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Electronic · 1994 · 15 tracks

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The Future Sound of London

A gritty, telecommunicated collage of live broadcasts. Grimy breakbeats meet biological synthesis and eerie film samples in a landmark of 90s experimentalism.

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It's like a pirate radio station broadcasting from inside a computer that's slowly becoming sentient.

A tense, claustrophobic exploration of digital isolation and urban anxiety.

ISDN · vs · The Future Sound of London
Spoken Word+3.4σ

The vocals lean far further into spoken word than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks
01
Just a Fuckin’ Idiot
5:40
02
The Far-Out Son of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman
4:15
03
Appendage
2:33
04
Slider
7:20
05
Smokin’ Japanese Babe
5:08
06
You’re Creeping Me Out
6:31
07
Eyes Pop – Skin Explodes – Everybody Dead
3:45
08
It’s My Mind That Works
3:22
09
Dirty Shadows
6:13
10
Tired
6:37
11
Egypt
4:12
12
Are They Fightin’ Us
6:24
13
Hot Knives
3:21
14
A Study of Six Guitars
4:17
15
An End of Sorts
5:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unsettling transition in track 6 where the rhythmic pulse dissolves into a cavernous, whispering void.
The way the 'Aliens' film samples in track 2 are woven into a breakbeat that feels like it's decaying in real-time.
The haunting, layered guitar textures of track 14 that provide a rare moment of organic, string-based melancholy.
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