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!

24/12/08 - new Amorphous alternative versions

Thanks to Dell1972 on the forums for spotting some new track info on the Amorphous MySpace. A "new" track, 'His Motherness', is present, albeit simply an alternative version of 'The Emptiness Of Nothingness' (which, in a world of '-ness'ness, was originally called 'The Otherness', of course). Continuing the trend, it is credited as being from a 2009 release called 'The Outerness'. Another one to add to the list, alongside 2012, The New Love Poetry, Wobbly Oozescapes, Amorphik Alternatives and the Isness re-release. There's also a new mix of E'lysian Feels', and an edit of 'High Tide On The Sea Of Flesh'. And, in an unexpected move, an already released mix of Mello Hippo (the Abbey Road version, this time).
Time will tell on the new releases, we suppose.

Elsewhere on MySpace, you can hear a clip of the first Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble CD being previewed on Radio 1 on the MPB MySpace. There is apparently a Yage MySpace, although no music has been uploaded and there's not been a login since March! And that's about it.

05/12/08 - Gaz on Radio 1 in the forthcoming weeks

Gaz has posted the following on the Amorphous MySpace...

A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE . .our DJ mix compilation NOW RELEASED was eulogised about by Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1 last Sunday . . .

Our majordomo Gaz Cobain is to be a guest in forthcoming weeks to talk about the parallel worlds of Monstrous / AA/ FSOL . . .we'll let you know . . .


listen to the BBC hype=UP here !!

http://www. myspace. com/amonstrouspsychedelicbubble

If you're digging MONSTROUS as a concept then make sure you become a friend of the myspace listed above cos as the project expands that's where the news about it will occur .. events/ new releases/broadcasts etc . . . . .