FSOL - Lifeforms part 1

[MADEinnEngland]

mmmmmmmm nothing comes close to beating this video or sound track amazing mmmmm

[christianlberg]

@ambientdweller ...I AGREE! What about the other colour of microdots?! they must feel so left out.

[Denolc]

@enochpowellnickgriff I dont wanna sound like a smartass but taking drugs is nothing to be proud of...people dont seem to understand that.

[earx23]

absolute genious. i can't give enough praise. so many demos were inspired by this.. the first time i saw this was in a coffeeshop in utrecht and it was freaking awesome.

[philtro99]

this makes a good trip in the west desert of utah

[Room20]

Classic one, remember seeing this on MTV, in ChillOut Zone with Simone angel

[philsaspiezone]

I listened to this in Amsterdam tripping balls on psilocybin containing truffles Never forget the time I had a beautiful trip lovely visuals and tune this is awesome

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this tune.

[irinisva]

How much I love those sounds!!

[terrabun]

'you will awake now'.. LSD, Lifeforms and Megatripolis, three things that came together at the same time in my life and changed it for ever <3

[dwinCeffyl]

I took my first acid listening to the lifeforms album on the advice of an older mate when i was 13, I will never forget that first Strawb or this album

[thegroove2000]

@dwinCeffyl You know that!!! ha ha ha what an Adventure.

Purple ohms double dipped, microdots and some serious visuals.

[elvisuptown1]

@enochpowellnickgriff def my jam in my 20's.. you said it all.. i brought this music to my friends, some liked it but most loved it when psychedelic.. look how i turned out.. :D

[MsFabyah]

Robert fripp ,who of king crimson fame, is on this album he is married to Toyahof its amystery fame,my dad knows Toyah!distantly though, anyone who would like to add me is welcome .blessed be.

[matrags]

God Damn I miss my youth. Great memories man...At least the ones i've have left ;)

[MissShadow871]

love it ,bring awsome memories 

[flug747]

The whole album remains one of the master pieces of the 90s ambient rage. Together with Aphex Twin's SAW II.

[MrROLY1973]

@enochpowellnickgriff

i remeber the 1st night we tripped to this what a night i had 5 planets and they was like postage stamps and I too have done 100 best drugs by faras you never forget an lsdfuelled night ! I will always have secret lsd or psilocybin sessions as it just lends it self well especially when there is always new music coming out out and love to listen to all the classics . . . long live electronic music and hallucinagens

[unicron2002]

I own the original video. It's like gold-dust but better.

[AmazingNumber9]

the girl towards the end drives me nuts

[1973Redwall]

When MTV was the king.

[ZappyLaser]

timeless :]

[hymnofashes]

Feels like crawling through a myserious, sinister, but sometimes beautiful space.

[lizbetzynth]

dark room a bit of jack daniels closed eyes.. perfect

[44eelz]

r these the same ppl who did the planet caravan cover video by Pantera?

[DuleProductions]

F.S.O.L. are GODS!!!! :)))

[thinkbig56]

Good background music to study ecology to :)

[calyxcorona]

@enochpowellnickgriff moment of terror is the beginning of life....2424life! dxm plateau sigma dun me right :)

[AmbientNoise76]

So distant in time but so close to the soul

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

I wonder if they still have all the models and the software; they could re-render it with a more distant depth cue and better textures. It's very smooth nonetheless.

[kornbean]

Scratch part of that: 0:47-1:21 is Among Myselves

[kornbean]

This mix is composed of a myriad of samples and ambient arrangements that can be found in the following tracks from the Lifeforms album and single. The unknown arrangements are either exclusive or might be found on Environments. 0:12-0:24 - Lifeforms (Path 1) 0:24-0:47 - Lifeforms (Path 5) 0:47-0:58 - [unknown] 0:58-1:10 - Cascade 1:10-1:21 - [unknown] 1:21-2:59 - Dead Skin Cells 2:59-3:24 - Ill Flower 3:24-3:46 - Cascade 3:46-4:03 - Vertical Pig 4:03-6:30 - [unknown] 6:30-6:49 - Vertical Pig

[noblescott]

i like turtles

[MrPoPpInG4]

awsome trip

[jproctor1978]

@enochpowellnickgriff purple micros were mental with this lol, the purpleom blotters werent so bad either...

[grimkreaper]

reminds me of a dr devious, cybaspace vid me an me brother used to watch as kids.

[wickedwetcat]

shrooms

[rathbloom24]

holy crap the holy gruel

[ohausfranswa]

have loved this album since i imported it when it was first released... first time seeing the videos for it.... MINDBLOWING puts all new meaning into what i have been hearing....

[chippeywaffles]

any fsol is prolly the only disc i will ever buy because you miss so much buying a song here or there with this group...flip the whole disc in and a fine night to be sure....peace, cheese, and boomers from wisconsin!

[camreeno360]

How old is this? The CGI looks a bit dated.

[trambience]

@camreeno360 +-1994.

[trepattoni]

sound in poetry....

[three212]

this arrangement appears on the Lifeforms EP... there are 7 movements

[multi2thecore]

@enochpowellnickgriff

Cheers! :)

[m0j0NL]

coming home after going out at around 04:00, putting on the MTV Chillout zone, and seeing these kinda vids en this kinda music.

damn dude even without drugs i was tripping :P

[hisbigal]

Someone had some access to really good drugs.

[aanjuan]

4:30-6:00 i mean

[frugward86]

@aanjuan 0:00 to 6:48 is the best bit

[aanjuan]

o wait maybe the part was more like 3:50-6:00

[aanjuan]

4:40-6:00 i like the best

[soundseeker63]

Wow this is amazing! I never knew they did a video to the Life forms album. Although the music is different, sort of like a condensed version with different bits added. Is this video available as a DVD?

[eng1arw]

thanks! So good... yet I remember at the time preferring my own 'visuals' to the these types of videos... if you know what I mean ;)

[Martinofredwall100]

Thanks!

MTV classic!

[THkaas]

so who produced this video?

[Schottkey7thPath]

One of my all time favorites - can really take you to another world if you let it. But yeah this one was from the Single CD that featured 7 "paths". There was also the Album entitled Lifeforms. They are two of my best CDs

[Rewwgh]

FSOL rules? <3

[multi2thecore]

@Rewwgh Why not? :)

[Rewwgh]

@multi2thecore Oh, I accidentally put the w-mark. :P

[djtahoe]

This is one of the CD single versions. I personally prefer the album version necause that's the version i heard first & am used to.

[midinerd]

They sound vaguely familiar. There are some different lifeforms cd's altogether.. different releases. I don't know the exact ones. I can direct you to this capability though - mp3ify dawt com, if you want to get the audio from these videos you like so much :)

[totophe68000]

Great-.-)(

[badmev]

lol comming down

[kowalarcade]

this ver is lifeforms is from single edition (with Elisabeth Fraser) not album (2CD) but have still different arrangement on 3:05 is Cascade 3 from Robert Fripp Essential mix not the same thing how Cascade3 from single ver FSOL

[radioskip]

Yeah this is a classic, I used to listen to it going to sleep wayback in 1994. The Lifeforms single is still awesome, these guys made the most beautiful soundscapes...

[fatherhater1]

This is what has been helping me sleep for the last 3 months! absolutely B E A UTIFUL!

[psiconauta21]

Que maravilla!! Extraordinario trabajo

[DisforDubby]

this is awesome.... this is what i hear when im falling asleep... in between consciousness....

[cross41]

something to watch when your mind is some what blunted

[kumulus1717]

yes, I have... :)

[chloras123]

Please, maybie somebody have this in mp3 ? I will be very greatful if somebody coult send me.

[the00000]

i just realized that there are 2 lifeforms parts versions and this one is my favorite.

[sublimeaudio]

absolutely classic, I can't find words, how to describe it, just simply-> this is one of my favourite release EVER! Fortunately I have got the original album.

