The Future Sound of London - Essential Mix [1993-12-04] BBC RADIO 1FM LONDON 

i get goosebumps when i listen to this over the years. 45 now, I was 16 in 93'. who remembers ISDN!?!? 8)

I still listen to this in 2023 since first recording this and along with all their other mixes back during that experimental era of electronic music. NOTHING to this day comes even close this. NOTHING RAW. PURE AND ORIGINAL TO THIS DAY ❤👌❤️👌❤️

0:00:00 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:02:29 The Future Sound Of London - Cascade ['Lifeforms' Album Version] 0:03:30 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:04:40 Air Liquide - Sun Progress 0:07:24 Morganistic - In The Shadow 0:12:02 Air Liquide - Das Quellgebiet Des Amazonas 0:14:29 White Noise - The Visitation 0:15:31 Rabbit In The Moon - Dubassex 0:20:50 MAD. DOC. - Merenge 0:22:15 Rabbit In The Moon - Dubassex 0:22:58 Expandis - Colonade 0:24:05 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:26:15 Aphex Twin - Schottkey 7th Path 0:29:21 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:30:07 Space - Venus [KLF Communications - SPACE LP 1] 0:31:15 Sad World - Terasury 0:33:40 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:35:10 Neuro # Project - Wizard Of The Four Winds 0:38:30 The Future Sound Of London - Room 208 0:39:44 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:39:57 Stephan Micus - The Song Of Danijar 0:40:48 Paul Weller - Kosmos (Lynch Mob Bonus Beats) 0:45:04 Zuvuya - Grabbing Nandi By The Horn (Pan’s Pineal Mix) 0:48:07 The Orb - Blue Room 0:49:10 Hypnopedia - Spectral 0:50:24 Vapourspace - Gravitational Arch Of Ten 0:52:20 House Hallucinates - House Hallucinates (The Ketamine Mix) 0:55:56 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:57:10 John A. Glover-Kind - I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside 0:57:45 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 0:58:05 Sussan Deihim / Richard Horowitz - Tear 0:58:43 Trans-Global Underground - El Hedudd 0:59:16 unknown 1:02:01 UVX - Elevator (Full Version) 1:02:40 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 1:04:03 Amorphous Androgynous - Mountain Goat 1:07:56 Throbbing Gristle - Hometime 1:08:35 The Future Sound Of London - Cerebral 1:10:34 Richard Pinhas - A Piece For Duncan 1:11:13 Tangerine Dream - Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple Kyoto) 1:13:51 Tangerine Dream - Breakout 1:15:08 Banco De Gaia - Shanti (Soupdragon Mix) 1:19:30 The Future Sound Of London - Vit 1:23:36 The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms 1:28:29 The Future Sound Of London - Bird Wings 1:29:26 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 1:30:34 The Space Cadets - Stotinki (Transglobal Underground Remix) 1:35:20 Sound Clash Republic - One Monitor Shy (Part 1) 1:39:44 Reload - 1642 Try 621 1:40:34 The Future Sound Of London - Cascade (Shortform) 1:41:54 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments 1:43:05 Coldcut - Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force Full Chill Mix) 1:48:28 unknown 1:50:12 Dick Walter - Pendulum (a) [KPM Music - KPM 1288] 1:51:54 UVX - Elevator (Full Version) 1:52:45 Titanic - Space Cow 1:57:22 Amorphous Androgynous - Environments

Timeless. Dead Cities = Best techno Album ever. A masterpiece

remember recording this onto cassette live at the time.

This 90s electro with all these samples from 60s SciFi and mystery movies. Magical.

I'm having chills because I remember listening to this live.....

Absolutely mental still sounds amazing 27 years later

So far ahead of its time. Even today this is fresh to hear.

This was released the year I was born and here I am, 28 years later, enjoying some good 90's music. Thanks for sharing.

I saw FSOL 'live' at the Essential Music Festival in Brighton around this time...they were in their studio in London, broadcasting over ISDN to the MainStage. They were on at the same time as the Orb. Incredibly fortunate to be there. They were not just musically forward for this time, they were playing to thousands over the inner-Tron when it was still dial-up for most. Risky, but genius. Between FSOL, the Orb and a fist full of chems, I can honestly say it was the one show (of dozens I have attended) in which I saw God.

