sabato 18 dicembre 2010

Mutant disco #67 - 18.12.2010.

   Mutant disco #67 - 18.12.2010. by Mutant disco

Radio show Mutant disco.
It airs every saturday from 9-11 pm on Elektrana radio (Exit festivals radio station).
http://radio.elektrana.net
Previous radio shows and playlists can be downloaded at Elektrana radio under on-demand in 128 kbps.
Playlist Mutant disco #67 - 18.12.2010.
01. Jaz - Leg room (Sixty five)
02. Jaz - Gliding (Sixty five)
03. Apiento & co - She walks (Leng)
04. Kollektiv turmstrasse - Schwindelig (Connaisseur recordings)
05. The bees - Silver line (Polydor ltd.)
06. The beatles - Flying (eleventhirtyeight edit) (CD-R)
07. Fritz Kalkbrenner - Facing the sun (Suol music)
08. Social disco club - SDC shows ya'! (American standard recordings)
09. Cisco Cisco - If you want me (original music) (Apersonal music)
10. Headman feat. SOS retreiver - Blue boys (Chmmr remix) (Relish)
11. Headman feat. SOS retreiver - Blue boys (Chmmr remix reprise) (Relish)
12. Eelke Kleijn - Arpeggiator stories continued (Manual music)
13. Chromatic filters - Hypnotic broad beans (original mix) (Rebirth)
14. Proper heat - We are ready (instrumental) (Nang)
15. Discodeine feat. Jarvis Cocker - Synchronize (extended instrumental) (DFA)
16. Los Africanos - Do it (Mondo disco edit) (CD-R)
17. Tiga - Love don't dance here anymore (instrumental mix) (Different / Turbo)
18. Kotey extra band - Pooktas (Bear funk)
19. Ajello - Free luv (Demo disc)
20. Colette - On a high (Gianos Patron mixer) (Candy talk records)
21. Aril Brikha - Groove la chord (Deetron remix) (Art of vengeance)
22. Fritz Kalkbrenner - Sideways and avenues (Suol music)
23. James Johnston - Missed the party (4lux)

venerdì 17 dicembre 2010

Sonar/Off 2010 - Hi Five Mobilee vs Supplement"dOP" Facts Rooftop Party @ Hotel Silken Diagonal (Barcelona,ES) - 2010-06-19

 
     

2020Vision party at Village Underground

The second 2020Vision party at Village Underground in east London is this Saturday.  It's almost sold out, all standard tickets have sold out. All online tickets have now sold out, the only way to now get into the party is on the 2020 members list.  Please email full names here if you want to be added to the concession guestlist and join us for what is going to be another very special party. Early arrival essential, doors 9pm.

giovedì 16 dicembre 2010

"Samson" - December Promo Mix (FREE DOWNLOAD)

   Samson - December Promo Mix by samsondj
Samson King,
Bournemouth, Britain (UK)
- Wetrooms / Zoo Look -
Twenty two year old DJ, Producer & Promoter Sam King, under his Samson guise has been involved in the club scene for a good few years now, promoting and spinning each week all across the map.
His back to basics (no laptops / gadgets) approach to performing has earned him top slots along-side tonnes of big names such as Tania Vulcano, Nick Curly, Timo Maas, Robert James, Gavin Herlihy, Santos, Jerome Sydenham, Deepgroove, Reset Robot, Shane Watcha, Sebrok, Jose De Divina, James Priestley, Gilles Smith, Craig Torrance and so many more, learning all the while.
Samson is also one half of the production duo Wetrooms. Their first EP 'A Humble Introduction' is set for release on it_tizz recordings in December 2010.


martedì 14 dicembre 2010

Local Zero's Christmas Cracker (Free Set Download +Playlist)Genere: Chill

   Local Zero's Christmas Cracker by Local Zero

A seasonal mix of Sub 96bpm beauties including some stone cold soul & funk classics. Think long nights in relaxing with friends & family.
1. Etta James - Lets Straighten It Out
2. Marvin Gaye - Ain't That Peculiar(SoulP & Neil Tomo's Summer Madness Mix)
3. Duff Disco - A Tribute to Barry
4. Kissy Asplund – Move Me (M.K. Edit)
5. Tony Joe White - Thing About You Baby (Psychemagick Love Dub Edit)
6. Barry White - Your Love (Onur Engin Edit)
7. Rayko - Jojo (Rayko Dragon Soul Edit)
8. Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing (Superbreak Edit)
9. Duff Disco - Eagle Flight
10. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (SoulP & Neil Tomo Juciy Fruit Edit)
11. Flash Atkins - All I Want For Christmas Is You
12. Sam Sallon – You May Not Mean To Hurt Me (Leo Zero Remix)
13. Mojave 3 - Bluebird of Happiness (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)

Local Zero Rich plays a wide range music styles but focus mainly on Classic/Re-edits & Nu-Disco, Boogie, Funk , House & the odd bit of old skool Hip Hop. Rich started buying records in the late 70s but really caught the DJ bug in the early 90s at Uni in Liverpool where he played at Cream & various nights at the Student Union & in the city. Having moved to brighton in 95 he has put on countless free parties at the "Co-op" and plays at various clubs & bars all over Brighton with Blacklodge, Pablo Contraband & the Disco Deviant crew. 

