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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.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Keith Thomas, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Bebe Winans, ComposerLyricist - Ali Keeler, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, Author - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, Composer
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, Author - ARCHIVE, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Darius Keeler, Composer - Rosko John, Author - Pete Barraclough, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Griffiths, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Ruffin, ComposerLyricist - Neil McLellan, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julia Palmer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Matheu Martin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Rosko John, ComposerLyricist - D. Griffiths, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Rosko John, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Ali Keeler, ComposerLyricist - D. Griffiths, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Rosko John, ComposerLyricist - Rick Smith, ComposerLyricist - Darren Emerson, ComposerLyricist - Karl Hyde, ComposerLyricist - D. Griffiths, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - D. Griffiths, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Rosko John, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Ali Keeler, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Roya Arab, ComposerLyricist - ARCHIVE, MainArtist - Darius Keeler, ComposerLyricist - Rosko John, ComposerLyricist - D. Griffiths, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Albumbeschreibung
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.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:29
- Main artists: Archive
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island
- Genre: Electronic Triphop
© 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 1996 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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