One of my first ever Essential Mix tape recordings back in the 90s and it’s as good now as it was then. Pure skills and wizardry, who does this now…. It’s just bonkers and unbelievably good. Thanks for adding!!!

Thanks for sharing. Pity the car isn’t driving around London. That would be the cherry on the cake

...:::CLasS of its owN:::... I listened to this on the night it was broadcast. It hasn't aged. It's still beyond time itself.

This is Toronto. The FSOL "Lifeforms" and "Dead Cities" - these were the CDs that i first time tried quality headphones with, being teenager. Was over impressed. Thank you

Great to see this on YT again... the ultimate nostalgia of the future mix of psychedelic electronic space music ... THE original and best essential mix of FSOL! 🙌🏻

...FIRST HEARD THIS BIG QUALITY MIX BACK IN 1993...IT WAS WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME...IT WAS WELL IN THE ACID HOUSE ERA.....LSD...ECSTASY AND STUFF. ....BRILLIANT SOUNDS....

Some pioneering electronica from way back when I was 22 young.

I listened to FSOL in high school (mid 2000s) and completely forgot about them. Just recently re-discovered them on a long drive up to NYC from North Carolina. To say that Dead Cities was the perfect soundtrack for the drive would be an understatement.

one of the best essential mixes ever

This is so good, its 1am in the morning, I'm sitting in my hot tub watching and listening to this amazing mix and driving. Its just perfect 👌 I love the future sound of London, the video feels like GTA. Brilliant thanks 😊

FSOL Were absolutely the shit in the 90s. So many great nights listening to their albums. I'm now a big fan of the offshoot Amorphous Androgynous. Lots more Psychedlic vibes . Luv and Peace.

This is simply amazing. When I heard the DJ talk I felt as though i was going back in time.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA MEGA MARKED MY LIFE! Fell in Love with FSOL with it too... SUCH POWER!!!!!!!!!!!! TY!!!!! AAAK!

Amazing mix and thanks for the track list!

Holy shit, I recognised that as Toronto straight away, because I literally walked that exact street last September in the same direction as the car at the beginning, just off Yonge St. Absolutely lush city.

_I suggest that you uuum reach deep down inside yourself there and (...) keep you awake just a little while longer because this transmission coming up may just uuuh... rekindle your will to live._ Intro vocal sample from Silent Running (1972), a movie that's also sampled by Carbon Based Lifeforms.

This could of been the first essential mix i actually listened to as i was in my first year of high skool in 1993 , i mean what a education i got ! i certainly wasn't learning french thats for sure

Top 5 favourite mix nice post

incredible mix the movie references, the music - immaculate

What an artist. Britain really does produce some talent. I'm also loving other various UK electronica and experimental based acts like Aphex Twin, Sqaurepusher, Autechre, Unkle, Massive Attack, Forest Swords, Allflaws

I still well remember my student time in LONDON in the 90s with great BRIT ROCK bands and electronic acts like FSOL! For driving I often used JUNO REACTOR tracks. FSOL music is moreover for chilling, for example for walking through the park, breathing new air.

Hell of a surprise when they dropped 'Autumn Leaves' and then some Orb. Lovely set.

I was born a couple of years before this mix and just a couple of years after collapse of soviet union. Kind of hard to believe they were blasting bangers like this in the west back then.

Blew me away the first time I heard it .. thanks for sharing

An amazing out of this world mix, reminds me of another. Klf's "chillout". Both of these mixes are same league. Top draw, knock yourself out tracks. A few trip hop tracks on here.

One of my favourite essential mixes ever, had it on tape once. I'm pleased I found this!

Anyone in Los Angeles remember Jason Bentley on KROQ late Saturday nights? That's was an era of discovery that change my taste in music forever. I'm so greatful.

this blew my mind when it was aired, I was at aparty and told all its a must listen to we forgot that party lol

@1:21:02 thats satisfying. It syncs so nicely with the video

Great to hear again, thanks for posting. Experiment with slower speeds on your YT settings for a trippier experience!

