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From:
Clint Anderson
To:
Mark Schieldrop
Cc:
IDM
Date:
Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:00:00 -0500
Subject:
Re: orby orbness orbing
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heh i actually debated getting 12" or cd and decided i didnt want to get up and flip it over 1/2 way through as this really kinda sucked with the 3xLP for moonbuilding 2073 -- fucking great album, just hate flipping through 3 records during such a relaxing/chillout session Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Mark Schieldrop <mark@schieldrop.us> wrote:
quoted 89 lines Very excited to get my copy. I ordered a disc, should be arriving sometime> Very excited to get my copy. I ordered a disc, should be arriving sometime > next week. I've avoided streaming anything. I am one of the biggest and > most loyal Orb fans on this planet and have faithfully bought pretty much > everything put out by ALX and friends over the years, beginning in the mid > 90s. I can't believe it has been this long. I generally avoid listening to > anything until I have my own high quality cut. I then sit alone with > headphones on in the dark and try to immerse myself in the experience with > no distractions. I'm saving myself for that moment though the temptation to > fire up a stream right now is pretty strong. > > The Orb has been so consistent and innovative year after year. > > - Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Davis [mailto:jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com] > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 4:52 PM > To: Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> > Cc: Justin Rickles <jrick@jrick.com>; IDM <idm@hyperreal.org> > Subject: Re: orby orbness orbing > > I agree Clint that this album seems to have never missed a beat from the > top of their game while pushing the art forward. > > I imagine myself eyes closed eating dried pineapples on a bean bag chair > in a chillout room at a 1992 MW-RAVES event as i listen to this. > thanks, > > Jeffrey J Davis > > jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com > > www.jeffreyjdavis.com > > 218.833.2847 > > > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > > been listening to this with a really critical ear i guess ive been > > waiting for orb to do something shitty or half assed ever since it > > thinned down to just the two alx and thomas like how could these two > > guys do what used to take like 5-10 ppl per album to churn out > > > > but this is a great great album, totally orb yet totally exploring new > > territory, or old territory in a new way really amazing stuff how they > > took that classic orb sound and took it in such a bold new direction > > without skipping a beat-- i think this is definitely going to be > > another cult classic album of theirs its like ambient done right > > making you say "yeah this is what i want ambient music to be like" and > > you wonder why the fuck nobody else can seem to pin it down like alx > > when it just seems to fucking natural and simple for them. > > i was thinking alot about that, the guy really has an amazing gift to > > simply not be in a hurry when he's composing, and yet knowing exactly > > how much extra content to add to keep things interesting, and where to > stop adding > > things. i think he can take just about anything and spread it out > across > > 10 minutes and just make it amazing, i've only the vaguest notion of > > how he does it. > > > > > > Clint Anderson > > Systems Engineer > > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Justin Rickles <jrick@jrick.com> wrote: > >> > >> awesome, thanks for the link! > >> > >> Justin > >> > >> On Oct 11, 2016, at 6:08 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> http://thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/the-orb-new-album-cow-c > >> hill-world-stream/ > >> > >> > >> Clint Anderson > >> Systems Engineer > >> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > >> > >> > > > >