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| Popmatters |
 It seems that Future Sound of London have been tinkering for some time now. Having spent the last few years releasing little more than archival compilations and side projects under a variety of names, Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans seem awfully noncommittal about producing a true “next” FSOL album. In turn, while fans are for the moment content with the recent flood of old but unreleased material that Future Sound of London have been putting out alongside new music from aliases like Yaze and Amorphous Androgynous, there’s a certain restlessness to the waiting. It’s as if we’re being teased. Cobain and Dougans are making music, and they’re obviously not averse to flouting the Future Sound name, and still, we have yet to see anything that looks like a “proper” followup to Dead Cities.Environments 3 does not alter that recent pattern, but along with the preceding Environments album, it does seem to indicate an uptick in the willingness of Cobain and Dougans to create new music under the Future Sound banner. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to see any of the Environments releases as such, given that the names of Environments II and Environments 3 indicate that they’re somehow sequels to the long-promised Environments release, an album that languished in Future Sound myth for 13 years before it was finally released in 2007. As far as anyone could tell, Environments II was completely new music (and excellent new music at that), but its link to the original Environments and the question of the sources of the sounds keep it from being considered the long-awaited “new Future Sound album”. The same fate, of course, befalls Environments 3, though at least in this case the source and inspiration for some of the familiar sounds and beats is obvious: Dead Cities is the basis of Environments 3....full text |
| Phuturelabs |
| FSOL are without doubt, legends in the realm of electronic music and in my opinion, the finest producers to ever put hand to keyboard. In the past few years they’ve been releasing quite a lot of material from their archives (the 5CD “From The Archives” collection is a must have) sprinkled with the odd piece of new material (Environments 2 was allegedly about 50% new material) and this week saw the full release in the 3rd of the “Environments” series. Who knows if the material is old or new, and frankly, it doesn’t really matter. The album is packed with genius FSOL moments from start to finish, blending otherwordly atmospherics and soundscapes with their unique ear for a beautiful melody. I’ve picked a couple of my favourites below but the album lends itself (as with most FSOL material) to a full start to finish listen. Pick this up from FSOLDigital and have a wander around while you’re there – there’s a whole host of goodies available. Also available on CD from Play.com....full text |
| Boomkat |
| The 3rd in FSOL's ongoing series investigates further planes of abstract, synthesized spaces and places. From the opening 'Viewed From An Obscure Angle' it's clear we're in contemporary FSOL territory with ruffled digital-concrete textures entwined with plaintive piano like some macro mix of The Boats. Dougans and Cobain proceed to guide us through their mysterious soundscapes, calling at orchestral symphonics in 'Sunken Ships', hyperharp scenery in 'The Empty Land', and abstracted electronic jazz in 'Accompaniment For Melodious Expression' or resplendant Roedelius-style solo piano and synthscapes in 'Hall Of Mirrors'....full text |
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