new perspectives on a set of classic tunes".

Here's the tracklist for the compilation:

John Grant - Two Of Us
Dennis Locorriere - Dig A Pony
Phosphorescent - Across The Universe
Beth Orton - I Me Mine/Dig It
The Amorphous Androgynous - Let It Be (Part 1)
The Amorphous Androgynous - Let It Be (Part 2) incorporating Across The Universe (Reprised)
CW Stoneking - Maggie Mae
Besnard Lakes - I've Got A Feeling
Wilko Johnson - One After 909
Judy Collins - The Long And Winding Road
Pete Molinari - For You Blue
The Jim Jones Revue - Get Back

11/08/10 - 13 year old Neotropic remix "discovered"

For discovered, read: just noticed. Longtime FSOL collaborator Riz Maslen - Neotropic - released the Ultra Freaky Orange EP in 1997. On it featured the track Ultra Freakyalarm Clock (Bin Dogs Remix). It shouldn't take too long to work out who Bin Dogs is in a FSOL context.

It sounds like this.

Something else to line the discography while we await a barrage of those releases which are backing up at the moment. No news on Archive 6 or MPB3 yet...

26/07/10 - From The Archives Volume 6 on its way

Right, just as Environments 3 has had time to sink in, the boys are back with the long-awaited From The Archives Volume 6. Brian has uploaded two previews to the STAKKERHUMANOID YouTube page, and they're both unheard tracks. More and more material keeps turning up, it seems...

First up, Then Departed, a melodic, Lifeforms sounding piece that wouldn't sound out of place on Environments 2. Secondly, the oddly titled March Of The Money Men, which sounds very old indeed, perhaps Accelerator/Tales era.

More details as they come...

18/06/10 - Gaz talks Monstrous Bubble 3, Greatest Trips and... FSOL?

Thanks, once more, to Dell1972 for locating this lovely interview from backstage at the Mojo awards, in which Gaz - and briefly Brian - speak about A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble and forthcoming releases, which now include:
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol. 3: The Revolution Will Not Be Digitised
The Amorphous Androgynous - The Greatest Trips, supposedly a best of for the AA psych project
More Future Sound of London material
Monstrous Bubble Records to include compilations, signings, remixes and all sorts
A possibility of a remix for a track on the next Van Der Graaf Generator record... maybe.

15/06/10 - Gaz Cobain, the first man to get an encore for an acceptance speech

Can't say anything else but: watch this.

14/06/10 - News Of The World matchmaking again

After the Sun (apparently incorrectly) suggested Noel Gallagher is in the studio with 'dance duo' Amorphous Androgynous, now its Sunday sister paper The News Of The World has some quotes and then some rather citation needed text from Paul Weller.

Weller admits he got stuck in a rut before parting with his long-term backing band five years ago. "I was making music, but I wasn't fired up," he says. "I'd hemmed myself in with barriers, but I wrote some new types of songs that felt like a crack in the sky appearing.

"I realised I was the only one who'd created those boundaries. I'm on a roll and, after this record, the possibilities are endless."

Weller reveals he wants to write with singer Richard Hawley and dance duo Amorphous Androgynous, adding: "The one real idea I've got for my next record is to make it even more experimental!"

We'll see.

'Dance duo'. Really.

11/06/10 - Amorphous win a Mojo!

Congratulations all round to Brian and Gaz for winning this year's Mojo award for Best Compilation, for A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind, Volume 2: Pagan Love Vibrations. The Mojo Editor in chief had this to say:

"Amorphous Androgynous are the greatest psychedelic crate-diggers of all-time. Noel Gallagher loves them, Paul Weller loves them and MOJO readers clearly love them. They did a mix for an issue of MOJO that tangled up '60s psychedelia with soul, jazz and space rock and it is one of the most talked-about covermount CDs in the history of the magazine. They really are a force to be reckoned with and I think the next 12 months will see them bring a whole lot more to the party."

