― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 20:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
Great Orbital moments:
- the sudden sidewise darkness lurches in "Are We Here?" and then the celestial synths flooding in
- the heavenly break in "Adnan's" which sounds like the sun coming out from behind the clouds
- the compressed vocal loops in "Nothing Left 2" drawing together faster and faster like water swirling down into a plug, then that little corny breakbeat and then the synth line rushes back
- pretty much every single moment of the live version of "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" but particularly the total nuclear fall-out of the last five minutes or so.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
Is that the track that sounds like something off "Autobahn" or some C-64 computer game in the beginning?Agree that one is kinda cool.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 08:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 08:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 08:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
lets talk about 'Snivilisation' some more - that is an album for me with quite a drop in the middle as i find i NEVER want to listen to 'Philosophy By Numbers' (not good with this Orbital darkness am I?)or 'Science Fiction' (find it pretty dull) particularly but i will gorge myself on the fantastic first three tracks and the last two, tho in a strange way the highlight is actually 'Kein Trink Wasser' because it always reminds me of the Glastonbury moment i described above and its just pure piano magic.
btw, has anyone heard Spooky's 'Fingerbobs'? it is one of THE brilliant Orbital tracks that was never made by Orbital. i might have to upload it...
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 09:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David Gunnip (David Gunnip), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 10:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
Of course OTS only really takes off in Part II anyway, after you get that great chaotic bit where it all seems to be falling apart and then it suddenly resolves. Lovely.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 11:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 11:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 12:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― The Man they call Dan (The Man they call Dan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 14:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
'Snivilisation' has strong broody moments - namely the two tracks i mention i never listen to on it, plus a couple of other bits (first part of 'Are We Here') - i find the first three tracks quite soothing despite the sinister overtones of the samples used on 'I Wish I Had Duck Feet' and Alison Goldfrapp's wailings on 'Sad But True' (which pilfers the intro to The Selecter's 'The Selecter' tune sample-spotters) - 'In Sides' is definitely a darker album overall imo
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
Edition 1 (aka THE KICK-ASS EDITION): CD2 contains the "Times Fly" EP and "The Box" EP.Edition 2 (aka THE ALMOST AS KICK-ASS EDITION): CD2 contains two versions of "Satan", "The Saint", "The Sinner" and a live version of "Halcyon".
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 17:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 18:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 18:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 21:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
Its environmental sleeve theme was definitely dark to say the least, but I wouldn't say the music was.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― r. geary (rgeary), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 23:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 23:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 23:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ess Kay (esskay), Thursday, 1 May 2003 04:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 1 May 2003 04:26 (twenty years ago) link
Sort of but...well, not really. For reasons unexplained (and which pissed the band off enormously, apparently), their label decided to eschew the "proper" and mostly glorious full-length album/12" versions in favour of shitty radio edits.
Thus, you're best off persuading someone nice with a fairly comprehensive Orbital collection to burn you a full-length best-of comp.
(NB I'm not sure I am that person, sadly, nice as can be - most of my Orbital's on vinyl and 12000 miles away...)
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 May 2003 06:23 (twenty years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 1 May 2003 06:43 (twenty years ago) link
Can I take this opportunity to reaffirm the unabashed kick-arsedness of Technologique Park again please? Thankyou.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 May 2003 09:29 (twenty years ago) link
still 'Work' is very accessible so might suit Ess Kay, otherwise snap up the Brown album and In Sides and see how you go from there
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 May 2003 10:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 1 May 2003 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
― janni (janni), Thursday, 1 May 2003 18:05 (twenty years ago) link
here's the Spooky track i mentioned upthread: Fingerbobs an old tune ('95/'96) that has that old Orbital sound/vibe
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 8 May 2003 08:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 20 October 2003 13:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 20 October 2003 14:21 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 20 October 2003 14:48 (twenty years ago) link
Steve - that's probably the remix of Initiation, which is supposedly on the next album proper. The original Initiation is alright as well - definitely the most 'Orbital' thing on there.
It's not better than The Altogether :( But it's not really being treated as a 'proper' album, though, so its difficult to judge what the next one will be like.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 20 October 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Monday, 20 October 2003 14:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 20 October 2003 15:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:49 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 21 October 2003 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
(megawhat? megawatt. sorry...)
― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 19 January 2004 03:43 (twenty years ago) link
Transform!
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 19 January 2004 05:24 (twenty years ago) link
I was serious about Orbital 2, though.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 19 January 2004 06:13 (twenty years ago) link