30/03/20 - FSOLDigital response to COVID-19 - sale & releases

An announcement on FSOLDigital today reads:
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FSOLDigital has suspended all postal sales for 3 weeks.
You can still purchase vinyl, CDs and merchandise but it won't be dispatched until the end of April - thanks for your understanding.
Stay safe people.

To coincide with this, the band are also offering the main digital catalogue with a 50% discount. This only applies to Dougans / Cobain releases, not including the calendar albums.

Five releases the sale does apply to are the new Humanoid and Yage digital EPs, and three A Controlled Vista mixes, out today.

Humanoid brings the KAAGE EP, after the promise that more material would be forthcoming. Six tracks, no additional info. We're hoping there's a 12" on its way - all physical releases are currently delayed because of the pandemic - but for the moment, there's MP3 and FLAC for certain. Tracklist:
01 – KAAGE (05:15)
02 – Static Objective (04:07)
03 – Aennuiosk (04:44)
04 – Event Null (04:29)
05 – Void Over (03:10)
06 – LoadedMethod (03:44)

Meanwhile, Yage's Pygmy EP arrives, only eight years after its announcement! Once again, FLAC and MP3 currently available:
01 – AP.BAC (05:11)
02 – Recause (06:50)
03 – Tunnel (03:26)
04 – Only If (05:40)
05 – Pygmy (07:19)

Finally, the A Controlled Vista mix, originally available as CD-only release on the Touched by Silence boxset last December, comes to FSOLDigital as a download, accompanies by two new mixes in the series, labeled 2.7 and 5.6. Tracklists of these are as follows:
2.7:
01 – FSOL – Across Lands
02 – INTEL COMM – Drive15
03 – FSOL – Deserted Roads
04 – THE BUBBLE HEADS – Frozen in the Air
05 – BLACKHILL TRANSMITTER – Karmin Line
06 – SUBURBAN DOMESTIC – Stillness
07 – FSOL – Multiplying Mutations
08 – HUMANOID – CO-PILOT
09 – SMART SYSTEMS – The Tingler (30hz remix)
10 – FSOL – Recollection
11 – FSOL – Nagware

5.6:
01 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Reacting
02 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – To be Expected
03 – HUMANOID – z clouds
04 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Australian Animal5
05 – HUMANOID – Transparent Form
06 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Dreaming with the TV on
07 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Multiplying Mutations
08 – YAGE – Despite


Unlike the first volume, these contain previously released material as well as new tracks. Enjoy!

26/03/20 - A Controlled Vista confirmed timestamps

Brian Dougans has given official running times for the tracklist of A Controlled Vista, which have been extrapolated into this timestamped tracklist:

00:00 FSOL - I Can't Find You
04:32 FSOL / Dan Pemberton - Offers on the Table
09:57 FSOL - Closure
14:19 FSOL - You Will Forget About Me
16:30 FSOL - Organic Weapon
19:36 Yage - Subtle Cause
20:56 Yage - Across 82
22:30 Humanoid - Tiny Machine Birth
25:39 FSOL - Optical Overspill
28:27 FSOL - A Type of Thought
30:40 Synthi A - Rivers Over Roads
34:51 Yage - Tower City North
36:53 FSOL - Slope/5/a
38:24 FSOL - Control Vista
42:55 Humanoid - Mass Made
46:36 FSOL - The Old Coastal Path

26/03/20 - Record Store Day tracklists

We have a tracklist for the Record Store Day releases! The LPs are currently due for release on Record Store Day, 20th June, although RSD wisely state that this is the date they're hoping for, and that further rearrangements may be necessary depending on the COVID-19 situation closer to the time. Anyway, to that tracklists. First up, Cascade 2020. It seems the approach is a mixture of the previous two re-recordings, with parts 1 and 4 from the original single being re-recorded, a la Yage, while a My Kingdom-esque 'Part 6' continues the journey. The rest of the album comes in the form of seven new pieces, inspired by, or thematically linked to, the original track.

1. Cascade (Part 1 - Recreated)
2. Flood of Reflection
3. Amid the Overwhelm
4. Cascade (Part 6)
5. Brief Silence in the Distance

6. Cascade (Part 4 - Recreated)
7. Dark Hours of Your Being
8. Sluice
9. Multiple Falling Objects
10. Deep Sea of Clouds

CD still due to follow on 26th June.

Secondly, We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Remixes), which is still being listed on most stores as simply A Monster Psychedelic Bubble. Here, the tracks are being listed as original pieces, which are undoubtedly remixes and rearrangements by the listed artists. AA provide two tracks (with 'Synthony...' Part 1 expected to be on the standard 'Immortal' single), and a third under the amusing name The Amorphous & Dodginess alongside Regal Worm. Brian gets a track to himself as Stoned Freshwaters, while various psychedelic friends provide the remaining reworkings.

