Environments II

Environments II
Compilation album by The Future Sound of London
Released	29 August 2008
Genre	Electronica, ambient, IDM
Length	54:60
Producer	FSOL
The Future Sound of London chronology
From the Archives Vol. 5 (2008) Environments II (2008) A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind: Volume 1 (2008)

Environments II is the second release of The Future Sound of London's "Environments" series, of which another is planned. It was released on 29 August 2008. A CD version of the album was released on 5 January 2009.^[1]

The album

Continuing from the first album in the series, part II is equally ambient (as opposed to the more breakbeat led material of their albums and archive series), but features strings, choir sounds and synthesiers, in contrast to the more abstract, sample-based nature of the original album. There are a few low-fi type tracks with subtle beats, similar in sound to tracks from Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works..." series. The strings mentioned are Goldenthalian in sound and weave into the electronic ambience. The album features contributions by Max Richter, Daniel Pemberton, Chris Margory, Robert Fripp, Colin Bell and Will White.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Viewed From Above" (2:33)
2. "Glacier (Part 1)" (8:55)
3. "Serengeti" (4:32)
4. "Colour Blind" (3:35)
5. "A Corner" (3:29)
6. "Newfoundland" (2:04)
7. "North Arctic" (3:18)
8. "Factories and Assembly" (5:03)
9. "Ice Formed" (4:16)
10. "Small Town" (3:14)
11. "Nearly Home" (3:38)
12. "Boca Manu" (2:22)
13. "Journey to the Center" (3:40)
14. "Glacier (Part 2)" (6:21)

Crew

• Producer - Future Sound Of London, The
• Written-By Brian Dougans, Garry Cobain
• Engineered by YAGE

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