M.in - Lord Teach Me House (Gabe Remix)

   M.in - Lord Teach Me House (Gabe Remix) by Gabe

Jamie Jones & Clive Henry Back 2 Back Live @ Culprit Sessions, The Standard Rooftop, Los Angeles - 22-03-2008

   Jamie Jones & Clive Henry Back 2 Back Live @ Culprit Sessions, The Standard Rooftop, Los Angeles - 22-03-2008 by R_co

lunedì 13 dicembre 2010

"Period The End-The Is" FREE TRACK!!

   "Period The End-The Is" by Period The End

Period The End   M.F.Silva/HeavenlyFather, planet x, United States

The King Of Drums! Mr.JOE CLAUSSELL

 JOE CLAUSSELL
Joe Claussell has long been one of New York City's busiest dance figures, thanks to his work in all areas of the house community: as a highly respected DJ, producer, remixer, label-head (Spiritual Life Music and Ibadan), and record-shop owner (Dance Tracks). Spiritual Life has released tracks from a host of New York nu-house teams including Claussell himself, Mateo & Matos, Blaze, Slam Mode, and frequent production partner Jephte Guillaume. And his Sunday clubnight Body &  Soul (with fellow residents François Kevorkian and Danny Krivit) recreated the vibes fostered at the birth of modern dance music -- David Mancuso's Loft sessions during the early '70s -- with a varied mix of vibrant music ranging from Milton Nascimento to Masters at Work to Cesario Evora to Kevin Yost to Fela Kuti. In his productions, he's often mirrored that eclectic mix of styles, dropping in plenty of acoustic instruments and rich percussion patterns.


Like Kevorkian, Claussell is a veteran of the disco era, an enthusiastic participator at DJ sessions from near-legendary figures like Mancuso and Larry Levan. Raised in Brooklyn, he learned musical diversity thanks to the wide-ranging tastes of his seven brothers. He began working at the New York record store Dance Tracks in the late '80s, and after forming a partnership with new owner Stefan Prescott, turned it into one of the leading vinyl sources in the city. Claussell turned to production with a few remixing credits, and in 1996, launched Spiritual Life Music with the single "Stubborn Problems" by Timmy Regisford.



Spiritual Life soon became the home for productions embracing all forms of groove music from the past few decades, as comfortable working through Caribbean folk and salsa rhythms as the expected deep house. (Not surprisingly, the selection at the Dance Tracks store featured the same philosophy at work.) Tight releases by two of New York's best producers (Slam Mode with "Fiat Mistura," and Blaze with "Directions") increased the label's visibility during the mid-'90s, and Claussell moved into production with great singles by Jephte Guillaume ("The Prayer," "Kanpe") during 1997. He also formed a second label, Ibadan, and released his first proper single, the 1997 Brazilian house workout "Escravos de Joe."

The same vibes fostered on Spiritual Life material also found a workout at Body & Soul, the Sunday evening club founded by Claussell with François Kevorkian. His first full-length, Mix the Vibe, was released on NiteGrooves in 1999, followed later that year by his proper debut, Language. A Spiritual Life compilation, Spiritual Life Music, is also available. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide



Joaquin "Joe" Claussell vs Jeff Mills at Bataclan in Paris during a Terrassa Limited party. Joe Claussell plays Jay Dee - Plastic Dreams 

Mutant disco #66 - 11.12.2010+FREE DOWNLOAD+Playlist

   Mutant disco #66 - 11.12.2010. by Mutant disco

Leri Ahel
Playlist Mutant disco #66 - 11.12.2010.
01. Arthur Russell - Wax the van (Linosaur remake) (CD-R)
02. Dennis jr - Volunteered slavery (CD-R)
03. The heels of love - Slave (Hands of time)
04. Šizike - Don't stop (Konrad Medvedov edit) (CD-R)
05. Gazeebo - Gushing climax (Irregular disco workers sowing remix) (Community recordings promo)
06. Heinrich Dressel - Vicolo cieco (Legowelt remix) (Minimal Rome)
07. Dennis jr - Get me all the way (Akustikk recordings)
08. Robert Babicz - Pink trees (Bedrock records)
09. Jamie Blanco - Unknown reason (CD-R)
10. Etienne de Crecy - No brain (Serge Santiago remix) (Pixadelic)
11. House of Jezebel - Love and happiness (instrumental mix) (Rush hour/Voyage direct)
12. Bicep - Darwin (Throne of blood promo)
13. Ulysses - Acid reflux (Prins Thomas diskomiks) (Throne of blood promo)
14. Talking heads - Girlfriend is better (NELUE rework) (CD-R)
15. Kink & Neville Watson - City 2 city (Snuff trax)
16. Sommerstad - Morgendis (original mix) (Spacewalker recordings promo)
17. Circlesquare - Dancers (Taras3000 remix) (Studio !K7)
18. Joy Revision - The queen is dubbed (Gazeebo promo)
19. The legendary 1979 orchestra - Come twice (CD-R)

