ISDN (album)
ISDN | ||||
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techno, experimental | ||||
Length | 74:57 (limited) 75:27 (second) | |||
Label | Astralwerks | |||
The Future Sound of London chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Almost Cool | (8.5/10) [2] |
Muzik | [3] |
NME | [4] |
Fluffhouse | [5] |
ISDN is a music album by experimental electronica artists
ISDN Show
, another live album of ISDN broadcasts.
The album
Stylistically, the record features some of the ambience of their previous work, but brings in elements of trip hop, acid jazz and Middle Eastern music.[6]
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 The Black Hole in the track "Just a Fuckin Idiot", and samples from films Escape from New York, Predator and Exorcist II: The Heretic 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
Second 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
Personnel
- 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" was sourced from Robert Fripp live with FSOL, Radio 1 FM, on 14 May 1994.
- John Williams - acoustic bass loops was sourced from the album Cavatina - put through the machines on "Smokin' Japanese Babe" & "Are They Fightin Us".
- "Snake Hips" contains a horn sample from "Vegas El Bandito" and additional percussion loop from "Kundalini" by 23 Skidoo.
- "Slider" and "Kai" contain samples from "The Waiting Room" by Genesis (from the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway). [citation needed]
References
- AllMusic
- ^ a b "Future Sound Of London – ISDN – almost cool music review". Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
- ^ Bush, Calvin (July 1995). "Future Sound of London: ISDN" (PDF). Muzik. No. 2. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022.
- ^ NME (Magazine) (12/10/94, p.44) - 8 (out of 10) - "...has more bite and more energy [than Lifeforms], possibly as a result of being performed live...the ideal soundtrack for going surfing around the rings of Saturn or hang-gliding through the methane clouds of Jupiter..."
- ^ "Fluffhouse review - The Future Sound Of London - ISDN". Archived from the original on 13 July 2004.
- ^ The Future Sound of London: Welcome to the Galaxial Pharmaceutical Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine