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Belgian independent label De:tuned celebrates 15 years with an expansive series of new releases throughout 2024. Founded in 2009 by Ruben Boons and Bert Hermans, De:tuned and British  influential electronic music pioneers The Future Sound Of London team up to mark the beginning of its 15th anniversary.

Pre-order:
‘The Future Sound Of London Presents Pulse Five’

Black vinyl
Juno: http://tinyurl.com/rwjz4duc
Bleep: http://tinyurl.com/3e4un4h9
Phonica: http://tinyurl.com/yc6ebcjr
Red Eye: http://tinyurl.com/mrxfzwfa
Norman: http://tinyurl.com/hz7h2xxz
Horizons: http://tinyurl.com/46yttnsb
Deejay: http://tinyurl.com/puuwr48s
Decks: http://tinyurl.com/5x9csfye
HHV: http://tinyurl.com/2p8yemwv
Clone: http://tinyurl.com/5n6tcmxm
Colored vinyl (Limited Edition)
Juno: http://tinyurl.com/bdcmaadp
Bleep: http://tinyurl.com/3e4un4h9
Red Eye: http://tinyurl.com/ej3nnk3c
Norman: http://tinyurl.com/hz7h2xxz
Horizons: http://tinyurl.com/4fef2wcf
Deejay: http://tinyurl.com/y46c3vfm
Decks: http://tinyurl.com/b9bw6ce9
HHV: http://tinyurl.com/2nz5dx5w
Clone: http://tinyurl.com/3red5rs9

+ 2×LP (includes digital download)
+ 15 Years De:tuned T-shirt (includes digital download)
+ Artwork by Openmind (aka Strictly Kev, DJ Food)
+ Mastered by Matt Colton @ Metropolis Mastering

15 Years De:tuned T-shirt

https://detunedrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/15-years-de-tuned-t-shirt-3

• Includes 'Pulse Five' digital download with purchase
• Artwork by Openmind (aka Strictly Kev, DJ Food)
• Screen-printed on 'Russell Classic T' Black T-shirt
• Regular Fit - 100% Ringspun Cotton - 180 g/m²

De:tuned X Bleep Advent: Day 4

https://bleep.com/advent-2023-day-4

+ Bleep exclusive orange vinyl

De:tuned offers an exclusive B2 print designed by Kevin Foakes (DJ Food) for the new Future Sound Of London album Presents Pulse Five. Print limited to 50 copies worldwide.

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There's some gorgeous stuff on this - despite the write-up, it overall feels much closer to '92/'93 era, releases like Fuzzy Logic, Accelerator and Tales of Ephidrina. A weird ethereal atmosphere despite it mostly being four-to-the-floor stuff. Only the Smart Systems track feels properly rave-friendly. 

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There's some gorgeous stuff on this - despite the write-up, it overall feels much closer to '92/'93 era, releases like Fuzzy Logic, Accelerator and Tales of Ephidrina. A weird ethereal atmosphere despite it mostly being four-to-the-floor stuff. Only the Smart Systems track feels properly rave-friendly. 

The opener definitely sounds like it could've been a proto-Lifeforms track

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Weirdly, it turned up on the Dead Cities tour of all places. A two minute cut of that version (with all the live watermarks and stuff) was on the very first digital release of From the Archives 3, although it disappeared soon after.

'Reasonable Aquiries' is the highlight here, a gorgeous Ephidrina-style epic. I think people are going to really like this album.

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Yep, this is good stuff, always nice to see more FSOL.

21 hours ago, purlieu said:

There's some gorgeous stuff on this - despite the write-up, it overall feels much closer to '92/'93 era, releases like Fuzzy Logic, Accelerator and Tales of Ephidrina. A weird ethereal atmosphere despite it mostly being four-to-the-floor stuff. Only the Smart Systems track feels properly rave-friendly. 

Hey mate, since I understand you’ve got ties with the band, I’ve been wondering about two things:

1.  “Detonation” is the closest we’ll ever get to an official release of the We Have Explosive (2" Tape Reels Version) eh? Albeit similar, I don’t think they are completely the same, I mean I can’t recall those guitar parts being on that version uploaded on their Myspace, ages ago.

