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Tonight we witness an end and a beginning: we say goodbye to CUBUS's Lovely New Thing with the fifth and final part to his epic mix, we also start off an amazing four-parter by ROSS BAKER called "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". Newcomers this month are prolific Portuguese mixmaster J. HARTMANN and ahead of his upcoming album on Apollo Records: HALFTRIBE. We also welcome back HERD with a mix of leftover Tangents that never made it to his official releases, and the DARK ELECTRONIC POETS with a recent decent with William S. Burroughs, with NOISESURFER taking the solo seat with a toe-tapping Spanish/worldwide mixtape, finally somewhere out in the desert AKKYA takes LSD and travels with Jim Morrison to explore the Psychedelic Development Of Our Unified Conciousness!
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In Volume 5 we welcome, close FSOL friend: SEAFAR! And also we welcome lighthearted Kiwi samplers MALTY MEDIA! into the series. Then we travel a train line from London that goes STRAIGHT to a place you've never heard before with ROSS BAKER and SAINT HELENA DOVE, before we resume the excellent trips of NMESH, AKKYA, OFF LAND and cubus! Before we come back to an island near Greece to celebrate life and all it's beauty again with FIVE MINUTES ALONE!
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This month we invite plenty of new guests and newcomers to the show: first we have Neotropic aka Riz Maslen premiering brand new material, the first part of her Tohan Tales project about her time spent in the remote village of Tumbang Tohan, Borneo. This is the first part of many that will be appearing throughout this year, we then welcome back Off Land after his latest successful Kickstarter for his new album through Psychonavigation Records with a brand new two-parter, both Nmesh and cubus continue to deliver the goods before we welcome DVNT to give us a Darkfloor spin of the classic FSOL Essential Mixes while also premiering exclusive tracks of artists from his label, DJ Heisa, owner of the New Worck website joins the room to give us a further dark spin, we also welcome Lingua Lustra from the Netherlands bringing along a few of his tracks, and finally as a storm looms overhead Loose Link and Ross Baker join forces as Sturmazdale to try and entertain and warm us.
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Terminal Radio is a transmission broadcast offshoot of Terminal Window, a music project from FSOLBoard, a community of Future Sound of London fans on the internet. Artists on the board were invited to contribute tracks and collaborations to the album, given nothing but the title Terminal Window. Members who made tracks for the Terminal Window series and general fans of FSOL and ambient music were invited to contribute a 15 minute mix. Eight of these were collected and mixed together into a 2 hour trip. Each volume will feature eight more alternate universes converging into one super quadaural meta-brain.
Volume 3 features Nmesh, cubus, Five Minutes Alone, Sven Mayer, Akkya, Noisesurfer, Ross Baker and Loose Link.
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We take a second deeper dive into the unknown starting off with a track by Daniel Pemberton's Space Dive, new from FSOLDigital.com, when Nmesh continues to cut up your mind with his brand of Psychic Surgery, cubus follows with the first part of his Lovely New Thing, we are then joined by Mischaphex with an updated and reconfigured mix of his excellent FSOL tribute EP, Akkya previews new material and slides us through 26,000 cycles, replicant Noisesurfer escapes retirement and shows us his hideout within the Dead Cities, then joins the Clockwork Keyboard trio for 15 minutes of Mars gazing, Sven Meyer channels his native Tangerine dream sensibilities with his Ambient Orgy, and finally as the sun sets over Thermaikos, Greece we're given another nice 15 minute lullaby by Five Minutes Alone.
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Terminal Radio is a transmission broadcast offshoot of Terminal Window, a music project from FSOLBoard, a community of Future Sound of London fans on the internet. Artists on the board were invited to contribute tracks and collaborations to the album, given nothing but the title Terminal Window. Members who made tracks for the Terminal Window series and general fans of FSOL and ambient music were invited to contribute a 15 minute mix. Eight of these were collected and mixed together into a 2 hour trip. Each volume will feature eight more alternate universes converging into one super quadaural meta-brain.
Volume 1 kicks off with Nmesh and his first part of his Psychic Surgery mix, followed by a multi-layered offering by Herd, then Akkya takes us blissfully away for another 15, The Dark Electronic Poets Sven Meyer and Noisesurfer teaches us ancient tales, Ross Baker gives us a nice relaxing minimal ride, then Loose Link hits us again with the multilayerism, we then introduce an exciting newcomer Five Minutes Alone and let him shine for another 15 and finally we cap off the trip with a fine selection by Offland.
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Link 2: FSOL Forum - Terminal Radio (Transmission One) by Akkya
FSOLBoard: http://fsolboard.co.uk/
Terminal Window: http://terminalwindow.bandcamp.com/
ALL ARTWORKS BY HERD
TERMINAL WINDOW 2
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Title: Terminal Window 2
Released: 2012
Label: Sirona Records, Archive.org
NOW ON SIRONA RECORDS & BANDCAMP
Format: Digital
Genre: ambient, IDM, techno, glitch, space ambient
Riding on the heels of the awesome first volume, “Terminal Window 2” explores a wildly vivid myriad of musical landscapes. Compiled and recorded by FSOL fans through the message board hosted on http://www.ilovecubus.co.uk , this new release showcases some of the best artists hiding in the internet’s etherground. For those of you who’ve followed this blog over the past six months, you might be familiar with some of the artists who appear here.
The best way to review a various artist compilation is to take it track by track. So sit back, and enjoy the ride.
1) Nmesh – Terminal Interface
We open here in a very dark atmosphere, full of odd vocal samples, birds and flutes. It’s the perfect collage styled ambient piece. It does sound quite FSOL influenced but it holds its own unique qualities. Awesome.
