29/04/20 - Record Store Day postponed. Again.

Unsurprisingly, Record Store Day has been postponed again. It will now be split over three days (?!): 29 August, 26 September and 24 October.

Releases will be split over the three, with an announcement on 1st June about which will be released when. So it looks like we'll be waiting until at least late August, possibly late October, for Cascade 2020 and We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal. Unless FSOL decide to sod the whole thing off and just release it earlier.

Why the fuck RSD aren't just promoting an online-only sale this year I don't know. There's no evidence to suggest that international lockdowns will actually be ended by August - or that they won't have started up again as winter sets in by the end of October - so there's still no guarantee these dates can be met anyway.

30/03/20 - FSOLDigital response to COVID-19 - sale & releases

An announcement on FSOLDigital today reads:
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FSOLDigital has suspended all postal sales for 3 weeks.
You can still purchase vinyl, CDs and merchandise but it won't be dispatched until the end of April - thanks for your understanding.
Stay safe people.

To coincide with this, the band are also offering the main digital catalogue with a 50% discount. This only applies to Dougans / Cobain releases, not including the calendar albums.

Five releases the sale does apply to are the new Humanoid and Yage digital EPs, and three A Controlled Vista mixes, out today.

Humanoid brings the KAAGE EP, after the promise that more material would be forthcoming. Six tracks, no additional info. We're hoping there's a 12" on its way - all physical releases are currently delayed because of the pandemic - but for the moment, there's MP3 and FLAC for certain. Tracklist:
01 – KAAGE (05:15)
02 – Static Objective (04:07)
03 – Aennuiosk (04:44)
04 – Event Null (04:29)
05 – Void Over (03:10)
06 – LoadedMethod (03:44)

Meanwhile, Yage's Pygmy EP arrives, only eight years after its announcement! Once again, FLAC and MP3 currently available:
01 – AP.BAC (05:11)
02 – Recause (06:50)
03 – Tunnel (03:26)
04 – Only If (05:40)
05 – Pygmy (07:19)

Finally, the A Controlled Vista mix, originally available as CD-only release on the Touched by Silence boxset last December, comes to FSOLDigital as a download, accompanies by two new mixes in the series, labeled 2.7 and 5.6. Tracklists of these are as follows:
2.7:
01 – FSOL – Across Lands
02 – INTEL COMM – Drive15
03 – FSOL – Deserted Roads
04 – THE BUBBLE HEADS – Frozen in the Air
05 – BLACKHILL TRANSMITTER – Karmin Line
06 – SUBURBAN DOMESTIC – Stillness
07 – FSOL – Multiplying Mutations
08 – HUMANOID – CO-PILOT
09 – SMART SYSTEMS – The Tingler (30hz remix)
10 – FSOL – Recollection
11 – FSOL – Nagware

5.6:
01 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Reacting
02 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – To be Expected
03 – HUMANOID – z clouds
04 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Australian Animal5
05 – HUMANOID – Transparent Form
06 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Dreaming with the TV on
07 – THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Multiplying Mutations
08 – YAGE – Despite


Unlike the first volume, these contain previously released material as well as new tracks. Enjoy!

26/03/20 - A Controlled Vista confirmed timestamps

Brian Dougans has given official running times for the tracklist of A Controlled Vista, which have been extrapolated into this timestamped tracklist:

00:00 FSOL - I Can't Find You
04:32 FSOL / Dan Pemberton - Offers on the Table
09:57 FSOL - Closure
14:19 FSOL - You Will Forget About Me
16:30 FSOL - Organic Weapon
19:36 Yage - Subtle Cause
20:56 Yage - Across 82
22:30 Humanoid - Tiny Machine Birth
25:39 FSOL - Optical Overspill
28:27 FSOL - A Type of Thought
30:40 Synthi A - Rivers Over Roads
34:51 Yage - Tower City North
36:53 FSOL - Slope/5/a
38:24 FSOL - Control Vista
42:55 Humanoid - Mass Made
46:36 FSOL - The Old Coastal Path

26/03/20 - Record Store Day tracklists

We have a tracklist for the Record Store Day releases! The LPs are currently due for release on Record Store Day, 20th June, although RSD wisely state that this is the date they're hoping for, and that further rearrangements may be necessary depending on the COVID-19 situation closer to the time. Anyway, to that tracklists. First up, Cascade 2020. It seems the approach is a mixture of the previous two re-recordings, with parts 1 and 4 from the original single being re-recorded, a la Yage, while a My Kingdom-esque 'Part 6' continues the journey. The rest of the album comes in the form of seven new pieces, inspired by, or thematically linked to, the original track.

1. Cascade (Part 1 - Recreated)
2. Flood of Reflection
3. Amid the Overwhelm
4. Cascade (Part 6)
5. Brief Silence in the Distance

6. Cascade (Part 4 - Recreated)
7. Dark Hours of Your Being
8. Sluice
9. Multiple Falling Objects
10. Deep Sea of Clouds

CD still due to follow on 26th June.

Secondly, We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Remixes), which is still being listed on most stores as simply A Monster Psychedelic Bubble. Here, the tracks are being listed as original pieces, which are undoubtedly remixes and rearrangements by the listed artists. AA provide two tracks (with 'Synthony...' Part 1 expected to be on the standard 'Immortal' single), and a third under the amusing name The Amorphous & Dodginess alongside Regal Worm. Brian gets a track to himself as Stoned Freshwaters, while various psychedelic friends provide the remaining reworkings.

1. Future Children - "The Lutine Bell"
2. Regal Worm vs The Amorphous & Dodginess - "Gunter & His Evil Soul Sacrifice Orchestra Play Black Mass A Gogo"
3. Cobalt Chapel - "Hymortality" (part 1)
4. The Amorphous Androgynous - "Physically I'm Here, Mentally Far, Far Away" (Excerpt)
5. Cobalt Chapel - "Hymortality" (part 2)
6. Las Trompas De Falopium - "Somos Inmortales Nos Persuadimosi"

7. Stoned Freshwaters - "Everything Is Easy With A Little Persuasion"
8. Atomic Simao - "Gravity Bong"
9. Richard E Further Out - "Our Dominion"
10. Steve Cobby's Sweet Jesus - "The Persuader"
11. The Amorphous Androgynous - "Synthony On A Theme Of Mortality" (part 2)
12. The Flying White Dots - "Counting Down The Time" (part 2)
13. The Cuckoo Clocks - "Tomorrow, Time & Immortality"

A digital version is hoped to follow the LP, probably on the 26th too.

13/03/20 - Record Store Day postponed

Record Store Day has been postponed to 20th June, due to concerns surrounding public gatherings in the light of the continually spreading COVID-19 virus. The CD edition of Cascade 2020 has been put back to follow the initial vinyl release, so will likely be available from 26th June.

12/30/20 - Australia benefit compilation out now

The Roel Funcken-curated compilation in aid of the Australian bushfire crisis is now available through Touched is available now, as a download for £7. The Yage track, 'Despite', closes the 35 track compilation.

11/03/20 - Yage track on Australia charity compilation

Roel Funcken of Funckarma is putting together a compilation in aid of Australia, particularly its wildlife, in the wake of the extensive bushfires of recent months. Among the 35 tracks listed is 'Despite' by Yage. More info on the project's Facebook page here.