Omg this is truly amazing 💖 have always loved FSOL

I was 17 years old when this was first broadcast absolutely amazing stuff so a head off its time nothing today comes close nothing turn it up !!! Lol😜😜😜💯

of all the FSOL essential mixes this is the best, or so I think. enjoyed the tour of Toronto too.

F.S.O.L. soundtrack of my life. STUNNING

i love this! so experimental!

The horror traffic system in N America is a nightmare. Stroads, no central reservation, endless suburbs with no community or shops, restaurants or cafes, needing to drive for the slightest thing. A living nightmare.

David Lynch approves this mix

Excellent, Thankyou

They done it again the masters, thanks for the upload my tapes are getting old now

some graphic art/video collage would be great with this mix. I miss MTV!! when it was about the music and art

Check this tracklist on old essential wordpress site: 01.[0:00:00] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (2:29) 02.[0:02:29] The Future Sound Of London “Cascade” [‘Lifeforms’ Version] (1:01) 03.[0:03:30] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (1:06) 04.[0:04:36] Air Liquide “Sun Progress” (2:38) 05.[0:07:14] Morganistic “In The Shadow” (4:35) 06.[0:10:49] Unknown “Unknown” (2:34) 07.[0:13:23] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (0:55) 08.[0:14:18] Rabbit In The Moon “Dubassex” (4:35) 09.[0:18:53] Mad Doc “Entrance” (1:43) 10.[0:20:16] Rabbit In The Moon “Dubassex” (0:42) 11.[0:20:58] Yann Tomita “Beyond The Blue Star Zone Part 1” (1:51) 12.[0:22:49] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (1:31) 13.[0:24:20] Aphex Twin “Schotkey 7th Path” (3:11) 14.[0:27:31] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (2:11) 15.[0:29:42] Dr. Atmo & Ramin “Terasury” (2:28) 16.[0:32:10] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (0:59) 17.[0:33:09] Nero Project “Wizard Of The Four Winds” (3:06) 18.[0:36:15] The Future Sound Of London “Room 208” (2:29) 19.[0:38:44] Paul Weller “Kosmos SX Dub 2000 (Original Version)” (4:14) 20.[0:42:58] Zuvuya “Grabbing Nandi By The Horn (Pan’s Pineal Mix)” (4:11) 21.[0:47:09] Amorphous Androgynous - “Environments” (0:57) 22.[0:48:06] Vapour Space “Gravitational Arch of 10 (Telepathic Variation v1.3)” (1:58) 23.[0:50:04] Hypnopedia “Spectral” (3:36) 24.[0:53:40] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (1:46) 25.[0:55:26] Transglobal Underground “Hymn to Us” (1:28) 26.[0:56:54] Axis “13th Floor” (2:40) 27.[0:59:34] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (2:11) 28.[1:01:45] Amorphous Androgynous “Mountain Goat” (3:56) 29.[1:04:41] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (0:35) 30.[1:05:26] The Future Sound of London “Cerebral” (1:52) 31.[1:07:18] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (0:17) 32.[1:07:35] Tangerine Dream “Zen Garden (Ryoanji Temple Kyoto)” (2:54) 33.[1:10:29] Tangerine Dream “Breakout” (1:16) 34.[1:11:45] Banco De Gaia “Desert Wind (Sunset Mix)” (4:16) 35.[1:16:01] The Future Sound Of London “Vit” (4:02) 36.[1:20:03] The Future Sound Of London “Lifeforms” (4:49) 37.[1:24:52] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (1:43) 38.[1:26:35] The Space Cadets “Stotinki (Transglobal Underground Mix)” (4:40) 39.[1:31:15] Sound Clash Republic “One Monitor Shy (Part 2)” (4:20) 40.[1:35:35] Reload “Akinzor” (0:44) 41.[1:36:19] The Future Sound Of London “Cascade (Shortform)” (1:32) 42.[1:37:41] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (1:07) 43.[1:38:48] Coldcut “Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force Mix)” (05:06) 44.[1:43:54] Third Far Hand “The Cauldron” (1:39) 45.[1:45:23] KPM Foundation “Circles” (2:00) 46.[1:47:23] Amorphous Androgynous “Environments” (1:20) 47.[1:48:43] Titanic “Space Cow” (4:51)

Nothing but Brilliant

oh yes, the 90s... I've been there: lot of fun

Amazing.

