I'd have to agree with this. While I was in Virgin the other day i noticed
it on the listening station and gave it a chance. The album version was no
more than a very faithful rendition of Barber's Adagio for Strings without
the full orchestra.
I've been fond of Orbit's work since his Strange Cargo stuff. I think my mum
bought a copy of Strange Cargo III for me when I was fourteen. I think that
"Water on a Vine Leaf" was responsible for my intial exposure to ambient
music. Obviously I'm really happy he do more of his solo work. I'm not
terribly fond of the whole band-in-front electronic-producer-guy-back thing
that's been rather popular in music these days.
Though I'm very fond of Orbit, I'm not sur what to do about Pieces. I have a
rather nice classical music collection and, by virtue of being a university
student, do get out to see a lot of classical performances on tour. My
dilema is do I purchase it knowing that, while it will sound nice, but i may
be terribly disappointed with it when compared with the original. The
typical fears about cover albums... also I'm not particullary convinced of
the cogency of electronic artists interpretting classical works for some
reason...
hmmm... I read an interview in Dazed and Confused (i know...) mentioning
that Orbit was also working on a another pop-type album to be released some
time this year. does anyone know anymore about this?
rgrds
ar
quoted 16 lines From: "Paddy Grove" <Paddy.Grove@marconicomms.com>
>From: "Paddy Grove" <Paddy.Grove@marconicomms.com>
>The album version of this track is not the trancey one. It's a straight,
>slightly disappointingly-flat sounding synthy stringy verison (like the
>trance
>version before the beats come in). Having said that, I quite like the album
>as a
>whole. A good mix of tunes, some more idm-ised than others, but nothing
>that
>will frighten your granny. I was thinking the other day that some of it
>wouldn't
>sound amiss on a Bola record. Coffee table IDM?
>
> Paddy
>
>np Air: The Virgin Suicides OST.
>
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