28/06/22 - More E7.02 news

There be the cover! Here be the tracklist:
1. In Solitude We Are At Least Alone (Waltz)
2. A Space of Partial Illumination
3. Frozen Light
4. If That Were to Occur
5. Informal Horizon
6. Intents and Purpose
7. Ephemeral
8. Embodied Cognition
9. Long Green Field
10. All This Has Happened Before
11. Temporary Aliasing
12. How Forests Think

That's probably just the vinyl tracklist. Of particular note are the alternate version of 'In Solitude We Are Least Alone' which may well be the more electronic interpretation of the track, heard on Mind Maps 2 and one of the Foundation NFT artworks, as well as 'Long Green Field', a Dan Pemberton collaboration previously heard on Mind Maps 2. The inclusion of 'Solitude' is particularly interesting, as this is the first time two versions of a track have appeared on two different albums (ignoring archived stuff), which itself ties the series together in an intriguing way. The cover states the title is E7.02 A Space of Partial Illumination, which is amusingly out of sync with how the previous volume is named. And, of course, the return of eurostile bold extended on the cover after an almost complete absence on Rituals.

28/06/22 - Environments 7.02 A Space of Partial Illumination out 22nd July

According to Juno. This is quite a surprise, as it initially looked like an early autumn release was likely. The LP edition is now listed on Juno, although no tracklist is present. CD will no doubt be released at the same time, and it's very likely FSOLDigital/Bandcamp will be shipping a week or so earlier, meaning it could easily be in our hands in three weeks! In other predictions, the CD and digital editions will likely feature exclusive tracks again. As for the title, it's unclear whether this will be how the album is listed on the artwork, although given the series's past, going from e7.001 to Environments 7.02 wouldn't be out of character. The album's proper title is the defintion of 'penumbra' found in several online dictionaries. More news soon!

Update. Amazon has this rather... short tracklist to offer:
1 A Space of Partial Illumination
2 If That Were To Occur
3 Intents And Purpose
4 Embodied Cognition
5 All This Has Happened Before
6 How Forests Think

That may just be side A. Or they could all be very long tracks.

17/06/22 - FSOL remix Dan Pemberton

Daniel Pemberton, frequent collaborator with Brian and Gaz since the late '90s, has just released a promotional single in support of his score for the film Brian and Charles. The single, 'Wales, Land of Wonder', features a FSOL remix of 'The Workshop of Invention' on the b-side. The remix appears on the full album score which will be available for puchase next week, 24th June.

17/06/22 - Mind Maps 3 out now

Grab your copy from Touched Music. Stay tuned for FSOLDigital release.

11/06/22 - Mind Maps 3 launch event

As with the previous volumes, Touched Music will hold a launch event for the third Mind Maps CD on Mixlr prior to its release. The mix album will be played in full, and no doubt some additional material will appear, in the event starting at 7:30BST on Friday. Here's a Facebook link for the event, and here's the Mixlr page.