The Orb - COW - Chill Out World - October 2016 - Okie Dokie, It's on Kompakt

the classical text book sense is what left me a little cold on this - I liked it but it felt inessential in its rigidly formalist design. I mean, it is what it is and no surprises, but as Boomkat Ambient becomes more and more of a thing this feels more like a retro exercise than anything else.

I've not really bothered with an Orb album in maybe 10 years but I love this.

Sorry by 10 I actually mean like 18 years.

Surprisingly enjoyed their remixes for Principe Del Norte, I should check this out.

The album title is very 2016.

The last one was fantastic! Definitely check out Moonbuilding

^^^^^

Going to see them on Saturday on the strength of this album. Never particularly cared for them previously, but wish they had more records in this style. The 'classic' stuff I've tried out seems pleasant enough but doesn't really hold my attention, though I've already played COW about 25 times

been listening to this all week, it's damn good. Forcing Fehlmann to make music without the metronomic kickdrum results in some pretty interesting moments.

agreed.

they are experiencing a definite late career uplift.

this and their last album on kompakt are really good.

in fact,

the only negative was having to rip off the tDR designed sticker to get into the cd.

i really wish that they had used the design on the actual cover.

glad this thread was awakened -- I listened to the mix that came out and meant to get to the album, but you get distracted, you know...and wow, it's REALLY good!!

Don't overlook the Alpine EP from earlier this year. I'd rate that higher than Chill Out, World! actually, though prefer Moonbuilding to both.

It's good enough to make me wanna write about it, at least in conjunction with the KLF album.

Enjoyed your blog post but it seems you pasted the final section twice. Now I'm off to play Chill Out and COW back to back.

Enjoyed your blog post but it seems you pasted the final section twice. Now I'm off to play Chill Out and COW back to back.

lol I hope you did that on purpose

Ha. No I didn't, but it was meant to be.

COW is a 10/10

after a really stressful week of world based chaos (mk2 trying to get home from cambodia and all that jazz), the orb live album is really hitting the spot.
i think i need to rediscover the orb over the next few weeks/months.

COW is a much better album than I remembered

Forcing Fehlmann to make music without the metronomic kickdrum results in some pretty interesting moments.

OTM. I think it gives his loops more room to play out, interact with each other, shape the evolution of the track.

having heard fehlmanns lagos album, which is good but takes a while to get going, i tend to agree.

COW is a phenomenal album. Only listened to it out of curiosity via namechecking KLF's Chill Out. It does actually live up to that comparison, despite being a different kettle of fish

they have a new one today, Fehlmann isn't on it but apparently it's quite good

i sorta totally forgot about the orb and am glad this thread strolled by

yeah this one is real nice, it's the album that "Towers of Dub" hinted at but was never made. "Afros, Afghans, and Angels" is one the best pure ambient tracks I've ever heard from them. lead single is totally misleading

major Katamari Damacy/Sega Dreamcast vibes on "Queen of Hearts"