Accelerator [US]

• Artist: The Future Sound of London
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• Release Date: 1991
• Total Time: 65:33
• Genre: Electronica

Review

Upon its belated U.S. release (a full five years after its initial U.K. issue on a tiny indie, and after three other Future Sound of London albums had been issued in the interim), Accelerator sounded almost retro. It's clearly by far the most conventional of the duo's albums, the closest to a straight-up hard techno set they ever did. Tracks like the opening "Expander" are almost anonymous; "Pulse State" honestly sounds like it could be by any one of a dozen contemporaneous techno acts. Two tracks, however, lift Accelerator above anonymity: the whirring, chattering pulse of "It's Not My Problem" sounds like Can on E, and the sublime "Papua New Guinea," based on a guest vocal by Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard, was (for 1991) something entirely new: ethno-ambient. This idea was subsequently run into the ground by far too many less-talented hacks, but even after being subjected to those knockoffs, "Papua New Guinea" still sounds majestic and fascinating. Accelerator is a formative album, but with enough to recommend it. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Expander	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(5:40)
Stolen Documents	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(5:12)
While Others Cry	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(5:27)
Calcium	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(5:22)
It's Not My Problem	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(4:02)
Papua New Guinea	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(6:45)
Moscow	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(3:35)
1 in 8	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(4:36)
Pulse State	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(7:14)
Central Industrial	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(4:27)
Expander [Remix]	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(4:51)
Moscow [Remix]	Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans	The Future Sound of London	(4:53)

Credits

Eunah Lee (Graphic Design), YAGE (Engineer), Mellow (Remixing), Mellow (Producer), The Future Sound of London (Producer), Andrew Weatherall (Remixing), The Future Sound of London (Mixing), Andrew Weatherall (Producer), Simian (Producer), Blue States (Producer), Buggy G. Riphead (Images), Mental Cube (Producer), Tim Jones (Executive Producer), Blue States (Remixing), Simian (Remixing), Satoshi Tomiie (Remix Producer), Luco (Producer)

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