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http://pitchfork.com/news/59282-the-orb-return-to-kompakt-for-new-album-moonbuilding-2703-ad/ wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Clint Anderson Systems Engineer On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:

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> i did recently check out Transit Kings and it is an (i think) incredible > album. a handful of tracks on their have weak portions or annoying bits, > but i would say the rest of it is so impressive/awesome as to render them > irrelevant... its got a shedload of fantastic tracks on it and does really > sort of bring to mind dream-era Orb > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 4:03 PM, polar-sequence <polar-sequence@home.nl> > wrote: > >> I can understand why you don’t get into Cydonia, somehow it’s not a >> coherent album, but it has some great tracks on it (A Mile Long Lump Of >> Lard, Terminus!). If you can get the 1999 first versions recordings, you’ll >> find some great versions as well! >> >> Screen is a side project of LX with Chester and Gaudi, highly dub >> influenced as you might expect. >> >> HFB stands for High Frequency Bandwidth, another side project of LX with >> Dom Beken. One physical albums, a few digital ones as well as digital >> singles. >> >> Do you know Transit Kings? Another side project with Guy Pratt and even >> Jimi Cauty playing along on a few tracks. ‘Living In A Giant Candle Winking >> At God’ is worth a listen too (although it suffers the same jazziness as >> HFB from time to time, but it certainly has its great moments). >> >> >> >> *Van:* Clint Anderson [mailto:clinta@gmail.com] >> *Verzonden:* woensdag 15 april 2015 16:37 >> *Aan:* polar-sequence >> *CC:* AV2k; Idm List >> *Onderwerp:* Re: Fw: orb >> >> >> >> heh actually the only orb release i don't like is Cydonia, and i have >> tried and tried to make myself 'get' it but, i just dont like it >> >> can't put my finger on what it is i don't like about it, just actively >> annoys me when i listen to it, heh >> >> i didnt know about the Screen stuff, going to have to check that out asap >> >> i did listen to the one re-release of all the wau! mr modo stuff and its >> not at all bad but it did not age well, in my opinion... its a bunch of >> tracks that first off, dont really sound at all like the orb, which of >> course makes sense because -- they arent, and were clearly never intended >> to sound like the orb, and i can imagine, listening to them, that in 1995 i >> would have thought they were all fantastic but not so much in 2015 >> >> apparently i am a terrible fan for also not having heard until now of the >> HFB material so... ill have to look at that >> >> >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 4:09 AM, polar-sequence <polar-sequence@home.nl> >> wrote: >> >> Yes, totally Orb minded here as well. Clint, you put the words right: >> with LX as a constant member, contributers largely influence the outcome of >> particular tracks. I like this idea: you will know what to expect from >> them, but then again anything could happen as well! Great dub sounds with >> Lee Perry or the Screen album (with Gaudi and Chester), minimal techno >> (Thomas Fehlmann), full-sample loaded heavy bass-lined tracks with Youth et >> cetera, great aural explorations with Kris Weston, Steve Hillage and so >> forth. The only output that I’m not too keen on is HFB, too jazzy for my >> ears. But hey: you can’t please them all… >> >> >> >> There is supposed to be a new album on Kompakt later this year, I’m still >> waiting for the DVD’s on the accompanying ‘Adventures Beyond Dark Matter’ >> release on Abbey Road and there is speaking of a 3rd History Of The >> Future (focused on the releases with Andy Hughes). The future looks bright >> J >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Johan >> >> >> >> >> >> *Van:* Clint Anderson [mailto:clinta@gmail.com] >> *Verzonden:* woensdag 15 april 2015 1:49 >> *Aan:* AV2k >> *CC:* Idm List >> *Onderwerp:* Re: Fw: orb >> >> >> >> also The Dream has great basslines (imagine that) in every track >> >> >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> i think patterson is sort of the guide that has kept the orb 'brand' >> sounding the same or at least similar enough. you can argue about how much >> he does or doesn't do, but only the orb sounds like the orb, and alex >> patterson is only in the orb, and the only one consistently in it, at that, >> so he must do SOMETHING intangible. he's like flava flav is to public >> enemy maybe? i'm kidding but he clearly has steered the thing through 25 >> years of ups and downs. >> >> that said i really enjoy westons contributions and i'm just not going to >> say anything about him one way or another for fear i'll get an angry email >> ;) >> >> i actually really enjoy The Dream too, too bad they only managed to do >> one album with that lineup. same for living in a giant candle winking at >> god, great stuff if only they could have done another one. >> >> as for fehlmann, yeah i had heard alot of his solo stuff as just 'thomas >> fehlmann' quite awhile before he became a regular orb collaborator, i >> wouldn't ever have expected him to be the piece that alex replaced weston >> with, as the two are so completely different sounding, but his tiny loops >> and textures and sound beds really work in the new lineup. >> >> i saw them last year in minneapolis, fehlmann and patterson, and it was a >> great show. clearly just tweaked versions of some of their tracks with >> some special one-off discs on the cdj for patterson, nothing too fancy, and >> fehlmann had his macbook synced up and was adding beats and samples and >> whatnot. a really simple performance, where its probably really easy to >> transport all the gear, i imagine it must be 1000 times easier than their >> old mega-setups they toted around. >> >> >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 6:57 AM, AV2k <a_void2000@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> I meant to send this to the list. >> >> >> >> I like Thomas Fehlmann, but I like Chris Weston more. Patterson seems >> like the type that dabbles in everything but lets the others do the actual >> work, and this sometimes shows in their albums. Weston has a temper, sure, >> he is an angry man, but sometimes, this type of personality creates better >> art. This is true in painting (Pollack), music composition (Mozart) and >> every other type of creative medium. >> >> >> >> Weston is still putting out some great stuff, even though he is >> economically crippled now, and he would argue that it is everyone else's >> fault except his, but if he would just hold back the outrage, just a >> little, in the effort to keep the peace, perhaps people would work with him >> a bit longer. >> >> >> --- >> Sent from my Robot Monkey Drum Machine >> >> >> >> ----- Forwarded Message ----- >> *From:* AV2k <a_void2000@yahoo.com> >> *To:* Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 9:22 PM >> *Subject:* Re: orb >> >> >> >> [reluctantly raises hand] >> >> >> >> Yep. I've got every album. I love Blue Room (39:57), but Oxbow Lakes >> (Psychic Pals Family Wealth Plan Mix) is my favorite piece. >> >> >> >> >> --- >> Sent from my Robot Monkey Drum Machine >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> >> *To:* IDM <idm@hyperreal.org> >> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 8:36 PM >> *Subject:* orb >> >> >> >> any obsessive mega-Orb fans on here? >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >