Artist: Archive Title Of Album: Londinium Year Of Release: 1996 Label: Island Records Genre: Trip Hop Quality: Mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Total Time: 01:00:36 Total Size: 155 Mb WebSite: Tracklist: 01. Old Artist (4:04) 02. All Time (3:52) 03. So Few Words (6:13) 04. Headspace (4:14) 05. Darkroom (4:31) 06. Londinium (5:20) 07. Man-Made (4:38) 08. Nothing Else (4:38) 09. Skyscraper (4:27) 10. Parvaneh (Butterfly) (3:51) 11. Beautiful World (6:37) 12. Organ Song (2:23) 13. Last Five (5:49) Line-up: Danny Griffiths / guitar Darius Keeler / bass, programming Rosco John / drums, percussion Roya Arab / vocals 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. Download: