Brian Dougans is a British musician, and a member of the British electronica duo, The Future Sound of London. Brian Dougans was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1968. He is one half of the British electronica group The Future Sound of London. He is the more technical member of FSOL, doing most of the programming, circuit bendinget cetera and creating electronic instruments at his home studio in Glastonbury, Somerset where he lives with his wife, Lysa Barlett and two children, Bow Dougans and Mos Barlett that stands at the intersection of nine leylines. Currently head of FSOLdigital and co designer of the FSOL:Digitana SX-1 Synthesiser His first releases were as "Humanoid", releasing the Acid house single "Stakker Humanoid", which reached number 17 in the UK in 1988, and also charted in 1992 and 2001. Stakker Humanoid was No.1 for 5 weeks in the UK dance chart and has been cited as a major influence on early Aphex Twin releases. Dougans music as Humanoid is also part of the MOMA NY collection via Stakker Eurotechno. Dougans has always been the quiet, technical workhorse of FSOL whilst Garry Cobain brings in his melody and softness to balance Dougans' technical wizardry ergo creating the balance that makes FSOL what it is. Where as the sound of Amorphous Androgynous is very much Cobains vehicle FSOL's more "mechanical" sound is Dougans.
Music
Humanoid
Brian Dougans first releases were as "Humanoid", releasing the acid house single "Stakker Humanoid". The track was a hit not just at influential clubs like Shoom in London, but was championed by mainstream stalwarts like Radio DJ Bruno Brookes and Kylie and Jason producer Pete Waterman. After the single reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1988, leading to Dougans' appearance on Top of the Pops on 1 December 1988. Subsequent re-issues also charted in 1992 and 2001. Stakker Humanoid was No.1 for 5 weeks in the UK dance chart and has been cited as a major influence on early Aphex Twin releases. Dougans music as Humanoid is also part of the MOMA NY collection via Stakker Eurotechno. Stakker was also used as the name of the collaboration between Dougans and video artists Colin Scott and Mark McLean. Eurotechno, the soundtrack to a visual installation by the group, was originally released in 1989.
Brian Dougans was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and met Garry Cobain in 1985 when he was at Salford College of Technology in Manchester studying Music Recording Technology. After Dougans left college he set up his own studio in London where Cobain joined him and they began to release a plethora of singles under various aliases, some of which would end up on their first compilation album Earthbeat in 1992. Whereas the sound of Amorphous Androgynous is Cobain's vehicle, FSOL's more "mechanical" sound is Dougan's. Synthesizers Dougans has co-designed 2 synthesizers with English electronics company DIGITANA. The SX-1 analogue synthesizer and the Halia - - The SX-1 has been received with critically acclaim and has been used in - Spiderman 3 Guinness World Records Dougans received 3 retrospective awards from the Guinness World Records. Most notably THE FIRST INTERNET MUSIC DOWNLOAD -22 June 1994 distributed via new york based internet bulletin board Sonicnet. The other 2 are for FIRST BAND TO TOUR THE WORLD WITHOUT LEAVING THEIR STUDIO and FIRST BAND TO TOUR THE WORLD DOWN TELEPHONE WIRES
Discography
All as Humanoid unless indicated. please see also The Future Sound of London.
