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The Future Sound Of LondonLifeforms

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Leftfield, IDM, Ambient, Experimental

Year:

Tracklist

Cascade
Ill Flower
Flak
Bird Wings
Dead Skin Cells
Lifeforms
Eggshell
Among Myselves
Domain
Spineless Jelly
Interstat
Vertical Pig
Cerebral
Life Form Ends
Vit
Omnipresence
Room 208
Elaborate Burn
Little Brother

Credits (8)

Notes

There are several unique variations of the UK & Europe double CD release with only minor differences:
*Lifeforms Version 1 has "Made in the UK" on discs, "Printed in the UK" on back cover, rights societies "BIEM/MCPS" on discs and price code "PM 518" on discs and back cover;
*Lifeforms Version 2 has "Made in the UK" on discs, "Printed in the UK" on back cover, rights societies "BIEM/MCPS" on discs and price code "PM 548" on back cover (code on discs is unknown);
*Lifeforms Version 3 has "Made in Holland" on discs, "Printed in Holland" on back cover, rights societies "BIEM/STEMRA" on discs and price code "PM 518" on discs and back cover;
*Lifeforms Version 4 has "Made in Holland" on discs, "Printed in Holland" on back cover, rights societies "BIEM/STEMRA" on discs, price codes "PM 518" on discs and "PM 548" on back cover;
*Lifeforms Version 5 has "Made in EU" on discs, "Printed in Holland" on back cover, rights societies "BIEM/STEMRA" on discs, price codes "PM 518" on discs and "PM 548" on back cover;

The track, Among Myselves, features samples from the movie, Scanners, with the voice of Stephen Lack.
The track "Elaborate Burn" was previously released on 1993's Cascade single as Cascade part 3.

The sleeve design was done on an Apple Macintosh Quadra 950.

Versions

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    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-20, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Astralwerks – ASW 6113-2, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6, Caroline Records – 7243 8 39433 2 6US1994US1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6UK & Europe1994UK & Europe1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, VinylLifeforms
    2×LP, Album
    Virgin – 7243 8 39433 1 9, Virgin – V2722, Virgin – V 2722, EBV – 7243 8 39433 1 9, EBV – V2722, EBV – V 2722UK & Europe1994UK & Europe1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Virgin Music Canada – V2 7243 8 39433 2 6, Virgin Music Canada – 7243 8 39433 2 6Canada1994Canada1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6, Virgin – CDV 2722, EBV – 7243 8 39433 2 6, EBV – CDV 2722UK & Europe1994UK & Europe1994
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Stereo
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6Europe1994Europe1994
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, VinylLifeforms
    2×LP, Album
    Virgin – V2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 1 9UK1994UK1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6, Virgin – CDV 2722, EBV – 7243 8 39433 2 6, EBV – CDV 2722Europe1994Europe1994
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-23, CassetteLifeforms
    Cassette, Album
    Virgin – TCV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 4 0UK1994UK1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeform, 1994, CassetteLifeform
    Cassette, Album, Promo
    Virgin – ASW 6113, Astralwerks – ASW 6113US1994US1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6Australia1994Australia1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994-05-20, CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Jacksonville
    Astralwerks – ASW 6113-2, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6, Caroline Records – 7243 8 39433 2 6US1994US1994
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeform, 1994, CassetteLifeform
    Cassette, Advance, Album, Pre-Cut
    Virgin – noneUK1994UK1994
    New Submission
    Lifeforms
    Cassette, Album, Stereo, Dolby
    Virgin – TCV 2722, Virgin – TCV2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 4 0Europe1994Europe1994
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1994, CassetteLifeforms
    Cassette, Album
    Astralwerks – ASW 6113-4, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 4US1994US1994
    Cover of Lifeform, 1994-04-08, CDLifeform
    CD, Album, Stereo, Master Recording
    Astralwerks – ASW 6113-2US1994US1994
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, 1998-05-00, CassetteLifeforms
    Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release
    Moon Records (2) – noneUkraine1998Ukraine1998
    Cover of Lifeforms, 2017-10-00, VinylLifeforms
    2×LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, White Label
    Universal Music – noneUK2017UK2017
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, 2018-01-25, VinylLifeforms
    2×LP, Album, Reissue, 180g
    Virgin – 0602557787078, Virgin – 5778707, EBV – 0602557787078, EBV – 5778707UK & Europe2018UK & Europe2018
    Lifeforms
    19×File, WAV, Album, Reissue
    Virgin – none, EBV – none20182018
    Cover of Lifeforms, 2024-06-14, VinylLifeforms
    2×LP, Album, Reissue, Green
    Virgin – 0602557787078, Virgin – 5778707, EBV – 0602557787078, EBV – 5778707UK & Europe2024UK & Europe2024
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Virgin – 0946 3816122 6, Gala Records (5) – 0946 3816122 6RussiaRussia
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Repress
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6UK & EuropeUK & Europe
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Astralwerks (2) – ASW 6113, Virgin (2) – 7243 8 39433 2 6, Virgin (2) – 7243 8 39684 2 8, Virgin (2) – 7243 8 39683 2 9RussiaRussia
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album
    Astralwerks – ASW 6113-2, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6USUS
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lifeforms, , FileLifeforms
    19×File, MP3, Album, 320 kbps
    Virgin – noneUKUK
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Not On Label (The Future Sound Of London) – noneRussiaRussia
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Astralwerks (2) – ASW 6113-2, Virgin (2) – 7243 8 39433 2 6RussiaRussia
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Repress
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6UK & EuropeUK & Europe
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Reissue
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6EuropeEurope
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Repress
    Virgin – CDV 2722, Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6UK & EuropeUK & Europe
    New Submission
    Cover of Lifeforms, , CDLifeforms
    2×CD, Album, Repress
    Virgin – 7243 8 39433 2 6, Virgin – CDV 2722, EBV – 7243 8 39433 2 6, EBV – CDV 2722UK & EuropeUK & Europe
    New Submission

