Londinium is the debut album by London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

-based trip hop

Trip hop

Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...

 band Archive

Archive (band)

Archive is a musical group based in London, England, whose music spans electronic, trip-hop, avant-garde, post-rock and progressive rock. Over their sixteen-year history, the band has released eight studio albums and enjoyed established success throughout Europe, while remaining little-known in...

. The title is taken from the Roman name for London. Roya Arab

Roya Arab

Roya Arab is a UK based Iranian musician and archaeologist. She was born in Tehran/Iran in 1967, and fled her country with her parents and siblings during the 1979 revolution of Iran....

 is the principal vocalist throughout the album, and Rosko John provides rapping.
"Skyscraper" uses a sample from "Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You

Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You

"Mmm... Skyscraper I Love You" is a 1993 single by Underworld. It did not make the charts.The song's title comes from an art compilation by Underworld's design company, Tomato. The Jam Scraper version was originally slated to appear on Dubnobasswithmyheadman, but was replaced by the...

" by Underworld

Underworld (band)

Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :...

. "Londinium" was remixed by Kevin Shields

Kevin Shields

Kevin Patrick Shields is an American-born, Irish vocalist, guitarist, and producer of alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine....

 and released as a 12".

Track listing

1. "Old Artist" – 4:04
2. "All Time" – 3:51
3. "So Few Words" – 6:12
4. "Headspace" – 4:13
5. "Darkroom" – 4:31
6. "Londinium
   Londinium (song)
   Londinium is the title track from the first album of the London based band Archive. The song was remixed by Kevin Shields and released as a 12". "Londinium" was also featured on the The Prince's Trust Sony PlayStation demo disc Power Source in a promotional video entitled 'Blown Away'....
   
   " – 5:19
7. "Man Made" – 4:37
8. "Nothing Else" – 4:37
9. "Skyscraper" – 4:24
10. "Parvaneh (Butterfly)" – 3:50
11. "Beautiful World" – 6:36
12. "Organ Song" – 2:23
13. "Last Five" – 3:47

Ubiquitous Wife Remix – 1:25 (hidden track

Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...

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The album contains a hidden track, which begins 30 seconds after the end of "Last Five"; it is named on the album as Ubiquitous wife Remix.

Personnel

• Artwork By [Cd Design & Tray] - Mat Cook Intro
• Bass - Karl Hyde (tracks: 4)
• Cello - Julia Palmer
• Drums [Additional Drums] - Matheu Martin (tracks: 3)
• Engineer - Pete Barraclough
• Flute - Pete Barraclough (tracks: 2, 4, 13)
• French Horn - Jane Hanna (tracks: 12)
• Guitar - Karl Hyde (tracks: 4, 5, 6, 13) , Pete Barraclough (tracks: 12) , Steve Taylor (tracks: 11)
• Mixed By - Neil McLellan
• Mixed By [Assistant] - Pat McGovern
• Photography - Andy Earl
• Producer, Mixed By - Archive
• Triangle [Guest Trianglist] - Anita Hill
• Violin - Ali Keeler (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 12)
• Vocals - Roya Arab
• Vocals [Additional] - Jane Wall (tracks: 11) , Siobhan Sian (tracks: 11)
• Vocals [Rap] - Rosko John
• Written-By - A. Keeler (tracks: 1, 12) , D. Griffiths (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13) , D. Keeler , R. John (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13) , R. Arab (tracks: 2 to 6, 8, 10, 13)

Track 9 contains a sample from Underworld's "Mmm Skyscraper I Love You".