LONDINIUM Archive V Rare Orig UK 1996 Island 2LP Trip-Hop Electronic Downbeat
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Londinium
Archive
Very Rare Original Limited Edition UK 2LP set released on Island Records in 1996. Comes in a gatefold sleeve complete with Printed Inner sleeves.
The debut album from the rather mysterious (though major-label-backed) project Archive, Londinium sounds like R&B on Prozac: trip-hop with evocative, gauzy synth textures (some from soul samples) girded by simplistic yet effective downbeat techno. There's either a sweet-voiced female or an abstract rapper (sometimes both) on almost every cut, and plenty of organic instruments added to the mix as well; lending a hand with the guitar work on four tracks is Underworld's Rick Smith. (Archive even samples Underworld's "MMM Skyscraper I Love You" elsewhere.) Despite an admirable production job and some enviably deep grooves, though, Londinium is just a tad too consciously stylish for its own good.
Track Listing
Side One
1 Old Artist 4:04
2 All Time 3:51
3 So Few Words 6:12
Side Two
1 Headspace 4:13
2 Darkroom 4:31
3 Londinium 5:19
Side Three
1 Man-Made 4:37
2 Nothing Else 4:37
3 Skyscraper 4:24
4 Parvaneh (Butterfly) 3:50
Side Four
1 Parvaneh (Butterfly) 3:50
2 Beautiful World 6:36
3 Organ Song 2:23
4 Last Five 3:46
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Released on Island Records in 1996
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Catalogue Number ARKLP 1001
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Records are in Ex ++ condition
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Sleeve is in Excellent condition
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