― robin (robin), Monday, 20 October 2003 14:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 20 October 2003 15:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:49 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
(megawhat? megawatt. sorry...)
― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 19 January 2004 03:43 (twenty years ago) link
Transform!
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 19 January 2004 05:24 (twenty years ago) link
I was serious about Orbital 2, though.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 19 January 2004 06:13 (twenty years ago) link
Orbital - Bluehttp://www.loopz.co.uk/discog/album/blue.html
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 12:45 (twenty years ago) link
Tracks called 'Pants' however, fill be with horrific versions of Altogetheresque comedy techno.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:01 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago) link
Word has it that the new album is more InSides/Snivilisation than the last two albums, with the exception of Sunrise which is meant to be proper euphoric Halcyon hands-in-the-air stuff.
The sample from You Lot goes something like: "Unravelled DNA and at the same time youre cultivating bacteria strong enough to kill every living thing. Do you think you are ready for that much power. You lot ? You lot? You're running around science like kids with guns." Which needs to be a huge Snivilisation/Forever-esque rant over the top otherwise I will be hugely disappointed.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago) link
The Brown album hangs together better because one song flows into another, one idea flows into another.
― bimble (bimble), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 00:22 (twenty years ago) link
― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago) link
― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:28 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:30 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 01:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 02:47 (twenty years ago) link
but still...Orbital 2 had the cohesion, the consistency. To maintain that over an entire album's length is pretty rare.
― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 03:06 (twenty years ago) link
Plus with Orbital 2 you get this amazing run from "Lush" through to the end of "Remind" but the "cohesion" of the rest is only notable in comparison to the schizophrenia of Snivilization. Most of the allegedly unique qualityies of Orbital 2 are present in Middle Of Nowhere as well (the excellent flow of the first three tracks; "Nothing Left" as a sequel to "Halcyon" only even vaster).
Orbital 2 is still an amazing album obv, but I'm not sure if its qualities are automatically superior to Snivilization - whose perversity and restlessness frequently captivate me.
Of course if Orbital 2 had the full version of "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" it might *well* be unbeatable.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 04:48 (twenty years ago) link
in sides is still an unreal experience start-to-finish. 2 benefits quite a bit from tracks running together, but i hardly notice the transitions on much of in sides, even when they incorporate a change in beat and key. they're cleverly done.
― rgeary (rgeary), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 05:10 (twenty years ago) link
The best version of Impact was the one played on the MoN tour, where they reversed the parts so you got the hard bit first and then uplifting first section kicked in later. Destroyed the concept, but sounded incredible (especially when it was sandwiched in between Spare Parts Express and Know Where To Run as part of a continuous mix).
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:38 (twenty years ago) link
― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 09:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 09:26 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:07 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:13 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 18:24 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 21:33 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link
"Funny Break" is nice obv but its stand-out status is relative to the rest of the album; it falls short of most of their previous vocal numbers.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:27 (twenty years ago) link