Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) is a British electronic music band, the duo of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...

The pair are notoriously enigmatic and have rarely granted interviews. Their work covers a number of areas, including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics and animation, the Internet, radio broadcasting as well as recorded music. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Look up Video in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2D computer graphics is the computer-based generation of digital images—mostly from two-dimensional models (such as 2D geometric models, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Computer graphics (CG) is the field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world. ... 12 frames per second is the typical rate for an animated cartoon. ... Radio is the wireless transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. ...

Although often labelled as ambient, Dougans and Cobain have demonstrated that they are too eclectic to be pigeon-holed into any particular genre. Their work covers most areas of electronic music, such as ambient, drum and bass, trip-hop, ambient dub, and often involves extreme experimentation. They have also garnered a reputation as remixers, transforming the work of a variety of different artists, including Curve, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian, Gary Lucas, Jon Anderson, and Apollo 440. The results are often novel and complex, and in some instances the original track is barely recognisable. Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Eclecticism is an approach to thought that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions or conclusions, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena, or applies only certain theories in particular cases. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated dnb) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by British dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... The cover of Curves first full length album, Doppelgänger, from 1992 Curve is a British music group formed in 1991 chiefly around the collaboration of singer Toni Halliday and guitarist Dean Garcia. ... Robert Fripp in performance. ... David Sylvian David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, February 23, 1958) is an English singer/songwriter who first rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the band Japan, and whose subsequent solo career has been influenced by a variety of musical styles, including jazz and electronic music (primarily ambient... Gary Lucas is an American guitarist, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, and a composer of music for film and television. ... Yes co-founder Jon Anderson Jon Anderson (born October 25, 1944) is a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. ... Apollo 440 is a British musical band formed in 1990 in Liverpool by brothers Trevor and Howard Gray with fellow Liverpudlian Noko. ...

History

FSOL, as the band is sometimes called, was formed in Manchester, England, in the mid 80s. Dougans had already been making electronic music for some time when they first began working in various local clubs. In 1988, Dougans embarked on a project for the Stakker graphics company. The result was Stakker Humanoid. Cobain contributed to the accompanying album. A video was also produced. Manchester is a city in the United Kingdom, famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be UKs second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media and big business. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... MacGyver is one of the symbols of the 1980s in America The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the following three years the pair produced music under a variety of aliases. Stakker Humanoid re-entered the UK chart in 1992, followed by the breakthrough ambient dub track Papua New Guinea, which was the first official Future Sound of London release. Virgin Records were looking for electronic bands and quickly signed them. With their new found contract they immediately began to experiment and the result was the Tales Of Ephidrina album, released under the Amorphous Androgynous alias. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ... Amorphous Androgynous is one of the many pseudonyms of Future Sound of London (FSOL), a British electronic music band. ...

Lifeforms followed in 1994 to critical acclaim. The new work was almost entirely free of percussion and was truly ambient across both discs. It was a top 10 hit in the UK album chart. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

1994 also saw the release of ISDN, which was as close to a live album as most electronic acts get - it featured live broadcasts FSOL had made over ISDN lines to various radio stations worldwide and to The Kitchen, an avant-garde performance space in New York. Its tone was darker and more rhythmic than Lifeforms. ISDN is also short for isosorbide dinitrate Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a type of circuit switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital (as opposed to analog) transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds, than available with analog... The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art space in New York. ...

In 1996 they released Dead Cities. The new material was a curious mix of ambient textures and hard gritty dance music. This album also featured a collaboration with the composer Max Richter. However, critics suggested that the duos musical output seemed to dry up following this release, save for a few 12" singles and remixes. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Dead Cities is a 1996 album by experimental electronic music group The Future Sound of London. ... Max Richter (b. ...

After a four year hiatus, and allegations of mental illness, Cobain and Dougans returned in 2002 with The Isness, a record heavily influenced by 60s and 70s psychedelia and released under their alias Amorphous Androgynous. It was preceded by Papua New Guinea Translations, a mini album which contained a mixture of remixes of FSOL's seminal classic as well as new material from The Isness sessions. The album received mixed press, with many claiming the band had gone overboard and moved from what they did best, whilst others called it a masterpiece of modern psychedelia and one of the most exciting and unique albums of its time, such as Muzik magazine, who offered the album a suitably over the top 6/5 mark. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... Amorphous Androgynous is one of the many pseudonyms of Future Sound of London (FSOL), a British electronic music band. ...

