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Now, lets discuss Future Sound of London - Dead Cities [CDV2814]. Details can be found Any messages NOT related to this particular release will be deleted by the Moderators. Keep it clean! Please, report any abuses to the Moderators. |
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Just slammed this baby in my CD player after months of having not listened to it. Still love it. Even though the melodies often sound simple, the tracks complemented with the artwork together make one of the most atmospheric albums ever produced. These were my 2 cents. I sincerely thank you for your attention. |
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Hmmm, yes i love this album it s a masterpiece. The my kingdom ep is cracking as well. |
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it's one of their best albums, although I do prefer Lifeforms Dead Cities: strong "stand alone" songs Lifeforms: a great earmovie |
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it's that album for a specific mood. Simple, and nice. Sometimes simple music is the best music for my ears. Dead cities tops lifeforms, imo. I know, it's different, but still... |
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i was gonna make the same comparison, but couldn't find the right words. earmovie, that's it! |
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nice avatar!! is it possible to slow it down? so I can see what is happening |
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or cinema for the ear ;) |
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The artwork is excellent too. Really sets the right atmosphere. And the tracks are really fitting to the theme "Dead Cities". Unfortunately "We have explosives" makes kind of an annoying interrupt. |
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I like track number 7 - Max. Nice music to chill to. |
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Don't slam it into your CD player, 'cos that's how you'll break it! :P |
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Unfortunately "We have explosives" makes kind of an annoying interrupt like explosions always do |
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'Glass', 'Yage', 'Her Face Forms in Summertime' and 'Everyone in the world is doing something without me' are better :P |
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Waarheid als een koe! :) |
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No need to bring farm animals into this, or I'll have to inform the moderators. Keep on topic please. :P |
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antique toys is my fav track. but then, the tracklist could've completely fooled me by making me think it's that track. the artwork is lovely indeed. one more thing, it's 'we have explosive' with no S at the end. but i shouldn't talk because the same thing could maybe be said for antique toy(s) as well, i don't remember. |
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NO! that's just the beauty. |
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It is Antique Toy, with no S at the end. :P |
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maybe i am one of few here who is not liking this album very much. it is overrated. i bought it once to listen to it, but it is nothing more than trance. some tracks are good, but the rest makes you sick |
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trance? like in the genre?!?! |
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trance??? i don't think you know what you're talking about... |
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i had the CD for one year in my collection and i could not find into that sound. it has good tracks, though, but the rest is pretty boring. i liked the last tracks better than the first ones. is this typical FSOL style or would you recommend me other album of them which are not so trance-alike? |
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i just don't see the comparison with trance. |
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for me it sounded something between dancefloor and wannabe-art music. is lifeforms better? |
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lifeforms is more organic, less beats, just lush sounds/music. An experience. |
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less beats! sounds good, somehow i didn't liked the beats on dead cities. this was one thing i didn't like on the album, but some melodies were good. i will check out lifeforms. thnx :) |
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no, not like trance at all! i just downloaded it, its pretty damn great altho techically a bit behind... |
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Its not trance...like?!?!? Sure you are on about the right CD? |
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Lifeforms is FSOL at their peak, i think i know what you mean about Dead Cities. Lifeforms is like the more ambient parts of Dead Cities, and its VERY good, one of my favourite ambient albums. The Lifeforms EP is great too, with vocals from Liz Fraser |
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yeah, pretty boring, it didn't move me, and there are skip-tracks, too! it is overrated, sorry, but that's my opinion |
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If it's just the track Dead Cities you've heard, I recommend you check out the tracks I recommended earlier in this thread :) The album is stuffed with changing tempos, organic sounds and other aural yumminess. |
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actually the more ambient parts of the album i prefered much more than the other parts. thanks for advice |
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Checking out Lifeforms as I speak :) Haven't heard much of this album, strangely enough... |
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for me, the more ambient parts of Dead Cities are the best, Max, Yage, Vit Drowning / Through Your Gills I Breathe, Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me are all excelent. I like some of the more beat orientated tracks, i just need to be in the right mood for them. The Blade Runnner soundtrack by Vangelis is a better overall album. |
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I think you'd love Lifeforms then. |
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I agree that We Have Explosive really does kill the album. It's my third favourite Dougans/Cobain release (behind Lifeforms, obviously, and The Isness, not so obviously). Really sublime and quite surreal mood... definitely drags me into a city, although at times it seems more alive than dead. Her Face Forms in Summertime has a stunning guitar riff, Everyone in the World is Doing Something Without Me is heart stopping in its beauty, Max, Antique Toy, Glass, Through Your Gills I Breathe... all stunning. We Have Explosive is the only track I ever skip, ever, at all, ever, on the record. That's the only downpoint, along, perhaps, with the fact that the album version of My Kingdom is nowhere near as stunning as the EP version (which is my favourite piece of music by anyone, ever). I use commas a lot. Dead Cities is as trance as Amber. |
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By the way, are FSOL in the discography now? I can't find them... |
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they are, but none of their albums is in the discog yet. |
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Aaah. So this isn't a proper Xltronic Discog thread, like you disguised it as then? ;) |
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Nope, I cleverly yet blatantly faked it! :D |
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FSOL's best release in my opinion. I made a post a ways back saying how Max+Antique Toy flow together so well, much how 'Kalpol Intro' and 'Bike' do. Dead Cities is a masterpiece...easily one of the best releases of the 90s. And don't even get me started on how flawless the song 'Glass' is....ahhh, I'm going to go listen to this album again now. :] |
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I just have lifeforms... is this better? and isdn? |
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Dead Cities is the one that comes with the book the graphics/drawings, yeah?... |
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ISDN is more like drum &bassy all FSOL releases are quality ( 'cept the issness, that's just out there) If you buy lifeforms and this you'd be one happy camper. Trust everyone in thris thread. DEAD CITIES is genius, I love this album, especially when I have the time to listen to it from begining to end. Any FSOL news? |
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FSOL news? They're playing Coachella, Isness follow-up and (finally) Dead Cities follow-up in the works. Divinity single some time in the coming weeks/months. ISDN is their most... percussive. Their rawest. Lots of trip-hop, even hip-hop and jazz bits. Their least accessible release, I suppose. I've had it for years, and still get the feeling I don't quite understand it. |
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i may be one of the few who thinks that ISDN is their best album. but this has antique toy and everyone in the world...so its great simply for that. |
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FSOL make fucking good music, i rarely see them mentioned on this board. this album is cool but it goes on way too long...unlike Lifeforms which i could just listen to for hours. |
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I wouldn't say it lasts too long. It's too diverse for that. |
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FSOL certainly aren't mentioned as much as a lot of groups here. Which is a shame, really. |
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mostly warp artists are discussed here... |
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