Orbital - Wonky

Hmmm okay, thanks, hopefully that ends up the case. I found a very similar press release that claimed it was out today.

i got that info from a press release mailed to me from some folks i know; pretty sure it's accurate

Royal Albert Hall show last night was great. Made me realise how heavily they had been leaning on certain big tunes in the years before the hiatus. They played everything from Wonky bar New France and Distractions and really played around with the classics - Halcyon early in the set rather than the big finish, ending on Are We Here?, etc. They sounded totally liberated. Good lights too, obv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5urHuT8Dk&feature=share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SBVKQ4MwUw&list=UUMspp2HRloRpBSQtvC_RIzw&index=2&feature=plcp

tell me that gig sold out aeons ago and i won't feel so bad about not even knowing it was happening.

December dates on sale now FYI

http://orbitalofficial.com/live.asp

I shall be going to Bristol, I think.

I hate it when bands play big tours like that and totally omit Scotland. 10 English dates and nothing north of the border.

Yeah the Royal Albert Hall gig was astonishing, they felt revitalised by the new material and it didn't get a notably worse reception than the classics - in fact Wonky probably had the best crowd reaction of the night.

Also I've never heard them do Are We Here? live before but it felt monolithic. Loved the extra section the put on the end with the Karen Carpenter sample in the middle.

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One Big Moment
Halcyon
Straight Sun
Sad But New
Beelzedub
Never
Belfast
Impact
Wonky
Are We Here?
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Stringy Acid
Chime
Where's It Going?

The slow transition between Never and Belfast was a glorious moment, as were the layers of percussive clatter they threw over the top of the second half of Impact. And just looking up around the Royal Albert Hall and seeing people up and dancing right around the venue, up to the top circle.

Jealous.

7 tracks off the new one but not the single? Odd.

The single is so obviously there for the radio.

anyway Wonky is the new single

Damn, that Carpenters sample works *gorgeously*.

lol @ 0:50, "what's this?"

New France does sound awesome on radio. I know others aren't massively keen but I really like it.

xp

haha, yeah, I figured that most Orbital fans are old enough to recognise her voice...

Btw, the live CD that comes with the 2 disc version of the album is epic

I have ordered tickets for Dec but not got a confirmation email. Is that how it works if you ask for tickets to be posted (which I only did because it costs the same as email tickets and that is kind of ridiculous)?

/vibrates with uncertainty and 8-month-early anticipation

oh uh this is with ticketweb, in case some of the dates are via some other ticketing site

Been holding off on all discussion to avoid psyching myself out but had to read through this just now and, well, want. So hurrah for the 17th. I suspect Dan's opinion will match my own.

I had been bummed because I hadn't seen the album on any official release lists and wasn't trusting the April 17 date but found confirmation on the Loopz message board so I'm back to FUCK YES

want this album in my hands do fucking badly

30 of my earth pounds for london live dates!

Maybe this album needs to grow on me some more. It's OK, but nothing I would have gone out of my way to hear. Based on this, Modeselektor are the new Orbital.

http://thequietus.com/articles/08516-orbital-wonky-review

very nice. I didn't have quite the history with the group - I got into them via the Work 1989-2002 collection (which, in retrospect, was pretty much the worst way to get into them), but I think you pretty much nailed it. never really thought of the "ten years out" idea but that rings pretty true, huh?

I'm pretty sure I stole that idea off this thread"

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really enjoyed that review

For all the talk of 'Beelzedub' as their spin on dubstep it sounds to me the most retro of all the album. Puts me in mind of such big beat staples as 'Atom Bomb' by Fluke or 'We Have Explosive' by FSOL.

Opener 'One Big Moment' starts with layers of quiet, sampled voices, a little like 'Forever' from Snivilisation, before dropping a beat and a reverberating synth riff and a slowly developing melodic topline that will have a Pavlovian effect on tens of thousands of people of a certain age. You could interpret that cynically, or you could put your hands in the air.

so fucking OTM

btw typo: it reminds less of Burial or Skrillex than it does the Hartnoll's own history

How's that a typo?

Apostrophe in the wrong place. Possessive plural.

Good review, mr. Mouthy.

Cheers.

I have purchased a ticket for the Bristol gig. Anyone from here going?

This is great fun. I'm totally feeling the Insides comparisons. An all-out party record that balances head, heart and body very well. Also the first Orbital album I've bothered to check out since the one after Insides. Might have to do a bit of backtracking and listen to the others now.

I wouldn't bother really.

haha, okay. Actually I'm not even sure I've heard all of Middle of Nowhere. Insides was such an important, pivotal record for me (the first couple of paragraphs in Mouthy's review are basically identical to my life experiences), that I think I must've thought "There's no way they can top that" then I heard Style and that Saint thing and thought, "yeah they're not gonna top it".

The best bits of Middle of Nowhere are maybe my favourite Orbital if I'm really honest.

yeah, that first half is really something, and the singles on the second half pretty much rule too

"Spare Parts Express" / "Know Where To Run" / "Nothing Left 1" / "Nothing Left 2" for me.

"Middle of Nowhere" is very fine too and I actually really like "Style", but the other tracks are next level.

lol I think I'm the only person on Earth who really digs "Otono"

I like "Otono", but it's definitely third tier on that album.

Always wanted to hear the Pooka albums actually, I actually have the single for "City Sick" somewhere for some reason, and I remember a friend told me their second album was fantastic.

This Pooka? Shift is pretty interesting, especially for its time (2001), esp the track "One in a Million". My understanding is the sometimes IDMish backing is very much an outlier in Pooka's catalog.

Wonky is on US spotify today; cracking it open now!

one big moment is LOVELY, totally vintage