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    Reviews

    • shfa's avatar
      shfa
      Beautiful pressing of a beautiful album .I'm very happy with this . Why can't all vinyl sound this good . Tad bit of a warp, but who cares .
      • kenobi's avatar
        kenobi
        Edited 21 days ago
        This is the super rare original Gold Disc SAE Master Recording provided to Astralwerks prior to official release in 1994. This was gifted to me from DJ Reese, head of A&R at Astralwerks in NY. This was used to press the domestic release on Astralwerks. The other disc 2 of 2 he misplaced.

        The disc has a few mis-spellings. A missing"The" in the artist title is referenced as: Future Sound Of London instead. The album title is "Lifeform" instead of the correct Lifeforms. This must have been a mistake by SAE Mastering.

        A few markings were made on a few tracks:
        1.Cascade /
        3. Flak /
        6. Lifeforms /
        7. Eggshell /
        8. Among Myselves /

        These were from the mastering studio. Not sure what they signify.
        • lee.bridges.080471's avatar
          Spiritual successor to Oxygene, lovely pressing. Flat, Silent, and I think the sound overall and the separation is great. Packaging on the other hand, is crap. Card is thin, printing is rubbish and inner sleeves are thin paper. Such an amazing album deserves at least poly lined sleeves? I paid £29 in HMV sale, but if I'd paid full price, would have felt a bit cheated. But, the important thing is, it sounds great!
          • IGUN's avatar
            IGUN
            Currently 55% off in HMV Sale, £29.99!
            Grab a bargain before it sells out, amazing album!
            One of my all time favourites. The sound is fantastic on this, way better than the original which I've worn out years ago
            • Keymon's avatar
              Keymon
              This pressing sounds unbelievable. Pristine, quiet, full. Glad I waited so many years to buy a copy on vinyl. Glad this one came along at the right time.
              • dread.rob's avatar
                dread.rob
                Couldn't stomach paying HMV £55, so ordered mine from FNAC, France. Only €44! and that's including €4.10 postage to the UK (what do you make of that postage price, discogs rip-off merchants?). Vinyl looks great.
                • bokuma's avatar
                  bokuma
                  Just listened to both this and the 2018 reissue and must say that this 'Optimal' job is significantly better than the previous one in terms of the quality control of the press. Surface noise, present in certain amount on all sides of the 2018 reissue, is non-existent on this one, at least on my copy. Also, not a trace of pops and clicks, which were rather annoying on a 2018 release. Sound wise, it's the same, very well mastered material, so there's no difference between the two.
                  • pgross's avatar
                    pgross
                    I used to have the cd but cant remember where i kept it so i bought this record brand new . The sound quality is indeed well mastered . Great dynamics and almost silent vinyl. Lifeforms is one of my favorite album from fsol . They way they create that sound back then is immaculate .
                    • andychampionsound's avatar
                      Anyone know is this was also pressed at optimal like the 2018 repress?
                      • JamesRowlands1977's avatar
                        Exclusive in UK to HMV, Sounds great, really quiet, clear deep bass and good separation of the mid to high end sound. Colour is beautiful too!

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