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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A journey you will never forget, 10 Feb 2005
Really, how in the world do you describe a piece of music like this? it is tricky, as the Future sound of London manage to create a musical adventure quite unlike anything else, and though made in 1996 it is timeless stuff, that production wise if you told me it had been created 50 years in the future, I'd believe you. genre wise, it's kind of difficult to place anywhere- with the sound being more of a continuous journey through various soundscapes,both subtle and gentle and then angry, beat riddled and aggressive. I'm really not too sure about how the tracklist works out, I am thinking that maybe the whole album is set out more like a symphony, and each well 'part of a track' is like a new movement (There are sometimes upto three tracks inside a track...)- confusing? well yes, I was tearing my hair out trying to figure it all out! Dead cities, as it seems to be, is a journey through a cold desolate world perhaps set in the future or maybe now, it expresses the attitudes and feelings of people and situations that may be very well be apart of everyday life in a 'dead city' it melodically conjures up anything and everything and creates a fairly dark and depressing mood, But it is friendly and uplifting in places, perhaps showing the ray of hope in a world that doesn't seem to have any left... musically you will hear quite a variety of stuff here, from the sounds of children playing in a park right over to sad, wailing gothic choirs, from lush saxophone sounds to exotic Greek instruments, as I said before, there are gentle and friendly moments in this album, but mostly it's often chilling and sinister, with a lot of the sounds being quite horrifying, (the sound of a child whispering "Make me believe I'm not going to die..." in a hushed demonic tone is frightful!) couple all these innumerable samples with synths, live instruments and beats, a powerful feel is created. The emotions portrayed throughout the album range from relentless evil in tracks like "Herd killing" "We have explosive" and "Dead cities" to deep, depressing sad moments "Everybody in the world is doing something without me" and "Vit drowning" right over to the uplifting and beautifully moving "Her face forms in summertime" "Max" and "My kingdom" The future sound of London have truly created an aural world in this album, you feel like you are there, sometimes because of the smashed up city sounds that surround you or just the melodies that float around and let you imagine the dark places...I hope this review hasn't been too, well "from the imagination" in it's description, But it is a release that truly deserves a review for it's visualisation... A remarkable and unforgettable journey that will leave you breathless.
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