[kevinvega]

There is a Lifeforms double album, that is more laid back, and a Lifeforms single CD. this version comes from the single. It's much harder to find than the album. I found mine on Ebay..

[Rairwalk]

wish 5:17 to 6:00 could go on and on...

oneness

[Getyourbodybeat242]

Absorbing. Very very beautiful.

[pia06dt]

Has anyone else noticed that this arrangement of music doesn't appear on the Lifeforms album? I went and bought the album after watching this video, but its a different arrangement, and doesn't even have quite the same feel to it. Could anyone tell me what the music in this video is from, as i think it's much better than the album version! Cheers!!

[multi2thecore]

Maybe the video version is different from the CD...

[pia06dt]

You mean the VHS version? Hmm might look into that then. Also there's the MP3 download version with a track listing that goes Lifeforms Path 1, Path 2 etc. They really didn't make it easy for us did they!

[TheDreamClaw]

@multi2thecore Yea it was , I always remembered the difference ;)

[BigKatz]

@pia06dt without much effort/research, I'm pretty sure this is off the singles. They had Lifeforms on a album with Elizabeth Fraser vocals, I think ~6 tracks, definitely worth finding, perhaps better than the regular 2-disc album. I used to have a giant poster of it in my room, a sepia-toned image of a strange girl and cytoplasmic-looking bubbles... the 90s were definitely cooler than this past decade :0(

[pia06dt]

@BigKatz Thanks, but i already bought that album thinking it contained the above track. I've come to the conclusion it is off the Lifeforms VHS that Future Sound of London released, though im not sure where you'd get it now. Saw one on amazon for £20 or something... Definitly need to snap it up after i win the lottery :0

[srg7688]

@pia06dt this is on the lifeform remix ep :)

[vibedafunk]

@pia06dt

The music from the videos wasn't released on cd/vinyl, or parts of it to be exactly.

which is to bad. Really love this stuff!

[geleeroyal]

@pia06dt

I remember having two albums called lifeforms. the first one was with a couple of songs and the second one seemed to be a kind of "set" with (like) 4 tracks. Right now i am searching my cd stash (things i haven't done in a couple of years) to find both of them (got a little high!). FSOL is a genius!

[markbjedimaster]

@pia06dt i think its from the cd single ?

[putridpanchos]

@pia06dt IT ALWAYS VARIES, BUT THE THUMP BASELINE IS THE SAME, THIS IS MORE LIKE A MIX, CONTAINS THE LIFEFORMS RIFF, A MIX OF DEAD SKIN CELLS.

[pekayish]

@pia06dt Video version is different. The second half does not appear on the album. It is their work but was not included.

[buffalofleece]

@pia06dt You actually have the Lifeforms single which is titled Path 1 Path 2 etc. The album Lifeforms is 2 cds and amazing. I had both and though them to be unique and great in their own right.

[coocaloo]

@pia06dt hey man - just take some black micro's - it'll sound the same (just about 6 hours longer)

[avatarxl]

@pia06dt @multi2thecore This version is on the Lifeforms Disc (EP) which contains Lifeforms Paths 1 through 7. This is Lifeforms Path 1.  The Lifeforms EP is worth purchasing if you can find it. Each version is good and you can find the versions on YouTube

[djpr0n]

@pia06dt my guess is it was edited specifically for the video.



[Graviton0815]

@pia06dt At the start sounds a bit like something from the soundtrack to the movie "Der kalte Finger"

A soundtrack worth listening to in any case btw.

[chrisball808]

@pia06dt - search out the Lifeforms maxi single - it had about 8 versions of Lifeforms - includingthe Liz Fraser vocal version. Nice!

[corelgott]

@pia06dt check "lifeforms paths"!

[brigadalister]

its the same that j m jarre´s "waitin for cousteau"

[malefikusmaximus]

brigadalister you are deaf

[Devezfal]

magnifique vidéo,à mon gout..et au top des tops ...sans comparaison possible.

