Archive – Londinium (1996)

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
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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.
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