Cinos Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Yup, another recommendations topic. I'm delving backwards into all kinds of electronica, and now this is at turn. FSOL, the legendary ambient/trance group. Could you recommend me some of their best albums and tell me which aren't worth buying? (at least as a first album) Have heard Papua New Guinea already and loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hey Cino Bino, all of their albums rule...But LIFEFORMS ( 1994 ), ISDN ( 1995 ) and DEAD CITIES ( 1996 ) are their best efforts...Check my reviews in reviews section... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Posted May 24, 2005 Author Share Posted May 24, 2005 Hey Cino Bino, all of their albums rule...But LIFEFORMS ( 1994 ), ISDN ( 1995 ) and DEAD CITIES ( 1996 ) are their best efforts...Check my reviews in reviews section... 266416[/snapback] Even the newest one, Isness? (or was that released by their sideproject?) It hasn't received any good ratings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukiro Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Get Lifeforms first. Then the singles from that album (LOTS of similar material on those.) The Amorphous Androgynous album "Tales Of Ephidrina" is very similar to Lifeforms, but slightly older. Also VERY recommended. ISDN is a bit more harsh, but still in the same vein. Dead Cities is a bit of a new sound, but still good old FSOL. A bit more hit and miss than the totally solid Lifeforms, though. Get the My Kingdom single from this album as well, very very nice stuff. Avoid their latest releases ("The Issness" and "The Otherness") for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 The Isness is in deed their weakest effort... Tales Of Ephidrina is amazing, it is very old, but PERFECT... I also suggest their singles ( Papua New Guinea, Lifeforms, Cascade, My Kingdom, We Have Explosive )... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 i have only heard one of their tracks, called "we have explosive" (it is on 'wipeout 2097' soundtrack, no kazaa bug for sure) and just want to check it's the same FSOL. Cause it doesnt sound ambient/trance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukiro Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 i have only heard one of their tracks, called "we have explosive" (it is on 'wipeout 2097' soundtrack, no kazaa bug for sure) and just want to check it's the same FSOL. Cause it doesnt sound ambient/trance. 266491[/snapback] It's the same guys, but its a very different track for them. FSOL were never really trance anyway, so ignore that bit =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Ok, good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 FSOL......what can i say,words are not enough Get everything you find.Listen to them.A lot.Explore their music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahf Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Start with Lifeforms and Dead Cities, those are masterpieces. Accelerator, their first is good too, but very different (mostly funky techno with only the slightest hints of ambient psychedelia). I personally LOVE the Isness/Otherness, but you probably won't enjoy it if you only like electronic music. It's still psychedelic, but more in a Beatles/prog rock fashion. other FSOL recommendations: BBC Radio One Essential Mixes from 1993 and 94, the "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind" mixtape (I've got a copy recorded from KISS FM in '97), and their remix of Robert Miles's Paths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktrance Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Dead cities are from my point of view the best one of their releases. And it is one of the few(IMHO) electronic releases actually have a connection between the title and the music, the title fits perfectly, I always get the feeling of being in dead/abandoned cites when I hear it. For second I would go for lifeforms. As mentioned the latest releases arent too great in my book, but then again dead cities are hard to beat.. Just my 2 cents Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 overrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 overrated 267205[/snapback] Could you spear us sometimes your non sense one liners ? You are not cool as you think, far from it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Psychiatrist Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Dead Cities and Isness are my fav's. Got myself Lifeforms recently. Trying to dig it. But i still miss the point of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Dead Cities and Isness are my fav's. Got myself Lifeforms recently. Trying to dig it. But i still miss the point of it. 267306[/snapback] it takes aprox 20 listening times .. then you are in heaven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Could you spear us sometimes your non sense one liners ? You are not cool as you think, far from it... 267289[/snapback] Could you stop spreading your negative attitude? You're not as liked as you think you're. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evans Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Accelerator is by *far* their best release. One of electronica's true anthems. I find it better than any other of their works, which are also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 overrated 267205[/snapback] you are overrating your self man! Go take a dump and leave us alone! First FSOL album I heard was "Dead Cities" .. I got stunned by their music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Could you stop spreading your negative attitude? You're not as liked as you think you're. 267630[/snapback] You see, I am only negative with negative people, so I am not worried, you are trying to be smart ass non stop and YOU ARE NOT...Just another kid with delusions of grandeur...Bug off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 overrated 267205[/snapback] Overrated?FSOL created the ABSOLUTE psychedelic/atmospheric ambient album back in '93 when others are just trying to create something in the same style 12 years after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 You see, I am only negative with negative people, so I am not worried, you are trying to be smart ass non stop and YOU ARE NOT...Just another kid with delusions of grandeur...Bug off... 267881[/snapback] oh our granpa seraph, fucking self educated 25yo budhist.. soon to become shaman.. grow up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraph Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 I did which can't be applied to you buster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 I did which can't be applied to you buster... 267914[/snapback] yeah i know i'm not on your level of teh elite hippyness.. i haven't got my own hut in goa and i don't wear skirts.. nor have i any nepalese shirts.. i bow to you you shaman mastah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillkirk Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Start with Lifeforms and Dead Cities, those are masterpieces. Accelerator, their first is good too, but very different (mostly funky techno with only the slightest hints of ambient psychedelia). I personally LOVE the Isness/Otherness, but you probably won't enjoy it if you only like electronic music. It's still psychedelic, but more in a Beatles/prog rock fashion. other FSOL recommendations: BBC Radio One Essential Mixes from 1993 and 94, the "Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind" mixtape (I've got a copy recorded from KISS FM in '97), and their remix of Robert Miles's Paths. 266572[/snapback] Thanks for the recommendations. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlpool Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 I only own lifeforms, and I love it, really should get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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