[stathmopoda]

I am so glad we all know how good these guys are... words just cant explain!!!!

[rasberry871]

i agree totally

[WillHerndon]

audio/visual synesthesia at its finest? i think so

[Jazzsteppa]

Haha... there's still a little dent in the livingroom skirting board round my parents house where I threw my tape after the video chewed it up. Some days I would watch this 6+ times in a row! I even remember Top of the Pops playing about 3 minutes of it!

[depechemodevilla]

I've been a fan for like ten years and I haven't seen this until now-and I can't believe I ve never seen it before, its like hearing this songs again for the first time

[unicron2002]

I've still got this bad boy on video! It actually fels like I'm in 1993 again watching this.

[biosphere1980]

deep memories arriving to me

[devilboy303]

holy crap the holy grial

[Shashkoila]

I know why this was terrifying to so many people when they were kids: life forms.

The video shows organic 3D models, artificial lifeforms that are supposed to move and look like little life forms - tentacles, eggs, seeds, little flies and bubbles floating around...

This means this video really touches one of our primal instincts: beware dangerous animal! Young kids are not able to suppress this feeling, adults seeing this video as a form of art have no problem to see beyond the fear.

[MockenValborg]

Reminds me of the "Minds Eye" series.

[TaylorBurk025]

I love how people are able to recall absurd stories with FSOL music.

Thanks for sharing!

[frankfly232]

WHY he d' ont re-exit this on DVD???

[gloriaomani]

Realy Fenomenal......Wonderful !

[DDRpwnerer]

Thank you SO much for uploading this. I too had this VHS at one point (My parents figured it wasn't worth keeping... for shame!) but I was easily creeped out by things involving a sort of psychedelia behind them--sadly that included some other great works like Yellow Submarine and Alice In Wonderland. I look at all three of these pieces and consider them to be absolute genius. It's a real shame that I (and most people) had such anti-drug upbringings that we couldn't really grasp this as kids.

[dazzthefatman]

i remember watching this as a kid freaked the hell out of me

[runner180fxr]

I am really interested in understanding, why is that so? It sounds a little bit strange. The music is also so calm.

[dazzthefatman]

Because i was only 4 or 5 at the time and the feel of the music creeped me and espiecally the video the images seemed terrifying to me lol now i looked back on it i still think its terryfying. but i do love it so much. confusing i know

[afxgrin]

The Dr. Who theme song freaked me out as a kid.

Now I love electronic music. :-)

[dazzthefatman]

lol

[turnstyle0x1]

Amazing ' FSOL changed my perception of the world.

I think this video is incredible. I really can't imagine what someone had to do to make these graphics with the technology at the time. Think of the rendering time alone.

In my view many creatives are still playing catchup with the digital concepts of the early 90's. You have to remember that in those days everything was so fresh and new, so it was pure imagination.

I think FSOL remain very cutting edge even by todays standards.

[Hexogenik]

it looks very very dated but i agree the concepts are there, at the time so much was ahead of its time, this is truely a work of art album, music without boundaries and right up there with Leftism and Stinsons Other people place album.

[sonofsilence]

i used to have this and used to think the graphics were high tech. How things have moved on.

[giannis2624]

FSOL are the first i have ever heard that will do a live from their studio. This is so humiliating.

[haraldbosh]

Great !

[heavyboxes]

This video looks so so so outdated. Early computer animation is painful to the eye. FSOL always had really bad & cheesy album art...still it looks better than that adult swim show "xavier: renengade angel"

I just think the Orb did this kind of stuff so much better, visually and musically.

[NedsMissingTeeth]

Modern technology became to much for FSOL. The looked old school the moment main stream media came to be. I love FSOL and their '93' essential mix was a defining moment in music,  but they couldn't compete.

[feyna1978]

Guys please more info about Orbital back together,please,please.I am 31years old and i've loved them from the first record to the last.Party zone,Orbital,Aphex Twin,Sven Vath,Leftfield,old Prodigy stuff.Nothing's like that nowdays.Thanks in advance,greets from Greece!

