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The Future Sound Of London
Dead Cities

Album 1996 on Virgin label
Dance (Leftfield, IDM, Downtempo, Experimental, Ambient)

Issued in a standard jewel case with 12-page booklet. 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. By reading the booklet notes carefully, there are actually 16 tracks. The last hidden song, track 13.3 - "Dead Cities Reprise", starts at 3:18 min after 1:00 min of silence and is credited to Headstone Lane (Simon Wells). The total running time of track 13 is 4:46 min. The total durations of track 9 and 12 are as credited in tracklist above. Tracks 1, 4: Guitar stab, wah guitar and vocal yell sourced from Run-DMC's track "Tougher Than Leather". Track 5: Vocals by Garry Cobain from 'I Need Re-Calibrate' recorded at The Womb - London. Intro Breath environment sourced from an orchestral re-working of Eggshell. Track 6: Guitar sample swapped with Ozric Tentacles for Cubase. Track 7: Child's voice recorded 'Outside Of The Web' at Little Venice. Piano fed through the machines - restructured and recollaged from midi-files. Alto-Sax sample mechanically removed from a day's recording. Track 11: Moroccan flute recorded at Sordid Accomodation - London - 1989. Track 13.3: 'Honey Sunshine' from a hi-8 'Putts Goes to Sri Lanka'. Recorded at Headstone Lane from Snuff Recordings, 'The Disappearance Of Troy Motherwell'. Recorded at Earthbeat Studios, London '96. Printed in Holland (on the rear cover). MADE IN HOLLAND (on the CD). ℗1996 Virgin Records Ltd. ©1996 Virgin Records Ltd.

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	The Future Sound Of London , *1988 GB written by, producer, album by
	Buggy G. Riphead voc, key, GB artwork, choked up / sunshine and brick-image, artwork, praying hands / ecuador / dead cities graffiti / eggs, artwork, spike and dome / old woman / herd killing-art, artwork, spike and dome / old woman / herd killing-concept, photography by, dead cities-city ruins
	Garry Cobain voc, g, *1967 GB artwork, choked up / sunshine and brick-text, photography by, dead cities-overall image construction, vocals
	Brian Dougans voc, g, *1965 GB artwork, liquide / dead cities logo, photography by, dead cities-human computer manipulation, effects, vocal processing tools, performer, recorded by, on an unscheduled baker st-dollis hill day trip
	Olaf Wendt , DE artwork, spike modelling
	Andrea Giacobbe , photography by, dead cities-human
	Darryl McDaniels , *1964 written by, guitar stab, wah guitar and vocal yell
	Jason Mizell key, perc, 1965-2002 US written by, guitar stab, wah guitar and vocal yell
	Joseph Simmons voc, written by, guitar stab, wah guitar and vocal yell
	Run-DMC , 1981-2002 written by, guitar stab, wah guitar and vocal yell
	Dick Verbatim , voice, outro poetry
	Craig Armstrong p, key, *1959 GB performer, intro breath
	Rebecca Caine , voice, layered voices sampled from an improvisation
	Richard Thomas dr, sax, GB drums, saxophone
	Mary Hopkin voc, bvoc, *1950 GB voice, sample from "rachel's song"
	Ennio Morricone key, p, *1928 IT written by, flute sample from "once upon a time in america"
	Ozric Tentacles , *1983 GB written by, guitar sample from "pungent effulgent"
	Vangelis key, *1943 GR written by, voice sample from "rachel's song"
	Max Richter p, syn, *1966 GB piano, written by, midi-files, piano, written by, environment from from a lost recording of "ripple"
	The Bloke's A Nutter , recorded by, child's voice
	Philip Pin , sampler, environment sourced from "childhood memories of pin"'
	Baker St. Mythology , sampler, original samples collected and collated
	Yage , flute, moroccan
	Riz Maslen key, GB performer, 'jane jane' sourced from shrine 1983
	Byron Con b, 1954-2007 GB performer, some weird greek instrument no one can remember the name of apart from the greeks who are in greece
	Leon Mar bvoc, g, b, key, syn, GB technician, regurgitated bits
	Headstone Lane , performer on track
	Inert Armchair , whistle, mouth whistle from the best selling show laughter

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