the future sound of london

bristol · Post by **bristol** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:09 pm

i know they've been around for a while, and i've been meaning to check them out for a while as well.
so i recently bought lifeforms and i like it, but my question is, is this pretty indicative of their sound or is there better stuff to check out? is anyone around her a fan of fsol that could help me out?

purlieu · Post by **purlieu** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:55 am

There isn't really an album indicative of their style. Accelerator is quite straight up techno, very little ambience, although it's pretty great. Tales of Ephidrina (released as Amorphous Androgynous) is sort of a mix between Lifeforms and Accelerator. ISDN is dark trip-hop with acid jazz and hip-hop elements, plus a few ambient bits. Dead Cities is a big mix of the other albums plus some IDM and dnb bits in. The Isness (released as Amorphous Androgynous in Europe but FSOL in the US) is mostly very different, with strains of psychedelia and prog rock... vocals, guitars, sitars, orchestras, allsorts.
Dead Cities is your best bet for the next album, though, I'd say, as it's generally the most popular alongside Lifeforms.

nacmat · Post by **nacmat** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:02 pm

I got accelerator, lifeforms, lifeforms ep and dead cities

I love those

but I need to get more

purlieu · Post by **purlieu** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:31 pm

My Kingdom EP comes highly recommended.
And the We Have Explosive EP is interesting as it marks a vague point in the direction of their newer stuff.

ffej071 · Post by **ffej071** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:30 pm

I have only heard there wipeout songs, but I want to look into there albums. Where would be a good place to start?

ffej071 · Post by **ffej071** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:31 pm

(double post)

Weakling · Post by **Weakling** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:09 pm

ffej071 wrote:I have only heard there wipeout songs, but I want to look into there albums. Where would be a good place to start?

Depends where you're coming from in music terms. But since this is/was an Orbital forum, I will take that as a starting point. If you're into Orbital and like something that sounds a bit new I would say the Dead Cities album. If you don't mind stuff a bit older, definitely the ISDN album. Even older would be Accelerator. In any case steer clear of the Amorphous Androgynous stuff. IMHO of course ...

purlieu · Post by **purlieu** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:37 pm

For an Orbital fan who likes Lifeforms, the first Amorphous Androgynous album (Tales of Ephidrina) would be perfect.
But yeah, the newer psychedelic stuff is a bit of an acquired taste...

bristol · Post by **bristol** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:57 pm

good to know - thanks guys

nacmat · Post by **nacmat** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:13 pm

I might check tales of ephidrina

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:45 pm

Tales of Ephidrina is a brilliant album - full of very cheeky samples as well.....