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Dan Nicholsson writes:

quoted 2 lines Out of curiousity, which Orb tracks have whale noises on them? I can't

>Out of curiousity, which Orb tracks have whale noises on them? I can't >think of one myself, although I've hardly heard everything they've done.

Of course, I was only speaking metaphorically. ;-)

quoted 3 lines The orb's material was, and *still is* very innovative. Let's face, though

>The orb's material was, and *still is* very innovative. Let's face, though >it might not be particullarly hard, there aren't many "ambient" groups out >there whose music sounds much like the orb.

But there certainly are *a lot* of ambient groups out there.

quoted 2 lines anything they do has a distinctive sound. It's pretty obvious when the Orb

>anything they do has a distinctive sound. It's pretty obvious when the Orb >has remixed a track, because it's just not like anyone elses :)

Mmm, they just throw the whole track away and make a new one. I heard Dr Alex DJ a couple of weeks ago and he played 100% guitar stuff. I didn't recognize much of it but it was quite a good set. Very different from everybody else. - chris@minsk.docs.uu.se