FSOLdigital Presents MIND MAPS 2 - Future Sound of London, Humanoid, Yage, Synthi A and More (Touched Music)

12.11.21

FSOLdigital -Mind Maps 2

Nice!

Got my file copies of this today and I’ve got to say I think it’s one of the best things I’ve designed, so pleased with how the design has evolved from MM1. 
 

There were Mind Maps 2 shirts and hoodies up yesterday, either they pulled them, or they sold out fast.

https://fsol.bandcamp.com/merch

  On 11/12/2021 at 4:56 PM, Rubin Farr said:

 

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Awesome.

Someone tell Yage to come visit WATMM for an AMA. @purlieu?

  On 11/12/2021 at 6:36 PM, Extralife said:

Awesome.

Someone tell Yage to come visit WATMM for an AMA. @purlieu?

Remote from the chapel? lol

Touched's copies went in 16 minutes or so, there's still some left at FSOL digital. There's the Earthbeat 30Y Anniversary edition, too, going out fast.

Lovely time in the chat there, everyone. Here's my annotated tracklist

John Tejada and the Bee (FSOL Remix)
Remix of an EXM track
Humanoid track, acid stuff

Then there's a run of tracks as heard on the Touched show in June:
In Solitude We Are Least Alone, alt mix
Alina Kalancea / Yage collaboration
Crackly textures... water or fire? Really creepy voice sample "When the sun emerges from the darkness... your time will pass"
Melancholic synth pads with answerphone message, brief interlude
Synth arps, staggered beats, dark and very intense

Heogen - Shall We Go There (Yage Remix)... lovely melodic downtempo track
EBS5-esque spoken sample
FSOL + Dan Pemberton - Long Green Field
Sol A r Skies (Alt version)
IDM track, some tempo changes, mad breaks
Answerphone message of someone shouting 'oi' a lot

Another section from June's mix:
New SickOnes remix, slightly dnbish
Short ambient track... acoustic guitar and chanting
Old analogue rhythm machine, twinkly synth arpeggios, very '70s, early electronic krautrock in the Cluster vein

Twinkly synths with chunky lo-fi IDM beats
Answerphone environment with synths
Apertures - Missing Skies
Guitar and answerphone track

Some final tracks from June's mix:
Sinister snaky flute loop with completely mad glitched-up beats on top
Quiet, melancholic synth loops with answerphone messages
Field recording... not much happening

I'll see if Yage is up for an AMA. I would imagine the answer will be no.  

Oh, and of course this announcement at the end of the evening:

Environments Seven: Rituals, the first in the Environment Seven Trilogy, a thirteen track album coming in the first quarter of 2022.
Earthbeat 2LP reissue.
FSOLDigital.com will be offline for maintenance soon.

Environments Seven trilogy??? Huge news. I’m guessing this will be three eps that build into the whole album?

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:05 PM, purlieu said:

Earthbeat 2LP reissue.

I was hoping for this.

Top night and great to see some watmmers there. Can’t believe how fast Touched sold out of copies 

Me neither! Luckily FSOL digital still had some!!

Also missed it on Touched, so thanks for the hint 

Who’d have known back in 1991 we’d still be as excited about new FSOL releases now as we were back then. Wonderful.

  On 11/13/2021 at 11:13 PM, NewSchoolScience said:

Who’d have known back in 1991 we’d still be as excited about new FSOL releases now as we were back then. Wonderful.

This is a victory lap at this point.

shirts and hoodies are back up:

https://fsol.bandcamp.com/merch/mind-maps-2-t-shirt

https://fsol.bandcamp.com/merch/mind-maps-hoodie-blue

https://fsol.bandcamp.com/merch/mind-maps-hoodie-combat

https://fsol.bandcamp.com/merch/mind-maps-hoodie-green

cd arrived today, looking forward to a snowy drive with it later

Me too!

Got my copies of MM2 and Earthbeat 30Y CDs delivered just now, surprisingly they came straight through without Finnish customs grabbing them for ransom, although they originated from the Brexit-handicapped UK. Delighted.