Music

Londinium 1996

trip hop, trip-hop 61 min 13 tracks Island

Londinium is the debut album by London-based trip hop band Archive. The title is taken from the Roman name for London. Roya Arab is the main vocalist throughout the album, and Rosko John provides rapping. "Skyscraper" uses a sample from "Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You" by Underworld. In addition, Karl Hyde, from Underworld, plays bass on the track "Headspace". "Londinium" was remixed by Kevin Shields and released as a 12″.

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Character

Grave, character-led, classical in form and contemplative.

gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven
classical in formformally daring

Tracks

1Old Artist4:04
2All Time3:52
3So Few Words6:13
4Headspace4:14
5Darkroom4:31
6Londinium5:20
7Man‐Made4:38
8Nothing Else4:38
9Skyscraper4:27
10Parvaneh (Butterfly)3:51
11Beautiful World6:37
12Organ Song2:23
13Last Five5:49

13 tracks, 61 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Archive
Label: Island
Released: May 20, 1996
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: XE

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