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Future Sound of London - The Isness
by Dolemite at 8:23 am EST, Jan 29, 2003 |
After a six year hiatus, Cobain and Dougans have emerged with a new sound and spiritual awareness. The Isness is a modern-day exploration in psych-rock, complete with sitars and mellotrons. Elements of the old FSOL sound are sporadic and noticeable, however this album is quite a diversion from their previous endeavors. If you don't have a subscription to emusic, you can get a 14 day/50 download trial for free. There are several reasons why you might like emusic, though: 1. They distribute unaltered MP3 format files, legally, with royalties paid to the artists who supply them.
2. They support open source by actually having download clients available for linux/*nix as well as Windows, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.
3. They don't carry current Billboard Chart hits. I think that resonates with most memestreams users. They do, however, have a good 80's one-hit-wonder library, and I'm all about that. Dolemite |
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RE: Future Sound of London - The Isness
by Decius at 9:19 pm EST, Jan 29, 2003 |
Dolemite wrote:
] After a six year hiatus, Cobain and Dougans have emerged
] with a new sound and spiritual awareness. It this actually good? I a big FSOL fan, but I read reveiws of this on Amazon and decided that it was questionable... |
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RE: Future Sound of London - The Isness
by Dolemite at 10:28 pm EST, Jan 29, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] Dolemite wrote:
] ] After a six year hiatus, Cobain and Dougans have emerged
] ] with a new sound and spiritual awareness.
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] It this actually good? I a big FSOL fan, but I read reveiws of
] this on Amazon and decided that it was questionable... To be honest, it reminds me a lot of Kula Shaker - a band that actually had a hit back in the late 90s. It's more Beatles influenced than Tangerine Dream, so definitely a big change for FSOL. I don't know if this is their first album with vocals, but it's the first I've heard with any substantial amount from them. As far as whether or not it's actually good depends on how diverse your musical tastes are. If world music annoys you then the influence of it on this album will annoy you. You can't dance to it. If you want something more along the lines of trance/electronica, check out System 7 on emusic. |
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