My Kingdom (song)

"My Kingdom"
Single by The Future Sound of London
from the album Dead Cities
Released14 October 1996
RecordedEarthbeat Studios, London
GenreAmbient
Techno
IDM
Length30:22
LabelAstralwerks
Virgin
Cat. VSCDT 1605, 7243 8 93817 2 6
Songwriter(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 the song "Phalarn Dawn" on their album, "Pungent Effulgent"[2]
  • 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".[3]
  • The vocal sample is by Mary Hopkin, from "Rachel's Song", on the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis[4]
  • "My Kingdom: Part 3" starts with the voice sample from "Everyone in the World is Doing Something Without Me" also from Dead Cities.[5]
  • Engineer – Yage
  • Producer – Future Sound of London, The
  • Written By Dougans, Cobain
  • Ralph Ineson appears in the video.

Chart Position

Year Chart Position
1996 UK Singles Chart #13

References

  1. ^ "Secondthought.co.uk".
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Ozric Tentacles – Phalarn Dawn.wmv – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Gheorghe Zamfir – Cockey's Song – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Blade Runner – Rachel's Song – via YouTube.
  5. ^ YouTube, a Google company. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014 – via YouTube.