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Along with Alex Patterson's Orb, Future Sound of London traveled the frontiers of what in the early '90s was called ambient house music. This reissue of their first album, Accelerator, shows the group in transition away from conventional techno dance floor techniques and toward the expansive sound of Lifeforms. While tracks like "Stolen Documents" are very much of their time with static, thumping synthesizer sequencer grooves, other compositions, like "Expander" and "Papua New Guinea," still sound as forward looking and kinetic as they did in 1992. Mixing a dub bass-line and the sampled voice of Lis
Along with Alex Patterson's Orb, Future Sound of London traveled the frontiers of what in the early '90s was called ambient house music. This reissue of their first album, Accelerator, shows the group in transition away from conventional techno dance floor techniques and toward the expansive sound of Lifeforms. While tracks like "Stolen Documents" are very much of their time with static, thumping synthesizer sequencer grooves, other compositions, like "Expander" and "Papua New Guinea," still sound as forward looking and kinetic as they did in 1992. Mixing a dub bass-line and the sampled voice of Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance), "Papua New Guinea" is an electro-dance symphony that exemplified their cut-and-paste artistry. Accompanying this reissue is a second disc, Papua New Guinea Mix Anthology, with 10 remixes of that signature song. It seems like nine more than anyone actually needs, but it provides a fascinating expanse of theme and variation. You'll find even more on another FSOL disc, Papua New Guinea Translations. --John Diliberto
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Manufacturer: Cleopatra
Release date: 1 July 2002
EAN: 0741157121827 UPC: 741157121827
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