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Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday and...well...it's shite really. I know they seemed to be having a bit of a dip in quality recently, what with the so-so In Sides and the naff Saint, but this is easily the worst thing they've done. It's hard to believe this is the same band that did the Brown album, times fly, snivilisation etc. How the mighty have fallen. Dan Shoebridge. np: Squarepusher: Iambic 5 poetry - this is great, but the rest of the ep I can give or take. i am daniel. i am not peach. i hope i am not sterile. i really should be writing essays instead of posts to the idm list.

quoted 6 lines Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday

>Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday >and...well...it's shite really. I know they seemed to be having a bit >of a dip in quality recently, what with the so-so In Sides and the naff >Saint, but this is easily the worst thing they've done. It's hard to >believe this is the same band that did the Brown album, times fly, >snivilisation etc. How the mighty have fallen.

y'know...just because you used to like them and think of them as "mighty," it's ok to grow away from them. sometimes you just don't like what they're doing anymore, which is especially apparent when they've come out with three albums since the last one you liked. snivilisation came out 4 years ago, for crying out loud! eric, getting ready for a solid month of orbital fights onnow: jeff taylor : misc on cdr (ultraviolet)

quoted 2 lines Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday

>Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday >and...well...it's shite really. I know they seemed to be having a bit

Naw, I think it's good. A grower really - When I first heard it on the radio I thought it was shit, but it's grown nicely on me. Hell, I think Bagpipe Style is my favourite track.

quoted 2 lines np: Squarepusher: Iambic 5 poetry - this is great, but the rest of the

>np: Squarepusher: Iambic 5 poetry - this is great, but the rest of the >ep I can give or take.

Agree with you on this one. Amazing track - Reminds me of UFO's over Leytonstone for some reason - Great bass playing regardless (or whatever, my FMWT's is in South Africa) I read a recent interview with TJ and he said his older stuff sounds naive to him - Yeesh! This new direction is all fine and well, but I wouldn't be heartbroken if he changed direction again. -i.

quoted 12 lines Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday

> >Has anyone heard the new orbital single? I bought it yesterday > >and...well...it's shite really. I know they seemed to be having a bit > >of a dip in quality recently, what with the so-so In Sides and the naff > >Saint, but this is easily the worst thing they've done. It's hard to > >believe this is the same band that did the Brown album, times fly, > >snivilisation etc. How the mighty have fallen. > > y'know...just because you used to like them and think of them as "mighty," > it's ok to grow away from them. sometimes you just don't like what they're > doing anymore, which is especially apparent when they've come out with > three albums since the last one you liked. snivilisation came out 4 years > ago, for crying out loud!

three albums? I thought there was only one (in sides). Besides, didn't times fly come out after snivilisation? I thought the box was pretty good as well, and even In Sides had some nice tracks. I wouldn't be complaining so much, but you can't help but feel a little let-down when a band you really rate releases something that just doesn't do it for you at all - I mean, I had some nigh-on religious experiences seing them live. Admittedly, I seem to be in a minority - In Sides was their best selling album ever after all. Go figure.

quoted 1 line eric, getting ready for a solid month of orbital fights

> eric, getting ready for a solid month of orbital fights

It's all personal taste really - pointless arguing about it. Dan Shoebridge. np: Deadly Avenger

quoted 3 lines eric, getting ready for a solid month of orbital fights

>> eric, getting ready for a solid month of orbital fights > >It's all personal taste really - pointless arguing about it.

What else is there to talk about here on the idm list? -w. -- Warren Lapham wlapham@sigma6.com sigma6 Interactive Media conceive : construct : connect tm Spotter activation is not anticipated today.

being that orbital is like IDM flamebait, i'm hesitant to get involved, but what the hey... On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, dis2 wrote:

quoted 8 lines three albums? I thought there was only one (in sides). Besides, didn't

> three albums? I thought there was only one (in sides). Besides, didn't > times fly come out after snivilisation? I thought the box was pretty > good as well, and even In Sides had some nice tracks. > > I wouldn't be complaining so much, but you can't help but feel a little > let-down when a band you really rate releases something that just > doesn't do it for you at all - I mean, I had some nigh-on religious > experiences seing them live.

honestly, i feel _in sides_ was easily their best. _snivilisation_ was mighty weak, 1 aged horribly, and 2 was mighty same-y. granted each album has a few amazing tracks, but the only one i put on and actually listen to the whole way through is _in sides_.

quoted 2 lines Admittedly, I seem to be in a minority - In Sides was their best selling

> Admittedly, I seem to be in a minority - In Sides was their best selling > album ever after all. Go figure.

...due to "the box", due to its video.

quoted 1 line It's all personal taste really - pointless arguing about it.

> It's all personal taste really - pointless arguing about it.

well people are going to, anyway. * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# and then when i die/i feel i shall say/i have not understood i have not understood any of this icq: 5562209

At 11:34 AM 3/10/99 -0500, laerm wrote:

quoted 2 lines being that orbital is like IDM flamebait, i'm hesitant to get involved,

>being that orbital is like IDM flamebait, i'm hesitant to get involved, >but what the hey...

I think the success of Chime (top 10 UK) and their record label (FFRR) has kept pressure on them to achieve wide popularity, which leads to occasional poor choices on their part, and their lack of respect on this list. I don't let that stop me from enjoying their IDM tracks. My personal ratings (not a complete discography, just what I have): 1) Brown album/Orbital 2 (an incredible flow for about 1/2 the album) 2) In Sides (might rate #1 if part of The Box weren't sandwiched in) 3) Radiccio EP (I could halcyon & on all night) 4) The Box (I could do w/o the harpsichords & singing) 5) Green album/Orbital 1 (sounds kinda quaint & dated in places) 6) Diversions (semi-detached is brilliant) 7) The Saint/Sinner/Satan (I really didn't need another version of Satan) 8) Snivilisation (I only listen to 4 tracks) 9) Are We Here? (I hardly ever drag this out) 10)Times Fly (ditto) What strikes me about Orbital is how inconsistant they are. I'm used to liking 100% of an artist's output, but w/ Orbital it's more like 50%. I blew off buying The Box, and wasn't planning to buy In Sides until a friend played it for me, then I had to have The Box as well. Orbital is no longer an automatic purchase for me. When they're good, they're very good, but occasionally they do stuff that I just don't like. Che