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A Controlled Vista expanded CD version out this Friday on Touched, Mixlr broadcast beforehand.

And we're into 2018

Yep!

Yeah, 2017 feels like a bit of a turning point, maybe the point where things began to get overwhelming, so it'll be nice to have a listen to some of these records again as I work through them.

It's interesting to see my YouTube stats for all this - the '90s ones all have between 500 and 6,000 views ...

October is '20.06 17th july 2017' - some familiar sounds but not what I'd expect from Music for 3 Books-era on the whole.

Yage wrote: Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:43 pm The last track on the CD release has a hidden track.
Does anybody recognize it? Or what remix this could be?

It's an alternate remix of Heogen's 'Autumn Twilight' from earlier in the album.

A:E:V

At 1hr17m, this is now the longest individual FSOL album since Lifeforms (A:E:V is... hard to define).
It's kind of a shame about the title(s) and cover, if this was just marketed as a 'conventional' FSOL album it'd be so exciting.

Couple of bonus images from Bandcamp:
https://f4.bcbits.com/img ...

Ok, now we've got five further tracks on the digital edition, which will also feature on the CD edition which, along with the LP, will be out in November...

Yes - five tracks on the vinyl edition.

Wouldn’t say the original was an EP, it’s 45 minutes which is only a minute or two shorter than some of their albums.

Tracks can be bought for £1.50 each. I haven’t bought it yet but my guess is Northern Point is an edit of the version on Multiple Angled Distortions, so the three additional tracks would only cost you £4.50.

edit: no, Northern Point is a very different mix.

edit 2: crossfades between some of the ...

SX:One Live Improvisations is now on Bandcamp, with four extra tracks