Radio show Mutant disco.
It airs every saturday from 9-11 pm on Elektrana radio (Exit festivals radio station).
http://radio.elektrana.net
Previous radio shows and playlists can be downloaded at Elektrana radio under on-demand in 128 kbps.

giovedì 9 dicembre 2010

Chris Jylkke *Toto - Georgy Porgy (Satin Jackets & Chris Jylkke Edit)+set

   Toto - Georgy Porgy (Satin Jackets & Chris Jylkke Edit) by Chris Jylkke
Its all about the groove in the music whatever genre there is coming out of the speakers!
Chris Jylkke  Stockholm, Sweden

     Chris Jylkke - Funk My Disco by Chris Jylkke 



U-Tern (Free D. Track )"Oliver - All Night"

   Oliver - All Night by U-Tern

U-Tern  
Vaughn, Vancouver, Canada

"Onur Engin" - Edits Vol.1 [OE001] (12"Limited)

   Onur Engin - Edits Vol.1 [OE001] (Limited 12") by Onur Engin

Onur Engin - Edits Vol.1 [OE001]
Tracklist:
A1. Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You (Onur Engin Edit)
A2. George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (Onur Engin Edit)
B1. Barry White - Your Love (Onur Engin Edit)
"Istanbul’s finest Onur Engin has been causing quite a stir with his exceptional and lovingly re-crafted edits for a little while now. His selections range in tempo and feel and always drawn from masterful musicians and producers. His additional production and arrangement is both subtle and exceptionally clear, breathing new life into these exquisite songs. And here's a new 12" of three special edits under OE.
‘I Thought It Was You’ brings the ever inventive, ever relevant Herbie Hancock’s hit from the seminal 1978 LP Sunlight bang up to date with a superb treatment here. Onur gets a fuller, richer sound from the original allowing the sinuous funk bassline some room to work it’s magic and of course, has there ever been a better use of the vocoder than here?.
‘Turn Your Love Around’ takes a slice of classic soulful boogie, extends the intro, adds some dancefloor pump and lets the unique George Benson's vocals soar, and when the chorus kicks in - happiness guaranteed.
The B-Side track, ‘Your Love’ in Onur’s hands becomes a Balearic hymn to the sun, a life affirming, soulful and orchestral epic seamlessly extended out to nearly 10 minutes. This is truly a flawless edit of an already extraordinary piece of music by Barry White.
These edits, where the song always remains clear as a bell, the original production is respected, augmented and most astonishingly, improved. Strictly vinyl only, you most definitely don't want to miss out on this package."
Released by: White
Release/catalogue number: OE001
Release date: Dec 8, 2010  [OE001]
Tracklist:
A1. Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You (Onur Engin Edit)
A2. George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (Onur Engin Edit)
B1. Barry White - Your Love (Onur Engin Edit)
"Istanbul’s finest Onur Engin has been causing quite a stir with his exceptional and lovingly re-crafted edits for a little while now. His selections range in tempo and feel and always drawn from masterful musicians and producers. His additional production and arrangement is both subtle and exceptionally clear, breathing new life into these exquisite songs. And here's a new 12" of three special edits under OE.
‘I Thought It Was You’ brings the ever inventive, ever relevant Herbie Hancock’s hit from the seminal 1978 LP Sunlight bang up to date with a superb treatment here. Onur gets a fuller, richer sound from the original allowing the sinuous funk bassline some room to work it’s magic and of course, has there ever been a better use of the vocoder than here?.
‘Turn Your Love Around’ takes a slice of classic soulful boogie, extends the intro, adds some dancefloor pump and lets the unique George Benson's vocals soar, and when the chorus kicks in - happiness guaranteed.
The B-Side track, ‘Your Love’ in Onur’s hands becomes a Balearic hymn to the sun, a life affirming, soulful and orchestral epic seamlessly extended out to nearly 10 minutes. This is truly a flawless edit of an already extraordinary piece of music by Barry White.
These edits, where the song always remains clear as a bell, the original production is respected, augmented and most astonishingly, improved. Strictly vinyl only, you most definitely don't want to miss out on this package."
Released by: White
Release/catalogue number: OE001
Release date: Dec 8, 2010

So Inagawa (Setagaya, Japan)










Artist:    Dan DRASTIC/PAUL BOWEN/SO INAGAWA
Title:    Unreleased EP
Label:    Luna  Receive an e-mail alert when this artist releases a new title
Cat:    LREPS 001
Format:    12"
Released:    13 September, 2010
Price:    €8.33
Genre:    Deep House
Playlist:    MP3














ALISON MARKS "Ricochet"

Ricochet by alisonmarks

martedì 7 dicembre 2010

Plastikman Of the Day: "Konception"

DJ Ralf

DJ Ralf 
Biography
Antonio Ferrari, aka DJ Ralf, was born in Bastia Umbra (Perugia) on 20/09/1957 and since the most tender age was renamed by his friends and parents as Ralf.

