My Kingdom (song)

"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]

"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)

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

Chart Position
Year Chart Position
1996 UK Singles Chart #13

References
  1. http://www.secondthought.co.uk/fsol/mykingdom.htm
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQCYvIbznkw
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsgLeyryC9g
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olGTTzfxNiw
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8IaPa9Z3vM
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