1. Future Children - "The Lutine Bell"
2. Regal Worm vs The Amorphous & Dodginess - "Gunter & His Evil Soul Sacrifice Orchestra Play Black Mass A Gogo"
3. Cobalt Chapel - "Hymortality" (part 1)
4. The Amorphous Androgynous - "Physically I'm Here, Mentally Far, Far Away" (Excerpt)
5. Cobalt Chapel - "Hymortality" (part 2)
6. Las Trompas De Falopium - "Somos Inmortales Nos Persuadimosi"

7. Stoned Freshwaters - "Everything Is Easy With A Little Persuasion"
8. Atomic Simao - "Gravity Bong"
9. Richard E Further Out - "Our Dominion"
10. Steve Cobby's Sweet Jesus - "The Persuader"
11. The Amorphous Androgynous - "Synthony On A Theme Of Mortality" (part 2)
12. The Flying White Dots - "Counting Down The Time" (part 2)
13. The Cuckoo Clocks - "Tomorrow, Time & Immortality"

A digital version is hoped to follow the LP, probably on the 26th too.

13/03/20 - Record Store Day postponed

Record Store Day has been postponed to 20th June, due to concerns surrounding public gatherings in the light of the continually spreading COVID-19 virus. The CD edition of Cascade 2020 has been put back to follow the initial vinyl release, so will likely be available from 26th June.

12/30/20 - Australia benefit compilation out now

The Roel Funcken-curated compilation in aid of the Australian bushfire crisis is now available through Touched is available now, as a download for £7. The Yage track, 'Despite', closes the 35 track compilation.

11/03/20 - Yage track on Australia charity compilation

Roel Funcken of Funckarma is putting together a compilation in aid of Australia, particularly its wildlife, in the wake of the extensive bushfires of recent months. Among the 35 tracks listed is 'Despite' by Yage. More info on the project's Facebook page here.

11/03/20 - A Controlled Vista, Propagate

Copies of A Controlled Vista in the Touched by Silence box are now arriving. The first notable thing is that the disc plays as a single 49 minute track, with the various audio watermarks we usually hear on live mixes, making it play out in a similar vein to the two FSOLDigital Sampler releases from the past. No news on whether these tracks are exclusives or if, indeed, the album is a sampler for forthcoming releases. There's a brief rundown of the contents over on the forum.

Secondly, 'Propagate' turns up in a new home on Kontrapunkt 05 by the Kontrapunkt label, a 12" and digital compilation. Unusually, the track is back to being a Humanoid track, after its appearance as FSOL on the last Archive. The mix is identical to the one on the 2017 Calendar Album.

08/03/20 - More Touched by Silence to go on sale

30 more copies of Touched by Silence, the 11CD compilation featuring the album FSOLDigital presents A Controlled Vista, packaged in cardboard boxes, as opposed to the wooden packaging for the initial release, will be made available for sale through the Touched Bandcamp tomorrow evening (9th March, evening by GMT). For those who managed to order a copy of the first run, copies will be shipped this week.

08/03/20 - Further Cascade and Immortal info

A quick update to confirm that Cascade 2020 will indeed be released on CD, currently due to follow the week after Record Store Day. There are no plans to release We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal: A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Remix on CD, although a digital release is still very likely.

04/03/20 - Cascade and Immortal for Record Store Day

With all the Record Store Day 2020 releases due for official announcement on Friday, Long Live Vinyl magazine has accidentally leaked them all. From this information, we've been able to discover that, unsurprisingly, we have a FSOL and an Amorphous release to consume on the day.

The Amorphous Androgynous presents We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Remix). Although expected to follow the standard album-length single of 'Immortal', this remix and collaboration package looks to be released first. As it was given a release date of April by Gaz, it's perhaps unsurprising that it's the band's RSD release. Indeed, having RSD on a specific date has actually kept them to a deadline for once! The main single has yet to turn up for pre-order anywhere, so we can probably expect that in May at this rate, with Listening Beyond the Head Chakra to follow in the summer. The MPB remix album was given a soft announcement by Gaz just before Christmas. All the info we have about the release so far can be found here.

Back in FSOL world, the re-recorded & expanded singles series continues, not with the expected 'Glass' mini-album, but this time going back to the Lifeforms era with Cascade 2020. A very blurred cover suggests this will look unlike any other FSOL release, with what looks like a row of screenshots from the Cascade video on a black background. No info on a CD edition currently on Amazon and the such, but we'd be very surprised if one didn't come along at the end of April.

01/03/20 - A Controlled Vista tracklist

The tracklist for FSOLDigital presents A Controlled Vista has been revealed. Read all below:

1. FSOL - I Can't Find You
2. FSOL/Daniel Pemberton - Offers On the Table
3. FSOL - Closure
4. FSOL - You Will Forget About Me
5. FSOL - Organic Weapon
6. Yage - Subtle Cause
7. Yage - Across 82
8. Humanoid - Tiny Machine Birth
9. FSOL - Optical Overspill
10. FSOL - A Type Of Thought
11. Synthi A - Rivers Over Roads
12. Yage - Tower City North
13. FSOL - Slope/5/a
14. FSOL - Control Vista
15. Humanoid - Mass Made
16. FSOL - The Old Coastal Path

Production of the hand-made sleeves for the Touched by Silence boxset is running behind schedule, but the boxes are expected to ship at some point this month. A FSOLDigital download edition of the compilation is still due for release later in the year. The tracklist suggests this will either be a Calendar Album-esque mix of unreleased material, or a Sampler of forthcoming tracks. More to be revealed soon.