After having worked in small clubs of his province, he lands to Cocoricò console where he’s still Resident DJ into Titilla Privè, from a lot of years by now. Besides Cocoricò he has worked in a lot of other famous clubs, both in Italy and abroad, as Matis, Mazoom, Ethos Mama, Pleigine, Villa Delle Rose, Colazione Da Tiffany, Roxy in Amsterdam. Currently he works at Ministry Of Sound in London, during the night called Rulin, where he’s regular guest together with Italian DJs, besides he collaborates with Ibiza’s Made In Italy and with Discoid magazine for which he writes a column called "Touch & Go" where he reviews several tunes and talks about his moods.

With his very particular sound, that goes from House to the Dance 70/80, but with some variations that leave very often the crowd with an opened mouth, Ralf is currently affirmed in Italy and abroad playing in the most important Club. From the times of Titilla and Pleigine he’s never gone down by the podium... For the whole summer 2003 Ralf will be resident at Jesolo Beach’s Muretto Club, perpetrating a tradition been born in 2002, going along with Ricky Montanari.


Surely he is one of the huge names of House Music scene in Italy. Our country teems of great productions and remixing talents. But in console, in front of the dancefloor, he knows how to be the number one. He’s able to lead any dancefloor through all the most hidden vibrations of the music. He’s a "master of ceremonies". Therefore he’s not only DJ, but a character in the noblest meaning of the term. To listen to his music, to participate to his parties, brings us a continuous energy feeling that few other DJs in the world know how to give, the perception of what means to really enjoy an house party. To listen to DJ Ralf is to understand something in more.


   Ralf - Da Da Da -2 maggio 1992 by HYPNOSIS

His message to the night people? "I don't love messages - explains RALF - especially those to… unified nets, I hate commonplaces, the arrogant, the backbitesr, the Tod's, those that know everybody. I love onion’s squeezing bread, the bruschetta with some good oil, noodles with tomato and basil. I adore Portugal and Milan gives me anxiety. I don't bear the sweety "families " and Gigi Sabani, I like honest people, I hate people groups and those that always speak about themselves. I love women, my bed and Capocavallo. I don't like to give and to receive suggestions. I would like to marry Anna Galliena (or Uma Thurman).The music has saved my life."

31.12.2010 at RED ZONE CLUB (Perugia)IT.



lunedì 6 dicembre 2010

Plastikman Of the Day: "Plasticine"


Label:NovaMute, Intercord Tonträger GmbHCountry:Germany
Released:1993
Genre:Electronic
Style:Techno, Experimental, Minimal, Acid
Credits:Artwork By [Plastikman Design] - Dominic Ayre
Compiled By - John Acquaviva , Richie Hawtin
Music By [Musik By], Artwork By [Layout] - Richie Hawtin
Notes:(P)&(C) 1993 Mute Records Ltd.
Marketed by Intercord Ton GmbH

Rueben Bell - Superjock (Stickybuds Edit) Free Funk Track Download!

Stickybuds~    
Tyler M, Kelowna, Canada


   Rueben Bell - Superjock (Stickybuds Edit) by Stickybuds~

From the funkafied west coast of Canada, Tyler M. (aka Stickybuds), has been making his mark on music all over the world. In the last year and a half he has toured Brazil, UK and Canada headlining and supporting with the worlds best DJ’s. His intense work ethic and passion for destroying dancefloors with multi-genre sets have earned him a residency at Shambhala music festival (2005 – 2010), and big gigs all around the world.
With 8 releases under his belt on esteemed labels like Goodgroove, Bombastic Jam and Fort Knox Recordings he brings to the table his unique mix of funk, hip hop, reggae, breaks, big basslines and glitch. His tracks have received global play from his heroes like Featurecast, A.Skillz and Fort Knox Five, while frequently hitting number one on best seller charts like the well respected Juno records store.
His passion for sound design and music has also earned Tyler a role as a teacher at the Center of Arts and Technology (Kelowna, BC) where he helps sculpt the producers of tomorrow. He can also be found teaching his production seminars on the road building a network of like-minded individuals and spreading his passion for music.
2011 looks bright with a slew of upcoming remix’s and solo ep’s scheduled, a tour of Australia and New Zealand and many shows in North America. The future is bright for the forward thinking, passionate and all around nice guy Stickybuds.
Releases on...
Goodgroove Records / Baffin Island Beat Brigade / Big M Bootie / Pop N' Lock / Rottun Recordings / Fort Knox Recordings / Skanky Panky / Bombastic Jam


For Booking info and remix work:
Tyler@TmFrequency.com

www.myspace.com/djstickybuds
soundcloud.com/stickybuds

Radio Slave, Guy Gerber, Shackleton - "Live at Fabric" London Saturday, 11 December 2010

Line-up /
ROOM ONE: Craig Richards Radio Slave Guy Gerber ROOM TWO: Frequency 7: Ben Sims & Surgeon Shackleton (LIVE) Peverelist ROOM THREE: Brett Johnson Terry Francis
Cost /
£18/10(Students/fabricfirst); £8 for all from 4am, £5 from 5am - 
 

http://www.fabriclondon.com
 

"Leri Ahel" Presents:"Mutant disco#65" (Free Set Download/Track List)

 

Radio show Mutant disco.
It airs every saturday from 9-11 pm on Elektrana radio (Exit festivals radio station).
http://radio.elektrana.net
Previous radio shows and playlists can be downloaded at Elektrana radio under on-demand in 128 kbps.

