09/11/14 - More Environment vinyl; Gallagher collab resurrection?

Following the vinyl release of Environments 2 on 24th November, an LP edition of Environments 4 will be released on 1st December. On the subject of Environments 2, it has been revealed that the 180g edition will be available exclusively from FSOLDigital.com, whilst other retailers will be stocking a standard weight edition (this is quite likely to be the case for 4, but nothing has been announced.) Futhermore, the band have teased this edition will contain 'something extra'. More news soon.

On the other end of the Dougans / Cobain spectrum, Noel Gallagher has been in the news lately, promoting his forthcoming second High Flying Birds record, Chasing Yesterday. In a recent interview, he described the record as an eclectic one, containing "space jazz" and "disco", and claims he's reworked two of his collaborative pieces with Amorphous for the album. Who knows how far from the 2012 versions they will be, but it seems that least some elements of those sessions will finally be released. Chasing Yesterday will be released on 2nd March 2015.

03/11/14 - Another 24/11 vinyl release!

Sitting alongside the Environments II vinyl (which, by the way, is rumoured to be a 180g double LP!) will be the long-awaited Amorphous Androgynous remix album of Syd Arthur material, entitled - imaginatively - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble. The press release reads:

Following their critically acclaimed remix/production work with Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, DJ Food, Pop Levi and their award winning compilation series "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind", The Amorphous Androgynous now turn their attention to Canterbury psych-rock quartet Syd Arthur, who were recently named Breakthrough Artist of 2014 in the Prog Awards. Choosing five tracks from Syd Arthur's back catalogue to re-work, The Amorphous Androgynous have fed these tracks through the AA sonic blender, turning up the saturation of the psychedelic dimensions within the Syd Arthur universe. The resultant album is a seven track, 45 minute auditory delight with the controls set resolutely toward the heart of the sun. Syd Arthur is fresh from a two month tour of the STATES supporting YES and a headline UK tour of their own.

The tracklist runs as follows:
1. Morning's Recall
2. Black Planet Eyes-Paradise Lost
3. Edge Of The Universe
4. Ode-Summer Is Leaving Me Behind
5. Born To Live Born To Die-Dorothy
6. Edge Of The Cosmic Earth
7. Morning Reprise-Advertsydment

Currently looks to be released on vinyl only.

02/11/14 - FSOL on Touched Two

FSOL will be presenting a new track, alongside names like Autechre, Orbital, B12, 808 State, Plaid and a whole host of other names from the electronic, ambient and modern classical worlds, on the second compilation from Touched - Music for Macmillan Cancer Support. The album will be available from 28th November; in the meantime, check out the full list of 251 (!!!) artists on Facebook

01/11/14 - Environments 2 vinyl release

Environments 2 will be out on vinyl on 24th November through FSOLDigital. "Since the original release of the CD in 2008, and subsequent releases in the series to Environment 5 in 2014, there has been growing demand for vinyl and so for the first time this year we bring Environments 2 in that format."

25/10/14 - Terminal Radio 22 inc. EBS10: stream and download now

After last night's premiere of six new FSOL tracks on Terminal Radio - 'Electric Brainstorm 10: Micro Edition' - the show is now available to stream and download from Soundcloud. The tracklist:
Film Polski - Vietnam
Zeebox - Sewage Worker (Triangle)
The Future Sound of London - 滅亡 (Archive 8 - Edit)
The Future Sound of London - Unfurl (Archived)
The Future Sound of London - EBV Answer Machine (The Knowing Collectors)
The Future Sound of London - Lakeside
The Future Sound of London - Driving Round

12/10/14 - EBS10: Micro Edition

A fifteen minute edition of The Electric Brainstorm series is due on 24th October. Electric Brainstorm 10: The Micro Edition will be part of the next Terminal Radio transmission, as organised by members of our very own forum. This particular edition sees Nmesh pull out all the stops, grabbing stars such as Youth, Ishq, DJ Food, Mixmaster Morris, Neotropic and Surface 10, alongside Terminal regulars Akkya and Sy Haze. Plus himself. And FSOL, of course. The FSOL mix will the premier of six unreleased FSOL and Zeebox tracks.

For those of you confused about the lack of EBS 9, it appears the opening track on the Environment 5 Bonus EP was actually volume 9 in the series, which is branching out into an all-round multi-media concept (a VHS version is still in the works.) You can tune in to Terminal Radio on Future Music at 1700 - 2000 BST (12PM EST) on 24th October.

08/10/14 - Environment Six teaser??

Today, the FSOL and FSOLDigital Facebook pages showed an image with six CD covers, and the caption "THE ENVIRONMENT SERIES. Now available on FSOLDigital.com". The six cover is that of one of the inner booklet pages of Environments 2, suggesting that it might simply be there to add symmetry to the image. It's also possibly there to suggest that a sixth is on the way. Not that past teasers have meant imminent release (volumes three, four and five have all been mentioned two years before their actual release) but with the initial rumours of Five being a double album, and the lack of tracks such as the previously heard '******' and 'Strange Glare', there is always the possibility that Six might be here soon.
Or it could just be for symmetry purposes.

Check out the image and join the speculation here.