From the Archives Vol. 6 is the most recent release of The Future Sound of London

The Future Sound of London

The Future Sound of London is a prolific British electronic music band composed of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music...

's From the Archives series; released in 2010. A CD version was released on 25 October, seven weeks after the initial mp3 release.

The album

As with the rest of the series, the music within covers their unreleased 1990s experiments and songs that never made it to the albums released at the time. This particular volume begins with earlier material based around the band's acid techno

Acid techno

Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of techno that developed out of late 1980s Chicago Acid house. Acid house was essentially house music made with a specific sound, obtained by using very distinctive instruments created mainly by Roland, such as the TB-303 for bass and lead sounds,...

years, and moves into more abstract and experimental work further into the album. Following the popularity of the previous two volumes, volume 6 is segued from start to finish, with no gaps between tracks.

Track listing

1. March of the Money Men
2. Light Forming
3. Coast Line
4. Cross Winds
5. Gyrated
6. She Fell Backwards
7. Jelly Legs
8. Departed
9. Protractor
10. Camel
11. Abandoned Incoming
12. Induced Coma
13. Swarm
14. Linear Block 5
15. Unassumed
16. Elation