The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to
FSOL) is a British
electronic music band composed of
Garry Cobain (sometimes styled as
Gaz Cobain) and
Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music. Although often labelled as
ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers many areas of
electronic music, such as
ambient techno,
house music,
trip hop,
ambient dub,
acid techno. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including
film and
video,
2D and
3D computer graphics,
animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles,
radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making. They have released works under numerous aliases.