There are, undoubtedly, thousands of unreleased pieces in the band’s vaults. With most of the mid ’90s era now plundered for From the Archives releases, there are still boxes full of pre-Virgin tapes that are yet to be released, several albums’ worth of Amorphous Androgynous psychedelic material, and who knows how many hours of more recent tracks lying around. We’ll never hear most of it, even at the band’s current release rate, but there are, at least, some tracks known from transmissions, leaks and live performances. Here’s a list of known stuff, and where to find it.
Transmission material
There are a lot of unknown, unnamed tracks and environments in the band’s transmissions, but a few have been given names over the years, which I will focus on here. I’ll probably try and cross-reference the unnamed tracks at some point in the future.
Space Hippy
Broadcast on:
Kiss FM Test Transmission 1
John Peel Session 1992
Kiss FM Transmission 6
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Holy Ghost Inc. – Mad Monks on Zinc (The Future Sound of London Remix)
Broadcast on:
Kiss FM Test Transmission 1
FSOL/Dead Can Dance Sound Samples
Broadcast on:
Kiss FM Transmission 4
Kiss FM Transmission 6
Essential Mix 1994
Rome 1994
3D Headspace Tour
New York 1994
Essential Mix 1995
Open Enclosure
Broadcast on:
Kiss FM Transmission 4
Essential Mix 1994
Rome 1994
3D Headspace Tour
New York 1994
Slowly Falling Backwards
Broadcast on:
Mixing It 1994
Essential Mix 1994
Rome 1994
Electric Brain Storms 0.5
London Underground
Broadcast on:
Essential Mix 1995
Santana
Broadcast on:
Essential Mix 1995
Touched Music FSOL Night 1
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
My Kingdom (Early Version)
Broadcast on:
John Peel Session 1995
Art Futura 1995
Quagmire (Spatial Freakout)
Broadcast on:
John Peel Session 1995
Art Futura 1995
LA4
Broadcast on:
Edinburgh 1996
Kiss 102 1996
Kiss FM 1996
Fritz Radio 1996
Groove Radio 1997
Electric Brain Storms 0.5
Yage (Oil Mix)
Broadcast on:
Radio Leicester 1996
Groove Radio 1997
Hallucination (Unknown Mix)
Broadcast on:
Kiss FM 1996
Fritz Radio 1996
Everyone in the World
Released on:
Fun Radio 1996
Fun Radio 1997
The Shining Path / A Sweltering Heat (Vocal Version)
Broadcast on:
Mixing It 1997
The Shining Path
Broadcast on:
John Peel Session 1997
Fun Radio 1997
Trying to Make Impermanent Things Permanent (Full Length Version)
Broadcast on:
John Peel Session 1997
Fun Radio 1997
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 1
How to be a Genuine Fake
Broadcast on:
John Peel Session 1997
Fun Radio 1997
East Pacifica
Broadcast on:
Fun Radio 1997
The Electric Brain Storm 1
Wendover Woods
Broadcast on:
2002 Isness Mix
Divinity (Spoken Version)
Broadcast on:
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 4
Coconut
Broadcast on:
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 6
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 7
Indian Pudding and Pipe
Broadcast on:
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 6
Clocks
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms 0.5
Electric Field
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms 0.5
Echo Interview
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms 0.5
The Electric Brain Storm 1
The Vessel
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storm 1
Electric Brain Storms 2
Flickers
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storm 1
Warm Drift
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storm 1
Open Door
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storm 1
Open Head Surgery
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms 2
Til We Meet Again
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms 2
Turned
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms 2
Crosswind
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms Vol. 4
Boundaries
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms Vol. 4
Proggy
Broadcast on:
BLOC Festival 2009
Welcome
Broadcast on:
Existenz Athens 2009
Lifeforms (New Version)
Broadcast on:
Existenz Athens 2009
49 Innsep
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storms Vol 6
Slugs Trail
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms Vol. 7
Untitled 5
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms Vol. 7
Archived 77.7.5.77
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms Vol. 7
Enemy 9
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms Vol. 7
Embodiments
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms Vol. 7
Ripped Off (What About Now)
Broadcast on:
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Solid Steel 2012
People Thinking Back
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storm Document Eight
Piston Engine Troon
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storm Document Eight
滅亡
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storm 10 Micro Edition
EBV Answer Machine (The Knowing Collectors)
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storm 10 Micro Edition
Driving Round
Broadcast on:
Electric Brain Storm 10 Micro Edition
Static Field
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 1
Arc City
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 1
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Supergrass – Sun Hits the Sky (FSOL Remix)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Peirch
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Algae Floats the Water in Super Technicolour
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Stereo MC’s – Connected (FSOL Alternate Remix)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Bryan Ferry – I Put a Spell on You (Yage Alternate Remix)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
The JAMs – It’s Grim Up North (FSOL Remix)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 2
Viewed From the Outside
Broadcast on:
Nemone’s Electric Ladyland 2016
Unchamfed X
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms 11
Obollis 2
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms 11
Slider (7″ Edit)
Broadcast on:
The Electric Brain Storms 11
Acid Ho
Broadcast on:
In Session Solid Steel 2018
Point Cloud
Broadcast on:
In Session Solid Steel 2018
808 State – Koma Flow (Humanoid Remix)
Broadcast on:
In Session Solid Steel 2018
Dreaming With the TV On (Alternate Version)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 3
Viewed from an Obscure Angle (Alternate Version)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 3
The Big Blue (Alternate Version)
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 3
‘Self-Flagelation’
Broadcast on:
Touched Music FSOL Night 3
Old Metal Gates
Broadcast on:
Planet Earth
Captured
Broadcast on:
Planet Earth
Dependant
Broadcast on:
Planet Earth
Black Waters
Broadcast on:
Planet Earth
Nerve
Broadcast on:
De:tuned We Are Various 2021
Sweet Acid Sound
Broadcast on:
De:tuned We Are Various 2021
Bounce Patch 74
Broadcast on:
De:tuned We Are Various 2021
E7 Untitled (The Willi Wolf Wee Man Remix)
Broadcast on:
And Once Again I Can Flow FutureSight Mix
Aria
Broadcast on:
And Once Again I Can Flow FutureSight Mix
BriHarp
Broadcast on:
And Once Again I Can Flow FutureSight Mix
Icicles
Broadcast on:
Roel Funcken FSOL Megamix
DW Pulse
Broadcast on:
Roel Funcken FSOL Megamix
UV Dark
Broadcast on:
Roel Funcken FSOL Megamix
The Zed Storm
Broadcast on:
Kiss FM in 1991
Gentleman Hold It
Broadcast on:
YouTube (now taken down)
Leaks
Over the years, a number of tracks have leaked from the band’s archives, one way or another. Here is a brief overview.
She Fell Backwards. Full seven minute version.
Dead Dolphin 2. Mid ’90s breaks track.
Egypt (Original). ‘End of the World‘ minus the Pemberton strings.
Eleven Hot Knives. 1992 atmospheric ambient techno piece.
A Glitch in Cellular Member (Recollection). An early demo combining the two tracks.
Lifeform Album Varient. An alternate mix of ‘Plasmatik‘.
Switzerland. An extended version.
Under Pass. A 15 minute track with 303 lines, probably from 1992.
Scrapped releases
Many, many releases have been scrapped, largely due to the band’s overly prolific workload. Here is a brief overview.
Harm.
A one-off alias from 1991, expected to release a self-titled 12″ on one of the Passion Music labels, which never happened.
Yage – New Life Forms
A three track 12″ delivered to Jumpin’ & Pumpin’ in late ’91/early ’92. Infamously turned down by the label, the lead track went on to be the title track of the first Virgin FSOL album. The EP’s remaining tracks remain unknown.
Eggshell
A third single from Lifeforms that never surfaced. ‘Eggshell‘ was assigned Virgin and Astralwerks catalogue numbers (VSCDT 1520/ASW6140), but was apparently never completed. ‘Climbing‘ is quite possibly a track recorded for it.
Environments
While the 2007 version is believed to be a fairly accurate recreation of the original 1994 album, there are undoubtedly differences, and that earlier Amorphous Androgynous version remains lost to time.
Slider
A mooted second single from ISDN, even given a catalogue number by Virgin (VSCDT 1650), but one that was never completed. The single’s 7″ edit was included on Electric Brain Storm 11.