[whereitsat309]

Not sure they'll get back together as a recording duo... although they didn't rule out working together again. That said this is from their wiki page: "On 21st November 2008, Orbital announced they would be reforming to play a gig together called "20 years after Chime" at The Big Chill Festival 2009. They precede this show with a headline performance at Rock Ness 2009 in June [5]."

[whereitsat309]

On 26th January 2009, Loopz announced confirmed dates. "The Orbital reformation gathers momentum with headline shows now confirmed for Manchester and London this September." [6].

On 17th April 2009, it was announced that Orbital would be playing at The Electric Picnic in September 2009."

[lardosian]

Amazing music.

[1trip711]

Soo Good!!!

[Shrekdonkey1973]

Thanks!

Haven't heard it since MTV Party Zone!

[XHALE303]

ghehe yeah mtv party zone ;) when mtv was still about the ''M'' of music

they dont make m like FSOL did anymore

they made there own vids 2 RESPECT!

[foreignaustrian]

DID THEY? Wow, I admire them even more now....

[anissachris]

c'est trop beau !!! je kiff ce genre de musique

[werklspieler]

A Masterpiece of Electronic Music!

[Mijmer]

FSOL together with The orb, Leftfield and Orbital (God bless Insides) were the masters of ambient. to bad they all quit doing what they did best.

[andy131415]

orbital are back

[Mijmer]

realy? have more info?

[chrisvu01]

Orbital is my all time favorite artist. (even though they broke up) I heard halcyon from the MK soundtrack and I've been hooked ever since and will always be. Lately it's been BT since it sucks to tell people your favorite artist broke up.

[badreligionbomb]

BT sucks

[GirlsLie7]

amazing I'm going to buy this album on itunes!! it'll be a great break from Metal,Rap,Techno,Alternative, and indie music.

[eyewoodsay]

if i had the money..the technolgy..and a bit of know how..i could do better...sample city..i do like it but its a bit druggy...far out

[Wolviepayne]

Dope Electronica Classique

[xpez]

by the HEAVY anti piracy warning at the beginnning you can see ther werent onboard for creative commons license at that time.

[Furykidxxx]

My God, I got the goose skin when I`m listening them, FSOL - nothing I`ve ever met in my life, just one of their kind and i LOVE THEM!

[AstroLogicalBeats]

this song is so cool cause the piano part is in a 13/8 time signature. i never expected a fat beat to drop over it haha so that was cool

[AstroLogicalBeats]

i mean 18/8, 3 bars of 5, 1 bar of 3

[flanksalot]

i listened to this album every night for about four years, stunning

[kaktisbalaktikakel]

me too

[trepattoni]

Amazing,simply amazing..I don't know how many time I've heard this album since 1994 until now..The best electronic album ever!!! I loved FSOL

[s1lv3rma1n20]

I found this and went hunting through my old tape collection - I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL :)

Love it = soo many memories :) (seem to remember drugs being a part of my life then :) It was way ahead in effects - the 8086processor was struggling to keep up :P

[LaDhy]

wow I remembered I recorder this one on an old video 2000 system, Thank god for youtube! Timeless...beautiful

[arcade3000]

a 'must have' of electronic music

[tehf00n]

lol to think this video was made using silicon graphics workstations. it looks like nintendo64 graphics now!!

great album tho.

[Mullin808]

true idm

[Smallforms]

except that blutech was in diapers when this came out. . .

this track is 17 years old! and way ahead of its time musically and visually . . .

[paranoidboytoy]

sounds abit like bluetech

[widowman]

ahem, i meant drugs btw haha

[widowman]

must have been right out of their faces on mind bending drunks when they thought this up lol. extremely relaxing music from FSOL

[lullebeul]

most awful video ever...

[mattfinn]

Bear in mind this was mid 90's, when a toaster was hi-tech, and you, weazel boy, were but an itch.

[queenbie3]

OMG this was like a B-A-D acid trip......