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| | Environments Vol. 2 | | | Music Artist : | | Future Sound of London | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Jumpin & Pumpin/Groove | | Release Date : | | 2009-02-10 | | Store Price : | | $19.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $19.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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 Exceptional
Submitted on: 2009-10-05 |
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| This album slots into the period between Tales of Ephidrina, Lifeforms and ISDN, although I suspect it's been more recently significantly played with because it is far and away better than Environments 1, not that the latter is a bad album. It just sounds like something the boys would compose now. It's easily one of the best pieces of ambient electronica in a good while. (I don't much like the label, though.) Pick a superlative. It's also sharp as a tack sound-wise, a pleasure to listen to. This is food for the ears and the mind's well-being. Lie in the middle of the loungeroom and imagine you're in field in warm spring sunshine. Don't wait a moment longer. |
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The future revisited.
Submitted on: 2009-09-25 |
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| Matches their best work from the early 90s (ie - Tales of Ephidrina/Lifeforms). Incorporates similar elements, similar style, yet is substantially different, substantially all its own. This is FSOL of the past realized in the future. |
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fsol of the future
Submitted on: 2009-04-28 |
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| Great cd something new and diferant with every track. play on repeat and kick back and enjoy. |
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this album is excellent. some of future sounds best..
Submitted on: 2009-03-18 |
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this is my first review. and i'll start off to say i'm a little bit of a future sound collector at over 20 albums. close to 30 if you count amorphous androgynous stuff (which doesn't quite amaze me like the future sound). and this album is instantly one of my favorite. although a little on the short side at 57 minutes. the future sound of london may be my favorite artists completely. and this i tell you. is a very good one which i know will hit the spot for some other true future sound fans. imagine if lifeforms repopulated the dead cities, and then everything froze over. i think i even recognized some samples from both lifeforms and dead cities in the track "colour blind" yet it was a completely new and refreshing melody... i never minded the future sound's occasional recycling of samples. it usually makes something new and beautiful all the same. but samples aside i'm saying the moodscape of this album felt to me like a wonderful arctic iced over lifeforms.
and of course the sound quality is out of this world as always. this album must be heard on a good home stereo or headphones or earbuds (the best thing you have). all i'm saying is you dont quite get the full range with desktop dime speakers. if you're into future sound you know what i mean. it's like digital liquid for your ears. only in this case crystalized.
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Better then part 1
Submitted on: 2009-01-12 |
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Much better then Environments 1 in my opinion. If I had to guess, the first Environments appeared to be old material while this album is seemingly composed of new material (The first Environments had much more of the electronica funk from their 90's music). I say that because the music is unlike any previous FSOL music. The style is much more ambient and vast then all other albums they've created. There are no true standouts to me, as this album must be listened to as a whole... Keep it coming FSOL!
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