Thing is, environment five, the duos first entirely new output under the fsol moniker since 1996s dead cities, is a tad of an anachronism. Dead cities by the future sound of london on amazon music. Dead cities was my first fsol purchase, and its a journey of cinematic proportions. The future sound of london environment six oct 28, 2016 n. Dead cities by the future sound of london album, ambient. Theres a noticeable drop off in the amount of press after dead cities and you realise that, despite releasing well over two albums worth of material and countless mixes, the duos amorphous androgynous cosmic rebirth only really gained acclaim after their oasis remix and first monstrous psychedelic bubble mix cd.
Such has been the interest in this masterpiece of electronica over the years that the guys have been back into the studio to revisit it. Dead cities the dark cinematic concept album that will haunt you to the endless electronic musical journey. And yeah, as far as i know most of the outtakes from dead cities are on the archives, and this years yage album featured a few alternate takes of that track, so truth is weve probably had the bulk of this box set spread out over various releases anyway. Future sound of london dead cities official video youtube. After being blown away upon firstlisten to future sound of londons experimental ambient epic, lifeforms from 1994, i did a bit of digging to find more exciting sounds from the artist. All works released as the future sound of london unless otherwise noted. After a critically acclaimed double album full of soothing soundscapes called lifeforms, people predicted that their next album would place them firmly in the mainstream. Nov 27, 2015 theres a noticeable drop off in the amount of press after dead cities and you realise that, despite releasing well over two albums worth of material and countless mixes, the duos amorphous androgynous cosmic rebirth only really gained acclaim after their oasis remix and first monstrous psychedelic bubble mix cd. Indeed, one of the best albums of that decade, full stop. Thematic, yes, but never content to let the listener stay in one place for long. 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. Most of americas ten dead cities were once major manufacturing hubs and others were important ports or financial services centers.
A limited edition release of the album included a 196page book, containing additional artwork and writing in the same style. Dead cities future sound of london, the future sound of london, f. Brian dougans and garry gaz cobain came together in the early 1990s to form an outthere techno duo called the future sound of london. For me things took a sharp uptick at isdn, but for the full distillation of everything thats great about fsol, the breakbeats of yage and accelerator with the paranoidelectronica of isdn and the atmospherics of lifeforms and tales of ephidrina, i think you need to look at dead cities. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and helping pioneer a new era of dance music.
Dead cities by the future sound of london 724384206826. Also not to forget that the end sample post the dead cities hidden track i. Dead cities by the future sound of london on spotify. Described as a boundarypushing electronic act by allmusic, 1 their work covers many areas of electronic music, such as techno, ambient, house music, trip hop, psychedelia, and dub. This driving me to the big question about this album. James ponti is the new york times bestselling author of three middle grade book series. Why landmass title is not present in dead cities tracklist and in any other fsol release. Through jungles and cities, from outer space to inner space. Fsols constant fiddling with the clickbeep aspects of electronicambient dance music has led me to think of them as a bunch of knobs. The result is a spiralling side of 11 asymmetric parts, firstly luring the original into lush green pastures in the 2019 mix, before astral winds whip up the arpeggiated.
Everyone in the world is doing something without me no doubt spin it. Dead cities, an album by the future sound of london on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Dead city series by james ponti meet your next favorite book. Its really rewarding to be a fsol fan, because its a band that just keeps on giving. Middle schooler molly excels at judo and fencingboth necessary skills when combatting new york citys 1,000plus zombies. Dead cities, an album by the future sound of london. Discography the future sound of london wikia fandom. Music profile for the future sound of london, formed 1989. Track 4, we have explosive was used in the second game in the wipeout series, wipeout 2097, for the original playstation. The future sound of londonyage 2019 lpfsol digital. Albums include lifeforms, dead cities, and accelerator.
The neurotic pictures gave us more mysterious teasers also mentioned in the dead cities book and theres a picture of the guys from the earlytomid 90s. The future sound of london dead cities veroffentlichungen. The future sound of london dead cities releases discogs. Compared to the crisp approach of accelerator and lifeforms disorienting, surprising exploration into ambient sound, dead cities finds the group trying. The future sound of london talk to popmatters about what theyve been doing for the past six years since 1996s dead cities and tell us about their newest release, the isness. Oct 19, 2016 my guesses for 2020 rsd are a similarly themed glass 2020, or maybe a reimagining of the whole album. It completely changed both my understanding of what music was, and the limitless potential of what it can be. Feb, 2011 future sound of london dead cities album 1996. Again it shows the groups ability to take sounds sampled from all kinds of sources from a vangelis soundtrack to a range of industrial clangs and rattles and make them every bit as crucial to a tracks musicality as a standard.
