The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities mp3

Performer: The Future Sound Of London
Title: Dead Cities
Country: Russia
Catalog Number: SPU 0152
Label: Not On Label (SPU Series)
Released: 1996
Style: Experimental
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 849

Future Sound London Russia Not Label Spu Series Experimental 1996

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Tracklist

1	Glass
2	Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me
3	Vit Drowning
4	Yage
5	Her Face Forms In Summertime
6	Through Your Gills I Breathe
7	Dead Cities
8	We Have Explosive
9	Antique Toy
10	Max
11	My Kingdom
12	Quagmire / In A State Of Permanent Abyss
13	Herd Killing
14	First Death In The Family

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDV2814, 7243 8 42068 2 6	The Future Sound Of London	Dead Cities ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV2814, 7243 8 42068 2 6	UK & Europe	1996
DPRO 1376	Future Sound Of London	Dead Cities ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Virgin Music Canada	DPRO 1376	Canada	1996
7243 8 42068 2 6	The Future Sound Of London	Dead Cities ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin Music Canada, EBV	7243 8 42068 2 6	Canada	1996
DE 3794	The Future Sound Of London	Dead Cities ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Delabel	DE 3794	France	1996
CDV2814, 7243 8 42068 2 6	The Future Sound Of London	Dead Cities ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Virgin , Virgin , Electronic Brain Violence , Electronic Brain Violence	CDV2814, 7243 8 42068 2 6	Unknown

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The Future Sound Of London - Herd Killing. Album 1996 13 Songs. Though almost without any lyrics to speak of, most of the first half of the album with the exception of Her Face Forms In Summertime is dark and full of well structured malevolence in that its songs combine synthetic sounds with samples to create an apocalyptic, dystopian atmosphere, the second half of the disc is rather more relaxed however and FSOL combine the darkness with more of their now familiar complex, ambient techniques to create an odd, peaceful yet intriguing atmosph. The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities. Infected Mushroom - Cities of the Cities turned out to be the Future Sound of London's bow out from the spotlight - at least, nothing further was released by them for the rest of the decade and well into the next one. The theme of the album, thoroughly explored in the art as always, created by the group itself, seems to be one of futuristic urban decay, almost as if reacting against the perceived otherwordliness of Lifeforms, calm. Songs in album The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities 1996. The Future Sound Of London. Dead Cities turned out to be the Future Sound of London's bow out from the spotlight - at least, nothing further was released by them for the rest of the decade and well into the next one. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей. Посмотреть сведения об участниках альбома, рецензии, композиции и приобрести альбом 1996 CD от Dead Cities на album. The Future Sound Of London - We Have Explosive. Electronic sound with ambient and down-tempo and breakbeat elements. the whole album is available on my album. The Future Sound Of London - Her Face Forms In Summertime. The Future Sound Of London: Expander, Stolen Documents, While Others Cry и другие песни. Dead Cities. Dead Cities is a seminal 1996 album by experimental electronic music group The Future Sound of London. UMG от лица компании Virgin Records. The Future Sound Of London - Antique Toy. Dead Cities is a 1996 album by electronic music group The Future Sound of London. Future sound of London 04 dead city. This was created primarily by the band and then-frequent artistic collaborator Buggy G. Dead Cities The Future Sound of London. The Future Sound Of London - My Kingdom - Max. My Kingdom - The Future Sound Of London. Посмотреть сведения об участниках альбома, рецензии, композиции и приобрести альбом 1996 CD от Dead Cities на sound of london- dead cities album 1996. The Future Sound Of London: Papua New Guinea, My Kingdom, We Have Explosive и другие песни. Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities 1996 First Death in the Family, Dead CitiesFuture Sound Of London - Dead Cities 1996 First Death in the Family, Dead Cities 6:19. The Future Sound Of London - Everyone In The World Is Doing. Compared to the crisp approach of Accelerator and Lifeforms' disorienting, surprising exploration into ambient sound, Dead Cities finds the group trying out something new yet again. Compared to the crisp approach of Accelerator and Lifeforms' disorienting, surprising exploration into ambient sound, Dead Cities finds the group trying out something new yet again

Reviews (7)

porosh

This album is so unique in it's own dystopian sort of way. When you listen to it you almost feel as if you're the only one alive on earth at times. Industrial is brought in which gives it a very dark and brooding atmosphere which is in total contrast to their first album Accelerator which made you "feel good". I can describe this as Cyberpunk. Would be great in a movie like Blade Runner or The Matrix.

"Max" is a track that stops the doom and gloom and gives you 3 minutes of pure peace. Almost as if you're sailing on an endless river.

We Have Explosive is an amazing single. Clever manipulation of sounds and so hard-hitting. This is the one on the album that you should blast at full volume.

This is their best album by far. This album is the one that got me into the band along with "Papua New Guinea".

The artwork is spooky and phenomenal as well. So weird and quirky and unique.

Ricep

This album is dark, paranoid, dystopian, isolating. The songs are unexpected and the writing style goes places I didn't expect. I'm not sure this album is as good as the other stuff (Lifeforms, Cascade, etc) but it's emotionally compelling and in a way more "cool" as it seems to align more with darker Industrial than Ambient.

Hunaya

Released in 1996, Dead Cities was Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans' fourth full length album as The Future Sound of London. Dead Cities was that very last record and then there was a torturing silence for six years. Even when the duo returned in 2002 with The Isness, it was ... not the same... How can one describe the layered dark samples with memorable vocal lines that are implanted in my brain? "I have killed a man. A man who looked like me." The album is an absolute classic, and its complex ambient and cinematic fragments continue to offer new insight into the minds of FSOL. Dead Cities was not received with as much success as my absolute favorite, earlier 1994 release Lifeforms [the latter climbed to 6 position on the UK Album Charts, while Dead Cities got up to 22]. The music of Dead Cities features more sampled beats carefully blending in big-beat and bringing trip-hop into the mix. We Have Explosive (which also came out as a single) features several samples from Run DMC's album Tougher Than Leather. The rest of the sounds [all very dear and familiar to my mind at this point] all convey the atmosphere of urban decay. An album from the future that rusted in the past. Like a empty feeling after watching a rerun of Blade Runner [and the sample off Mary Hopkin's vocals from the movie's soundtrack], the eerie nostalgia of revisiting a dirty old friend crackles in the hindsight. Oh, and how's this for a shocker for you. The album cover (and the two inserts that house the double vinyl) feature 3D graphics and digitally processed photography by Buggy G. Riphead. This is one of the albums to hold in your hands and marvel at its grandiose and epic stand in time.

Kabei

Listening in retrospect of FSOL's career, this was the final realisation of a sound which started with Lifeforms, was nurtured with ISDN and finally matured with Dead Cities. It is without doubt the darkest, most emotionally-brittle album they made and clearly paints a picture of the frustrated, turbulent mindset of two artists who had reached a destination in their career, which perhaps wasn't where they wanted it to be. That's not to say the album is weak, as in fact it is probably their strongest, most cohesive work. Still, the overbearing downbeat mood of the music the track titles and even the cover art suggest that nothing more could be said and a time for change was needed.

Funnily enough, it happened and 10 years later, they returned with an optimistic, warm new sound as Amorphous Androgynous, which associated itself more with the sounds of the past than the future - almost like an inverted reflection of Dead Cities, which depicts a lonely, suffocating future. The irony is, after two AA albums, I feel myself yearning for a return to the Dead Cities. It will be interesting to see where (if anywhere) FSOL arrive to next.

Agantrius

You're laying down. The ligts are dimmed.

Then it hits, like a soundcheck to check your volume levels. You rise up to set the them right, and go back to your previous position. Futuristic beats cut the air for two minutes. Then... a dark, ominous, EVIL bass surfaces. "I have killed a man..". Now we know. We're on a journey.

Maybe FSOL made their name with dancey tracks like Papua New Guinea, but this is something completely different. Highly recommended for any fan of electronic music.

Dagdage

When forced to pick a favorite FSOL album, its a hard decision for me.. But I honestly think Dead Cities would be my choice. It combines everything they've done on earlier albums yet still brings new styles to the plate. First thing you'll notice on this album is how much more agressive it is then previous releases by them. The track "We Have Explosive" is a good example of this. Industrial techno I guess you could call it. There are chilled tracks on here too though (My Kingdom) but the noise seems to take over most of the CD. I also find the artwork to be pretty interesting. At first glance it might seem a little cheesey.. but if you look closely you'll notice the background is a REAL city, while that tunnel and man are CGI. If you're new to FSOL there is no better place to start then with Dead Cities.

Whitehammer

Along with Pentatoniks "Anthology", Aphex Twins "I care because you do" and BoCs "Twoism", this album has to be one of the most influential Electronica releases in my life.
Breakbeat, Ambient, D&B and much more, all merged together to a fantastic musical journey I'm glad I made. Pack your bags, this is Electronica at it's best!