Three years on, Dougans and Cobain followed the album with a continuation of the Amorphous Androgynous project, Alice In Ultraland. Rumoured to be accompanied by a film of the same title, the album took The Isness's crazy psychedelic experimentation and toned it down, giving the album a singular theme and sound, and replacing the more bizarre moments with funk and ambient interludes. The album was ignored by the press, but more favourable amongst fans than its predecessor. Unlike The Isness, which featured almost a hundred musicians over the course of it and the various alternative versions and remix albums, Alice In Ultraland featured a fairly solid band lineup throughout, and this band was taken on tour from 2005 onwards; the live shows the band had undertaken away from the ISDN cables. Amorphous Androgynous is one of the many pseudonyms of Future Sound of London (FSOL), a British electronic music band. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Aliases

• Aircut
• Amorphous Androgynous
• Art Science Technology
• Candese
• Deep Field
• Homeboy
• Humanoid
• Indo Tribe
• Intelligent Communication
• Mental Cube
• Metropolis
• Q
• Semtex
• Semi Real
• Smart Systems
• The Far-out Son Of Lung
• Yage
• Yunie
• Zeebox

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Discography

Singles/EPs

• Q (198-)
• Crystals (Brian Dougans) (198-)
• Stakker Humanoid (as Humanoid) (1988)
• Stakker Humanoid (Part 2) (as Humanoid) (1988)
• Slam (as Humanoid) (1989)
• Tonight (as Humanoid featuring Sharon Benson) (1989)
• The Deep (as Humanoid) (1989)
• The Tingler (as Smart Systems) (19--)
• AST (as Art Science Technology) (1990)
• Mental Cube EP (as Mental Cube) (1990)
• So This Is Love (as Mental Cube) (1991)
• Principles of Motion EP (as Intelligent Communication) (1991)
• Papua New Guinea (1991)
• Fuzzy Logic EP (as Yage) (1992)
• Stakker '92 (as Humanoid) (1992)
• People Livin' Today (as Semi-Real) (1992)
• Metropolis (as Metropolis) (1992)
• Liquid Insects (as Amorphous Androgynous) (1993)
• Cascade (1993)
• Lifeforms (feat. Elizabeth Fraser) (1994)
• Expander (1994)
• The Far-Out Son of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman EP (1994)
• ISDN (Remix) (1995)
• My Kingdom (1996)
• We Have Explosive (1997)
• Papua New Guinea 2001 (2001)
• The Mellow Hippo Disco Show (as Amorphous Androgynous) (2002)
• Divinity (as Amorphous Androgynous) (2003)

Albums

• Accelerator (1992)
• Earthbeat (compilation of their early releases using several aliases) (1992)
• Tales of Ephidrina (as Amorphous Androgynous) (1993)
• Lifeforms (1994)
• ISDN (1994)
• Dead Cities (1996)
• The Isness (as Amorphous Androgynous, except in the U.S.A.) (2002)
• Alice In Ultraland (as Amorphous Androgynous) (2005)

Accelerator is the debut album by British ambient music band The Future Sound of London. ... Dead Cities is a 1996 album by experimental electronic music group The Future Sound of London. ...

Specials

• the Otherness (Bonus 14 Track Album from "the Isness & the Otherness" (2XCD special limited edition) (2003)

Remix work

• Unity, Unity (1992)
• Inner City, Praise (1992)
• Prefab Sprout, If You Don't Love Me (1992)
• Curve, Rising (1993)
• Bryan Ferry, I Put A Spell On You (1993)
• The Shamen, Re:iteration (1993)
• David Sylvian/Robert Fripp, Darshana (1993)
• Apollo 440, Liquid Cool (1994)

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See also

• Max Richter
• Amorphous Androgynous
• Download Sample "Room 208" - Future Sound of London

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External links

• futuresoundoflondon.com - official website
• The Future Sound Of London at Discogs.com
• The Future Sound Of London at MusicBrainz
• The Future Sound of London at Last.fm