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Press Release/News Blurb: Orb Plans "Best-Of" Album Ambient music hucksters the Orb will release their first-ever greatest-hits collection Nov. 17. Titled "U. F. Off - The Best Of The Orb," the Island set will feature 12 of the veteran act's tracks, including "Little Fluffy Clouds" (currently being used in a Volkswagen Beetle commercial) and the monstrously titled "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld." The first 15,000 copies of "U.F. Off" will be packaged with a bonus disc, which will include seven previously unreleased mixes, as well as live versions and alternate edits. In addition, the Orb recently paired with former Take That singer Robbie Williams for a cover version of the Bee Gees' track "I Started A Joke." The collaboration is to be featured on a Bee Gees tribute album, "Gotta Get A Message To You," which is scheduled to be released Oct. 12 in Europe by Polydor. No U.S. street date is scheduled at the present time. For those that are interested (especially after the BoC fiasco), here's a few upcoming major American release dates from the pages of ICE. Does anyone know anything about the 4 Hero album being released domestic? It was promised in October, but isn't on the list at all now; I'm still not ready to pay the import price for two discs of sub-Roni Size fusion... 9/29 ------ Prince Paul-Prince Among Thieves (Tommy Boy) DJ Spooky-Riddim Warfare (Outpost) U.N.K.L.E.-Psyence Fiction (Mowax/London) 10/6 ------ Locust-Morning Light (Sire) Meat Beat Manifesto-Actual Sounds and Voices (Nothing/Interscope) Wagon Christ-Tally Ho! (Astralwerks) Whale-All Disco Dancing Must End in Broken Bones (Virgin) 10/13 -------- Wendy Carlos-Tales from Heaven & Hell (ESD) Monkey Mafia-Shoot the Boss (Grateful Dead/Arista) 10/20 -------- Beck-Mutations (Geffen) Dub Pistols-Point Blank (1500/A&M) Fatboy Slim-You've Come a Long Way, Baby (Astralwerks) Grooverider-Mysteries of Funk (Columbia) Ice-Bad Blood (Reprise) Lotus-Lotus LP #1 (Ignition) -- with Alex Empire [sic] Third Eye Foundation-You Guys Kill Me (Merge) 808 State-Ex:el and Gorgeous (ZTT/Universal) [reissues] Skinny Puppy-Remix-Distemper (Nettwerk) Stereolab-Aluminum Tunes (Drag City) Paul Van Dyk-45 rpm and Seven Ways (Mute) [reissues] 10/27 -------- Pan sonic-a-b (Mute) Spiritualized-Live at Albert Hall (Arista) 11/3 ------ 808 State-Thermo Kings (Hypnotic) Asian Dub Foundation-Rafi's Revenge (Slash/London) Paul Oakenfold-Tranceport (Kinetic/Reprise) Plastikman-Artifakts (Mute) Portishead-Live (Go!Beat/London) Talvin Singh-O.K. (Island) .John. NP: Laurent Garnier-30 (F Comm)

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, John Bush wrote:

quoted 6 lines Press Release/News Blurb:

> Press Release/News Blurb: > > Orb Plans "Best-Of" Album > Ambient music hucksters the Orb will release their first-ever greatest-hits > collection Nov. 17. Titled "U. F. Off - The Best Of The Orb," the Island > set will feature 12 of the veteran act's tracks, including "Little Fluffy

hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album deal with them. so far there's been _live 93_, _orbus terrarum_, _orblivion_, and now this. not bad - he only actually had to write and record one of them! * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# see the stars, they're shining bright/everything's alright tonight

Excerpts from mail: 23-Sep-98 Re: (idm) UFOff/New Releases by laerm@voicenet.com

quoted 3 lines hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album deal with

> hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album deal with > them. so far there's been _live 93_, _orbus terrarum_, _orblivion_, and > now this. not bad - he only actually had to write and record one of them!

What about that Mini-LP, Pomme Fritz? That was released on Island, but I'm not terribly sure if it qualifies as an album or not.... That would bring the tally up to 5... Bleep np: (eep) Goldie - Saturnzreturn If you fast forward thru the first 22 minutes of the first disc, and listen to the middle part of mother, it's actually quite enjoyable. As for the second disc, there's perhaps two redeeming tracks, but the rest of it is unlistenable.

