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Dead Cities
Runtime: 2:19
A rare thing here: according to the credits, ‘First Death in the Family’ is a Brian solo track. Recorded on an unscheduled Baker St-Dollis Hill day trip, further adding weight to Baker St. being the location of Brian’s home at the time, it appears to have been recorded by Dougans on a random solo excursion to Earthbeat. The track has an oddly medieval feel to it, slowly marching drums, modal flute melodies, an organ-like synth. A funeral march from hundreds of years ago, translated into modern electronics. It’s a fairly simple piece of music, quite lo-fi sounding, and a very strange way to end Dead Cities. But I’ve spoken about their odd idea of album closers before. Of course, it isn’t quite the end of the album…
Credits
Written and produced by The Future Sound of London.
Recorded at Earthbeat Studios ’96.
Engineered by Yage.
Recorded and performed on an unscheduled Baker St-Dollis Hill day trip by B.
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