Playlist Mutant disco #65 - 04.12.2010.
01. Twisted tongue - A return to space (above machine "Acid boogie" remix) (CD-R)
02. Claudja Barry - Love for the sake of love (Social disco club edit) (CD-R)
03. Sky - Westway (The Deadstock 33's re-edit) (CD-R)
04. Cantoma - North shore (Idjut boys version instrumental) (Leng)
05. Duff disco - I need ya (Eddie C's sober summer remix) (Composite records)
06. James Delay - Howl (Russell club)
07. Villa feat. The new sins - Beats of love (Hannulelauri dub remix) (Abracada)
08. Botox feat. Anna Jean - Blue steel (I'm a cliche)
09. Jacky Chalard - La collecte de coeurs (Finders keepers)
10. Frank Agrario - Hot tube (Internasjonal)
11. Of Norway feat. Vinny Villbas - Heathen burial (Afro art)
12. Luminodisco - Boomachine (Ajello Burrell remix) (Danny was a drag king promo)
13. Martyn - Left hander (3024)
14. Michael Woodruff - Class-E (Costin 105 remix) (Steamtown records)
15. Detachments - The flowers that fell (Missile crisis rmx) (CD-R)
16. Social disco club - Peaceful warrior (Soft rocks Jesus convenction mix) (Is it balearic? recordings)
17. Hawke - Inside job (Tal M Klein remix) (Eight tracks)
18. Lord of the isles - Geek chic (CD-R)
19. Kasper Bjorke & His friendly ghost - Go away song (Holtoug remix) (Compost)
20. Lilja Bloom - Mother (Parov Stelar's cry and dance remix) (Etage noir recordings)
21. Sommerstad - Opptur med sopptur (Full pup)

sabato 4 dicembre 2010

The Best Voices in the House Music World |Chapter 2|"MSS.LISA HUNT"

Lisa (sister) Hunt began singing in that great African American tradition, the gospel church, there was laid the foundation of her soulful singing style. She went on to study voice at The City College of New York (BFA).

Lisa's studio credits include sessions with famed producers Jellybean Benitez (Madonna), Toni C (Whitney), Frank Farion (LaBouche, Milli Vanilli), The Berman Brothers (Amber, Ultra Nate), many more. Her voice can be heard on several top 10 dance tracks all over the European continent including being “the voice” of LOVESTATION (UK), CLUB X (Germany), and D1 (USA)

Lisa Rehearsing with Pavarotti 

In Italy she has been the featured vocalist on tour and recordings of ZUCCHERO Sugar Fornaciari for over 15 years and has worked with a range of artist from PAVAROTTI to RAY CHARLES (check out her on Pavarotti and friends). She has also shared the stage with musical greats such as ERIC CLAPTON, JAMES BROWN, DIONNE WARWICK, BRIAN MAY, RANDY CRAWFORD, JOE COCKER, MILES DAVIS, and ANDREA BOCELLI

 

 Lisa and Macy Gray
2005 sees the USA release of D1 featuring Lisa Hunt single The Joint Is Jumping (D1Music.com), which already top 20 on the Billboard Club Chart and the Australian summer tour of Forever Soul


At the moment  "MSS.LISA HUNT " working with Cool-Live Recording Agency.

For Recordings or Gigs in Europe/Africa/Russia/South America  please contact to:
Fabio Caruso at info@fxsgroup.com
Or fill out the booking  form


venerdì 3 dicembre 2010

FSOL "The Future Sound of London" (Bio|Links|Videos)


The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) is a prolific British electronic music band composed of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music.Although often labelled as ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers most areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, drum and bass, house music, trip-hop, ambient dub, acid techno and often involves extreme experimentation; for example they have, since the turn of the millennium, experimented with psychedelic rock under their Amorphous Androgynous alias. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film  and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation  in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making.
They have released works under numerous aliases like: Aircut,Amorphous Androgynous,Art Science Technology,Candese,Deep Field,Dope Module,EMS:Piano,Heads Of Agreement,Homeboy,Humanoid,Indo Tribe,IntelligentCommunication,Mental Cube,Metropolis,Part-Sub-Merged,Polemical,Q,Semtex,Semi Real,Six Oscillators In Remittance,SmartSystems,T.Rec,The Far-out Son Of Lung,The Orgone Accumulator,Unit2449,Yage,Yunie,Zeebox,




History

Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans met in the mid 1980s while studying electronics at university in Manchester, England. Dougans had already been making electronic music for some time, working between Glasgow  and Manchester, when they first began working in various local clubs. In 1988, Dougans embarked on a project for the Stakker graphics company. The result was Stakker Humanoid. Cobain contributed to the accompanying album. A video was also produced.
In the following three years the pair produced music under a variety of aliases, releasing a plethora of singles and EPs, including the successful bleep  techno  singles "Q" and "Metropolis", some of which would end up on the duo's first compilation album "Earthbeat"  in 1992. "Metropolis" was also very influential in the house  scene.

