Future: A Journey Through the Electronic Underground
various artists
label:: Virgin Records
format:: 2xCD
This 2 CD un-mixed compilation came out in 1997 and is currently out of print.
Future: A Journey Through the Electronic Underground was compiled by Gillian Anderson (Agent Scully on the X-Files) and features 2 versions of her collaboration with the Liverpool artist HAL.
Extremis is the song that you will either love or hate. You can trol the Web and find plenty of each view. Me? I like the song. It has Gillian Anderson talking over HAL's electronics. It sounds like she is reading as Agent Scully. There are 2 versions of the track on the CD: the main version starts off Disc 1 and the Qattara remix ends Disc 1. I like the original version much better, as the remix has lots of piano and sounds fairly Prog.
The songs that make up the bulk of this comp are well chosen, and will probably please most fans of non-dance related electronic music. I like the Massive Attack song best, and the Howie B mix of the Sacred Spirits track second best.
Disc 1
- Extremis - Gillian Anderson
- Atom Bomb [Atomix 1] - Fluke
- KJZ - Photek
- Smokin' Japanese Babe [Live]
- Karmacoma [Bumper Ball Dub] - Massive Attack
- Winter Ceremony [Howie B Left Foot Mix] - Sacred Spirits
- Loops of Fury - The Chemical Brothers
- Snake Hips [Live] - FSOL
- Extremis [Qattara Remix] - Gillian Anderson
Disc 2
- Absurd [Landslide Mix] - Fluke
- Salsa With Mesquite
- Ostiak [Cp Emporium Mix]
- Water from a Vine Leaf - William Orbit
- Smokebelch ¡¡ - The Sabres of Paradise
- Crystal Clear (Clear, Like an Unmuddied Lake)
- Space Diary 1 - Brian Eno
- Sleep 2 - Paul Schütze
- Spiritual Invocation
- Lizard Point - Brian Eno
- Mr. Lullaby Should Have Rocked You - David Toop
- Their Memories - Harold Budd
- Home - David Sylvian
---Carl