2) Noisesurfer – Wook
With some noisy yet melodic synth, we’re treated to something beautiful. This is a piece of complex simplicity, hinting at the ambient masterpieces from the mid-90s and mixing it with a dose of acid. Brilliant.
3) Loose Link – Iodium
With a wild beat and post-apocalyptic ambient atmospheres, this track is a sonic whirlwind. It gets very deep and almost “Dead Cities”-esque in spots, all the while entrancing me with a simple distorted beat. It’s a nice mix of ambient, break beat and industrial. Fun!
4) Off Land – Lines (Recon)
With a gentle nudge, this track fades in like a fog in a deep evergreen forest. It’s almost minimal but still remains lush and vibrant in its subtlety.
5) Akkya – Earthchild
A very gentle track with a very atmospheric background, this piece drifts along at a relaxing pace. I enjoy this track immensely. Thanks for this one!
6) Clockwork Keyboard – Extract My Time
Here’s something interesting… Manipulated clock chimes and glitched-up vocal samples give the illusion that we’re traveling through some sort of time warp. If defying the laws of time and space were possible, this would be the soundtrack for it. It’s chaotic yet clearly puts the concept forward.
7) Ross Baker – Rain
This track was the perfect choice to follow Clockwork Keyboard’s track in this mix. The sound is textured like rain drops pattering rapidly onto a surface, in this case, perhaps the sound waves themselves. The wild pattering fades into gentle echoed chimes of sorts with a light rain affect murmuring in the background that eventually sends us into the next track.
8) Cubus – Parameter Window
Without really missing a beat from Baker’s track, we are gently drifting into a hushed and deep soundscape. This would almost rival something from the FAX label with its retrofuturistic beats, thick atmosphere and clever use of synth and piano. And before you know it, this track takes on a more neo-classical feel. This is a good example of a track that employs two different genres at once without jarring transitions.
9) Off Land – Weeds
This track is a flawless ambient peace, sort of bringing us back to Earth’s orbit. For me, this is certainly a lay-on-the-floor-and-chill sort of track. It’s perfect on a warm and humid summer day, especially when the birds begin to fade in near the end of the track.
10) Loose Link – Sipbass
Like a strange dream, this noise influenced glitch track grumbles into view. It’s suddenly met with some turntable magic, heavy static beats and a mega dose of abstract.
11) Noisesurfer – Hazey Pillow
A pulsing beat meets up with some chilled feedback, textured samples and as the name of this track describes, it gives way to a real hazy dream-like feel. The simplicity of this track makes it really enjoyable; it doesn’t overwhelm or get too cluttered. It keeps this mix flowing without losing pace.
12) Akkya – Foundation
Shimmering back to the forefront, it’s Akkya. This track takes on an even hazier feel than the previous track at first, allowing a rock-like beat to fade in with a truly slick bass line. Fans of FSOL will love this track without a doubt. I’m in bliss as I play this one.
13) Clockwork Keyboard – Crazy Dog Beats
Odd synth and a smooth, low hum lead me into a field of beats. It reminds me of a wilder Boards of Canada, but the music is quite unique. There’s so much going on here that it’s difficult to translate my thoughts into words. I am left surprised by this piece. I should also mention that this sounds amazing through headphones.
14) Ross Baker – Storm Passed
Evidently a possible follow up to his earlier track on this compilation, this track, while haunting in tone, is deep and wondrous. It’s a track that travels and keeps me on my toes while keeping me really relaxed. It’s one of the longer tracks on the compilation but it certainly does not slow things down. Flawless.
15) Nmesh – Mainframe Terminal
Some wild vocal sample, birds/loons, and flutes launch into a gentle ambient beat and some well-structured and thought provoking jams. It picks up and continues on perfectly from where “Storm Passed” left off. It hints at ambience from the early 90s without forcing the notion too much or sounding dated. It’s an interesting piece and packs a lot in. Quite engaging.
16) Sturmazdale – Caves
A mix of glitchy murmurings and atmospheric brilliance, this is the perfect track to wrap up this mesmerizing compilation. It’s a true modern ambient gem. I’d be hard pressed to find anything wrong with this piece. Refreshing.
Should you download this? Yes! This set hints and leans on elements of FSOL, Namlook, BoC and others while fearlessly and magnificently holding its own and shining through the farthest reaches of space as a true masterpiece of its kind. The flow of this set is amazing and one can easily see that great care and thought were put into the order of the tracks. This was something that stood out to me right away and impressed me deeply. Fans of ambient music will be very satisfied with this; I know I was. Download this from here or here!
5 out of 5
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TERMINAL WINDOW 1
TERMINAL WINDOW
Various Artists
Jerky Oats Records (joat015)
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- about
- Terminal Window is a music project from FSOLBoard, a community of Future Sound of London fans on the internet. Artists on the board were invited to contribute tracks and collaborations to the album, given nothing but the title Terminal Window. The final record holds together incredibly well as an individual album, merging ambient breaks from the likes of Loose Link and Noisesurfer with more traditional ambience of Off Land and cubus, and more experimental sounds from Herd and Full-Source. This wide range of styles, knitted together into a single journey, leaves the album sounding not a million miles away from FSOL themselves.
- credits
- released 12 February 2011 Cover art by Herd - prints available here: www.deviantart.com/print/17394435/ Booklet photography by Pandemonium. www.fsolboard.co.uk
Available as a free download from Jerky Oats Records: Terminal Window – The FSOLBoard Album. Created and collected together into one sweeping weird and wonderful soundscape. 14 beautiful photographs taken by Pandemonium accompany the album, not looking too far from ready to be printed into a sell-able CD.
