Album
Dead Cities
1996 · Electronic
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Dead Cities is an Electronic album by The Future Sound Of London, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 35 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Dead Cities is a seminal 1996 album by experimental electronic music group The Future Sound of London. 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 atmosphere. The album art consisted of 3D graphic, photography, and writing complementing the album's theme, combined via digital image editing. This was created primarily by the band and then-frequent artistic collaborator Buggy G. Riphead. A limited edition release of the album included a 196-page book, containing additional artwork and writing in the same style. .
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Tracklist
- 1Herd Killing2:36
- 2Dead Cities6:36
- 3Her Face Forms In Summertime5:39
- 4We Have Explosive6:19
- 5Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me4:10
- 6My Kingdom5:46
- 7Max2:49
- 8Antique Toy5:43
- 9Quagmire / In A State Of Permanent Abyss6:57
- 10Glass5:38
- 11Yage7:32
- 12Vit Drowning / Through Your Gills I Breathe5:32
- 13.1First Death In The Family2:18
- 13.2(no audio)1:00
- 13.3Dead Cities Reprise1:28
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- IDM
- saturated
- anxious
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Baker St. Mythology
- Byron Con
- Craig Armstrong
- Darryl McDanielsWRITTEN-BY
- Ennio MorriconeCOMPOSED BY WRITTEN-BY
- Garry CobainVOCALS
- Inert ArmchairWHISTLE
- J.Simmons/D.McDaniels/J.MizellWRITTEN BY
- Jason MizellWRITTEN-BY
- Joseph SimmonsWRITTEN-BY
- Leon Mar
- Mary Hopkin
- Max RichterPIANO , WRITTEN-BY PIANO, WRITTEN-BY WRITTEN-BY
- Ozric TentaclesWRITTEN-BY
- Philip Pin
- Richard ThomasALTO SAXOPHONE DRUMS SAXOPHONE
- Riz Maslen
- Run-DMCWRITTEN-BY
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 35 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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