{"id":89300,"date":"2012-05-21T12:54:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89300\/music-future\/"},"modified":"2012-05-21T12:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:54:15","slug":"music-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89300\/music-future\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC FROM THE FUTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Before losing the plot in the mid-nineties, Future Sound Of London created one of the best ambient albums ever (Lifeforms).\u00a0 It is a journey, full of weird and wonderful sounds (and the occasional melody) &#8211; on two discs.\u00a0 ISDN followed a year later.\u00a0 It was recorded live as it was transmitted (via ISDN) to several countries simultaneously.\u00a0 It is darker than Lifeforms.\u00a0 It has its moments.\u00a0 The bold beats which characterised the first album (Accelerator) reappeared on Dead Cities.\u00a0 There are few highlights though.\u00a0 It is a very dense album.\u00a0 Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans appeared to be running out of ideas.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=21fDyvgte48<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Future Sound Of London took a long break.\u00a0 Cobain cited health problems.\u00a0 The duo returned with the Amorphous Androgynous project.\u00a0 Only the hardcore fans bothered with The Isness &amp; The Otherness.\u00a0 Many of them were put off by the complete change of style (experimental psychedelia).\u00a0 Alice In Ultraland followed in 2005 &#8211; but it was mostly ignored.\u00a0 There have been several FSOL compilations (including box sets containing early recordings).\u00a0 I can&#8217;t comment on them as I haven&#8217;t heard them.\u00a0 I do have the Humanoid compilation Sessions 84-88 (released on Aphex Twin&#8217;s Rephlex label).\u00a0 Dougans created the music for the Humanoid project, which is basically underground acid-house (not unlike 808 State&#8217;s early output).\u00a0 Some of it is interesting.\u00a0 Most of it has dated badly.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (12&amp;apos; Original)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1w-TvcNLqXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Futureshock&#8217;s Phantom Theory is quite different.\u00a0 It is progressive house music (mainly without vocals).\u00a0 There was never a follow-up album.\u00a0 The Birmingham-based duo did make a number of remixes (for New Order, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Moby and others).\u00a0 If you like FC\/Kahuna and\/or Bedrock, you&#8217;ll probably enjoy Phantom Theory (if you can find it).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Futureshock - On My Mind (Original Mix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_YQv0ljymA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Fischerspooner&#8217;s #1 was one of the first electroclash albums.\u00a0 Influenced by many eighties bands, from Fad Gadget and Depeche Mode to Gary Numan and OMD, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner presented a polished take on eighties synth-pop (with some squeaky bass lines thrown in for good measure).\u00a0 The songs on Odyssey are perhaps more accessible; mostly with full vocals.\u00a0 The album was less successful though.\u00a0 By the time the third album (Entertainment) was released four years later, nobody cared.\u00a0 Fischerspooner made a valiant attempt to be relevant but didn&#8217;t quite achieve it (at least not outside the US).\u00a0 Spooner said it best on track four: &#8220;In a modern world it&#8217;s hard to be heard.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fischerspooner - Invisible\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xbBRpiwGJPI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Fluke has a very distinct sound which runs through all of their albums (ie. It&#8217;s all a bit &#8216;samey&#8217;).\u00a0 The first full-length album (Six Wheels On My Wagon) was quite progressive at the time (1993).\u00a0 It is a mixture of musical genres (techno, house, trance, ambience, dub, etc).\u00a0 Oto has a very &#8216;spacey&#8217; feel.\u00a0 The rhythms are generally slower and there are a lot of atmospheric effects.\u00a0 There are more vocals but they are often quite ridiculous.\u00a0 The next album (Risotto) includes remixed versions of two tracks from Oto (Tosh and Squirt).\u00a0 The rest of the music is generally fast-paced and exciting.\u00a0 Atom Bomb has been used in many movies.\u00a0 Risotto is Fluke&#8217;s best album.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fluke - Reeferendrum\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tc9ZiqgHS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Progressive History X includes all of the singles from 1993 onwards, plus two of the early singles (Thumper and Philly).\u00a0 Progressive History XXX is a triple-disc set which contains many rare remixes.\u00a0 It appeared to be the end of Fluke.\u00a0 However, there has since been one Fluke album (Puppy).\u00a0 It is similar in style to Risotto but not quite as good.\u00a0 Puppy was released nine years ago.\u00a0 There are currently no plans for another Fluke album.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fluke - Snapshot\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8_kAgSJU_IQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=goUq4BG4tM8<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Amorphous Androgynous - The Lovers\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8ZNXcSyzfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moby - Porcelain (Futureshock Remix) Moby\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5l7BDaDsn0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before losing the plot in the mid-nineties, Future Sound Of London created one of the best ambient albums ever (Lifeforms).\u00a0 It is a journey, full of weird and wonderful sounds (and the occasional melody) &#8211; on two discs.\u00a0 ISDN followed a year later.\u00a0 It was recorded live as it was transmitted (via ISDN) to several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5226,5225,5224,5227,108],"class_list":["post-89300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-fischerspooner","tag-fluke","tag-future-sound-of-london","tag-futureshock","tag-music-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}