Future Sound Of London
The Future Sound of London are Brian Dougans and Garry Cobain, two guys at the forefront of the progressive dance movement and were in fact instrumental to its very conception. Their track "Stakker Humanoid" was the first true 'acid house' record ever to chart in the UK.
The track, backed by its graphically psychedelic promo video, hit the Top Twenty in 1987 while residing at No.1 in the Gallup dance chart. Their innovative combination of graphics and house music was frequently used for MTV links and also on an MTV half hour special.
After several projects under different pseudonyms, Brian Dougans and Garry Cobain resurfaced as The Future Sound Of London who initially released their debut album "Accelerator" on Jumpin' & Pumpin' records on February 3rd 1992. Featuring the former Dance Energy 'Buzz Chart' No.1 and National To 20 hit "Papua New Guinea" among the ten tracks of pure excellence, it further broke down the barriers of house/techno/ambient music setting new styles and sounds for the mid-90s.
The Future Sound Of London's recordings first appeared on the highly successful series of Pulse E.P.s also containing their tracks under other aliases Indo Tribe, Smart Systems, Semi Real, and Yage released on the Jumpin' an Pumpin' label. In the summer of '91, Future Sound Of London went on to make major waves on the club scene with a radical remix of Loleatta Holloway's "Do That To Me (Set Me Free)".
Soon after "Papua New Guinea" became a milestone record in the break through of the now massive ambient scene, The Future Sound Of London were signed up by Virgin Records, but left behind remixes of "Expander" and "Moscow" which got their first release back to back as a single this summer (1994), also featured as bonus tracks on the re-released, repackaged Jumpin' & Pumpin CD "Accelerator".
Taken from the Passion Music web site
CDS: Papua New Guinea
[CDS TOT 17]
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Released 1992 on Jumpin' & Pumpin' Records. Written and produced by Brian Dougans and Garry Cobain. This is the first Papua New Guinea single to be released, containing the original set of remixes, and is arguably their finest moment. There's another single with most of the same tracks, but with a different cover. Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.
CD: Accelerator
[CLP 9707-2]
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Released 1996 on Hypnotic Records. One of the best FSOL albums released, every track hits the spot. This has been re-released as a double album, the bonus disc featuring a big pile of new Papua New Guinea remixes. Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.
CDS / 12": Papua New Guinea 2001
[CDSTOT44 / 12TOT44 / 12TOT44R]
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Released 9/01 on Jumpin' & Pumpin', a division of Passion Music Ltd. Written and produced by Brian Dougans and Garry Cobain. Additonal remix and production on track 2 (CD) by Satoshi Tomiie for Def Mix Productions, on track 3 (CD) by Hybrid, on track 4 (CD) by Blue States & on track 5 (CD) by Simian.
CD: Accelerator Deluxe
[CLP 1218-2]
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Released 2002 on Jumpin' & Pumpin'. This 2CD set includes expanded contents from both the original and updated release of the Papua New Guinea singles. While the 2000 updated single only provided edits, this double album is the only place to get a full collection of all the full length mixes, including the Andrew Weatherall Full Length Mix of which only an edited version was included on the 1990's release. Most of the mixes orbit around the focus material and nearly all are worthy of the original.Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.
Other Info:
For further information on FSOL see the Passion Music web site.
