Must _everyone_ dump on Orbital?
I've been a devout fan since I bought
the green album five years ago. i've
always enjoyed the fact that orbital can
pick up on whatever dance music gimmick
or convention is popular at the time
and improve upon it. this is *especially*
evident with _Snivilization_. 1994 was
a time when the term 'jungle' and all
the conventions along with it began to
pick up steam. [i even recall reading
an article about jungle in a 1994 issue
of details, for crissakes!]
the two tracks off of _snivilization_
that could be considered 'jungle'
[sad but true + are we here?] were, at
the time, incredibly fresh and different.
i can't remember hearing a jungle track
prior to _snivilization_ that didn't
rely on the same stock of breakbeats,
reggae samples, etc. had _snivilization_ not
been released, i seriously believe that
the genre we dearly call drum'n'bass would
be drastically different.
i don't understand this trend of pissing
on artists who don't hold on to the same
sound. case in point, orbvs terrarvm. i
love _uforb_; it is so spacy and dubby and
sexy. i also love _orbvs terrarvm_, because
it is so earthy and crunchy and sexy.
it's much easier to contrast the two albums
than find common points. should i hose down
my _orbvs terrarvm_ cd with wd40 and set it
on fire because it doesn't sound like
_uforb_? no. i should be happy that my
favorite artist is progressing musically.
and i should be happy that the orb is
still putting out records period. my
collection would be pretty bleak without
the orb.
i like to take an artist's releases as a product
of it's time as well as a product of the artist.
i will probably be searching the import bins
at local record stores for _the box_. and
i will probably find it one day. and it will
be more than likely that i will listen to
it. and i will probably think it is the freshest
thing i've heard this year, because that's what
i expect from p+p.
.grant.h.horne
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http://delta.is.tcu.edu/~ghhorne/
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