The Future Sound of London
About
The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) is a British experimental electronic music duo, formed in 1988 in Manchester, United Kingdom, and made up by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. The duo met in the mid 80s while studying electronics at university.
Their music style covers most areas of electronic music, such as techno, drum and bass, house, trip-hop, ambient, dub, and often incorporates elements of jazz, classical and psychedelic rock. In addition to music composition, they are involved in 2D and 3D graphics, video, animation (in making almost all their own videos for their singles), and creating their own electronic devices for sound making.
They have released works under numerous aliases like Amorphous Androgynous, Yage, Humanoid, Mental Cube, Q, Zeebox, Heads Of Agreement and many more. The Manchester pair are often overlooked unless you dive deep into their discography, but much like The Orb and The KLF, Lifeforms can be seen as one of those all-encompassing electronic ambient journeys.