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A rough 3d scan (gaussian splat) of a Nagra IV maybe - https://www.nagraaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1971-4-1920x1080.jpg


You're right, it does look like a rough 3d scan. That makes a little more sense. From the song names and album title it looks like the theme for this one is "Process ...

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1922116727_16.jpg

It's the sequel to the Captures EP. 9 tracks. Listed as pre 8 - 2 so 2nd in the Environments 8 series. While Captures was an EP, this looks like a mini album?
Not sure how I feel about the artwork though. It's, odd.

1. Askance
2. Hauqil
3 ...

I picked up Murmuration Skies. It's nice! If you like Murmurations, you'll like this. It's different enough but still feels like Murmurations. Starts off very minimal and builds to a great percussion section towards the end.

Resurrecting this old thread



I guess a couple of copies got posted and immediately scooped up on Bandcamp. Of note though, there's a new new digital only mix of Murmurations added to the page:

Murmuration Skies 07:56

Whoa! That is very Chems Private Psychedelic Reel sounding. Really like it. Also, is Yage the new Amorphous? Because a few years ago this would have easily been an AA remix.


Pleasurefields – Hands Of Time (Yage Demix) - Feb 13, 2025

https://www.discogs.com/release/33131589-Pleasurefields-Hands ...

Hi Dimitri! Welcome back! I think most of the FSOL techniques are beyond me. I'm not sure what Brian's modes of working are these days. Seems like he's got a pretty custom setup for the studio wizardry.

I'm still around, making music

It was very much on the Amorphous end of their sound. Very guitar focused. Only got a chance to listen to bits of it but sound like the 5 tracks were mostly reconstructed from The Lovers, Wooden Ships, Things Change, The Big Blue. I liked that all the tracks mixed into each other too.

And it's gone. My guess it was a teaser or accidentally uploaded as public.

Thanks for FSOL facebook group for spotting this one! This looks like a 5 track Yage remix/rework EP of PNG Translations!
The EP is in that newer Yage style (Pygmy People, Woodlands of Old, etc). It borrows the new elements from Translations. No original PNG samples here.
No idea why it got uploaded ...

I just came across this trippy audio / video sort of interview clip on Youtube. I had never seen it before.
backing track is:

intro environment
Cascade
idsn environments
Vit

Basically Gaz ramblings with no real information given.

2025 digital calendar album is now up on Bandcamp!
https://fsol.bandcamp.com/album/fsoldigital-presents-2025-calendar

January's track is FSOL - "Therefore Can i"
Wonderful 6min beat track with sparce pads, bloops, and guitar. Really has an E7 Where All Is Ending vibe. No idea how this didn't make ...

darktrain wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:54 pm Thinking of getting the 2025 calendar..anyone have a rough idea of when they announce the january track?

It varies. They usually announce it before the end of Jan.

Ah, that is a good question. I really don't have an idea if they would or not. Maybe some of the newer tracks? I know some of the tracks in past calendar albums were recorded years ago and were left off of releases so probably not those.

I'm honestly OK if the calendar albums just become oddities and orphan compilations every year. I'm glad that we get to hear these experiments and tracks that wouldn't find a home otherwise.

Years End is really fun. It sounds like the whole track was recorded through some sort of amp and microphone ...

Off Land - Outpour
https://offland.bandcamp.com/album/outpour

28minute long-form ambient techno, non-album, multi-path single. Enjoy!

1. Outpour (10:47)
2. Outpour (torrent mix) (12:12)
3. Outpour (hundred mix) (05:05)