Pictures below - and see if you can spot their two appearances here.

08/06/10 - Gaz's Ambient Masterclass

This month's issue of UK music technology magazine Computer Music (Issue 153, July 2010) contains a feature entitled Ambient Masterclass, which features Dr Alex Patterson of the Orb, Gier Jenssen - better known as Biosphere - and FSOL's own Garry Cobain giving their tips and advice on creating ambient music. The article itself is probably more interesting to beginners than anyone who's, y'know, actually made ambient music before, but Gaz does take the chance to wax lyrical about the lines between technology and human, and does actually talk about the immersive nature of great ambient music, so it could be an interesting read for fans. Just don't expect any reverb recommentations...

03/06/10 - Gary Lucas in the studio

Brian has posted a rather unusual video on YouTube of Amorphous Androgynous recording Gary Lucas at Way Studios in London earlier this year. The bizarre footage is filmed using a Microsoft Research Sense cam.

21/05/10 - Environments 3 shipping now

To finish off, FSOLDigital are shipping copies of Environments 3 and downloads are available now. All response so far has been overwhelmingly positive.

15/05/10 - Environments 3 pre-order

Environments 3 can now be pre-ordered direct from FSOLDigital.com - mp3, CD and mp3 + CD combination are all available!

15/05/10 - Forum back online

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're back!

15/05/10 - Environments 4?!

Almost two years ago to the day, we announced an update from FSOLDigital of Environments 2 and 3, and then joked of a forthcoming Environments 4. A joke no more, the album art to Environments 3 contains an advert for the other volumes in the series - 1, 2 and 4! Maybe 4 will be 'the new album'! Who knows. The front cover is a beautiful shot of some derelict looking buildings and a sunset that looks even more impressive than the current volume's sleeve. More news on that when we get it.

Here's a quick lowdown on volume 3 for those who haven't ordered from Juno:
01. Viewed From An Obscure Angle (3:10)
02. Summer's Dream (4:16)
03. Sunken Ships (3:40)
04. The Empty Land (5:40)
05. A Glitch In Cellular Memory (3:21)
06. Recollection (3:22)
07. Accompaniment For Melodious Expression (3:05)
08. Absolution (3:39)
09. The Oldest Lady (1:19)
10. A Diversionary Tactic (3:07)
11. The Silent Place (2:52)
12. Out Of Sync Child (2:00)
13. Hall Of Mirrors (1:34)
14. End Of The World (4:35)
15. Sense Of Being (1:50)
16. Surface Water (3:42)
17. Heart Sick Chord (8:10)
18. Repetition Is A Form Of Change (1:45)

Mood-wise, we can confirm what was long suspected (since the appearance of the cover back in '08): this is a very Dead Cities sounding record. Following Volume 2's epic spaciousness and possibly cold arctic sounds, this record is darker, more haunting and more sinister. The initial impression is 'the ruins of the Dead City' - that album's mood but more sombre and less violent. The warped/damaged photos of deserted architecture in the sleeve matches this.
On the whole the music is ambient, with a few of the group's recent neoclassical leanings (particularly the beautiful opening piece, and the astonishing string section in End Of The World); more percussion than the first two volumes but not so much to make it anything other than a true ambient record. All in all: utterly marvellous.

While the forum's down, feel free to use the comment button on this entry to discuss the record and volume 4!

14/05/10 - Environments 3 samples online now!

Check out the Juno shop page for Environments 3, where samples of all 18 tracks can be heard. Eagle eyed (eared?) among you will spot the gorgeous My Kingdom/In A State Of Permanent Abyss remix from the LA show as The Empty Land, Viewed From The Right officially turning up as the second part of Sunken Ships and elements of Womb appearing on the record, along with lots of lovely unheard material and some very moody sounding vibes. And lots of percussion! This is going to be very different to volumes 1 and 2, we're getting a Dead Cities feel to it all.