2.  Has anyone in the camp ever considered / brought up the fact that there might be a chance that people who don't identify as hardcore FSOL fans, might be left with the impression that they haven't really released any new album since Dead Cities?
I personally love the fact they have opened the vaults with all these archival/By any Other Name releases, I know the "Environments" series has been new material for a while and I hope they keep putting out stuff non-stop, nonetheless. But if a WATMMer who loves their stuff and whose all-time favourite album is “Dead Cities” is sometimes left confused and would still love to see a modern FSOL album, marketed, titled as well as musically and stylistically presented as a completely new, strictly individual entity on its own (in the same sense “Accelerator” and “Lifeforms” were completely different things), perhaps a more “casual” electronica guy who might be left with the impression they haven’t released anything new since 1996, might take notice and appreciate it more? Just an idea, in the nicest way possible.

…But then again, I might be wrong, and I suppose Brian and Garry couldn’t care less about what might seem (is?) as marketing stuff…

*Resumes rocking to Tingler*

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Heard a couple of those samples, if these tracks are brand new and not archived ones, I say they still got it. 

They're '91-'93 tracks.

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Hey mate, since I understand you’ve got ties with the band, I’ve been wondering about two things:

1.  “Detonation” is the closest we’ll ever get to an official release of the We Have Explosive (2" Tape Reels Version) eh? Albeit similar, I don’t think they are completely the same, I mean I can’t recall those guitar parts being on that version uploaded on their Myspace, ages ago.

2.  Has anyone in the camp ever considered / brought up the fact that there might be a chance that people who don't identify as hardcore FSOL fans, might be left with the impression that they haven't really released any new album since Dead Cities?
I personally love the fact they have opened the vaults with all these archival/By any Other Name releases, I know the "Environments" series has been new material for a while and I hope they keep putting out stuff non-stop, nonetheless. But if a WATMMer who loves their stuff and whose all-time favourite album is “Dead Cities” is sometimes left confused and would still love to see a modern FSOL album, marketed, titled as well as musically and stylistically presented as a completely new, strictly individual entity on its own (in the same sense “Accelerator” and “Lifeforms” were completely different things), perhaps a more “casual” electronica guy who might be left with the impression they haven’t released anything new since 1996, might take notice and appreciate it more? Just an idea, in the nicest way possible.

…But then again, I might be wrong, and I suppose Brian and Garry couldn’t care less about what might seem (is?) as marketing stuff…

*Resumes rocking to Tingler*

1. The last I heard is 2" Tape Reels is still on the cards, but honestly, given that this is the officially announced/rumoured list, and I'm aware of at least another 10 projects that are hush-hush at the moment, the chances of everything ever coming out are... well, slim to say the least. Honestly, there's so much material these days that I'm in a constant state of feeling like I'm playing catch-up.

2. I've chatted to Brian about it on more than one occasion. He informs me there is a plan behind everything, although is never clear what that plan is. I'll give my own theorising. It's kind of known within the fanbase that the album finalisation, artwork, etc. is all done by Brian for FSOL and Gaz for Amorphous these days. Gaz is very big on pop culture and making a huge statement, which is why the only interviews and articles in the last nine years have all been related to Amorphous, and why that new album is taking forever, there's been a multi-path single before it, etc. Brian, on the other hand, isn't into that side of things at all, and prefers to let the music speak for itself - if you look at his '80s stuff, he did tons of material as Zeebox and didn't even consider releasing it until 20 years later, when it was just put out as Zeebox 1-3, and similar for the Humanoid Sessions stuff. I actually mentioned the idea of a big "follow-up to Dead Cities" to Brian and he wasn't remotely interested in the idea, as he's not into the whole spectacle thing. So he's happy to just put stuff out as it comes along, which is why the Environments series (after the first volume) began by taking old archived tracks, half finished old tracks recently completed, and a few new pieces, and making them into consistent albums, as opposed to the disjointed early From the Archives albums. Then the series gradually shifted towards newly recorded tracks, and at the same time the Archives series began to focus more on a combination of old tracks, reworked old demos and outtakes from recent albums (like the early Environments). It probably also explains why there are FSOL tracks that sound like Humanoid and vice-versa: I think things just come along and get slotted into whatever project they fit most comfortably in at that moment.

When Environment Five and Life in Moments came along, which are audibly the most Gaz-heavy of the FSOLDigital-era releases, Gaz was talking on Facebook about being excited about doing the next 'proper' FSOL album. And then he started work on the next Amorphous album and didn't really mention FSOL again. So I think what will happen is if/when they get to a stage where they're both 100% focused on recording and promoting a new FSOL album, it will be its own thing, no series, etc, and Gaz will be out there making huge statements about it. But while Gaz is spending so much time on Amorphous and his own hippy lifestyle stuff away from music (and, annoyingly, downplaying FSOL - he said something in 2021 about "one day we'll do a new FSOL album" as if there weren't new albums coming out every six months), leaving Brian to 'lead' FSOL, the albums will just carry on coming out as Environments. They clearly won't sell as well as anything with a new name on it, but I don't think that's an issue - sales are apparently pretty healthy and have been broadly increasing with each release.

When the first two volumes of Environment Seven came out as Rituals and A Space of Partial Illumination, they seemed to get way more attention and positive comments than the previous volumes, which really does suggest that the psychology linking separate titles to 'proper' albums is a thing. But I don't think it makes enough of an impact to necessitate a change (as evidenced by 7.003's title [Where All is Ending] not being mentioned on the cover or Bandcamp). I do see people still complaining that the Environments albums are just cast-offs or leftovers (as well as someone on Discogs claiming that even the original Environments was a new re-recording of the 1994 album - it's not), so the lack of clarity is almost certainly off-putting to some.

On the other hand, I think the complete lack of promotion is a big part of the current relative obscurity. I mean, Life in Moments and Music for 3 Books don't have series titles, and haven't received any more attention than the Environments albums. They're technically compilations, but anyone who saw them would consider them - especially the former - as new music, as there's no hint that some of the material was released digitally beforehand. I still come across people saying "whatever happened to FSOL?" etc., so yeah... they could sell more if they wanted to. But Brian's not into the interviews and promotion end of things, so until Gaz is 100% FSOL-focused again for a while, that's probably not going to be happening.

And it's a shame, because Environments 4, Environment Five, Life in Moments, the Environment Six trilogy, Music for 3 Books, Music from Calendars and the Environment Seven trilogy all have very distinct styles and moods, as individual as their '90s albums, and were they all just put out as standalone albums with their own title and a little bit of promo, they'd have been warmly received new albums without any of this controversy, or without me needing to type long messages like this every now and then. :emotawesomepm9:

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Thank you for the support!

Bandcamp XMAS 23 SALE - 10% OFF
10% discount on all vinyl and digital - ends 31/12/23
Use code: XMAS23 when you checkout to redeem your discount
 
Celebrating 15 years of De:tuned with new merchandise designed by one of our favourite artists, Kevin Foakes (Openmind, DJ Food).
Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/15-years-t-shirt

• Includes 'Pulse Five' digital download with purchase
• Artwork by Openmind (aka Strictly Kev, DJ Food)
• Screen-printed on 'Russell Classic T' Black T-shirt
• Regular Fit - 100% Ringspun Cotton - 180 g/m²
 
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List of shops:

Black vinyl
Juno: http://tinyurl.com/rwjz4duc
Bleep: http://tinyurl.com/3e4un4h9
Phonica: http://tinyurl.com/yc6ebcjr
Red Eye: http://tinyurl.com/mrxfzwfa
Norman: http://tinyurl.com/hz7h2xxz
Horizons: http://tinyurl.com/46yttnsb
Deejay: http://tinyurl.com/puuwr48s
Decks: http://tinyurl.com/5x9csfye
HHV: http://tinyurl.com/2p8yemwv
Clone: http://tinyurl.com/5n6tcmxm
Colored vinyl (Limited Edition)
Juno: http://tinyurl.com/bdcmaadp
Bleep: http://tinyurl.com/3e4un4h9
Red Eye: http://tinyurl.com/ej3nnk3c
Norman: http://tinyurl.com/hz7h2xxz
Horizons: http://tinyurl.com/4fef2wcf
Deejay: http://tinyurl.com/y46c3vfm
Decks: http://tinyurl.com/b9bw6ce9
HHV: http://tinyurl.com/2nz5dx5w
Clone: http://tinyurl.com/3red5rs9

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Friday 02/02 – 8 PM UK (London GMT 20h-21h) - 21h-22h CET
De:tuned w/ The Future Sound of London
Via We Are Various - www.wearevarious.com

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Relisten to a Future Sound of London show on WAV Radio to celebrate 15 Years De:tuned and the new FSOL LP release on De:tuned:

 

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Yeah, this has happened with all the past De:Tuned releases, expanded CD & download on FSOLDigital shortly after. It's not ideal.

 

edit: the bonus tracks can be purchased as separate tracks.

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