"FSOL"

In 1991 they released their first album, Accelerator, which was followed by their seminal breakthrough ambient-dub track "Papua New Guinea", featuring a looping Lisa Gerrard vocal sample and a bassline from Meat Beat Manifesto's "Radio Babylon". The track has has made several (British) "Best songs ever" polls and track specific accolades.[6][7][8]  Accelerator won praise for its unique sound and atmosphere, and contained atmospheric links between tracks which would later form the unique sound of the band. In 1992, Virgin Records were looking for electronic bands and, after "Papua New Guinea"'s chart success, quickly signed them, giving them free rein to experiment.


With their newfound contract they immediately began to play with more ambient music, resulting in the "Tales of Ephidrina" album of 1993, the first album to be released under the Amorphous Androgynous alias; this was well received by press and marked distinct shift from the more techno driven Accelerator, retaining some dance beats, but focussing more on texture, mood and sound, most famously on the popular track "Mountain Goat". The album was adventurously released on Quigley, the band's own short-lived offshoot of Virgin. At this time, the band had begun experimenting with radio performance, broadcasting now legendary three hour radio shows to Manchester's Kiss FM from their studio.



Lifeforms, ambience and the ISDN tour

"Cascade", released as a single in 1993, introduced the commercial music world to the new FSOL sound. Despite its length, clocking in at nearly forty minutes and stretched over six parts, the track made the UK top 30, and previewed what was to come. In 1994, they released Lifeforms to critical acclaim. The album featured unconventional use of percussion interspersed with cyclopean ambient segments. The eponymous single from the album featured Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins on vocals. The album itself featured epic, ambient soundscapes, with each track flowing from one to the next with no pauses in between. Throughout the record, familiar motifs and samples repeated themselves, sitting alongside tropical birdsong, rainfall, wind and an array of other exotic sounds, lending the album a natural, organic feel, backed up by the environmental landscapes that filled the artwork booklet. The album was also a top 10 hit on the UK album chart. Cobain has said that around this time that journalists would come to talk to them and one of the first things they would ask would be if they liked Brian Eno (whom they cite as an influence), to which they would laugh and say that they were about looking forward, not to the past. It was, to them, very much a new work rather than just another Eno-type ambient album.
 “     We wanted to release a very immersive, mind-blowing piece of music that was long and would deeply drench you in it...Lifeforms was redefining 'classical ambient electronic experimental' — that was the phrase we used. - Cobain on Lifeforms     ”
That year, they released the limited edition album ISDN, which featured live broadcasts they had made over ISDN lines to various radio stations worldwide, The Kitchen, an avant-garde performance space in New York and several appearances on the late John Peel's celebrated BBC radio Sessions shows, to promote Lifeforms.
These shows marked the evolution of the Kiss FM shows of 1992 and 1993, moving away from DJ sets and into ambient soundscapes, with previously released material performed alongside unheard tracks. One live performance to BBC Radio 1 featured Robert Fripp performing alongside the band. The released album's tone was darker and more rhythmic than Lifeforms. Cobain stated that with ISDN they had wanted to achieve something epic and grand but no matter how much technological or personal support they had (and they had everything they could have possibly wanted) they never got to truly do what they envisioned; he admits to wanting too much at this time, even though the album was successful; the 90s, for Cobain in particular, were a time of frustration and feelings of not being able to do what they wanted to even though the technology at the time did not fit their ideas.The following year, the album was re-released with expanded artwork, a slightly altered tracklist, as an unlimited pressing.


Dead Cities

 

The 1995 edition of John Peel Sessions featured three entirely new tracks, which took the breakbeats and chaotic sampling of ISDN away from their previous lush synthscapes and toward a new, more contemporary sound. In 1996, they released Dead Cities, which expanded upon these early demos. The new material was a mix of ambient textures and dance music. The lead single, "My Kingdom", introduced the sound, with a video featuring shots of London, and a sound suggesting a dystopian city. The album also featured the band's first collaboration with composer Max Richter, which included the big beat track "We Have Explosive", released in 1997; it was used on the Mortal Kombat: Annihilation soundtrack, and (before the single release) in 1996 on the video game wipE'out" 2097, along with the track "Landmass", which they wrote especially for "2097" and wipE'out". FSOL contributed to the WipEout Fusion soundtrack as well.
"We Have Explosive" was the second single from the album, and the band's highest charting single (beating "My Kingdom" by one spot to number 12), and over the course of its five-part extended version included hints of funk, something which would be heard again when the band returned many years later.
The album was promoted by what the band described as "the fuck rock'n'roll tour" via ISDN, lasting several months and gaining much media attention by being the first band to do a world tour without leaving their studio. While 1994's tour had focused on creating soundscapes and unreleased material, the 1996 and 1997 shows were more conventional, each offering a different take on the Dead Cities experience, blending then-current tracks with occasional exclusive pieces of the time. However, the final few performances jettisoned this material for tracks from a series of unreleased sessions, containing more live sounding material, including considerable use of guitar and percussion. These "1997 sessions" were highly sought after by fans, with some tracks forming the basis of the band's psychedelic projects of the following decade, while others appeared on the From The Archives series.



