FSOL - Dead Cities (1996)
Their last release under the name The Future Sound of London, and also their last "true" electronic one, Dead Cities is a demanding piece of work. It starts out with the aggressive "Herd Killing", and continues through dark urban soundscapes, haunted abattoirs, eerie alienations and an unsettling void, before settling down with another aggressive (punk) track containing the only explicit reference to the album title. As I said, it's a demanding album, but it's also very rewarding. It poignantly shows that machine music can be emotional - and touch upon a wide range of feelings. You may be a little overwhelmed at a first listening, but Dead Cities is definitely worth the purchase. I bought it yesterday for the second time, as the disc has a horrible crack in it (not a scratch, but a crack). My friend's copy simply snapped in two. I think we should sue the manufacturers. And while we're at it, sue the trolls for making immoral amounts of money off the backs of hard-working and deeply suffering artists. Sorry, can't help romanticising them...By the way, the guys from FSOL have not stopped working; they've merely changed their gist. Nowadays using the name Amorphous Androgynous (which is actually their original name, first used in the early 90s), they tend to make a kind of music that's very much aligned to 1960s psychedelia, of course with added electronica. I'm going to check out their stuff out next month; lovers of that kind of music would probably like it, too. Their latest release is the 2005 Alice in Ultraland. Well, I'm off for the weekend to visit "les parents", enjoy yours (I mean the weekend, not the parents) and keep away from dark 'n' dingy bridges. ;-)
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posted by Paxjorge @ Friday, July 14, 2006
13 Comments:
My favorite FSOL album.
have you heard Isness yet?
I was shocked to hear it, but it became one I listen to a lot. Very Mellow (Hippo Disco Show)!
Lemme know if you want it.
Also, you can download lots of FSOL radio mixes and ISDN shows here
...thank you dude!
thank you so much for this....
...found something yesterday which is definetly worth a download...
check it out at:
http://pehder.pe.funpic.de/?p=24
and download it here:
http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=XKSA48J8
if you like you can use this post on your site
Well..... I've heard a lot about the Isness, but I haven't heard the album yet - so yes, I'm interested. And if it's good enough, myself being an FSOL "fan" (see picture of girls on main page), I might buy the little bugger.
Thanks, mr/mrs/androgynous anonymous, I'll listen to it shortly and if I like it, I'll do a post on it (ooh how enjoyable fascist rulership can be, especially if the the Jacobsonian signifier is right here and now!)
Erm, yes, so thanks, I wanted to say.
Oh and Chardman, thanks a lot for the link to FSOL material you provided above - finally I can listen to that VPRO Radio broadcast again! "Yippee!" as Harry the rabbit from Meet the Feebles would say.
Yo, Jorge!
Isness iss right here.
Enjoy!
Great stuff, that Isness, thanks Chard!
Very pretty design! Keep up the good work. Thanks.
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dude gotta (white)swallow(!!!!) part of what i said!
this is a good album!
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