[IDM Classic #27] The Future Sound of London - Dead Cities

Hey hey! This is week 27 of classic IDM album discussions. This week features The Future Sound of London with their 1996 album, "Dead Cities”.

Artist: The Future Sound of London
Album: Dead Cities
Release Date: October 18, 1996
Stream: Spotify - YouTube

Tracklist:

1 - Herd Killing
2 - Dead Cities
3 - Her Face In The Summertime
4 - We Have Explosive
5 - Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me
6 - My Kingdom
7 - Max
8 - Antique Toy
9 - Quagmire/In A State Of Permanent Abyss
10 - Glass
11 - Yage
12 - Vit Drowning/Through Your Gills I Breathe
13 - First Death In The Family

What memories do you have associated with this album? What are your favorite tracks? How has this album stood against the test of time for you? Discuss!

Past Classics:

1 - Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
2 - Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
3 - Clark - Body Riddle
4 - Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
5 - u-Ziq - Lunatic Harness
6 - Autechre - Tri Repetae
7 - Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Far Enough
8 - Plaid - Not For Threes
9 - Four Tet - Rounds
10 - Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
11 - Aphex Twin - ...I Care Because You Do
12 - The Black Dog - Spanners
13 - Bola - Soup
14 - Amon Tobin - Supermodified
15 - Autechre - LP5
16 - Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
17 - Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
18 - Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
19 - Jan Jelinek - Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records
20 - Arovane - Tides
21 - Aphex Twin - Drukqs
22 - Lusine - Serial Hodgepodge
23 - Tipper - Surrounded
24 - The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
25 - Richard Devine - asect:dsect
26 - Autechre - Amber

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