Dead Cities is a 1996 album by electronic music group The Future Sound of London. Though almost without lyrics to speak of, most of the first half of the album (with the exception of "Her Face Forms in Summertime") is dark and full of well structured malevolence in that its songs combine synthetic sounds with samples to create an apocalyptic, dystopian atmosphere. The second half of the disc however is rather more relaxed and FSOL combine the darkness with more of their now familiar complex, ambient techniques to create an odd, peaceful yet intriguing atmosphere. Dead Cities is a 1996 album by electronic music group The Future Sound of London. Though almost without lyrics to speak of, most of the first half of the album (with the exception of "Her Face Forms in Summertime") is dark and full of well structured malevolence in that its songs combine synthetic sounds with samples to create an apocalyptic, dystopian atmosphere. The second half of the disc however is rather more relaxed and FSOL combine the darkness with more of their now familiar complex, ambient techniques to create an odd, peaceful yet intriguing atmosphere. false 2024-02-04 10:34:31 Dead Cities 8.2 1996 1996-01-01 1996-01-01 70 Ambient Big Beat Downtempo Electro Electronic Experimental Idm Leftfield Trip Hop 111781 2114630 e7e94d44-b3a3-3224-8c4c-c156521c0edc a1d77dd4-8728-4a47-bdfa-9663d791139c 4184c659-8cba-3890-90a2-248d1709b265 /media/data/media4/Music/The Future Sound of London/Dead Cities (1996)/folder.jpg The Future Sound of London AlbumArtist The Future Sound of London Artist The Future Sound of London The Future Sound of London 1 Herd Killing 02:38 2 Dead Cities 06:37 3 Her Face Forms in Summertime 05:38 4 We Have Explosive 06:19 5 Everyone in the World Is Doing Something Without Me 04:10 6 My Kingdom 05:47 7 Max 02:48 8 Antique Toy 05:44 9 Quagmire / In a State of Permanent Abyss 06:57 10 Glass 05:38 11 Yage 07:32 12 Vit Drowning / Through Your Gills I Breathe 05:32 13 First Death in the Family / Headstone Lane - Dead Cities Reprise 04:46 The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated FSOL) is a British electronic music duo composed of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. They have been described as a "boundary-pushing" electronic act, covering techno, ambient, house music, trip hop, psychedelia, and dub. While keeping an enigmatic image and releasing music under many aliases, the band found commercial success with singles "Papua New Guinea" (1991) and "Cascade" (1993), and albums Lifeforms (1994), ISDN (1995) and Dead Cities (1996). In recent years, the duo has become more candid with their fanbase online. Their later work include their series of experimental Environments and Archives albums.