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Interesting. While stuff like 7 Songs and Sweet Acid Sound are definitely a light year from FSOL, I’d say there are tracks like ‘Intermodal Container’, ‘Tiny Machine Birth’, ‘Static Objective’ and others which would fit very comfortably on recent FSOL albums. While I don’t think Multiple Angled ...

Olaf was responsible for creating the 3D spike model, the rest of the art was by Buggy and the band.

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I suppose I was talking about the entire FSOLDigital output - at one point, every album felt like a major move forwards, but this decade there’s been a lot less of that. Certainly by FSOL standards, Multiple Angled Distortions is a pretty different sounding EP, but in context of ...

2026 Calendar begins today.



January's track is Lower Heights, lovely stuff, very textural, atmospheric, lots of crumbly noises, twinkly melodic bits, good start to the year.

Another absolutely excellent video Imogen! this series has pretty much become my main soundtrack at work since I found your channel.
There is a spectacular amount of dedication on display throughout these,
they're very much appreciated!


Thank you - glad you've been enjoying!

Seems I forgot ...

The only stuff that’s not available for download is Mind Maps & Mind Trip, and that’s because licensing the tracks remixed for indefinite digital sale would be cost prohibitive, especially given that the releases are part funded by Touched which is a one man DIY affair.

So it seems Leon probably delivered two remixes and the unreleased one has been uploaded. Brian has decided to leave it as he prefers it to the released one (I'm with him - I never liked the 2001 Oil mix).

Oh yeah, that’s a completely different track!

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It was Earth Beat Vision in 1993, but I don’t think the name or logo appeared anywhere other than the Tales of Ephidrina press release. It was just EBV. Electronic Brain Violence was added in 1995.

Very Controlled Vista vibes, the second half of Sleepwalking is the gorgeous piano/guitar section of Mind Maps 2.

Sleepwalking / Just Below the Skyline
Download and 7”.

Just in time! FSOL - Short Day

Minimal, hissy ambient with unusual subdued percussive samples. Really enjoyed this one!

Replies can be a bit slow - it’s basically two people dealing with about 200 packages a week, with Christmas on top - but they do read and reply to emails. I’ll pass this on to Brian anyway.