Funny Break and Dr Who are two of the three best tracks on The Altogether, most of the rest is so self-evidently tossed off that you probably made the right call.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 10:57 (eight years ago) link
No idea what's even on the Blue Album.
The only one I would recognize is the one with the Christopher Eccleston sample but no idea what it's called. I think it actually got half decent reviews when it came out though.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 08:26 (eight years ago) link
You Lot is the one with the Eccles sample. I also like Acid Pants and One Perfect Sunrise.
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 11:22 (eight years ago) link
It's not a bad disc, I think it was just abundantly clear they were cooked. "You Lot" definitely the best track, "One Perfect Sunrise" is also quite good but I think the Orbital of the mid-90's could've turned it into a total stormer.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 13:23 (eight years ago) link
cooked?
― piscesx, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
Done, out of steam, finished, tired, inspirationless, going through the motions, worn out, etc
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 13:42 (eight years ago) link
They'd turned into the sugar free version: Sorbital.
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
ah gotcha.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
It's where their music started sounding tiresome and routine.Chorebital
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
snorebital
― koogs, Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
their brief death metal phase: gorebital
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
gonna go ahead and write the Orbituary
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
These were all proposed Orbital album titles until that other band had to go and use up all the Orb related puns
― Vinnie, Thursday, 31 March 2016 23:59 (eight years ago) link
The last great Orbital release imho was their single Don't Stop Me/The Gun Is Good. The latter is actually in my top 10 of their best tracks, which is saying a lot considering how much I loved their stuff from 92-99.
― octobeard, Friday, 1 April 2016 05:14 (eight years ago) link
have we ever polled orbital?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 April 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
As in a ballot-based tracks poll? I don't think so?
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Friday, 1 April 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
https://vimeo.com/166207798
― schwantz, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
so Paul made an album with Vince Clarke and nobody's talking about it? does anyone have it?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 12:49 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't say *nobody*...
http://thequietus.com/articles/20721-vince-clarke-paul-hartnoll-2square-album-review
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
I didn't even know about this! I find the idea of this one a bit more exciting than the Gore collaboration.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
It isn't very good, not terrible either but just sort of watery and unmemorable.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not expecting it to be amazing, but I'll still give it a listen out of curiosity.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 15:45 (seven years ago) link
It's total comfort food; I liked it a lot.
― Don't boo, vote (DJP), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
New single out on Friday!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BikAp_qHV5t/?taken-by=orbital
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
the track itself is on both their recently-released live albums. sort of an Orbital-meets-Plaid sort of deal. hopefully there's a B-side!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
New album is actually great! It's got silliness and some serious bangers. Love the title track, The Raid, P.H.U.K., Tiny Foldable Cities and the fantastic There Will Come A Time.
Feels more "Orbital" than Wonky, but far less "phoned in" than the Blue album felt.
― octobeard, Friday, 14 September 2018 05:34 (five years ago) link
here's a really cool project, a 5 1/2 hour compilation of live performances with tracks often blending together several live performances. also a couple of "Choose your own adventure" elements. have not been through it all yet but so far it's sounding amazing
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nykrdz6hjgy82v5/AAD9I1pz04bEte6D0T6O0KrYa?dl=0
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:19 (five years ago) link
sounds awesome, link is broke tho??
Randomly been playing the crap out of Middle of Nowhere lately :D
― maffew12, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
would love that link!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
Google led me to the group on FB it originated from. The uploader is aware of the problem with the link but is currently following Orbital on their tour in Australia.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link
(I'm assuming it's a Dropbox thing as they're not fond of lots and lots of people downloading the same file/s)
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 23:09 (five years ago) link
YSI frogbs
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
It’s like, super big. All the files are flax’s.
Can soulseek it though...username is bonzalez
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 01:14 (five years ago) link
All the files are flax’s.
thanks but nah then! :D (what's the actual project called though, I'll see if someone's converted it)
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 06:01 (five years ago) link
Timeless Soundtrack Live 1990- 2018No idea if that's what the files are labelled though
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 06:41 (five years ago) link
https://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18549 final artwork is done, everything is in that dropbox link (quite complicated with the three (four?) different versions you can make, extended/overburn or alternative options with fades or various tracks even)
― StanM, Monday, 11 March 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
the "OMT050 - Timeless Soundtrack Live 1990-2018" folder contains a .torrent file that may be even better than getting everything via dropbox
― StanM, Monday, 11 March 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
I think I gave their last album maybe 2 or 3 listens and I haven't felt the need to put it on since. I'm still listening to Wonky a lot, though.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 11 March 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
3 gigs, dang! okay i'm in. thanks!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 March 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
nice little mix for 6music today
Tracklisting for @orbitalband Friday Mix @BBC6Music "The Glasshouse With Butterfly” Floex (UNRELEASED EXCLUSIVE ORBITAL REMIX) ”Bad Boys Cry” Mark Lower ft. Scarlett Quinn“H3liX” Funkagenda ”Dextrous” Nightmares on Wax ”Maru” Plaid (UNRELEASED EXCLUSIVE ORBITAL REMIX)— maryanne hobbs (@maryannehobbs) May 10, 2019
― groovypanda, Friday, 10 May 2019 12:06 (four years ago) link
^ that is 1:34:56 into this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0004t24
― koogs, Thursday, 16 May 2019 08:52 (four years ago) link
finally giving the OMT050 set a proper listen and its really great. it starts with "Out There Somewhere" so you know this is really a "for the fans, by the fans" sorta thing. bounces all over Orbital's career, often blending 2+ performances of the tracks together (mostly to get the transitions they want), almost sounding like one really long show in a sense. sound quality is pretty good for the most part ("I Don't Know You People" sounds fairly poor but that's it) and the track selection is really nice...first half is nearly all stuff from Sniv, In Sides, and MoN, including the full version of "The Box"...at least, everything up to the vocal part). I think the focus was to capture the performances where they add in new loops or drop in unexpected samples.
on the other hand lmao its 5 1/2 hours long
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
"maru" remix >>> anything on monsters existplaid melodism / orbital brashness seem to work well together, hope there will be more. imagine what orbital could do with "do matter"!
― scanner darkly, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
🔘 BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE OUR GEAR HAD USEFUL SCREENS BUILT IN WE HAD TO WRITE OUR OWN LABELS | NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE TORCH GLASSES CAME IN SO USEFUL | YOU TRY READING THIS LOT IN THE SMOKE AND STROBES WITHOUT THEM 🔘 pic.twitter.com/XT98f3GNxy— Orbital (@orbitalband) September 30, 2019
― groovypanda, Monday, 30 September 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
wasn't there supposed to be a massive 30th anniversary thing coming out this year
― frogbs, Monday, 30 September 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
Brown album listening party tonight and In Sides tomorrow
(Both at 9pm BST so tonight's is just under 12 hours away from now for any non-Brits)
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 May 2020 08:25 (three years ago) link
just in case you'd forgotten, Satan pwns
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 6 July 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
In 45 minutes on YouTube, Paul Hartnoll will introduce the audio from the first ever Orbital gig. He will take you back to Feb 1990 in London. Join the listening party and SUBSCRIBE to the ORBITAL YouTube channel. Premiere link is livehttps://t.co/6YxP5KLi6j— Orbital (@orbitalband) August 1, 2020
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Saturday, 1 August 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
Fifteen minutes to go. Double dropping espressos as we speak.
― Stanley Halfbrick (Noel Emits), Saturday, 1 August 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Nice! Thanks for the notice
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 1 August 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link