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ISDN

The Future Sound of London

1994 · Ambient

Virgin · CDV 2755

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Why it's here

Broadcast live down phone lines to radio stations; the format was the art

ISDN was broadcast live down phone lines to radio stations, and the format was the art as much as the music. FSOL turned a technical constraint into a whole aesthetic, improvising ambient in real time and beaming it out before anyone thought of the studio as a broadcast tool. It's a document of genuine invention. It ranks at forty-nine because as a listening record it's looser than their composed work, but as an idea it was years ahead.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Just A Fuckin Idiot5:40
  2. 2The Far Out Son Of Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman4:14
  3. 3Appendage2:33
  4. 4Slider7:20
  5. 5Smokin Japanese Babe5:07
  6. 6You're Creeping Me Out6:31
  7. 7Eyes Pop - Skin Explodes - Everybody Dead3:45
  8. 8It's My Mind That Works3:21
  9. 9Dirty Shadows6:12
  10. 10Tired6:37
  11. 11Egypt4:11
  12. 12Are They Fightin Us6:23
  13. 13Hot Knives3:20
  14. 14A Study Of Six Guitars4:17
  15. 15An End Of Sorts5:26

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