Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
Re: Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
Never heard that peel session before. Fascinating. That echo/reverb reminds me of some of the Orb's recorded live output around 92/93.
Your write up suggests Lifeforms was the first track played, but the YouTube link has Expander first.
Your write up suggests Lifeforms was the first track played, but the YouTube link has Expander first.
Re: Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
The YouTube link is wrong. Here's the tracklist of the entire John Peel show that night.
edit: here are some intros & outros from Mr. Peel himself showing that 'Lifeforms' came first and 'Space Hippy' last.
edit: here are some intros & outros from Mr. Peel himself showing that 'Lifeforms' came first and 'Space Hippy' last.
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Re: Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
I remember the peel session when it first broadcast - I used to listen to peel regularly as he often played interesting dance/electronic tunes that id never heard - I knew papua but hadn't heard any other fsol and I remember thinking they were really different - especially space hippy with all the voicemails
great memories
great memories
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1992 remixes
Nomad - Your Love is Lifting Me (Smart Systems Mix)
Nomad - Your Love is Lifting Me (Deep Field Mix)
Nomad - Your Love is Lifting Me (Stateside Mix)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London Remix)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London 7" Edit)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London Tuff City)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London Piano City)
Inner City - Praise (The Future Sound of London Conceptual)
Inner City - Praise (The Future Sound of London Concept Dub)
Inner City - Praise (The Future Sound of London Instrumental)
Stereo MC's - Connected (Future Sound of London Mix)
Prefab Sprout - If You Don't Love Me (Deep Field / Stateside Swamp Mix)
And with that, we finally close out the 'dance' era of FSOL and prepare to dive into the ambient era.
Nomad - Your Love is Lifting Me (Smart Systems Mix)
Nomad - Your Love is Lifting Me (Deep Field Mix)
Nomad - Your Love is Lifting Me (Stateside Mix)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London Remix)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London 7" Edit)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London Tuff City)
Unity - Unity (Future Sound of London Piano City)
Inner City - Praise (The Future Sound of London Conceptual)
Inner City - Praise (The Future Sound of London Concept Dub)
Inner City - Praise (The Future Sound of London Instrumental)
Stereo MC's - Connected (Future Sound of London Mix)
Prefab Sprout - If You Don't Love Me (Deep Field / Stateside Swamp Mix)
And with that, we finally close out the 'dance' era of FSOL and prepare to dive into the ambient era.
Re: Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
Kiss 100 FM Transmission 1
Kiss 100 FM Transmission 2 / Transmission 4
Remind me never to do two of those in the same day, my brain is beginning to leak out of my ears.
Re: Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
What an ending this track is. The final environment (Cactus) still gives me goosebumps when I hear it .... and nothing gives me goosebumps any more - it's like the weird combination of the pretty synths, the vocal snippets that sound like I'm being cursed, and the feedback followed by that quiet ambience/field recording breaks my brain and have experienced hours worth of sounds in just those few seconds !
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Yeah, it's pretty incredible, isn't it? Some of those environments are as memorable as the tracks themselves.
Amorphous Androgynous - Liquid Insects
-Sky-Scraper
The Future Sound of London - Cascade
That took long enough to write, so I'll do a song-by-song for Cascade later in the week!
Amorphous Androgynous - Liquid Insects
-Sky-Scraper
The Future Sound of London - Cascade
That took long enough to write, so I'll do a song-by-song for Cascade later in the week!
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Hi Ross,
congratulation for your work (but I told you so in another board of another band, you know).
I have just a question: as far as I know (source: Pande thread), the first two Zeebox have been released 5 days earlier than the first three Archives, but in your Discography they follow them. I know that it's just a matter of days, but I wanted to know if there is something I don't know (also, Discogs references to those dates).
Thank you in advance, your work is amazing and I'm enjoying it so much.
congratulation for your work (but I told you so in another board of another band, you know).
I have just a question: as far as I know (source: Pande thread), the first two Zeebox have been released 5 days earlier than the first three Archives, but in your Discography they follow them. I know that it's just a matter of days, but I wanted to know if there is something I don't know (also, Discogs references to those dates).
Thank you in advance, your work is amazing and I'm enjoying it so much.
Re: Fractional Difference - Exploring FSOL song-by-song
Everything was released on the same day, when FSOLDigital launched: Archives 1-3, Zeebox 1 & 2, The San Monta Tapes, Hand Made Devices, Four Forests and A Tiny Point of Light. March 17th, if my memory serves me correctly. No idea where the Discogs error came from.
& glad you're still enjoying the blog
& glad you're still enjoying the blog
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Very interesting reads! Keep up the good work, really looking forward to any new piece!
Interesting that you describe "Cascade 3"/"elaborate burn" as dark and unsettling - don't really feel it that way, the only Lifeforms-related track I would describe as dark and downright disturbing is "vertical pig" and maybe the one that preceeds it, forgot its name:) the rest is to me really rather on the bright side of things:) other than some stuff from ISDN or DC.
Interesting that you describe "Cascade 3"/"elaborate burn" as dark and unsettling - don't really feel it that way, the only Lifeforms-related track I would describe as dark and downright disturbing is "vertical pig" and maybe the one that preceeds it, forgot its name:) the rest is to me really rather on the bright side of things:) other than some stuff from ISDN or DC.
Magnificient Insignificance
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Ah. I've always found there's a darker undercurrent beneath most FSOL stuff, although there are obvious exceptions - Flak, Dead Skin Cells, etc. - and I find Elaborate Burn a very sinister piece of music. I think it's the repetition of so many really weird sounds.
Kiss Transmission 4 [aka Kiss Transmission 2]
Kiss Transmission 4 [aka Kiss Transmission 2]