Orbital - Wonky

yeah that one got me a bit choked up the first time I heard it

btw the last two tracks on the 8:58 album are really good. no doubt would've appeared on a 2015 Orbital album had they not split.

well this is great news (although yeah, an actual new song would be nice)

I don't know if it's fair to call this track "overrated" since it was on practically every dance comp I looked at in 1994

https://www.discogs.com/artist/5388-Golden-Girls?filter_anv=0&subtype=Compilations&type=Appearances

66!

https://www.discogs.com/artist/5388-Golden-Girls?filter_anv=0&subtype=Compilations&type=Appearances

Aw man.

Snap!

From memory think I own at least 5 of those compilations

oh wow, I had no idea it had been around for so long

all I knew was "Frenetic" which was on a Orbital comp I bought, it basically said something like "it's a remix of an old tune", which I still haven't heard

either way here's a really underrated Orbital tune - "Illuminate"

*ducks*

They wheel out a new version of it every decade or so, only the original Golden Girls one is really worth the time of day.

Damn, they ruined one of their best tracks.

The Morley mix is the best version.

I think the version I know best is the Frank de Wulf mix?

Yeah, that was the pretty ubiquitous one back in the day

Yeah the De Wulf mix is the one that you around most often - I wasn't really talking about other remixes though, the original is clearly superior to either Frenetic or this new version.

Wow, I remember that tune fromback then, but I had no idea Golden Girls was Orbital, I thought they'd just remixed it.

IIRC there was also some confusion about some remixes being called "Orbital Mix", because the Orb also called some of their remixes "Orbital Mix"? So I wasn't even sure who remixed "Kinetic".

It was originally this track by The Pied Piper in 1991 then Paul came along the year after and added the distinctive Orbital sound and it was re released under the Golden Girls moniker (Pied Piper + Paul)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itaS3fpX62Y

wait Golden Girls was Orbital?????

Well, half of Orbital anyway.

Kind of thought everyone knew that as, as linked above, it was on a ridiculous number of dance compilations and was pretty big in the clubs too and has a fairly distinctive Orbital sound.

tbf I was 4 or 5 when this song came out

Best version, imo: https://youtu.be/kjoLwENSp9A

Given how I'm still listening to Wonky a fair amount, I'd love a new Orbital LP.

Last album was pretty good! Title track got annoying fast but "Straight Sun" is aces.

I'll stick up for about half the songs on it (obviously not including the awful attempt at dubstep).

love pretty much all of wonky still

live recording of a new track, very much has got the classic Orbital sound to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaYpW8JL7LU

W.O.W. wow wow wow
all goin' psycho now now now

30 seconds into this and it's gorgeous

I very much welcome any new material from them. I'm still listening to Wonky a fair amount.

sold

Full live show here from around 56 minutes onwards:

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/festivales/wam-2017-editors-orbital-06-05-17/4009260/

I'm really ready for a new Orbital album right now

Does anybody have $20? I need another Mitsubishi, I think I'm coming off the peak

we get new track

https://soundcloud.com/orbital-4/copenhagen/s-2Ejgj

not sure what to say about it other than it really sounds like Orbital. and it's quite loud.

Good track. They're never going to give up those MMT-8s, huh? Their method of making and playing songs live started novel, then disciplined, then limited, and now sounds a bit novel again.

This thread is reminding me of how much I enjoyed "Straight Sun".

you can now download two 2017 live sets on Live Here Now

have not listened to them in full yet but can confirm that "Satan 2017" is tight as hell and probably my favorite version of the track

Wonky's now one of my favourite Orbital albums, and it has some seriously fucking tough competition.

You're an idiot.

out of all Turrican's posts on ILM this month, that's an innocuous one to append that reply to

Ha, yeah! I seriously wasn't expecting that to get such a strong negative response, and was more looking for a discussion on how well Wonky has held up over the last few years - and personally, I think it's held up very well. I'm still listening to it, I'm still enjoying it, and of course I find it (naturally) leagues ahead of albums like The Altogether and the album that came after it.

Of course, artistically it doesn't touch the trio of Orbital II, Snivilisation and In Sides, but it's still a favourite and still a worthy addition to their catalogue. It's a great record.

As for Scik Mouthy and his spontaneous cry into the abyss, it's difficult to muster up any other reaction other than "meh" ... I've never been bothered by his opinions as a music critic, and I care even less about his opinion of me.

i like wonky a lot but it's hard for me to even entertain the idea that it's their best album

I didn't say it was their best, I said it was one of my favourites - which is true, given how much I've listened to the thing.

ah, well; that makes sense then.

yeah I'm w/ Turrican on this

IMO there's 3 tiers of Orbital albums:

Sniv/In Sides
Brown/MON/Wonky
Green/Altogether/Blue

the first & second tier albums are all excellent, of course

IMO Wonkey is either the 3rd or 4th best Orbital album, depending on how I feel about Middle of Nowhere. I kinda like how the brothers decide to keep things short, for once.

I've been listening to Wonky in the car for the last week or so (for the first time in a couple of years).

I'd forgotten how good an album it was and agree that it sits fairly comfortably alongside their best work. Could definitely do without the Satan rework though.

xp no way is Green on the same tier as those other two

IDK I think all three of those albums have some killer tracks but aren't all that good from start to finish. What hurts Green the most in my eyes is that it's just so long.

I probably like The Altogether more than most, even if only because I've made a playlist that boots the worst stuff out and replaces it with the B-sides on the second disc, it's a solid listen

I think the highlights of the debut are leagues ahead of the highlights of the other two, but it feels more like a compilation to me in comparison to the suite-like approach their albums would later have.

Green album is great wtf

their god-tier knack for melody is there, but I dunno, a lot of the tracks on there just don't evolve at all & combined with the dated sound palette & the needless overextension of most tracks it makes it kind of dull as a whole. half the individual tracks are gold of course

that said my ranking it w/ Altogether and Blue is more a function of how much I dig those two albums more than the typical Orbital fan. I don't care what anyone says I love "Illuminate" in all its mealy-mouthed glory