oh uh this is with ticketweb, in case some of the dates are via some other ticketing site
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 13 April 2012 13:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Been holding off on all discussion to avoid psyching myself out but had to read through this just now and, well, want. So hurrah for the 17th. I suspect Dan's opinion will match my own.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 April 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had been bummed because I hadn't seen the album on any official release lists and wasn't trusting the April 17 date but found confirmation on the Loopz message board so I'm back to FUCK YES
want this album in my hands do fucking badly
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Friday, 13 April 2012 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
30 of my earth pounds for london live dates!
― ledge, Friday, 13 April 2012 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe this album needs to grow on me some more. It's OK, but nothing I would have gone out of my way to hear. Based on this, Modeselektor are the new Orbital.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 13 April 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://thequietus.com/articles/08516-orbital-wonky-review
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
very nice. I didn't have quite the history with the group - I got into them via the Work 1989-2002 collection (which, in retrospect, was pretty much the worst way to get into them), but I think you pretty much nailed it. never really thought of the "ten years out" idea but that rings pretty true, huh?
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm pretty sure I stole that idea off this thread"
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
!
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
really enjoyed that review
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
For all the talk of 'Beelzedub' as their spin on dubstep it sounds to me the most retro of all the album. Puts me in mind of such big beat staples as 'Atom Bomb' by Fluke or 'We Have Explosive' by FSOL.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Friday, 13 April 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Opener 'One Big Moment' starts with layers of quiet, sampled voices, a little like 'Forever' from Snivilisation, before dropping a beat and a reverberating synth riff and a slowly developing melodic topline that will have a Pavlovian effect on tens of thousands of people of a certain age. You could interpret that cynically, or you could put your hands in the air.
so fucking OTM
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Friday, 13 April 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw typo: it reminds less of Burial or Skrillex than it does the Hartnoll's own history
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Friday, 13 April 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
How's that a typo?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 April 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Apostrophe in the wrong place. Possessive plural.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 13 April 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good review, mr. Mouthy.
― StanM, Friday, 13 April 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cheers.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 14 April 2012 12:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have purchased a ticket for the Bristol gig. Anyone from here going?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 16 April 2012 09:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is great fun. I'm totally feeling the Insides comparisons. An all-out party record that balances head, heart and body very well. Also the first Orbital album I've bothered to check out since the one after Insides. Might have to do a bit of backtracking and listen to the others now.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 16 April 2012 12:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wouldn't bother really.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Monday, 16 April 2012 12:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha, okay. Actually I'm not even sure I've heard all of Middle of Nowhere. Insides was such an important, pivotal record for me (the first couple of paragraphs in Mouthy's review are basically identical to my life experiences), that I think I must've thought "There's no way they can top that" then I heard Style and that Saint thing and thought, "yeah they're not gonna top it".
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Monday, 16 April 2012 13:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
The best bits of Middle of Nowhere are maybe my favourite Orbital if I'm really honest.
― Tim F, Monday, 16 April 2012 13:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, that first half is really something, and the singles on the second half pretty much rule too
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Monday, 16 April 2012 13:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Spare Parts Express" / "Know Where To Run" / "Nothing Left 1" / "Nothing Left 2" for me.
"Middle of Nowhere" is very fine too and I actually really like "Style", but the other tracks are next level.
― Tim F, Monday, 16 April 2012 13:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol I think I'm the only person on Earth who really digs "Otono"
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Monday, 16 April 2012 14:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like "Otono", but it's definitely third tier on that album.
― Tim F, Monday, 16 April 2012 14:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Always wanted to hear the Pooka albums actually, I actually have the single for "City Sick" somewhere for some reason, and I remember a friend told me their second album was fantastic.
― Tim F, Monday, 16 April 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
This Pooka? Shift is pretty interesting, especially for its time (2001), esp the track "One in a Million". My understanding is the sometimes IDMish backing is very much an outlier in Pooka's catalog.
― The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Monday, 16 April 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wonky is on US spotify today; cracking it open now!
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
one big moment is LOVELY, totally vintage
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just picked up green, brown, and snivilisation w/in the past month or two and they're all v good! It's strange that I have five (!) of their albums now and yet still feel like I'm just getting into them
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
total first world problems but can I say how irritated I am that the US domestic release of this is an iTunes exclusive
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^^ otm, super annoying
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you guys want to paypal me I can post you CDs from the UK?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmm, maybe? let me check how much ordering from amazon.co.uk would be
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha the special edition from amazon.co.uk will cost me $20 with shipping, so I'm gonna go that route; thanks though!
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 14:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think "Wonky" is my favorite song of the year so far
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
It had been bugging me for ages what 'Wonky' reminded me of and it's actually 'Jump And Shout' by Basement Jaxx, the combination of insane build and an MC who's simultaneously on top of the build and part of it.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
when are Orbital and Underworld going to synch up their schedules and do a joint tour that I can fly over to the UK to see
― I need new, hip khakis (DJP), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
mmm hmm
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is extremely enjoyable. I like the experimentation with more analoguey noises.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
kind of hard to believe that "Stringy Acid" didn't exist before this album came out, i'm already retroactively inserting it in my mid-late 90s memories
― hot slag (lukas), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently it was an outtake from those days
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd like to qualify my earlier endorsement by saying that the brostep track is dreadful. All other tracks are good, I particularly like New Fance and Where is it Going?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
This album was pretty cool first time I heard it, but I'm just not drawn in enough to really love it. everything's in place, but i dunno.....
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
saw them on Saturday and they were incredible, seemed to have slashed much of the new stuff out of the set for Australia sadly - though what was there sounds very much of a piece with the old material in that setting.
SO MANY forty-somethings off their faces around us!
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 01:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I want them to release a real live album so badly
― frogbs, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
like the UW 3-disc Live in Tokyo set if possible, something more than just an hour
those screeching synths in the end of "One Big Moment" would sound so massive live, c'mon boys
― frogbs, Friday, 11 May 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
This album was pretty cool first time I heard it, but I'm just not drawn in enough to really love it. everything's in place, but i dunno.....― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, May 8, 2012 6:33 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, May 8, 2012 6:33 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yep
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 11 May 2012 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
album is a con that makes me doubt all of my orbital love ever, but this remix has a nice bit in the middle
https://soundcloud.com/orbital-4/where-is-it-going-steve-mac
credited to steve mac and phil
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 24 August 2012 17:01 (8 months ago) Permalink