13/05/10 - Forum problems

The forum is currently offline due to a mysterious MySQL error. It's being worked on and should be back asap!

12/05/10 - Pop Levi remix on its way

Have £80 to spare on an Amorphous Androgynous remix of Pop Levi? Ninja Tune have announced:

"On September 20th we release an all out, big-as-big-bollo*ks boxed set with stupendous artwork from none other than Ninja designer Openmind. The set will consist of three hardcover cases in a hardback box, all beautifully made and with foil-blocked text and loveliness. These cases will in turn contain the following material:

:: Case 1 - 6 CDs of music (2 CDs will be material only available in this box set)

:: Case 2 - 6 x 7" singles in a hardback book (all material only available in this box set) + an inner pocket with a Ninja family tree poster by Nigel Peake + Sleeve Cover Poster + Ninja Tune XX Sticker Sheet

:: Case 3 - Exclusive Hardback edition of Black Dog Publishing book 'NINJA TUNE: 20 Years of Beats & Pieces' by Stevie Chick (hardback edition only available in this box set)

It will include new exclusive tracks from: Amon Tobin, Roots Manuva, Kid Koala, Mr Scruff, The Bug, Jaga Jazzist, Bonobo, Toddla T, Blockhead, Daedelus, Dorian Concept, Two Fingers, Zomby, Luke Vibert, DJ Vadim, King Cannibal, Jammer, Shuttle, The Heavy, Yppah, zero dB and more to be announced. Plus a few choice overlooked favourites and rarities.

Plus new exclusive remixes from: Switch, Henrik Schwarz, Autechre, Modeselektor, Matthew Herbert, Zomby, Toddla T, Cut Chemist, Roots Manuva, Gold Panda, Mark Pritchard, Amorphous Androgynous, Rustie, Actress, Tom Middleton, Micachu, Metronomy, Gaslamp Killer, Kronos Quartet, Tunng, Mala, El-P (and EL-B) and more to be announced.

The material not exclusive to the box will also be available on download stores and ordinary CDs in the shops.

The Box Set can be pre-ordered for a limited period at an 'early bird' price from today from the Ninjashop."

Gaz has previously stated they're working on a remix for Pop Levi, who's signed to the label, so it's easy to work out what this is. On the other hand, if it's exclusive to the box then the only way to get it is to shell out an extortionate amount of money. Unless you fancy buying the record anyway, then it's probably a reasonable price. Hmmm...

10/05/10 - Monstrous Bubble Records

Gaz writes on the Monstrous Psychedelic Bloggle:
"A Monstrous Psychedlic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind Vol 2- Pagan Love Vibrations has been nominated for best compilation album of the year in MOJO magazine.
To see the other nominations in this category or to vote for best act/ best album/ best song:

http://www.mojo4music.com/honours2010/categories.shtml

Vol 3 of the Monstrous series meanwhile is in the works and will be released mid 2010 on the newly established MONSTROUS BUBBLE records which has been set-up as a thoroughfare not only for all MONSTROUS activities but also as a means for signing and spearheading the new psychedelia as foretold in the MPB sonic manifestos !!

On a sadder note Platipus Records who had the vision and commitment to release both Vol 1 and Vol 2 of the Monstrous series has become the latest victim of Pinnacle distribution folding last year which literally saddled hundreds of indie labels with insurmountable losses ( both financial and stock- remember all the Xmas problems getting hold of Vol 1 ! ) .

Temporarily this means that Vol 1 & 2 of MPB are unavailable but we are trying to pick-up the licenses to continue Vol 1 & 2 on MONSTROUS BUBBLE RECORDS so will update on that !!
Since Platipus' 2 album license of Monstrous effectively ended with the release of Vol 2 anyway Monstrous Bubble Records had already been set-up last year with the express purpose of releasing Vol 3 with the same distribution/ PR team as per VOL 2. So with all licensing well in hand on Vol 3, to all intents and purpose its all MONSTROUS as per normal but our thoughts and gratitude do however go out to Platipus for all their vision, support and tenacity !!

