12/12/19 - Forthcoming FSOL mix on Rave Atlas

Online electronic music portal Rave Atlas have been running their mix series for some time now, with a number of notable guest artists and producers providing mixes. On Boxing Day, FSOL will provide a new mix to the series. As reported on the Rave Atlas Facebook page...

F.S.O.L EXCLUSIVE MIX ALERT
26/12/2019 AVAILABLE THROUGH ALL RAVE ATLAS SOCIAL MEDIA.
We are thrilled to announce that The Future Sound Of London contributed an exclusive mix for the Rave Atlas Mix Series.
Out on Boxing Day.
Keep an eye on the Rave Atlas social media brothers & sisters

FSOL were the first band to sidestep traditional methods of touring, instead broadcasting studio performances via ISDN lines.
The ISDN l.p, containing material previously broadcast live to radio stations via ISDN, was released as a limited edition (with a black cover) in late 1994, followed by a more widespread edition (this time with a white cover and an altered track list) in 1995.

The site seems to focus more heavily on electronica styles - particularly with a dance direction - so it's likely this mix will be less based around '70s and '80s experimental sounds than the EBS mixes... although FSOL aren't always known for playing by the rules, so who knows what it will be. In the meantime, you can check the Rave Atlas website here.

08/12/19 - A Controlled Vista tracklisting

Thanks to Rob who's unearthed the tracklist for the FSOL disc on Touched by Silence...

FSOL Digital presents A Controlled Vista:

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

Needless to say we're all excited about that tracklist. 16 new tracks from four projects.

07/12/19 - A Controlled Vista and Apertures on 11CD box

A Controlled Vista is the title of the FSOL album featuring on Touched by Silence, the 11CD boxset coming out through charity label Touched on 13th December 2019. The set also features full albums by Scanner, Drøn, Mick Chillage, Locust, Anders Ilar, Joel Tammik, Autumn of Communion and Eric 'the' Taylor, as well as a 2CD various artists compilation featuring the likes of The Orb, David Morley, Higher Intelligence Agency, Richard H Kirk and, notably, the debut track from Apertures, a new project by FSOL's Brian Dougans and Ross Baker (that'll be me). The box set is limited to a hundred copies and will be available to purchase from Bandcamp next week.

02/12/19 - Plaid remix Humanoid

The final volume of Detuned's DE:10 series of 12" EPs arrives with yet another Humanoid track: this time, DE:08's Stakker re-recording, 'sT8818r', has been remixed by Plaid. Listen to a clip on Bleep. It's out everywhere now on slices of toxic silver plastic, limited to 300 copies.

01/12/19 - November calendar track

November's calendar track arrived just in the nick of time, during the evening of the 30th. It's a surprisingly noisy piece from August of this year, called 'Obscured by Dark Intervals'. Possibly a hint at the sound of Environment Seven? A few people are reporting the link takes them to a download of last month's track, 'The Shed' - these people are advised to email info@fsoldigital.com with the problem which should hopefully be resolved!

28/11/19 - Black Friday sale

This year's Black Friday sale at FSOLDigital is now on. 44 items are listed on the sale page, covering the full range of the catalogue. An additional 10% off all items in the store can be achieved with by applying code fsol10 at the checkout. The sale runs through to the end of Sunday.

14/11/19 - New items on FSOLDigital.

Well this all went out rather quietly. Reminds us of ten years ago when things would randomly appear on the site without warning.

First up, the second batch of 25 SX-1s are being made, and deposits are now being taken at £150 each, from the £3500 (ex. VAT) total. They make great Christmas presents for your kids, so grab one grab one here!. Please note that build on this run is currently unlikely to commence before late 2020, so your kids might be somewhat older by the time your synth arrives.

Secondly, and the only new music in this round of releases, is the staggeringly overdue third release by Seafar. Totem was originally due for release on 12th December 2012, completing a trilogy of numerically repeating releases. Only seven years late, the album can now be bought as MP3 or FLAC, with prices at £6.99 and £8.50 respectively. The blurb states:
Melbourne based electronic artist SEAFAR delivers his new album Totem. 16 tracks of dope grade electronic weirdness – classic Seafar.
Fun Fact – Seafar takes its name from a youth hostel in glasgow Brian (FSOL) lived in while training as an electrician pre FSOL years.
Fun Fact 2 – The youth hostel also features in Gregory’s girl a film from 1981

Bad news if you don't wear 'small' sized clothes: the other sizes of this very limited hand-printed Lifeforms hoodie have already sold out. Smaller fans take note, this size is likely to sell through very quickly too. Even at £38.

Even worse luck if you fancied one of seven test pressings of From the Archives Vol. 9 (or, indeed, Archived 9, as it's labelled here), as they've already sold out. Here's the page to have a look at anyway.

We're only a few weeks away from the Touched 10CD boxset, which will feature an array of new FSOL material alongside that of other artists, so look out for updates on that soon.