Orbital - Wonky

Full live show here from around 56 minutes onwards:

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/festivales/wam-2017-editors-orbital-06-05-17/4009260/

I'm really ready for a new Orbital album right now

Does anybody have $20? I need another Mitsubishi, I think I'm coming off the peak

we get new track

https://soundcloud.com/orbital-4/copenhagen/s-2Ejgj

not sure what to say about it other than it really sounds like Orbital. and it's quite loud.

Good track. They're never going to give up those MMT-8s, huh? Their method of making and playing songs live started novel, then disciplined, then limited, and now sounds a bit novel again.

This thread is reminding me of how much I enjoyed "Straight Sun".

you can now download two 2017 live sets on Live Here Now

have not listened to them in full yet but can confirm that "Satan 2017" is tight as hell and probably my favorite version of the track

Wonky's now one of my favourite Orbital albums, and it has some seriously fucking tough competition.

You're an idiot.

out of all Turrican's posts on ILM this month, that's an innocuous one to append that reply to

Ha, yeah! I seriously wasn't expecting that to get such a strong negative response, and was more looking for a discussion on how well Wonky has held up over the last few years - and personally, I think it's held up very well. I'm still listening to it, I'm still enjoying it, and of course I find it (naturally) leagues ahead of albums like The Altogether and the album that came after it.

Of course, artistically it doesn't touch the trio of Orbital II, Snivilisation and In Sides, but it's still a favourite and still a worthy addition to their catalogue. It's a great record.

As for Scik Mouthy and his spontaneous cry into the abyss, it's difficult to muster up any other reaction other than "meh" ... I've never been bothered by his opinions as a music critic, and I care even less about his opinion of me.

i like wonky a lot but it's hard for me to even entertain the idea that it's their best album

I didn't say it was their best, I said it was one of my favourites - which is true, given how much I've listened to the thing.

ah, well; that makes sense then.

yeah I'm w/ Turrican on this

IMO there's 3 tiers of Orbital albums:

Sniv/In Sides
Brown/MON/Wonky
Green/Altogether/Blue

the first & second tier albums are all excellent, of course

IMO Wonkey is either the 3rd or 4th best Orbital album, depending on how I feel about Middle of Nowhere. I kinda like how the brothers decide to keep things short, for once.

I've been listening to Wonky in the car for the last week or so (for the first time in a couple of years).

I'd forgotten how good an album it was and agree that it sits fairly comfortably alongside their best work. Could definitely do without the Satan rework though.

xp no way is Green on the same tier as those other two

IDK I think all three of those albums have some killer tracks but aren't all that good from start to finish. What hurts Green the most in my eyes is that it's just so long.

I probably like The Altogether more than most, even if only because I've made a playlist that boots the worst stuff out and replaces it with the B-sides on the second disc, it's a solid listen

I think the highlights of the debut are leagues ahead of the highlights of the other two, but it feels more like a compilation to me in comparison to the suite-like approach their albums would later have.

Green album is great wtf

their god-tier knack for melody is there, but I dunno, a lot of the tracks on there just don't evolve at all & combined with the dated sound palette & the needless overextension of most tracks it makes it kind of dull as a whole. half the individual tracks are gold of course

that said my ranking it w/ Altogether and Blue is more a function of how much I dig those two albums more than the typical Orbital fan. I don't care what anyone says I love "Illuminate" in all its mealy-mouthed glory

New France and Stringy Acid both get the endorphins going.

Green Album UK or Green Album US ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_(1991_album)#Track_listing

The UK version, natch.

I've only got the US version, maybe that's my problem. One thing that's always bugged me about it is how odd the sequencing is. "Belfast" is the best track but it's so weird as an album opener. Meanwhile "Chime" is stuck somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, that US tracklisting looks like someone just chucked the CD on random.

UK version is great as it has the Chime/Midnight/Belfast triptych at the end

The Gun is Good is a tier 1 single imho. I freakin' can't get enough of that one.

they just released two lowkey live albums on Live Here Now. they look pretty much identical - I got the Hammersmith one and it's freakin' incredible. like, it gives me flashbacks to the first time I heard Everything, Everything. loved all 3 new tracks, all of them sound like classic Orbital, though "Tiny Foldable Cities" sounds a bit like Plaid as well. new album better come soon!!

Is it worth buying both live shows?

The digital download for both is $20; I assume I should go ahead and pony up?

the set lists are basically identical - only difference is Hammersmith has "Doctor". I don't see why you'd need both.

New music forthcoming?

🔘 OUR NEW ORBITAL 12" GIVES YOU THE SIZE OF A REGULAR VINYL AND THE MUSIC OF A 7" 🔘 pic.twitter.com/zBc56gTwuU

— Orbital (@orbitalband) February 21, 2018

yea I definitely think they're releasing an album this year

"a regular vinyl" 8(

I enjoyed (and still enjoy) Wonky a lot, but outside of 'P.H.U.K.', I don't enjoy the new album at all - sonically, it doesn't particularly sound great and a lot of it sounds phoned in.