''Global'' is the debut

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Brian Dougans Brian Dougans (born 1968) is a British musician, and a member of the British electronic duo, the Future Sound of London (FSOL). He is the more technical member of FSOL, doing most of the programming, circuit bending et cetera and creating elec ...

, most famous for being part of the British

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group

The Future Sound of London The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated FSOL) is a British electronic music duo composed of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. They have been described as a "boundary-pushing" electronic act, covering techno, ambient, house music, trip h ...

. Unlike FSOL's ambient,

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and

trip hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with " downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tem ...

styles, it is composed largely of US style vocal house, including Ben Ofoedu, most famous for his work with duo

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in the 1990s. Also contained is the breakthrough acid house single, "

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", and industrial track "Sunshine & Brick", featuring FSOL's Gaz Cobain on vocals.

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" # "Dream" # "Technoid" # "Cry Baby" # "Sunshine & Brick" # "The Deep" # "

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" # "Don't Stop"

Crew

*Written by Brian Dougans *Produced by Brian Dougans & John Laker *Executive Producer Morgan Khan *Mixed by Brian Dougans & John Laker *The Deep mixed by Peter Black *Slam vocals by Lisa Millett *Don't Stop & The Deep rap by Ben Ofoedu *Tonight vocals by Sharon Benson and Janet Coffie *Sunshine & Brick vocals by Gaz Cobain

References

{{Authority control The Future Sound of London albums 1989 debut albums