New millennium, new sound 

After a four year hiatus, and rumours of mental illness which turned out to be nothing more than exaggeration of Cobain's mercury poisoning from fillings in his teeth, the pair returned in 2002 with "The Isness", a record heavily influenced by 1960s and 1970s psychedelia and released under their alias Amorphous Androgynous. It was preceded by Papua New Guinea Translations, a mini album which contained a mixture of remixes of FSOL's track as well as new material from The Isness sessions. The album received mixed press due to the drastic change in sound which was inspired by Cobain's and Dougan's (separate) travels to India and immersion in spiritualism, nevertheless the majority was positive with Muzik magazine offering the album a 6/5 mark and dubbing it "...a white beam of light from heaven..." and other British publications such as The Times, The Guardian and MOJO praising the album and the bands ability to do something so completely different from what they had done before

 

Three years on, they followed the album with a continuation of the Amorphous Androgynous project, Alice in Ultraland. Rumoured to be accompanied by a film of the same title, the album took The Isness' psychedelic experimentation and toned it down, giving the album a singular theme and sound, and replacing the more bizarre moments with funk and ambient interludes. The album was ignored by the press, but more favourable among fans than its predecessor. Unlike The Isness, which featured almost 100 musicians over the course of it and the various alternative versions and remix albums, Alice in Ultraland featured a fairly solid band lineup throughout, which extended to live shows which the band had undertaken away from the ISDN cables, from 2005 onwards.
...song form has just become too limited. And when I say 'psychedelic', it's not a reference to 60s music but to the basic outlook of a child, which we all have. I think this is the only salvation now. Dance music taught us how to use the studio in a new way, but we have to now take that knowledge and move on with it. This stuff, electronic music, is not dead. It's a process that is ongoing. We have to take hold of the past and go forward with it...

- Cobain on the new Amorphous Androgynous sound.

5.1 & Digital experimentation

The FSOL moniker re-appeared in 2006 with a piece entitled "A Gigantic Globular Burst Of Anti-Static", intended as an experiment in 5.1 Surround Sound and created for an exhibition at the Kinetica art museum entitled, appropriately, "Life Forms". The piece contained reworked material from their archives and newer, more abstract ambient music. The piece was coupled with a video called "Stereo Sucks", marking the band's theories on the limitations of stereo music, released on a DVD packaged with issue 182 of Future Music Magazine in December 2006 and on FSOL's own download site in March 2007.
They have also been, literally, creating their own sounds when they began constructing electronic instruments, the result of which can be heard on the 2007 release Hand-Made Devices. At their website Glitch TV (where the motto is "[A] sudden interruption in sanity, continuity or programme function") they sell and explain their devices such as the "Electronic Devices Digital Interface" glitch equipment

FSOL digital and the Archives

In 2007, the band uploaded several archive tracks online, for the first time revealing much of their unreleased work and unveiling some of the mystery behind the band. The old FSOL material, including the previously unreleased album Environments, along with a selection of newer experiments, the 5.1 experiments and a promise of unreleased Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic material, was uploaded for sale on their online shop, FSOLdigital.com. As of July 2008 the CD releases of the Archives series have sold over 15,000 units.
The FSOLdigital platform has performed very well - we are delighted that people still dig us - we dig you all too.
- Brian Dougans on the positive reaction to the site and "Archives" sales.
In early March 2008, the band released a new online album as Amorphous Androgynous entitled The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness, which they describe as "A collection of psychedelic relics from The Amorphous Androgynous, 1967-2007". The release retains the sound of their last two psychedelic albums, while expanding on the element of funk first introduced on 2005's Alice in Ultraland. They recorded their following album, The Woodlands of Old, under the alias of their imaginary engineer Yage. Unlike the techno work recorded as Yage in 1992, this new record was darker, more trip-hop and world music-oriented and featured ex-Propellerheads member Will White.
In a continuation of the band's newer, more candid side, they revealed future plans to fans via email and MySpace, with 2008 promising archives from The Amorphous Androgynous, more solo experiments from Brian and further Environments albums, covering past and present material. An entirely new FSOL album is in the works, but no actual details have been revealed to date.
In August 2008, the band put out Environments II online, showcasing an unseen side of the band, largely pure ambient and orchestral in style and haunting in mood, and considerably different over its fourteen icy sounding tracks to the original Environments record. On the same day, a fifth Archive release was made available, leaving announced but unreleased tracks suggesting a possible sixth in the series.
In 2010, they made major updates to The Pod Room, with number of their live ISDN transmissions from the 1990s being uploaded and made available for sale for the first time.
The band's third Environments album, also released in 2010, was the first record to appear on CD and MP3 at the same time, and was promoted by a series of teaser videos and tracks online. Bringing a darker tinge to the band's cinematic ambience, the release brought more emphasis on rhythm to the series.
Further archived material is expected through the online shop, including the third Zeebox record, more solo work by Brian as Six Oscillators In Remittance and EMS:Piano, Amorphous Androgynous archives and FSOL demos under the name 2" Tape Reels. Further forays into the archives have appeared in the form of The Pod Room broadcast and podcast page, featuring all of the band's ISDN broadcasts and mixes.

