Orbital - Wonky

The three UK CD re-releases of Satan had b-sides which made up a really great live album- but yes, no dedicated release does this.

"Anyone heard the second disc of the 2CD version? (Five live tracks). I'm currently debating which edition to order.

― Jeff W,

I just bought the 2CD version. It was only £2 more than the single disc one so wasn't that difficult a decision.

And if anyone wanted to complete their Orbital back catalogue on CD then surely this represents value for money:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Album-Series-Orbital/dp/B005DEVGUQ/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_2

Yeah, this seems pretty ace.

Yeah, this is really fucking good.

They're almost as good as they were in the first part of their career, it's as if time has become a loop

i like "beelzedub", just don't fit in the album

hm, not on spotify. wonder if that's a long term thing or?

It's now available in Europe http://spotimy.co.uk/albumpage.php?album=5059

The three UK CD re-releases of Satan had b-sides which made up a really great live album- but yes, no dedicated release does this.

― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, April 2, 2012 1:59 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The live version of "Impact" on this is sometimes my favourite Orbital thing ever.

I was right to be excited. As someone said upthread only disappointment is that the tracks aren't longer. So may great Orbital touches, favourite so far the breakdown in 'Straight Sun' then kicks in again with the little 'chime' at 4:25.

it's streaming on NME too. Didn't have time to check it out yet, dig the first two singles though.

been listening to snivilization and insides all day

Anyone heard the second disc of the 2CD version? (Five live tracks).

Haven't heard the CD, but I think I was probably at the actual show, and based on that I'd say buy it

People confused by Beelzedub being by Orbital must be mental; it's like some amazing amalgamation of the really fucking nuts space alien terror of Out There Somewhere Part 1 and Satan. Obviously.

Given this two listens and maybe i should hold my tongue till it's bedded in a bit more but so far my impression is good, not great. Matt is otm upthread with There's a bit of almost everything they're good at, and it feels very much like revisiting past glories, "hi guys this is why you loved us in the first place" (despite a bit of dubstep wobble and latest flavour of the month young brit mc of choice). Which is fine, it just doesn't really feel that fresh. I know, it's a lose-lose situation, if they'd come out with something radically new sounding they'd be criticised for abandoning their sound.

Perhaps my actual complaint is that although it's mostly successful at revisiting those past glories, it never quite reaches the heights of anything on in sides. Which is asking a lot i know.

I'd resigned myself to it not getting near In Sides. I don't want another In Sides; I'm not sure I'd know how to deal with it. I'm not saying this is amazing yet; but I am enjoying it more than I'd dared hope I would.

The tightness of it, which as pointed out above, might be partly due to Flood, is a really odd thing to get your head around.

I'm interested as to how that Lady Leshurr collaboration came about actually, do they share a record label or something? She's really not the MC you'd expect an ageing 90s dance act to plump for (ie she's actually good).

I remember reading something where they said they'd played the track to someone (can't recall who) and said "we think we need a vocalist, something modern" and they recommended Lady Leshurr? Unless I'm confusing the provenance of that with the Zola Jesus track.

ZJ's throaty warble is reeeeeaaallly rubbing me up the wrong way right now.

I really, really like it!

http://www.factmag.com/2012/03/16/orbital-on-comebacks-envying-the-chemical-brothers-working-with-flood-and-zola-jesus/

“It was a similar thing with Lady Leshurr – we’d already been playing the track out, and we were going to go with it as an instrumental, and then I suddenly thought, if we were to have a female rap just after the bass drop, that could be interesting…so I really wanted to try it. Finding a strong, staccato kind of female rapper is quite difficult – there’s not that many out there, or at least not many in my sphere of listening. So again, we put the feelers out, and a friend said listen to Lady Leshurr, and we heard her and were like wow, she’s like a machine gun! Both of them came down to the studio in the last week of recording and did their thing there and then.”

My first impressions: the first coupla tracks are a wee bit underwhelming, but then the album increasingly gets better. Excellent from 'Distractions' onwards. Experienced major flashbacks while listening to 'Stringy Acid'; I bet they had huge grins on their faces as they put that one together.

Zola Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring sounds like Umbrella-Rihanna on her feature

After listening to the whole album at work this morning, myself and office-mate (also a fan) have just been playing through all the random Orbital tracks I've got on my iPhone, which is a smattering of stuff from their whole career, plus all of In Sides and Wonky. And the Wonky stuff is sounding really good next to everything else.

Zola Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring sounds like Umbrella-Rihanna on her feature

Or Katy Perry.

sigh, wish this would arrive already

until then I'll just play Paul's solo album. which was ignored by nearly everybody. but it's really quite good!!

I've not got the case with me and can't remember which oen it was, but I was intrigued to see in the liner notes that the bulk of the tunes were written by one brother.

Rambling thoughts after 24-hours - http://sickmouthy.com/2012/04/03/orbital-wonky/

Phil only has writing credits on Beelzedub and Wonky.

thanks for that - now I'm really stoked. I think that captures a lot of what makes these guys stand out amongst all their contemporaries. I'd say many of the same things about Underworld, too.

this thread and Sick Mouthy's blog post got me all excited for this, but apparently its not out in the U.S. yet.

next week

yeah thats what i found out.

yeah, this is kinda ridiculous

Man alive, the last two minutes of Where Is It Going plugged straight into some mono no aware style emotions for me just then. Really beautiful.

okay I broke down and went to the NME site

holy fuck "One Big Moment" is great

two tracks in and I want to cry, I like this so much

Zola Jesus's voice is so in line with the synth patches used on "New France" that I find it practically impossible to get worked up over her voice; I can't imagine a wispier voice making it through all of that bombast

words cannot express how happy "Stringy Acid" made me

also "Beelzedub" makes a lot more sense on the album IMO, I didn't notice the little fussy drum details from the live set upthread

OH MY FUCKING GOD

"Wonky"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOLY HELL

my unfiltered, unconsidered opinion is that this is easily my favorite album of the year

when you are ready to hear more lady leshurr, dan, let me know!

Bonus track for Japan = P.E.T.R.O.L. (Final Drop Mix) by the way (it's also on the WipeOut 2048 game soundtrack)

lol, they have been giving "P.E.T.R.O.L." to WipeOut games for 16 years now

Wow, that live bonus disc is pretty essential too - they haven't lost their ability to use all the familiar elements of a track yet turn it into something new every time they do it live.

btw can I just say that a second listenthrough confirms my initial "OMG SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" reactions

It's not up there with that run from Brown to Middle of Nowhere, but it's far better than I expected any 8-years-on comeback would be, and it'll more than do for me.

okay, I finally got my hands on it

will probably post more detailed thoughts later but right now I'm feeling the same as I did with the new Chems album - like, holy hell it's good and I can't wait to hear it again. I definitely agree that some of the tracks could stand to be longer (especially the last one). Didn't really like "Beezledub" the first time around b/c I'm not really a fan of that genre but every track made an impression and I suspect this will probably hold up as well as their classic material has. It doesn't feel gimmicky or anything - the tracks are maybe a bit predictable but the melodies are really solid and have been pinging back and forth in my head.