My Kingdom

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"My Kingdom"
Single by The Future Sound of London
from the album Dead Cities
Released 14 October 1996
Format CD
Recorded Earthbeat Studios, London
Genre Ambient
Techno
IDM
Length 30:22
Label Astralwerks
Virgin
Cat. VSCDT 1605, 7243 8 93817 2 6
Writer(s) FSOL
Producer(s) FSOL
The Future Sound of London singles chronology

"The Far-Out Son of Lung and the Ramblings of a Madman"
(1995)
"My Kingdom"
(1996)
"We Have Explosive"
(1997)

"My Kingdom" is the first single from Future Sound of London's 1996 release Dead Cities. It is written in a theme and variation format on the song "My Kingdom", but Part 4 returns to the original theme. Part 5 is the radio edit.[1]

Track listing

  1. "My Kingdom: Part 1" (10:50)
  2. "My Kingdom: Part 2" (03:15) (Leon Mar reconstruct)
  3. "My Kingdom: Part 3" (07:11)
  4. "My Kingdom: Part 4" (05:12)
  5. "My Kingdom: Part 5" (03:54)

Crew & Notes

  • The guitar sample is by Ozric Tentacles, from "Pungent Effulgent"
  • The pan flute sample (performed by Gheorghe Zamfir), is from "Cockeye's Song" and "Childhood Memories", on the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone, although it is only credited on the sleeve as being from "Once Upon a Time in America".
  • The vocal sample is by Mary Hopkin, from "Rachel's Song", on the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis
  • "My Kingdom: Part 3" starts with the voice sample from "Everyone in the World is Doing Something Without Me" also from Dead Cities.
  • Engineer - Yage
  • Producer - Future Sound Of London, The
  • Written By Dougans, Cobain

Chart Position

Year Chart Position
1996 UK Singles Chart #13

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