ISDN (album)

Infobox Album
Name = ISDN
Type = Live album
Artist = The Future Sound of London


Caption = Second edition cover
Released = December 5, 1994 (limited)flagicon|United Kingdom June 2, 1995 (second)flagicon|United Kingdom
Recorded = Earthbeat Studios
Genre = Ambient, Techno, Experimental
Length = 74:57 (limited) 75:27 (second)
Label = Astralwerks
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bl5k8qpnbt04 link]
* Almostcool.org rating-10|8.5 [http://www.almostcool.org/mr/424/ link]
Last album = "Lifeforms" (1994)
This album = "ISDN" (1994/1995)
Next album = "Dead Cities" (1996)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = live album


Lower caption = Alternate, black covered limited edition
Border = yes

"ISDN" is a music album by experimental electronica artists The Future Sound of London which was released in two different versions in 1994 and 1995. The music on the album is edited together from various live broadcasts that the band had broadcasted to radio stations all over the world using ISDN, which at the time was a relatively new technology.

The Album

Stylistically, the record features some of the ambient of their previous work, but brings in elements of hip-hop, trip-hop and acid jazz. [http://www.secondthought.co.uk/fsol/]

The two released versions have different track listings and cover art. The limited edition, a 10,000-copy pressing released in December 1994, has a black cover. The later release, which first appeared in June 1995, has a white cover with black writing, and a different track listing.

The album contains numerous references to several films such as "Repo Man" in "Eyes Pop - Skin Explodes - Everybody Dead" is a line spoken by the character J. Frank Parnell, and the track "It's My Mind That Works" samples Miller saying "you know how everybody's into weirdness right now" and "it's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness." There are also a samples from the sci-fi epic movie "Aliens" in the track "The Far Out Son Of A Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman" [ [http://www.almostcool.org/mr/424/ Future Sound Of London - ISDN - almost cool music review ] ] , along with samples from films "Escape From New York", "Predator" and "" scattered throughout the record.

Track listing

Limited edition

# "Just a Fuckin Idiot" – 5:39
# "The Far Out Son Of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman" – 4:29
# "Appendage" – 2:26
# "Slider" – 7:22
# "Smokin Japanese Babe" – 4:59
# "You're Creeping Me Out" – 6:32
# "Eyes Pop - Skin Explodes - Everybody Dead" – 3:45
# "It's My Mind That Works" – 3:25
# "Dirty Shadows" – 6:15
# "Tired" – 6:32
# "Egypt" – 4:11
# "Are They Fightin Us" – 6:23
# "Hot Knives" – 3:20
# "A Study Of Six Guitars" – 4:13
# "An End of Sorts" – 5:26

econd edition

# "Just a Fuckin Idiot" – 5:39
# "The Far Out Son Of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman" – 4:29
# "Appendage" – 2:26
# "Slider" – 7:22
# "Smokin Japanese Babe" – 4:59
# "You're Creeping Me Out" – 6:32
# "Eyes Pop - Skin Explodes - Everybody Dead" – 3:45
# "It's My Mind That Works" – 3:25
# "Dirty Shadows" – 6:15
# "Tired" – 6:32
# "Egypt" – 4:11
# "Kai" – 4:24
# "Amoeba" – 5:21
# "A Study Of Six Guitars" – 4:13
# "Snake Hips" – 5:52

Vinyl edition

# "Just a Fuckin Idiot" – 5:39
# "The Far Out Son Of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman" – 4:29
# "Appendage" – 2:26
# "Slider" – 7:22
# "Smokin Japanese Babe" – 4:59
# "You're Creeping Me Out" – 6:32
# "Eyes Pop - Skin Explodes - Everybody Dead" – 3:45
# "It's My Mind That Works" – 3:25
# "Dirty Shadows" – 6:15
# "Tired" – 6:32
# "Egypt" – 4:11
# "Are They Fightin Us" – 6:23
# "Kai" – 4:24
# "Amoeba" – 5:21
# "A Study Of Six Guitars" – 4:13
# "Snake Hips" – 5:52

Crew

*Written and produced by The Future Sound of London
*Engineered by Yage for EBV
*Recorded live at Earthbeat Studios, London 1995, during various ISDN transmissions
*Guitar on Dirty Shadows on sourced from Robert Fripp live with FSOL, Radio 1 FM, 14/5/94
*John Williams - acoustic bass loops sourced from the album 'Cavatina' - put through the machines on Smokin' Japanese Babe & Are They Fightin Us
*Snake Nips contains a horn sample from Vegas El Bandito and additional percussion loop from Kundalin by 23 Skidoo
*Hot Knives is based on the Mental Cube track Chile Of The Bass Generation

References

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