The Future Sound of London

The Isness

The Future Sound of London - The Isness

06/11/2002 | Cleopatra 

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All Music Guide Review

Future Sound of London returned to active recording with The Isness, a record that trumpets a host of through-the-ages psychedelic influences, from the Beatles to Gong to mid-'70s Pink Floyd to Spacemen 3 to the Chemical Brothers. The opener, "Elysian Feels," has the back-masked strings of "Tomorrow Never Knows," a surprisingly AOR guitar solo, and a few Chemical Brothers breaks. "The Mello Hippo Disco Show" has a hippy vocal floating over a series of funereal chords and some Mellotron effects. It's clear that Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans are still great producers; check out "Osho," an excellent piece of light blaxploitation funk grafted onto film strings. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

The Isness Track Listing

Credits of The Isness

  • Mike Rowe
  • Organ, Keyboards, Mellotron, Synthesizer Brass, Farfisa Organ, Organ (Hammond), Cello, Synthesizer, Piano, Guitar
  • Daniel Pemberton
  • Synthesizer, Guitar, Synthesizer Orchestration, String Arrangements
  • Katie
  • Artwork, Editing, Montage
  • Max Richter
  • Piano, Double Bass, Orchestration, Choir Arrangement, Fender Rhodes, Producer, Trumpet, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Strings
  • Mau
  • Orchestration
  • Gary Lucas
  • Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Slide Guitar, Bottleneck Guitar, Effects, Vocal Effect, Finger Picking

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