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OK, an annoying information-free post: Richard H Kirk has been mentioned a lot recently but I have none of his stuff (apart from the track on TEX2). What would people recommend as his best album? There seem to be quite a few, under various names. And while I'm here, anyone heard the Orb's Oxbow Lakes single? What are the mixes like? - is there enough variety in there to make it worth buying? Paddy OnNow: Throbbing Pouch ;;, | Paddy Grove, \\ .;(((((c. Live the dream, | Cambridge, UK }>(((((((({< Dream the fish. | // '"*(((//' | grove@cpd.ntc.nokia.com V

Paddy Grove wrote on Tue, 16 May 95 08:47:04 BST :

quoted 3 lines And while I'm here, anyone heard the Orb's Oxbow Lakes single? What are the

> And while I'm here, anyone heard the Orb's Oxbow Lakes single? What are the > mixes like? - is there enough variety in there to make it worth buying? >

The CD single contains 5 mixes- the LP version, a Guy Called Geral putting out a junglistic version, a funky version by someone else, and a 4/4 vaguely technoish remix by Carl Craig. Finally theres a string arrangement by "Instrumental" which is like a piece of "classical" string quartet music. So loads of variety, though I get the feeling that the Orb's identity is being lost here. This EP seems to have doubled in one fell swoop the number of outside remixers who have accessed Orb tracks (maybe not quite that bad but I can only think of Oakey's Perpetual Dawn, Mad Professor's Towers and DeWulf's Blue Room.) btw The 4 remixes are spread across 2 12inchers - not such good value as the CD by any means, J ^ James Skilton aka Steady J - steady-j@firefox.co.uk

Jason W. King wrote on Tue, 16 May 95 14:54:37 BST :

quoted 5 lines Question....how much does Oxbow cost in the UK. It's sure to be almost

> > Question....how much does Oxbow cost in the UK. It's sure to be almost > $20 here in Canada. (Or is the Orb still distributed by ATTIC here in > Canada.) >

Like any UK single the price will be around PSterling 4, but as is frequently the case for singles, initial copies are cheaper (2.49 in my local shop in this case) due to reps giving them to stores to try and encourage a high chart placing. The CD represents better value than the 12"s as it has all 4 remixes, which are split in 2 pairs on the vinyl copies. J ^ __ ___ ___ _ __ __ (__` | (_ /_\ | \ \_/ _ | .__) | (___ / \ |__/ / \_| steady-J@firefox.co.uk

On Tue, 16 May 1995, James Skilton wrote:

quoted 9 lines Question....how much does Oxbow cost in the UK. It's sure to be almost

> > Question....how much does Oxbow cost in the UK. It's sure to be almost > > $20 here in Canada. (Or is the Orb still distributed by ATTIC here in > > Canada.) > > > Like any UK single the price will be around PSterling 4, but as is frequently > the case for singles, initial copies are cheaper (2.49 in my local shop in this > case) due to reps giving them to stores to try and encourage a high chart > placing. The CD represents better value than the 12"s as it has all 4 remixes, > which are split in 2 pairs on the vinyl copies.

So does anyone know who no distributes the Orb in the great white north? (Not Finland...Canada). Karl V. mentioned that "Attic" is no longer the distributer. jay ______________________________________________________________________________ Jason W. King http://calum.uwaterloo.ca/u/jw2king jw2king@calum.uwaterloo.ca "....insert quotes here...."

On Tue, 16 May 1995, Jason W. King wrote:

quoted 10 lines Question....how much does Oxbow cost in the UK. It's sure to be almost

> > Question....how much does Oxbow cost in the UK. It's sure to be almost > $20 here in Canada. (Or is the Orb still distributed by ATTIC here in > Canada.) > > jay > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Jason W. King http://calum.uwaterloo.ca/u/jw2king > jw2king@calum.uwaterloo.ca > "....insert quotes here...."

It'll probably be at least that much here in canada as attic no longer carries the orb distribution. karl

wasn't there going to be a Sabres mix of this track? I know i read about it somewhere... mike ::Michel.Battaglia::::San.Francisco:California:::::mike@organic.com: ::mikebee@freenet.scri.fsu.edu::::http://organic.com/~mike::::::::::

Mike Battaglia wrote on Tue, 16 May 95 16:58:15 BST :

quoted 5 lines wasn't there going to be a Sabres mix of this track? I know i read

> wasn't there going to be a Sabres mix of this track? I know i read > about it somewhere... > > mike >

Yep, the "other" mix I referred to is the Sabres mix! I just couldn't remember at the time I typed that message!! Anyway it's good'n'funky. duh. J ^ __ ___ ___ _ __ __ (__` | (_ /_\ | \ \_/ _ | .__) | (___ / \ |__/ / \_| steady-J@firefox.co.uk

On Tue, 16 May 1995, Paddy Grove wrote:

quoted 2 lines And while I'm here, anyone heard the Orb's Oxbow Lakes single? What are the

> And while I'm here, anyone heard the Orb's Oxbow Lakes single? What are the > mixes like? - is there enough variety in there to make it worth buying?

I listened to both 12"s in the shop the other day and the only redeeming mix IMHO was the A Guy Called Gerald mix. Okay, it wasn't just redeeming, it was actually pretty amazing. However, the other three mixes (Sabres, Carl Craig, Instrumental) were quite sleep-inducing. - Matthew "I grew up thinking that techno music is actually something that you can't imagine. That is techno at its best. If you hear something that you'd never expect to hear - that's techno. If you hear something that kind of sounds like you've heard it before, then it's not techno." - Jeff Mills

In the UK there are almost no CDs that cost as little as $20 canadian. Most CDs come out at about $24-26 Canadian. Signed, Disgruntled Canadian Ex-pat.