In 1986 iconic group the future sound of london released the uk top 40 chart album dead cities, from which came a track yage. I quickly discovered that the same gents from fsol also perform under the moniker, amorphous androgynous with quite an expansive catalog for the project. Brainy, funny, and socially baffled molly bigelow makes for an irresistible narrator as she drives the story to a terrific twist of an ending. Dead citiess profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Available on cassette only the first single from 1996 album release dead cities. Dead cities s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Dead cities is a 1996 album by electronic music group the future sound of london. Some of these pictures are from the 199495 era vit drowning and some appeared on the dead cities limited edition book. Future sound of london fsol was formed in manchester, england, in the mid 1980s. We have a very limited stock of this original cassette single release. Over the past decade, through three comprehensive studies, mike davis has.
In dead city, james ponti cleverly weaves manhattan history into an actionpacked plot to breathe new life into the zombie genre. The future sound of london is also guilty of doing their best to force the mainstream to leave them alone. Dead cities 1996 is darker and more restless, a bumpy, enthralling ride through an apocalyptic urban landscape. The title of track 11, yage, was one the previous aliases of fsol, and still their alias for their own sound. The group are often labelled as ambient, and although much of their output loosely fits under the term, their. This is the discography page for ambient electronic group the future sound of london. These ancient settlements cover an area 2040 km 1225 mi wide and some 140 km 87 mi long. Their albums accelerator 1992 and lifeforms 1994 were. I first heard their music through an older friend, who gave me a recorded cassette tape of their 1994 bbc radio 1 essential mix. A taste of syrias dead cities an hour southwest of the northern syrian city of aleppo, eerily beautiful and strange ruins appear in the midst of sprawling olive groves. They release several albums, eps, tracks and even books etc a year.
Official dead cities video taken from mtvs amp show from the 1990s. The future sound of london dead cities 1996, cardboard. Future sound of london dead cities herd killing youtube. Track 2, dead cities, contains a vocal sample at the beginning of laurence fishburne from the film deep cover.
Fsol deliver dead cities to virgin records so fsol delivered the demo in may, and it took 4 month to pack, create and deliver the final package. When i first discovered fsol back in the early 90s, i always pictured the city of london as this foreign, futuristic, landscape of a dystopian. B1 everyone in the world is doing something without me 3. The future sound of london dead cities 20th anniversary. Future sound of london dead cites album dead cities year 1996. Fsol s constant fiddling with the clickbeep aspects of electronicambient dance music has led me to think of them as a bunch of knobs. Dead cities future sound of london one of great 90s electronic musician that i used to add for those magical home session days. Available on standard vinyl the original environments album is now available on a limited vinyl release. Whether it was coincidental or otherwise, the albums final track, dead cities reprise hidden track by headstone lane, is of a very similar nature to the predominant sound and style that fsol adopted for their following album, the isness, released under their alias amorphous androgynous except in the us, where it was released as fsol for. The future sound of london yage 2019 lp fsol digital c. My guesses for 2020 rsd are a similarly themed glass 2020, or maybe a reimagining of the whole album. 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. Electronica ambient uk rsd 2019 special in 1986 iconic group the future sound of london released the uk top 40 chart album dead cities, from which came a track yage.
Over the past decade, through three comprehensive studies, mike davis has excavated the dark lands of postmodern america. The future sound of london often abbreviated to fsol is a british electronic music group composed of garry cobain and brian dougans. Idm is in quotations because the term is unhelpful as ever when it comes to fsol dead cities brings together elements and snippets of trip hop, ambient, big beat, neopsych, sound collage, new age, punk. This old fsol track could seamlessly be on the collapse ep. The music of dead cities features more sampled beats carefully blending in bigbeat and bringing triphop into the mix. All tapes are unplayed but due to the age of these items some of the packaging may be slightly marked.
The future sound of london dead cities 1996, cd discogs. The future sound of london often abbreviated to fsol is a british electronic music project composed of garry gaz cobain and brian dougans. Dead cities turned out to be the future sound of londons 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. Dead cities by the future sound of london cd, oct1996. The dead cities are situated in an elevated area of limestone known as limestone massif. Mar 17, 2007 official dead cities video taken from mtvs amp show from the 1990s. Such has been the interest in this masterpiece of electronica over the years that the guys have been back into the studio to. The future sound of london dead cities virgin headphone. The classic cut from fsols dead cities lp serves inspiration for the variegated new suite of yage 2019 in brian dougan and gaz cobains own words yage 2019 takes the core of the original and rebuilds it. The summer before starting at a science magnet school on roosevelt island in the east river, molly spends friday afternoons at the coroners office on the east side of manhattan. The future sound of london the most important moments in a. Its followup opts for a much darker urban nightmare motif that makes it an ideal soundtrack while reading william gibson. The future sound of london dead cities sputnikmusic. Dead cities should be known as one of the 90s finest idm records.