OVER-OUTWARD-INWARD"

It is very likely that forthcoming Amorphous Androgynous records (how many are we expecting now? We can think of at least seven here) may be released through the imprint. Plus other psychedelic excursions from other artists - the band stretching their psychedelic toes in the same manner as FSOLdigital's increased outside artist output.
Is MPB3 going to be mixed by FSOL? We don't know yet.

06/05/10 - Environments 3 out in June, tracklist.

1. Viewed From An Obscure Angle
2. Summer's Dream
3. Sunken Ships
4. The Empty Land
5. A Glitch In Cellular Memory
6. Recollection
7. Accompaniment For Melodious Expression
8. Absolution
9. The Oldest Lady
10. A Diversionary Tactic
11. The Silent Place
12. Out of Sync Child
13. Hall of Mirrors
14. End Of The World
15. Sense of Being
16. Surface Water
17. Heart Sick Chord
18. Repetition Is A Form Of Change

Full release on 7th June 2010. Perhaps a FSOLDigital version will appear sooner as before. We'll keep you posted.

05/05/10 - R.I.P. Platipus Records

Bit of a late one this. 'As of March 9th 2010, Platipus has ceased trading'.
Well, that's terrible news. For a label like Platipus who focus largely on the trancier end of dance stuff to get behind the very leftfield bizarre MPB albums so enthusiastically showed their decency, and the amount of information Rich sent me personally or gave to our forums showed his understanding of the importance of fans. It's a real shame to see a label of such integrity closing down.
This, of course, draws into question where Gaz and Brian are going to release the forthcoming Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble mix CDs, and what will happen to the remaining stock of the two available editions. We're hoping they don't go out of print!

And, typically, the second volume of A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble, 'Pagan Love Vibrations', has just been nominated for a Mojo award for compilation of the year. Winner will be announced on June 10th.

30/04/10 - More Environments 3 samples!

When we heard 'Sunken Ships' on Electric Brain Storms 6, it appeared to just be an updated version of 'Viewed From The Right' (from Electric Brain Storms 4). It turns out it's the spooky, haunting, reverb-drenched strings and synths piece before that, around 55 minutes. Another sample can now be heard on the band's MySpace. It is another confirmed track from Environments 3. Heart Sick, now titled Heart Sick Chord - a harpsichord pun maybe? - has also been confirmed for the album, and can be heard on the site. All this suggests the album really can't be far away now!

21/04/10 - Monstrous Psychedelic Remix Album

Gaz has generously revealed plans for a forthcoming compilation of Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble remixes while discussing the eBay matter rather angrily reported by my - now less worked up - self a couple of nights ago.
"plus we will be releasing our MPB remixes all together as an album at some stage TOO . . . .its gonna be cover versions and remixes"
Let's not hold out for an imminent release but it's one to look forward to.

20/04/10 - that Record Store Day 12" and the state of the world

Those of you lucky enough to have picked yourself up one of the 500 copies of the Amorphous Androgynous/Paul Weller remix 12" at your local indie on Record Store Day in the UK this Saturday gone, well done! Hopefully it's enjoyable. The album is out worldwide this week and hopefully reports about the remix will be coming in soon.
I almost don't want to advertise the fact here, but several copies have already turned up on eBay at extortionate prices. Typically, alas, the small but terrible number of selfish cunts that live among us chose Record Store Day - an event to promote the act of going to your local record shop to pay a decent price for an interesting record - as a chance to make a considerable profit with their easily picked up rarities. There's currently a copy going for a ridiculous £150. Sadly, I'm sure, somebody is going to pay that, but I'm actively encouraging people to avoid the auctions and stop these fuckers making a lot of money from genuine music fans, and stopping the FSOL and Paul Weller fans out there showing their support to the artists and the stores willing to keep the independent record industry alive through their generous releases. A nice treat for fans and record shops at a reasonable price has now become an immediate collectable at the hands of the worst kind of money minded cunts.
TL;DR? Do not pay dickheads ridiculous amounts of money for this 12", they do not deserve it. Please.

