- Audio CD (5 Jun 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued
- Label: Virgin
- ASIN: B000024I5E
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
3,912 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #9 in Music > Dance & Electronic > Techno
- #15 in Music > Dance & Electronic > Trip Hop
- #17 in Music > Dance & Electronic > Ambient
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Amazon.co.uk Review
"They're so antisocial," said Mixmaster Morris of the reclusive Future Sound of London. "They won't even go to parties anymore--they do all their gigs over the telephone." After the success of their majestic "Papua New Guinea" single and the Accelerator album from which it was taken, FSOL retreated to the studio and never left. Their only communication with the outside world was through their music, an increasingly abstract Dadaist collage of overdubbed beats and noises that defied genres and stymied trend-happy journalists. While some of the material on ISDN was previously released under the pseudonym Far Out Son of Lung (the worst-kept secret in dance music), the bulk of the album was taped from performances delivered via digital telephone links to radio stations throughout Europe. Naturally, the ubiquitous and intrusive medium of radio encourages challenging and elaborate environmental music. So unlike their previous album, Lifeforms, whose closest earthly relation was techno, ISDN is the distant cousin of jazz, both in its blatant sampling of sax and drums and its freeform, exploratory nature. --Matthew Corwine
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In reponse to the it's it's awful comment - it's different.
Music does not have to be poptastic, it can be based around sounds and rhythms.
And these guys know how to put together amazing examples of audio you will not here anywhere else on this earth.
I cannot reccomend this duo enough however read the previous post, and if you can't appreciate the genre O.K.
It's worth the try, and you'll never look back.
Absolutely awesome, mind blowing, get it and if you wish for a gentle start to the FSOl experience go for lifeforms.
Get them all, theyr're all interesting and a sonic fantasyland.
Unbelievable.
Music does not have to be poptastic, it can be based around sounds and rhythms.
And these guys know how to put together amazing examples of audio you will not here anywhere else on this earth.
I cannot reccomend this duo enough however read the previous post, and if you can't appreciate the genre O.K.
It's worth the try, and you'll never look back.
Absolutely awesome, mind blowing, get it and if you wish for a gentle start to the FSOl experience go for lifeforms.
Get them all, theyr're all interesting and a sonic fantasyland.
Unbelievable.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This has to be one of the best ambient albums constructed with a wide variety of moods, from the thumping Track 4 (Slider) to the whale sounding 'Eyes pop skin explodes everybody dead' (Track 7). Throughout the album the incorporated samples accompanied by Eastern vocals sound to me like music that would be ideal for a Bladerunner like landscape. In one line: Eastern influence dark distorted ambient techno. Don't miss this!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have been a fsol fan for ages and this albumn is my favourite. For anyone who does not know fsol they are to me a good sample/computer type of dance music that give a slow but strong and very dark vibe. I think that they have a very dim view of the future and they reflect this in their music.
The albumn (as most albumns do) has some filler but these keep in touch with the feel of the stronger songs (tracks) they just do not progress as well as they could. The stronger tracks are me real hidden classics that match Aphex Twins or the orbs best.
If you are of like mind you may, like me, find this albumn to be a permanent space in an mp3.
The albumn (as most albumns do) has some filler but these keep in touch with the feel of the stronger songs (tracks) they just do not progress as well as they could. The stronger tracks are me real hidden classics that match Aphex Twins or the orbs best.
If you are of like mind you may, like me, find this albumn to be a permanent space in an mp3.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Mind Blowing
Never heard this album before this week, i feel really ashamed as it is absolute pyschedelice masterpiece. Nuff said.
Published on 12 May 2009 by Steven Roberts
Proves psychadelic is a state of mind, not just a product of a...
So there were many super amazing psychadelic albums first time round, in the 60's and 70's.
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Published on 29 Oct 2007 by R. Macgregor
Well worth the money
FSOL were a pretty new thing to me when i bought this - i bought the album because it was cheap and i knew it was like a lot of the other stuff i listen to (leftfield, faithless... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2004 by Master B. J. Bateson
Earth calling...
FSOL had obviously been spending far too much time noodling at home with their new studio toys before this came out. Far more evolved in range and scope than their earlier work. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2004 by Chris Dardis
FSOL in the extreme.
FSOL are too far ahead for their own good. This album released and deleted on the same day is an amazing feat of ultra mellow and sometimes bizarre music. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2004 by M. J. Jenkins
This is truly awful
I bought this on the recommendation of the reviews on this site and was bitterly disappointed when I heard it. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2004 by "misterpv"
Different flavour, same quality
Performed by ISDN lines during "live" shows, these tracks form a compilation of their 1994 world tour, and show the band are as good in the studio as they are in... Read more
Published on 25 May 2002
Hidden depth
I've had this album for over a year and only now have I fully appreciated its subtle sound textures. Every listening brings a new experience. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2002 by Roy P
A mysterious journey through dark sounds
One of those albums that you need to sit in the dark to listen to. An excellent mellow chill-out listen with an acid bite. Still sounds great after 5 years.
Published on 5 Jun 2001
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