FSOL - Dead Cities (1996) [FLAC]

Artist: The Future Sound of London
Album: Dead Cities
Label: Astralwerks
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Future-Sound-Of-London-Dead-Cities/release/2515
Released: 18 Oct 1996
Genre: Electronic
Style: Leftfield, Abstract, Downtempo, Experimental, Ambient
Credits: Engineer – Yage
Producer – Future Sound Of London, The
Written-By – Future Sound Of London, The
Notes: Recorded at Earthbeat Studios, London, 1996.
The credits on the CD are misleading as to what the actual tracklist is, the back cover of the cd shows 15 tracks, the cd itself has 13 tracks. Two of the tracks are actually two songs in one.
The track listing listed here is as shown on a promo copy of the album.
Codec: FLAC

Tracklisting:
1 Herd Killing (2:36)
2 Dead Cities (6:36)
3 Her Face Forms In Summertime (5:39)
4 We Have Explosive (6:19)
5 Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me (4:10)
6 My Kingdom (5:46)
7 Max (2:49)
8 Antique Toy (5:43)
9 Quagmire / In A State Of Permanent Abyss (6:58)
10 Glass (5:38)
11 Yage (7:32)
12 Vit Drowning / Through Your Gills I Breathe (5:32)
13 First Death In The Family (4:48)

Dead Cities is a seminal 1996 album by electronic music group The Future Sound of London.

Though almost without 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 graphics, photography, and writing complementing the album’s themes, 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.

“My Kingdom” and “We Have Explosive” were released as singles. The “My Kingdom” music video was directed by the same artistic collaboration, whereas the “We Have Explosive” music video was directed by 2D-animator Run Wrake.