14/04/10 - Now they're really teasing us (and AA stuff)

A Glitch In Cellular Memory. Environments 3, track 5. Absolutely beautiful. Environments 3 can't come too soon!

In more psychedelic news, the Amorphous Androgynous's remix of Paul Weller will be available on 27th April in the UK for 'Record Store Day'. More news on that soon hopefully!

13/04/10 - More Environments 3 information!

The Oldest Lady has turned up in YouTube in a slightly remixed form and is due for release soon on the imminent Environments 3. The CD looks to be an epic with a rumoured 18 tracks. And very slightly updated cover. The album will feature 'old new enhanced' music - similar to Environments 2, with a number of confirmed new tracks involved.
Out in the next few weeks!

13/04/10 - Environments 3 material on YouTube

Our hundredth post in the news blog is rather an exciting thing - the first confirmed material from Environments 3 has been posted on YouTube.
Out Of Sync Child can be found on the STAKKERHUMANOID channel (or by clicking that there link). A slow breakbeat and some atmospheric synths have this track fitting in, stylically, with the more abstract, moody nature of Polemical, Heads Of Agreement and Yage's The Woodlands Of Old, suggesting the track is very much new and that Environments 3 could contain a significant amount of newly recorded music.
1.21 of the track is available, it's unknown if this is the full track or just a sample.

Let the good times begin?

06/01/10 - Paul Weller Remix out on April 12th

In typically last minute fashion, we've just found out about the Paul Weller remix that's been spoken about of late.

"The Amorphous Androgynous have just completed a new remix for the deluxe edition of Paul Weller’s new album “Wake Up The Nation”. The 4 part, 20 minute mix encapsulates 2 tracks from his new album “Aim High” and “Pieces Of A Dream”. The album is released on 12th April."

See here for some official looking stuff that features this section:

Aim High / Pieces Of A Dream – The Amorphous Androgynous Remix
9. Part 1: Aim High (Aim Higher)
10. Part 2: Pieces Of A Dream (A Dream In Pieces)
11. Part 3: Aim High (The Higher Aim)
12. Part 4: Aim High (Like Water Needs A Flower)

Either Mr. Weller or his record label (or both...) are scared of a 20 minute track so it's been split up, alas. Still, new material of sorts almost on our doorstep! Splendid.

19/03/10 - Electric Brain Storms vol. 6 out now!

The latest edition of the excellent Electric Brain Storms series of transmissions and podcasts is available. Volume 6, 'The Most Secluded Place', can be purchased from FSOLDigital now for £3.50. The artwork is beautiful.

Lowres - Veneer
School Of Emotional Engineering - Frost 1
Reverpahon - Radthai
A Small Good Thing - Glutch
Ekko - Mossmoan
The Earlies -
Paul Schutze - Rivers Of Mercury
Nurse With Wound - Registered Nurse
Glass Girl - Glass Girl
Zeebox - Dirty Piano Constant
Morton Garson - Exorcism
Spacemen 3 - An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music
Irma Victoria & The Hatebox Experience - Metamorphosis
Jon Hassell - Empire
Zeebox - Stef's House+Garden
Unknown - Lies About Vietnam
Dan Pemberton - Telephony
Mike Cooper -

Can - Pinch
Spiritualized - Symphony Space
Ashra Temple - Invention
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
Second Thought - Aqueduct
Leyland Kirby -
Cluster -
FSOL - A Sense Of Being
Sunra -
George Garanian -
FSOL - Environments 1
23 Skiddoo - Gamelan
FSOL - Elation
Faust -
FSOL - 49 Innesp
Seafar - New Town Dreams
Lo Editions -
Heads Of Agreement - Antique
Glass Girl - 3 Holes
Zoot - 4 Filters
FSOL - Sunken Ship
Monstrance - Floating World
Piano+EMS - Grazing

