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Ambient Bliss: Ben Neill’s “Green Machine”
Artist: Ben Neill Title: Green Machine Released: 1995 Label: Astralwerks Format: CD Genre: future jazz, ambient Keeping up with the Ambient Bliss series as the spring weather warms our bones, we move on to a classic release that tends to … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 23
Artist: FSOL Title: Teachings from the Electronic Brain – The Best of FSOL Released: 2006 Label: Virgin, Astralwerks Nearly fifteen years after the launch of the FSOL project and in the middle of the duo’s psychedelic escapades, this compilation arrives. … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 15
Artist: FSOL Title: We Have Explosive Released: 1997 Label: Astralwerks, Virgin Format: 12”, CD Genre: Abstract, dub, electro, ambient, break beat FSOL present, “We Have Explosive,” perhaps their second most popular single and the last official release prior to 2002 … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 10
Artist: FSOL Title: ISDN Released: 1994, 1995 Label: Astralwerks, Virgin Format, CD (limited), CD, 2×12” Genres: Ambient, experimental, abstract, IDM In early 1994, the Future Sound of London decided they weren’t going to do the typical stage touring show that … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 8
Artist: FSOL Title: Lifeforms (Paths) Released: 1994 Label: Astralwerks, Virgin Format: CD, 12” Genre: Ambient, IDM, leftfield A few months after their wildly successful “Lifeforms” double album, this single hits the shelves. Though, it feels more like a mini-album of … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 7
Artist: Future Sound of London Title: Lifeforms Label: Virgin UK, Astralwerks Released: 1994 Format: 2xCD, or 2×12” “Lifeforms” was released on May 16th, 1994 in the UK and on May 20th in the US. My brother bought a copy in … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 5
I’ve listened to so much FSOL in the last two days that I may take a break from this project to review something else… Artist: The Future Sound of London Title: Cascade Released: 1993 (reissue on CD in the US … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, pt. 4
Artist: Amorphous Androgynous Title: Liquid Insects Released: 1993 Label: Astralwerks Format: 12” vinyl (clear or black) Genre: Ambient, trance, techno To go alongside their debut album under the AA guise, this single was released on vinyl. It’s a simple three … Continue reading
The Life and Times of the Future Sound of London, Pt. 3
The Life and Times of FSOL, pt 3 Artist: Amorphous Androgynous (FSOL) Title: Tales of Ephidrina Released: 1993 Label: Astralwerks Format: CD (vinyl released in UK only) Genre: Ambient, down tempo, IDM FSOL has used countless aliases to experiment with … Continue reading
A Forgotten Astralwerks CD
(Sorry if the picture is tiny…) Artist: Aqua rhythms Title: Greetings from Deepest America Label: Astralwerks Released: 1997 Format: CD Genre: House, techno, acid house Astralwerks had a nice batch of releases back in its early days. Originally starting out … Continue reading