Brilliant mix- loving this!!!

This is futuristic even in 2022. Where did things go so awry?

I reckon FSOL are from the future, from cyberspace maybe. Time travel through sound only. What an epic journey through other dimensions july 2021. May it never end. 😎😎👍👍😎😎🇬🇧🇬🇧

Superb! Big thanks mate

Gotta love that strong fiinish. FSOL timeless and so underappreciated. Our dirty little secret.

SO INCREDIBLE ALL COMMENTS I TAPED THIS WHEN IT WAS ON THE RADIO BUT LOOKING FOR THEIR SUPERB WHEN AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL WHICH WAS ON THAT AND JIMI HENDRIX HOW GREAT !!. CHEERS

Just look at my name and it will tell you how much I appreciate the Future Sound of London.

Banger every last second

How does this only have a little over 4,000 views. Come on people, just open your minds, just a little bit.

The Future Sound of London are the only ones in this galaxy who know about the existence of absolutely every variation of sound and how to manipulate it to produce an orgasmic combination

Mesmerizing and enchanting sounds of FSOL.

ME and all my mates spent the night listening to this in a nova car getting stoned what a night in crow wood park and driving down scamendens mad mile.

This still sounds futuristic

Siiiiiiiiick mix

That's on my birthday! Born the 4th December '79. I was 14 that year.

yes yes. yes . . . great mix 💥🚀❤️

FSOL did another EM in 1994 too just before the release of Lifeforms album.

Cool .. miss that time 👍🇨🇭🎶🎧

Why the video Toronto?! This should have been filmed in London Ontario!

truly essential..from the minds of brian and gaz

Amazing take me back to when I was 12

Cobain & Dougans. my heroes.

so im minding my own business just listening to a nice mix and then 24:40 OMG THATS THE TARDIS !!!

cool mix! amazing sound!!

We are on a planet already in space all we have to do is take the time to look

Nice video of Toronto!

Driving northward on University Avenue near Richmond St W in Toronto, for the geographically curious

27 minute in, 10 adverts what's the point of enjoying when keeps being interrupted !

Vintage dance music from the halcyon days of raving

Classic, played many times net surf.

What a trip!

Toronto resident here. I downloaded this mix around 5 years ago and, for a while, became addicted to it while driving around the city. Discovering this video gave me an eerie yet pleasant sense of deja-vu. Thanks for sharing! edit: Any recommendations similar in vibes to these FSOL Essential mixes? I enjoy FSOL albums/EPS, but these essential mixes seem more free-flowing and spontaneous, with its tangents into different sounds and sampled dialogues.

a proper dystopian psychedelic journey. futuristic spiritual otherworldly madness that sounds like it could have been made in 2040. so good. after all these years...

Great without annoying sound.

How did they do this back in 1993? Sounds like it could have been made today.

It's so weird that of you tube drops an add in the middle you would not notice

...stop smokin' that dope...!! ya hear me?

20:30 somebody's screaming from inside the truck!!!

The track at 29:58 is 'Venus' By Space, an alias of Jimmy Cauty The KLF/The Orb... Hear it here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e0ZMwKCget4.html Half of this mix sounds like the Cauty could have produce it to be fair. That's why I love the F.S.O.L...

Gets more views than the best guitar compilation. So, bad guitar wins.

Even before seeing the Ontario plates, I knew this was Toronto.

I (don't really) remember this. A night in, alone, with some little paper squares. Waking from a fuzzy dream to "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside". But no, the dream continued.

I am at 0:02:58, and the visual so far looks identical to Toronto Ontario. Weeeeeiiiirrrrrrrrd.

Certainly didn't except to hear the "TARDIS whooshing" on this one but it's no surprise either.. 😄

NOW THIS IS CYBERPUNK!