We have four unreleased FSOL tracks - none of which are that easy to pick out, which means they're all on the very ambient side of things. Piano+EMS seems to be the new name for EMS:Piano, and the Glass Girl tracks are labelled as (ebv), which means they could well be a new alias - or perhaps a forthcoming release on FSOLDigital? The Piano+EMS track, Grazing, has already become a favourite of ours here. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

07/03/10 - Four more ISDN shows available

Four more ISDN transmissions are available for sale through The Pod Room at fsoldigital.com now. Excitingly, some unheard of shows have turned up. The full lineup of updates is:

Rome - 16-05-94 - two hour show (£5.50) - transmission 5
Barcelona - Art Futura Festival 1996 - one hour show (£4.00) - transmission 14
Fun Radio France - 1997 - one hour show (£4.50) - transmission 6
Mixing It BBC Radio 3 - 25-03-97 - one hour show (£3.00) - transmission 6

That's two versions of Transmission 6. We've no idea... Still, two of these are completely new. Tracklists coming soon...

11/02/10 - Zed Storm - unreleased FSOL from 1991

Forum regular RONTXO has uncovered this rarity, mentioned some months ago, an eventually unreleased cut from 1991, intended to be put out on Freaky Deak Records (as mentioned on the back of some of those J&P 12"s), 'Zed Storm', under the FSOL moniker.
You can hear the track, sourced from Colin Dale's Dance Show in 1991, here on YouTube.

01/02/10 - ISDN transmissions online, EBS6

2010 began slowly in the FSOL world but now we have a fair bit of activity in the form of seven ISDN shows to download. The shows are priced between £3 and £6, and can be found on FSOLDigital.com now.

Los Angeles - Transmission 8 - 22/01/1997 - 2 hr 1 mins - £5.80
Berlin - Transmission 11 - 06/12/1996 - 1 hr 21 mins - £5.50
Netherlands - Transmission 4 - 09/09/1994 - 2 hr 1 mins - £5.80
New York - Transmission 2 - 11/05/1994 - 1 hr 9 mins - £4.50
Manchester - Transmission 7 - 06/11/1996 - 1 hr 2 mins - £4.50
France - Transmission 6 - 17/05/1997 - 30 mins - £3.00
Edinburgh - Transmission 3 - 28/10/1996 - 1 hr 2 mins - £4.50

Meanwhile, Electric Brainstorms 6 looks set for a release on the website soon, with a 'not available yet' link. More news to follow soon.

07/01/10 - Mojo CD out now!

Oh, hello there. Returning from the sick world of Christmas influenza and other sickness in time for a belated Happy New Year, and a new 'release' for the start of 2010. Mojo proudly presents A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind compiled and mixed by The Amorphous Androgynous is the full long-winded title of the covermount CD for the February issue, of Mojo Magazine which is bafflingly out already. For your £4.50, you get this lovely 14 track mix CD:

1. Pop Levi - Blue Honey
2. The Yellow Moon Band - Entangled
3. July - Dandelion Seeds
4. The Amorphous Androgynous - Falling Down
5. Dungen - Satt Se
6. Donovan - Three Kingfishers
7. Can - Flow Motion
8. White Noise - Love Without Sound
9. Betty Davis - Game Is My Middle Name
10. Ed Askew - Love Is Everyone
11. JC Vannier - Les Mouches
12. Comus - Diana
13. Shogun Kinotchi - Mulberg
14. The Amorphous Androgynous - Opus Of The Black Sun

Yes, that is the final release of their Oasis cover version which is set to be quite interesting. There's also an interview and exclusive photos with Gaz and Brian inside the magazine.