The Orb POLL

"revealing" that they put the drums from a Nilsson track onto "Little Fluffy Clouds" was the best part though

can't believe that Thrash is splenetically venting about his lack of due credit on the internet

Wow, talk about speaking ill of the dead (re. Andy Hughes)

lol, I can distinctly remember Weston engaging in a huge flame war for talking shit about Burial in the comments section of a YouTube video

holy shit this is actually Thrash that's doing the ranting? i didn't realise.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/340/MI0001340045.jpg

er, kinda uncool to post that in light of what he says about Hughes?

yeah .. he sounds a very angry unpleasant fella.

03. Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix) note: what an absolute crock of wank

lol

I quite like that Youth mix of "Perpetual Dawn" with the soulful reggae vocals. It even has the vocal count-off from "Groove Is in the Heart" thrown in for good measure!

stopped reading at "thomas (fehlmann) go fuck yourself, go make more bland shitty tunes and leave my ones the fuck alone you weird looking aids victim."

Myself and Falconer then had an altercation, where he kicked me in the testicles without any warning whatsoever, and we never found out why

I could hazard a guess.

I think he sounds pretty funny

Buried deep at the end:

I left the band simply because I was tired of working with Alex, he did practically nothing on the records, fell asleep a lot (stoned) and had little to give in terms of musical knowledge or taste. I just had outgrown him. I wanted to work with someone more technically proficient. Unfortunately I still havent found anyone thats any good.

Is that so.

Didn't he work with Paul McCartney?

That was Youth.

I love Orblivion!

I'm sure I used to have a mix/remix of Star 6 & 7 8 9 that actually had a vocal/sample of a woman saying "Star 6, 7, 8, 9" but can't find it anywhere now.

Anyone know what version it was? Perhaps it was a live one.

Just re listened to Orbus Terrarum last night. I've always enjoyed how dense and complex that is compared to the first two albums (which I also have a special place for). Not sure there was much else for them to do – there's only so musically sophisticated whimsical ambient can probably be. And I sort of lost track of them after that until hearing a one of the (surprisingly enjoyable) Kompakt releases. But to that point they were always worth a spin or two.

xp

version on Live Evil has that iirc

about 3/4 of the way in he seems to be very sincerely complaining about Google on the basis that if you GIS his name, some of the pictures are of other people

i should be so lucky

I followed him on Twitter for a while but he's just a bitter, crazy, drug casualty who thinks he's more important than he is.

My god Orbus Terrarum is such a beautiful album.

Finally read that Weston rant which, oddly enough, is only available on his own website:

http://archive.is/dviP7

It is brilliant.

Naive Teen Idol otm re the "density and complexity" of orbus terranum... in a strictly textural way. In that listening to it is like trudging through massive dense foliage that keeps changing shape... every listen untangles another layer.... *cough cough*

you okay?

I didn't know about the remasters! Going to start with Orbus which I think will benefit the most.

Pomme Fritz 2CD may have been the most eye-opening to me. The 2nd disc is maybe better than the first.

Interestingly enough, Weston's rant includes a lot about Terrarum – in effect, he says he did tons of mixes with the intention of editing them together but that Andy Hughes did the editing after he left and did a poor job of it.

That said, some of what survives (particularly "Occidental") is some of the best work they ever did.

'Alpine: Prins Thomas Diskomiks' is a rather wonderful thing

My cassette copy of Live always seemed interminably quiet for looooooong stretches

now I'm older and unwiser I've come to really appreciate this about Live 93, it feels like their absolute dreamiest

COW is an awesome album

so far the new one is exactly what I want in a summer Orb album, praise Jah

have been wondering.
I have really enjoyed the recent KOMPAKT releases, and so was somewhat concerned when I heard this was a full band collab album.

I heard a single? a few weeks back that was so bad it hurt

First song they previewed from this album sounded terrible to me too, but I really like this album. Just ordered the red vinyl from the website.

reminds me a lot of Cydonia...lots of dub, some straight-up pop songs, a few bizarre attempts to keep up to date ("Wolfbane", lol), and a long ambient closer that's probably the best thing on the disc.

i really love the orb

listened to the full 40 minute “blue moon” a couple times last week. still mind blowing. so liquid. glad i have it on cd.

“blue room” gahh what was that

I also love the Orb. Do chase down the new Alex memoir by Kris Needs. Very enjoyable reading, lots of detail and stories. 'Babble On An Ting'

i really love the orb

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, July 26, 2021 1:54 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

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i was trying to find writing about orbus terrarum and stumbled on someone's track-by-track fake 33 1/3 pitch for the record and thought it was surprisingly good

Big Fish Little Fish is back in October (30th) and this time it's with special guest DJ Alex Peterson of @Orbinfo. For more information on the best club for young people click here https://t.co/5ZlBZQOdY8 pic.twitter.com/0oEGEchFeL

— Epic Studios (@EPICNorwich) May 25, 2022

absolutely want to hear Paterson play a set for kids

i did not like any of their albums but i do like their compilations!

guarantee the new Orb single is not what you're expecting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdlIv-0vvwY

dig

Is that The Orb? No stupid samples? Has Alex farmed off all duties to unknown 20yr old kids?

right now the Orb is Patterson and some guy named Michael Rendall. I don't think Fehlmann is involved anymore. no clue how old Rendall is but in the promo pics he looks quite young, like maybe in his early 30s? kinda explains why No Sounds and Abolition sounded quite unlike The Orb as usual. at least in certain spots. I really like Abolition though. If this new album is on the same level I'm really looking forward to it.

also dig the cover

I like the new album quite a lot.

Wasn't sure, but last night I checked, and I do have the double-CD-Single "Blue Room", so that's all right then.

I like the new album a lot too. I feel like pretty much every new album they've done since I became a fan (around the time of Bicycles & Tricycles) gets dumped on by the longtime fans. I've actually liked nearly all of them. I don't think the collab albums have been too hot but every 'main' Orb album save for maybe No Sounds Are Out of Bounds has been pretty great to my ears. "Blue Room" is great but I don't want them to just keep making clones of it. The new stuff I think still has the same DNA but with the rave knob turned up. Okay maybe not everything on here, there's some real wtf moments but I guess most Orb albums have those

I’ve never listened to “Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt”, but perhaps today is the day. It just such a shrug of a title, like “here we are innit”

I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve never kept up with this band in a meaningful way. UFOrb (2xCD set) and Orbvs T are what I know (and love). Every once in a long while I’ll try on a new album for size and just not be feeling it.

I dunno. I've tried with a few of the latter-day albums, but basically I go back to the first five albums (Pomme Fritz rarely, tbrr) and nothing past that. I guess I'm one of the fans frogbs describes!

What the hell, I’m gonna give myself over to this record - released, eerily, almost exactly 20 years ago!!! - on the morning walk.

https://theorb.bandcamp.com/album/okie-dokie-it-s-the-orb-on-kompakt

for me it's everything through Orblivion and then Chill Out
World! which was a great return to the older sound. I've missed a lot between those and after COW, though.

if you like Chill Out World I would recommend the Sedibus and Chocolate Hills albums, which resemble old school Orb much more than the current Orb albums do. and Patterson is involved with all of them so what's the difference really. they're all single LPs too so they're kept nice and tight.

I do remember being into the Sedibus album. Chocolate Hills didn't grab me but I'll try again next time I go through a Orb phase. I was never into the Orb in the 90s. I came to them later for some reason. I think I was turned off by the name at the time.