ISDN 2
Mentioned on the old EBV site as an album that was scrapped in favour of the white reissue of the original ISDN. A second album of 1994 transmission tracks, perhaps.
Playstation Game
In a late 1994 interview, Gaz spoke about working with Sony on a game for their upcoming next generation console, which turned out to be the Playstation 1. Nothing else has ever been heard.
Glass
The third and final single from Dead Cities was fairly well developed before the band moved onto psychedelic pastures, with ‘Glacier (Part 1)‘, ‘Glacier (Part 2)‘ and an early version of ‘I Turn to Face the Sun’ all recorded for it. There was also rumour of an Eno collaboration for the single.
Yage: The Film
Mentioned countless times throughout the 1990s, the Yage film was never completed. A full script appears in The Most Important Moments in a Life.
The Mello Hippo Disco Show
A TV, radio and toy multimedia concept developed with Pete Fowler. It seems TV stations thought an hour of an animated hippy and his hippo sidekick babbling over psychedelic music wasn’t quite what they were after, and a full series was never developed. The soundtrack to the TV pilot was later released in The Pod Room.
FSOL DVD
A DVD of music videos was in discussion in the early ’00s, and was expected to accompany the Teachings from the Electronic Brain Best Of album. Sadly, rights issues got in the way, and with physical media on the continual decline, it looks unlikely a release of the band’s groundbreaking ’90s video work will ever happen.
Divinity
An album-length single of ‘Divinity’ variations, accompanied by a music video directed by the band, was long awaited between 2003 and 2004. Eventually, a three track radio promo was released, with the remaining reworkings appearing on The Otherness, and the video lost to the void.
Alice in Ultraland Film
Discussed around the release of Alice in Ultraland, especially in context of ‘The Wicker Doll‘ which apparently started out life as an FSOL track created for the film’s soundtrack. Nothing has been heard since.
Globular DVD
A proposed 5.1 DTS DVD release of A Gigantic Globular Burst of Anti-Static was listed on a hidden page on FSOLDigital in 2006. The page wasn’t quite as hidden as hoped, however, and several people attempted to order. Refunds were given as the product was still in development at the time, and DTS eventually passed on the idea, leaving the stereo release as the only version.
Part-Sub-Merged DVD
Four Forests contains only a small number of Part-Sub-Merged tracks recorded to soundtrack the project’s film, although this is yet another release that has since fallen off the radar.
The Greatest Trips
An Amorphous Androgynous ‘Best Of’ compilation, probably considered to cash in on the new found interest in the group after the success of the Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble CD compilations. It never surfaced, possibly due to the expense of licensing tracks from the then owners.
Shhh Soundtrack
FSOL were contracted to soundtrack a horror film called Shhh, and also provide a ‘film remix’, effectively reworking the entire film’s score, foley and dialogue – and possibly visuals – in what would be an exciting new project. The film ended up stuck in development hell, and only two tracks – ‘The Equevelants‘ and ‘shhh df -10‘ have been released.
Monsterism Island Soundtrack
In the ’00s, Pete Fowler started to develop a TV cartoon called Monsterism Island, and Brian and Gaz were expected to provide the soundtrack. Once again, the show was not picked up by a network, and the music remains unreleased.
Mother
A planned Amorphous single from the early ’10s which never materialised; the lead track is expected to appear on Listening Beyond the Head Chakra.
2012, The New Love Poetry, Wobbly Oozescapes
Three albums advertised as ‘available from FSOLDigital’ in the booklet for The Peppermint Tree. Brian has confirmed that all three represent recorded material, but it seems that Gaz is far less inclined to spend his time trawling through archives, and thus we may never hear these records.
Cosmic Jukebox Album
Briefly mentioned in the early ’00s, this was intended to be an album of remixes of material from EMI’s Harvest Records vaults. While the band eventually signed to Harvest for the release of Alice in Ultraland, the remix album never surfaced.
In 2 Minds
A DVD of the 2009 FSOL Athens show, with various curios expected to appear as DVD extras. The footage has, apparently, been lost.
Isness Re-Recording
A new version of The Isness was mooted in 2008, in an attempt to create a mix the band were 100% happy with. Press releases for the first Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble CD even referenced the re-release. Needless to say, it never happened.
Fractional Difference 