Future Sound Of London, The ‎– Lifeforms

Label:

Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6

Format:

2 × CD, Album

Country:

Released:

16 May 1994

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Leftfield, Techno, Ambient, IDM, Downtempo, Experimental

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Cascade	6:00
1-2	Ill Flower	3:25
1-3	Flak Guitar [Textures], Other [Bytes] – Robert Fripp Performer [Sound Bytes] – Ozric Tentacles Written-By – Grossart, Williams, Fripp, Nightingale, Thompson*	4:53
1-4	Bird Wings	1:30
1-5	Dead Skin Cells	6:51
1-6	Lifeforms	5:18
1-7	Eggshell	6:46
1-8	Among Myselves	5:53
2-1	Domain	2:48
2-2	Spineless Jelly	4:42
2-3	Interstat	0:55
2-4	Vertical Pig	6:45
2-5	Cerebral Vocals [Texture] – Toni Halliday	3:31
2-6	Life Form Ends Electronics [Tabla Tronics] – Talvin Singh	5:03
2-7	Vit	6:48
2-8	Omnipresence Written-By – Schulze*	6:39
2-9	Room 208	6:13
2-10	Elaborate Burn	3:15
2-11	Little Brother	5:13

Credits

Art Direction – Buggy G Riphead*, FSOL*
Cgi Artist [Soft Imagè Modelling, At 2:4] – Olaf Wendt
Engineer – Yage
Other [Model] – Sheuneen Ta / Little Boats Agency
Photography By [Desert Sand - Image Bank / London] – Stephen Marks
Photography By [Front, Sea Anemone/heteratis Magnifia - Planet Earth Photo Library] – Peter Atkinson
Photography By [Gatefold] – Alistair Shay, Martin Poole
Photography By [Sheuneen Ta] – P.Knott*
Written-By – Dougans*, Cobain*
Written-By, Producer – FSOL*

Notes

Recorded at EarthBeat Studios, London.
Special thanks to Ozric Tentacles for sound bytes on Flak. Toni Halliday courtesy of AnXious Records.

Note: An almost identical version exists with a different distribution code, a link is provided here.

All tracks published by Sony Music Publishing except 1-3 published by Sony Music Publishing/EG Music Ltd/Marlowlynn Ltd and 2-8 Sony/Virgin.
The copyright in this recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. ℗ 1994 Virgin Records Ltd. © 1994 Virgin Records Ltd.
Printed in the UK. Made in the UK.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed): 7 24383 94332 6
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 (Disc 1)): 839683 2 @ 01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 (Disc 2)): 839684 2 @ 1
Other (Catalogue Number (Disc 1)): 7243 8 39683 2 9
Other (Catalogue Number (Disc 1)): 7243 8 39684 2 8
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Other (Distribution Code): F: PM 548
Label Code: LC 3098
Other (Variant 1 SID Codes (Disc 1)): iƒpi 15F9
Other (Variant 1 SID Codes (Disc 2)): iƒpi 1588
Other (Variant 2 SID Codes (Disc 1)): iƒpi 155A
Other (Variant 2 SID Codes (Disc 2)): iƒpi 15E1

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 9) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Lifeforms (2xCD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2722, 7243 8 39433 2 6	UK & Europe	1994
Lifeforms (2xCD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2722, 7243 8 39433 2 6	UK & Europe	1994
Lifeforms (2xCD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2722, 7243 8 39433 2 6	Europe	1994
Lifeforms (2xCD, Album)	S.B.A./GALA Records	0946 3816122 6	Russia
Lifeforms (2xCD, Album)	Virgin Music (Canada)	V2 72438	Canada	1994

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Review by Demon1184 Oct 05, 2011

No real need to review this album as such, not much i can add that hasn't been said.. but still this album's a favourite. Loved it ever since i first heard it.. been a while too! until today.
I used to have it on a tape when i was a kid, id listen to it on my headphones at night and conjure up the maddest imaginations. its like a journey through different places and spaces. like some mental trip.

Sounds like.. Beautiful ethereal ambiance to unnerving dark electronic soundscapes and literally all sorts of instruments and noise in between! Oh yeah and not to forget the wicked art on the sleeve

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Review by DJMoses Aug 16, 2005 (edited over 6 years ago)

Flawless, Timeless, Breathtaking... appropriate words to describe this masterpiece of audio stimulus. FSOL combines organic with synthetic in such a way that only masters of their game could. Whether your enjoying a day at the beach or on your way home after a long night. Lifeforms inspires and uplifts and always has you guessing. An essential album for anyone who loves Ambient music.

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Rated 5/5

Review by ukiro Jun 16, 2003

Quite possibly the best artist album I've ever heard, and the most obvious 5/5 in my entire record collection. No matter if you're into house, techno, ambient, trance, noise or whatever, this is one of the most essential pieces of electronic music I can think of. Everyone should have this album.

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