Future Sound of London - Archived 8

[Consul]

Purchase: FSOLdigital

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The Future Sound of London’s long and varied history stretches back almost 25 years and as such a vast amount of unrealised material exists in the FSOL Archives.

Archived 8 brings together another 12 such tracks; in some cases these are completed but unreleased songs from that time, in others the songs have been reconstructed or enhanced and then further mixed to form the journey. This album is not just a collection of random off-cuts. It is a fully realised album, worthy of sitting alongside the rest of the band’s critically acclaimed work.

 

[Rubin Farr]

Promo A3 poster available also

 

[goDel]

Clips or it didnt happen

 

;D

[Rubin Farr]

You can't rush these two, they'll sit on an album for a decade if they feel like it. Sound familiar? *cough* afx

[Alcofribas]

FUCK. YES.

[Rubin Farr]

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[Touched Music]

Looking forward to this one

[Alcofribas]

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i'm crying

[purlieu]

Yeaaaaaaaaaah. Since volume 4 this series has been getting better and better. Can't wait. Two week announcement too, always appreciated!

[Redruth]

:)

[BUNKUM]

Excellent news, just bought via fsol Digital. Also, anyone ordering through FSOLdigital will also receive an exclusive mp3 download of a three track ep

[purlieu]

 

Gaz on Facebook:

 

' I've unearthed a beauty' Brian exclaimed down the phone one afternoon in May. I'd become accustomed to hearing such things over the years of course, Brian had taken on the custodianship of all the DATs and master recordings of FSOL's 90s period , ' the janitor' as he was known , and thus ' the janitor' was always searching for FSOL bounty for the ARCHIVE releases that had ensued so yes, it was a common occurrence.. Nonetheless ,It was, , always IS a pleasure to hear such an exaltation. Maybe i could finally retire with this latest find , hopefully it would be real treasure .. the excitement was palpable, Brian knew it, making me hold on before playing it . The idea that there is magic in the vaults is an enticing one. This afternoon was no different. I was struggling with a new track, perplexed by it, feeling like giving up, so to hear that there was something magic that i had been involved with at some point in my life was soothing : ). Would i remember it, would i be disappointed, would i be the person to burst the bubble by realizing it actually wasn't our track at all but actually someone elses that had slipped erroneously onto the DAT ( it has happened, believe me : ). I sat back to listen as the first bars of music began to play down the phone line.

What i love about the ARCHIVE series is its like being reconnected with oneself..This track was no different, i couldn't remember anything about it, i strained to penetrate the fog of memory, I supplanted memory of two guys in their twenties into THAT room, EARTHBEAT, an imaginary argument about the direction of the song, a pivotal breakthrough when one of us took over from the other. But no....i was merely projecting into a void, there was nothing .

Most tracks i retain a very keen knowing of who did what and when and how, but tracks we saw no future in we moved on from tirelessly, and there were literally hundreds of such tracks, Having a major label deal meant that tracks really had to have something really special beyond fast food and we worked bloody hard to arrive at such fruits in an attempt to make great albums. Tracks done in an hour here or a day there twenty years ago, meant that memory really had no chance to consolidate itself unlike the tracks that actually made it onto the albums , they acquire instant prevailing mythology.. Yet this one was familiar , no i didn't know it at all but the essence , the melodies, the directive of what it was trying to say is such a familiar part of Brian and I from that time that it returns home, returns me to home and its a lovely feeling. Brian found it on a DAT dedicated to the WE HAVE EXPLOSIVE single...part 4 of that had been the ambient foray so it was probably deemed that this wasn't suitable ( and i can see why ) but I'm glad to hear it today, and the nostalgia isn't nostalgia at all, its just a part of me that doesn't die and these ARCHIVES give me an opportunity to step outside, lose memory and then re-acquaint momentarily & quite poignantly with myself as if for the first time & I'm an old , dear friend ( or those men in black have zapped my memory meaning I can enjoy the music I make without actually experiencing the agonizing pain of making it )

So dear friend, bring me home and if anyone knows who actually wrote it then kindly get in touch and we'll sort you out ha ha.

Gaz Cobain xx

[mcbpete]

if anyone knows who actually wrote it then kindly get in touch and we'll sort you out ha ha.

I couldn't quite make out what he meant by that - as if he totally doesn't remember composing it whereas other tracks he can completely place where and the situation behind most other tracks, or if it actually was by someone else and found it on the WHE DAT !

[xfxf]

that blue green track is fkn rad

[purlieu]

 

if anyone knows who actually wrote it then kindly get in touch and we'll sort you out ha ha.

I couldn't quite make out what he meant by that - as if he totally doesn't remember composing it whereas other tracks he can completely place where and the situation behind most other tracks, or if it actually was by someone else and found it on the WHE DAT !

 

A joking reference to the fact that he can't remember writing it, and they have accidentally found other people's tracks on a DAT before. I'm sure 'The Janitor' has it catalogued in his brain.

[Alcofribas]

i haven't longed for 9/11 this bad since 2001

[Guest Aces]

Pre-ordered the shit out of this plus Enviroments on vinyl. This guys have had a lot of money out of me over the last few weeks, worth every penny too!

[Rubin Farr]

All pre-orders with digitals now in your locker. doing my initial listen, more good 90s era from the guys. haven't made it to the EP yet.

[BUNKUM]

All pre-orders with digitals now in your locker. doing my initial listen, more good 90s era from the guys. haven't made it to the EP yet.

Nothing in my account yet, in fact it still says my order is processing, I ordered on 2nd September. I might have to get in touch if nothing changes today.

[Rubin Farr]

no worries. itl'll show up in our libraries ourselves?

[BUNKUM]

I emailed them, got an instant reply and a link to download the bonus EP. I ordered on CD and for some reason thought I'd get mp3s of the album too, must of read it wrong. Never mind will have to wait for it to drop in the mail. Think I'll save the bonus EP until after I've heard the album.

[Rubin Farr]

no worries, brian will drop it in your account within a day.

[BUNKUM]

You only get mp3s with the vinyl according to the order page (and first post). My CD was dispatched yesterday anyway, so won't have long to wait. I actually listened to vol 1-7 the other day, so much quality. I was quite surprised how good 1-3 were having not listened to them for a while

[purlieu]

Bonus EP has some strong stuff. First two tracks sound a bit more contemporary than their '90s stuff.

 

1. Bring

2. Sea + LSD

3. τροχός

[purlieu]

And my CD just popped through the letterbox!