The Future Sound Of London

Dead Cities, the seminal fourth album from electronic duo The Future Sound of London, is set for its first-ever vinyl reissue, marking the 25th anniversary of the release. Mixing ambient, atmospheric textures with dance music, Dead Cities found The Future Sound of London (Gary Cobain and Brian Dougans) exploring new sonic territories. As with their past projects, the album included a collage of samples, including those from Run-DMC’s Tougher than Leather (“We Have Explosive” and its remix “Herd Killing”) and several films (Blade Runner, among them, amplifying the album’s themes of dystopian, urban decay.) The title track, meanwhile, opens with a menacing sound bite from the film Deep Cover, in which Laurence Fishburne’s character declares, “I had killed a man, a man that looked like me.” The album also found Cobain and Dougans collaborating with the acclaimed composer, Max Richter, who played piano throughout Dead Cities and co-wrote the eponymous track, “Max.”

• 01 Herd Killing
• 02 Dead Cities
• 03 Her Face Forms In Summertime
• 04 We Have Explosive
• 05 Everyone In The World Is Doing Something Without Me
• 06 My Kingdom
• 07 Max
• 08 Antique Toy
• 09 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