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.