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Ross wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 3:03 pm Mixmag October 1996: The Most Important Moments in a Life

Yeah, if you want to actually hear Brian speak, that's about as close as you'll get. If you want written interviews including him, there are a few though: IMRW Late February 1989: I'm Only Humanoid Melody Maker July 25 1992: London Calling! Music Technology August 1992: Past, Present and Future Mixm...

Coming soon.

Yeah, quite a few recent releases haven’t appeared on FSOLDigital. With the immediate download in multiple formats it’s not surprising that most people will go to Bandcamp, I wonder if FSOLDigital will continue to remain online. There was talk last year of it being overhauled at some point.

Thanks Neil, really glad you're digging! Appreciate the purchase too. Hope the work call wasn't too late, haha.

Oh awesome, nice spot! Seems they're just subtle crossfades, although the environment from the start of 'Petroleum' has been moved to the end of 'Artificial Placement of Emotion'. Looks like more stuff to add to the blog.

Feels less melodic in parts but maximum atmospheric Yeah, I suppose other than the drums, this is the other comparison point with ISDN: it's definitely less melodic but really textural and atmospheric. Does anyone know if the plan is still to release all the Rituals trilogy in 2022? I guess with th...

Thank you!

Thank you. Symptoms are thankfully fading, so I'll hopefully be out and about for a detailed listen in the not-too-distant future. 'Hopiate' is glorious, isn't it? Can't stop listening to it. Otherwise I'm actually going through the previous Environments in order, hopefully in time to complete them ...

Haha. No comment.

It feels weird not to be out and about with it, I do a lot of FSOL listening on walks or in the car. Currently bed-ridden with post-covid fatigue but might pop it on my phone for a deep headphone listen tomorrow anyway.

Ok, first listen here. Seems very much along the lines of previous stuff like 6/6.5, EAV. I had those 90ies-flashbacks also with E6&6.5 already, quite similar here. A bit more uplifting maybe. Bonus tracks fit very nicely I think. Interesting - for me, the E6 trilogy was about as far from the '...

Ebb Flow - Lo-fi piano loops and improvisation. I wonder if this is a Pemberton collab? The first modern classical-leaning piece on the album and a stylistic link to the earlier Environments volumes. Avoiding Mirrors - Clattering, skittery beats, starts quite minimal and repetitive but pads come in...

Out now on Bandcamp! CD, digital, vinyl.
https://fsol.bandcamp.com/album/rituals-e7001

The ‘bonus tracks’ are basically just an extension to the album that’ll also be on the CD, like the ones on the RSD re-recordings, ie the LP version is actually edited to fit the format rather than the CD/digital has some bonuses. There’ll be no gap or anything.