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind

Following on from the band's 1997 DJ set of the same name, a series of "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind" mix CDs were begun in 2006. The first two were released under the Amorphous Androgynous alias, subtitled "Cosmic Space Music" and "Pagan Love Vibrations" respectively, with the first taking over two years to compile, mix and gain sample clearance, both featuring the band's psychedelic influences. A third is set for release sometime in 2010, and will be more electronic, mixed by The Future Sound of London. Further mixes in the series are expected in the future, to be curated by related artists, and the band took the concept live with an eleven hour spot at 2009's Green Man festival, to contain live bands and DJ spots.
Noel Gallagher of British rock band Oasis, after hearing the first release, became a fan and asked the band to remix the following Oasis single "Falling Down". The Amorphous Androgynous responded with a 5 part, 22 minute Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble remix, which Noel liked enough to release on its own 12". Noel also invited Gaz to DJ at the afterparty for one of Oasis' gigs at Wembley Arena.
The band continue the psychedelic theme to the mixes on their podcast site The Pod Room and on February 2010's Mojo Magazine cover CD.The Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble remixes grow in popularity with commissions from Paul Weller and Pop Levi, and Gaz has suggested a full album of remixes and covers will appear on their recently formed Monstrous Bubble label

Future of the band

On 2 April 2007 Garry Cobain posted a video onto his YouTube account of him arguing with a lady at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London about God entitled "the GOD WARS - An Argument I Had At Speaker's Corner". It is edited in a humorous way by him with the intro title "COMIC BELIEF presents..." and has a brief spiritual guru like "musical interlude".
Between 2008 and 2010, the band showcased a series of radio broadcasts and podcasts called The Electric Brain Storms. Proton Radio hosted the first on 16 June 2008, PBS radio in Australia were due to showcase the second, and Frisky Radio broadcast the third. The remaining shows appeared on the band's official site. The shows featured electronic, krautrock, experimental and psychedelic favourites of the band mixed in with known and unknown FSOL material, including newly recorded tracks, archived pieces, and new alias recordings such as EMS:Piano. Many of the new tracks featured on Environments 3, but some pieces remain unreleased and are planned for the next Future Sound of London album, alongside pieces featuring on the band's YouTube page. Gaz has described the album as having "the introspective, kind of euphoric sadness that was always there in the FSOL melodies".
In a possible continuation of the ambient and orchestral theme first previewed by FSOL via Environments II, and later on the previewed tracks from the forthcoming record, the band are apparently working on a collaboration Academy Award-winning short film director Hugh Welchman called Sh. They will produce a "musical remix of the film"
The duo played their first live set as FSOL for 12 years at the 2009 Bloc Weekend in Minehead. The show, like the band's set at the Essential Festival in 1997, was broadcast from their studio in Somerset. Rumours of a world tour, which some believe is further evidence for imminent release of new material, were made concrete by confirmation of live FSOL appearances at 2009's Bestival event in the UK, and a festival run by Existenz in Athens, Greece, and an 11-hour Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble curated tent at 2009's Green Man festival, including a performance by Hawkwind. The live nature of the sets (as opposed to the Electric Brainstorm DJ mix series) suggested they might feature the first entirely new Future Sound of London material since 1997, and those rumours turned out to be true with a few new tracks played, albeit currently untitled. There is promise of a DVD featuring the Athens performance, plus extras, in 2010. Further Archives are also expected in the future, along with the fourth Environments album, as advertised in the sleeve of Environments 3.

Independence

Since the turn of the millennium, FSOL took a more independent turn with their career, releasing their more psychedelic Amorphous Androgynous on an independent label; The Isness on Artful Records and Alice In Ultraland on the progressive Harvest Records, which is an arm of EMI.
They also have their own label called Electronic Brain Violence on which a few artists such as Oil and Simon Wells (Headstone Lane), both off-beat electronic artsists, have released EPs and singles. Simon Wells also contributed to Dead Cities on the track "Dead Cities Reprise"
Nevertheless, Virgin records still controls FSOL's back catalog and was going to release the Teachings from the Electronic Brain compilation without them, but the duo insisted on taking control of the projects production. Cobain says that, even with Virgin, the reason they were able to do their own thing and create the music they wanted in the 1990s was because they already had some major hits under their belts such as "Papua New Guinea", "Metropolis" and "Stakker Humanoid" before joining the label.
Why is it, everybody, from the fucking fish and chip shop to a magazine ends up selling itself, getting the millions and retiring. Why don't people keep going with it, why can't they change it so that it keeps being important to them. Why didn't Anita Roddick keep going with Body Shop, why did it get so alien to her that she had to sell it, why? Surely she's making so many millions she can get the right people that she loves to keep going with the ethos; there's something dangerous there. - Garry Cobain on people becoming successful only to quit.


Cobain has said that FSOL's mentality has always been about making a journey of an album rather than focusing on trying to have hit singles. He said that they had several top 40 singles (and albums) in the 90s because they had enough fans and had built up enough of a reputation to achieve these hits while still concentrating on the album rather than any potential singles during their time at Virgin.
They have been signed to Passion Records sub-label Jumpin' & Pumpin' since they started out