Future Sound of London - Lifeform

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Free Music Review: An ambient techno masterpiece, more than 'papua new guinea'
Hit: 5 Stars

To put it concisely: don't expect a cd full of beat-driven club hits like Papua New Guinea. Most FSOL music goes far beyond that.

Lifeforms, like other FSOL albums such as ISDN, Cascade, Lifeforms (Paths 1-7), Amorphous Androgynous' Tales of Ephidrina, and to some extent Dead Cities, is more of a musical experience, going beyond the typical musical beats found in most techno and absorbing the listener in a collage of extraordinary sounds. Each disc of lifeforms is really one, long, extended musical masterpiece, as you could listen to the entire disc and not realized you listened to eight or eleven different 'songs'. This is truly an album you pop in the cd player and sit back and experience, as all FSOL albums are. One minute you may imagine yourself at the edge of the earth, the next floating in space, the next at a crowded airport with FSOL playing over the loudspeakers. As far as 'songs' go, the ones that come closest to your typical songs would be cascade, vertical pig, vit, omnipresence, room 208, and flak.

Lifeforms (or any FSOL cd for that matter) is definitely worth your attention. However, for those only familiar with Papua New Guinea, be prepared for music that goes far beyond one club smash. Sure the music may be hard to warm up to, but once it does you will find yourself listening to the beautiful sounds over and over again. And for the new techno fan, try lifeforms first and let your mind float away. Then acquaint yourselves with the more 'mainstream' likes of Papua New Guinea.

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