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Aaron S Michelson wrote:

quoted 4 lines What about that Mini-LP, Pomme Fritz? That was released on Island, but

> What about that Mini-LP, Pomme Fritz? That was released on Island, but > I'm not terribly sure if it qualifies as an album or not.... > > That would bring the tally up to 5...

oh yeah - i always forget about that one.

quoted 5 lines np: (eep) Goldie - Saturnzreturn

> np: (eep) Goldie - Saturnzreturn > If you fast forward thru the first 22 minutes of the first disc, and > listen to the middle part of mother, it's actually quite enjoyable. As > for the second disc, there's perhaps two redeeming tracks, but the rest > of it is unlistenable.

nonetheless, i do believe i'll pass. * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# see the stars, they're shining bright/everything's alright tonight

don't forget pomme fritz... or does that only count as an ep? i know it says "the orb's little album" so i wasn't sure. np:friend:hotrod(great warhol-esque artwork... can't wait to see some more dot stuff coming down the pike) On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, laerm wrote:

quoted 11 lines hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album deal with

> > hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album deal with > them. so far there's been _live 93_, _orbus terrarum_, _orblivion_, and > now this. not bad - he only actually had to write and record one of them! > > * > #### > a disturbance in a system. #### > laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# > see the stars, they're shining bright/everything's alright tonight >

John Bush wrote:

quoted 5 lines Does

> Does > anyone know anything about the 4 Hero album being released domestic? It > was promised in October, but isn't on the list at all now; I'm still not > ready to pay the import price for two discs of sub-Roni Size fusion... >

Hmph. IMO, 4Hero's _Two Pages_ craps all over _New Forms_ from an enormous height. YMMV. -d.w.

quoted 4 lines hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album

> hah! dr lx sure has island right. he signed on for a six album > deal with them. so far there's been _live 93_, _orbus terrarum_, > _orblivion_, and now this. not bad - he only actually had to write > and record one of them!

To be fair, both _Orbus_Terrarum_ and _Orblivion_ consist of original material, so that's two, not one. Plus, Island *asked* for _UFOff_, so you can't really blame LX for that. Island is really getting into the greatest hits thing: they just signed a contract with U2 for *3* greatest hits albums. Gotta wonder about that. I imagine this conversation: Island: Here's $50 million, please let us compile tracks you've already recorded and made famous. Oh, yeah, and we want to make three packages out of it. Would that be OK with you? U2: Um, OK. To bring this to a complete circle, I reallyreallyreally hope that the Orb's remix of "Numb" ends up on one of the forthcoming CDs. -- Adam J Weitzman NewsEdge Corporation This space intentionally left http://www.newsedge.com blank. Except for this part. http://www.newspage.com

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Adam J Weitzman wrote:

quoted 3 lines To be fair, both _Orbus_Terrarum_ and _Orblivion_ consist of original

> To be fair, both _Orbus_Terrarum_ and _Orblivion_ consist of original > material, so that's two, not one. Plus, Island *asked* for _UFOff_, so > you can't really blame LX for that.

well, yes, true, but _orbus terrarum_ was completed before he signed to island. he signs, then two weeks later, "here's album no.1, release it". i'm not blaming him - i just see this proliferation of non-new albums as bringing the orb's end closer, and i don't like that.

quoted 9 lines Island is really getting into the greatest hits thing: they just signed a

> Island is really getting into the greatest hits thing: they just signed a > contract with U2 for *3* greatest hits albums. Gotta wonder about that. I > imagine this conversation: > > Island: Here's $50 million, please let us compile tracks you've already > recorded and made famous. Oh, yeah, and we want to make three packages > out of it. Would that be OK with you? > > U2: Um, OK.

yeah, i can't see them saying no to that.

quoted 2 lines To bring this to a complete circle, I reallyreallyreally hope that the Orb's

> To bring this to a complete circle, I reallyreallyreally hope that the Orb's > remix of "Numb" ends up on one of the forthcoming CDs.

right on! * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# see the stars, they're shining bright/everything's alright tonight

Yeah, I think it was a David Morales mix. White label only, maybe? Limited to 500? copies . Can anyone back me up? On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:

quoted 14 lines U2: Um, OK.

> > >U2: Um, OK. > > > >To bring this to a complete circle, I reallyreallyreally hope that the Orb's > >remix of "Numb" ends up on one of the forthcoming CDs. > > > Which reminds me: > Once heard a great remix of U2's "Lemon". > Anyone know more? > > 3 > >