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Fifth - You Lot, I've touched on it already but really it's astonishing - simple beat with big flash Idioteque drum, squelching bassline, high pitched bleepy melody, then about a minute and a half in it fades out and goes all SAWII and Chris Ecclestone rants over the top of it. Then as he goes "if you assume the position of God then take the responsibility!" everything kicks back in again. This is the most purely ORBITAL thing on this record. And also the standout track without a fucking doubt.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha, I was originally going to write "I'm willing to give one for the team" because I KNEW this was just a ploy by Southall to get in my sweet cherry ass. Dirty old man.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck this for a lark. I'm off to play ISS and listen to Orbital. I can't stand it anymore.

(x-post - I imagined your ass as several fruits but never a cherry, Perry.)

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

SEE! He's been imagining my ass!

― Can't believe you fell for that one (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

6th - Bath Time
7th - Acid Pants
8th - Easy Serv - this is like plinky xylophone supermarket music that plods along and doesn't do much really.

9th - Initiation - this is a remix of the best track off the Octane soundtrack. Chopped up female vocals in the Sad But New style, a ridiculously prolonged squelchy bass noise. I don't think this is going to be on the final album so you'll have to take my word for it.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Just this morning my new copy of The Box single arrived; I lost mine years ago and never replaced it until MATT DC STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE NEW STUFF AND DROVE ME MAD. Well, not quite.

PS; Dan, I imagined it as being like a kumquat.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

How has a thread about some of the most wonderful music ever degenerated into a discussion of which fruits remind us of Dan Perry's big ol' butt?

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

... and neither will Track 10, What Happens Next, which is SAAAATAAAAN type grinding industrial, and then this lush warm completely contrasting melody comes in and I must admit it all sounds brilliant. And then it gets louder and the two elements kind of intertwine for a bit before it goes all distorted and messy again and all these nasty industrial noises creep in again and it grinds to a halt. Quite frankly whey they left Easy Serv on there and cut this is a mystery.

And then Sunrise. And that's it. Over. Forever.

I was totally wrong in my first post.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, when I say that You Lot goes all SAWII, I actually mean the third track on SAWII in particular.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I really like "Style" actually. Perhaps not as a single but it works perfectly after the vastness that is "Nothing Left". The "now I'm achin' for you" bit is gorgeous, like a sudden hallucination of sugary 2-step in the middle of a performance by the Animal Farm Symphonic Orchestra.

I'm glad that from Matt DC my prescription of more prog seems to have worked well.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I listened to The Altogether last night after I went to bed, and aside from the penultimate two tracks, it was actually pretty good. But those shitty acoustic guitars and then David Gray, uergh, it's too much. The first two tracks and "Pay Per View" were particularly ace.

I have a feeling I'm going to be listening to a lot of Orbital in the near future.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 29 April 2004 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate you all. GIVE ME THIS FUCKING RECORD NOW PLEASE.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 29 April 2004 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

ditto. and i love the bigpipe style! it was grebt live, real fun

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Thursday, 29 April 2004 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay, glad to have found this. I used to believe Simon Reynolds abt Orbital being orrible Tangerine Dream-type whiteboy slg techno for armchair ponces. Well, props to Simon, but they rule SO THERE. 'MoN' really underrated.

― eNRIQUE (Enrique), Thursday, 29 April 2004 09:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah Middle of Nowhere is a great record.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 29 April 2004 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)

would the new album benefit from having the fab 'Initiation' included on it? they usually include tracks that have been bandying around elsewhere on the album e.g. 'The Saint' on the (US?) version of 'In Sides', 'Dr ?' on 'The Altogether'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 29 April 2004 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I think we all agree that when the album is ripped to slsk then someone will post here and inform the others?

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 April 2004 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a remix of Initiation on the promo I've got (different from the one on the Octane soundtrack), but apparently it's been cut from the final version of the album...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

you do all know it's been on slsk for a couple of days, right? right??

