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offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 19:59 [#00126160]
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i had heard FSOL were good, however i bought Accelerator
and to put it bluntly its crap. I'm gonna take it back next
week and get another cd, should i get another FSOL album or
should i get Geogaddi? Decisions decisions....


 

offline sgt growley from Deal (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:01 [#00126163]
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But you must have liked Papua New Guiniea? (sorry can't
spell)?


 

offline corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-03-14 20:02 [#00126164]
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Get Geogaddi


 

offline sgt growley from Deal (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:07 [#00126177]
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Yeah, Geogaddi is a classic, but if you like UK ambient
techno style stuff then you can't beat Orbital...



 

offline 010101 from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-03-14 20:09 [#00126181]
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Dead Citys


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:12 [#00126190]
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yeah Papa New Guiniea is good, very good and a track i heard
on the net from Dead Cities was excelent. If HMV had dead
cities in i prob would have got that. What is lifeforms
like?


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-03-14 20:16 [#00126199]
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I am not even that keen on Papua New Guinea but Dead Cities
is marvelous one of my all time favourite album..and in a
similar vein is ISDN..life forms ia ambience taken to it's
very limits..not bad..but I prefer their darker more twisted
excursions..(i.e Dead Cities and ISDN :))


 

offline shortcircuit from Red Ends (Germany) on 2002-03-14 20:21 [#00126209]
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Lifeforms is incredible. It's my favourite album from FSOL.
Lifeforms is electronic artificial life and it awakes in
your stereo speakers...


 

offline sgt growley from Deal (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:26 [#00126222]
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Yeah, life forms is a much nicer listening experience...
they kind of lost it after that...


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:28 [#00126230]
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ISDN feels more organic, like they did it on a shoestring,
and just sent it out the the punk rock style they are.


 

offline TrevorGod from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-14 20:30 [#00126242]
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Lifeforms is one of my favourite albums. Defintly give FSOL
another try. Dead Cities and ISDN are both amazing too. I
really like the My Kingdom single as well.


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2002-03-14 20:35 [#00126264]
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There was a documentary on the French architect,
Noveau(sp?), shown here a couple of years ago. Anyway, they
played some of the Cascade ep as bg-music, part2 I think. It
was an awesome match between music and imagery.

-P


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:38 [#00126275]
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Cascade: Part 1 is really cool


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-03-14 20:40 [#00126278]
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is my kingdom worth getting if you already have Dead
Cities?
ISDN sounds like it does because it's like a live
performance of sorts broadcast directly on ISDN channels


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:42 [#00126286]
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The inlay is rather good i think. All those wierd trippy
images and then thier punk rock manifesto.


 

offline TrevorGod from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-14 20:44 [#00126292]
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My Kingdom is definitly worth getting. It's atmosphere is a
little more like lifeforms than Dead Cities though. Much
more organic ambient electronic. I actually play it more
than Dead Cities because it flows so well. Not that DC
doesn't flow but MK is amazing.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-14 20:44 [#00126294]
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i'm guessing accelerator is the weakest of their albums
then? trust me to get that one :)

i think i'm gonna replace it for lifeforms, thanks for the
advice!


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-03-14 20:55 [#00126334]
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Accelerator was good for it's time and mood (nascent trance
scene) but now sounds too happy and formulaic (even though
FSOL devised some of those formulas:))...


 

offline tunemx from Budapest (Hungary) on 2002-03-15 03:38 [#00126779]
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Buy all the albums. They are all classic. And dont forget to
buy the early Humanoid single too.

(if you find it)


 

offline Clic on 2002-03-15 06:06 [#00126827]
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ISDN, Lifeforms, Dead Cities. All good. Nothing like
Accelerator, which I think is shit too.


 

offline shortcircuit from Red Ends (Germany) on 2002-03-15 07:19 [#00126846]
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That's a list of FSOL records you must have:
Humanoid - Stakker humanoid
Lifeforms
Lifeforms Path 1-7
Cascade
ISDN
My kingdom
Dead cities


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2002-03-15 07:30 [#00126851]
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Dead Cities one my favs album of everytime...

I suggest to buy GEOGADDI and DEAD CITIES and you will be an
happy man, believe me.



 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-15 07:32 [#00126853]
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i've My Kingdom. that's probably 1 of my favs by FSOL


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-03-15 07:38 [#00126854]
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i like we have explosive and the mixes as well..


 


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