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 29 April 2004 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

As soon as you find it, Dan...you share.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 April 2004 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

what's it called again?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 April 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Mello Hippo Disco Show"

― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Thursday, 29 April 2004 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Orbital 3/The Blue album

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, I GOT IT.
Whoever wants to d/l, my slsk username is barrylaser.
(listening to it right now)

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 30 April 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

*checks* Mr. Barry, add me as a friend or something (NedAR) and I will thank you.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

(Cause right now it shows that you ain't online for me)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry, I disconnected myself by mistake ... now I'm back online.
(you're added to my list Ned)

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 30 April 2004 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Thankee. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

This is a brilliant thread, just about laughed my arse off.
It's not so easy for me to download whole albums. I'd like to know if this is coming out in the U.S.

― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Also thanks for recommending "Wolf Flow", Ned. I never got that one before.

― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Whoops wrong thread. Sorry.

― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 02:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Still works! Anyway, MUCH thanks to Barry, I now have the album and will indulge. :-) Dan, before you wrench my head off in protest, I will share it over the weekend.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

*nearly finished listening to it* No, Dan won't like this album at all. Oh no no no no no. Nope. He'll hate this as much as he'll hate the new Cure, I'm sure.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish the Cure would just break up.

― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

That will be hard to do.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

HA HA HA Neil Sadaka!

― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

btw i guess i really meant "at least a couple of days" - i looked as soon as matt said

It's not on Slsk. Ner.

and found it but didn't want to spoil matt's fun. aren't i nice?

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 30 April 2004 05:37 (twenty-two years ago)

NB: the 'impact' live versh everyone's (rightly) loving on -- did that ever make it to CD? what i have is a really naff tape that came free w/ select in 1994. but 'impact' (from glasto i think) is just the best 10 minutes ever.

― ENRIQUE (Enrique), Friday, 30 April 2004 06:08 (twenty-two years ago)

The version I have came on a bonus disc with In Sides.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 30 April 2004 07:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Look what happens when I spend the night asleep. I shall SLSK furiously when I get home.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Friday, 30 April 2004 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Toby, I Want to shake you like a Polaroid picture (of a baby).

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 30 April 2004 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry dan. when i didn't post i forgot i was going to be offline all day yesterday... it just seemed a pity to deprive matt of his fun.

― toby (tsg20), Friday, 30 April 2004 12:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Toby I kiss you.

I'm not sure where I stand on this album in general - it's not as good as Brown-Sniv-Insides-MoN but its still a pretty good record. It's very Perry-Raggett though - dark and gothic and progged out.

The only one I'm not sure about is One Perfect Sunrise, although the beat just screams "WE ARE GOING TO MIX YOUR BIG GAY TRANCE ARSE INTO CHIME AT GLASTONBURY!" and that will pretty much win me over, I think.

And the Sparks vocals in Acid Pants are really starting to fuck me off - the "when the laugh track starts..." sample is used way too regularly and just gets in the way - as an instrumental it would be absolutely unstoppable (and I here cheeky references to both Remind and Walk Now in the acid lines every so often).

But the string buildup in Transient is great, and I still reckon You Lot stands up there with anything they've ever released, the beatless section in the middle with the speech is absolutely gorgeous and when it all kicks in it's just like "you can do THIS why on earth did you fanny around with crap like Waving Not Drowning?!"

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 30 April 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

And the Sparks vocals in Acid Pants are really starting to fuck me off - the "when the laugh track starts..." sample is used way too regularly and just
gets in the way

Aw, that makes the song for me! (Keep in mind I'm a Sparks fanatic, so.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 April 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

FUCK YEAH.

I LOVE YOU, SOULSEEK.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 1 May 2004 09:32 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a lot of acid in these pants.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 1 May 2004 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I want a t-shirt. I used to have one, many years ago.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 1 May 2004 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

This album kills "The Altogether".
It's not as good as "MON".
Thankfully, they've ditched (most of) the raver-kid tendencies that "The Altogether" had in far too much abundance.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 1 May 2004 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm just about to have a proper sit down with it, rather than just grabbing little bits here and there.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 1 May 2004 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

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