i sincerely hope that some of our friends in the uk will tape this and share the results with the list....PLEASE!
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:26:46 -0800 "Gonzi (Fresh)" <fresh@linkonline.net>
writes:
quoted 124 lines From the NME (sorry its formatted so weird). I know people where>>From the NME (sorry its formatted so weird). I know people where
>asking
>about this. Here you go: =20
>
>ORBITAL'S NEW YEAR REVOLUTION:
>
> ORBITAL crown one
> of the most successful
> 12 months in their
> six-year history with a
> huge New Year's Eve
> gig at London's
> Alexandra Palace. The
> duo, who headlined London Albert Hall in the
>summer, will
> play before 12,000 people as the climax of a
>12-hour party
> organised by Universe, which staged this
>year's
>Tribal
> Gathering and Big Love dance music festivals.
>Their set is
> also being recorded by Radio 1, which will
>broadcast the
> show the following day. DJs billed to play at
>what will be
> the first dance music event at the venue
>include The
> Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Sven Vath,
>Gayle San,
> Sasha & Jon Digweed, Mo'Wax boss James
>Lavelle
>and
> Jeff Mills. Live sets from top comedians and
>cinema
> screenings are also planned for the
>three-hall
>venue.=20
>
> Orbital's Paul Hartnoll said they had had a
>"Jim'll Fix
> It-like" year, with their last single 'The
>Box'
>reaching
> Number 11, their highest placing yet. He told
>NME the year
> had been "very busy" as they went out on tour
>as soon as
> they finished their album 'In Sides'. The LP
>entered the UK
> charts at Number Five and became their
>biggest-selling
> album to date, going silver in its first week
>of release.
> Hartnoll added that their gigs, which
>included
>'V96' at
> Chelmsford and the Earth Energy Festival at
>Sutton, Surrey,
> had provided an even greater reward.=20
>
> He said: "We forgot where we lived sometimes,
>but from a
> musical point of view, there were so many
>gigs
>which made
> the year. The one in San Francisco with
>Underworld was
> pretty immense, but the Albert Hall was the
>real Jim'll Fix
> It moment. There were ushers opening doors
>for
>us, men
> with perfect hair saying, 'There's a young
>lady
>out there who
> says she knows you personally.' It was wild.
>It's always nice
> to play a gig on New Year's Eve, so we're
>really looking
> forward to the Alexandra Palace date."=20
>
> He added that the band would start writing
>and
>recording a
> new album early next year, but that their
>main
>New Year's
> resolution was to write a film score. "My
>father used to
> listen to a lot of film soundtracks. We'd be
>racing round the
> house listening to Ben Hur. Some of the best
>music in the
> past 30 years has been film music, from the
>John Barrys and
> Ennio Morricones of this world, so that's
>what
>we really
> want to do."=20
>
> Orbital also plan to release a live version
>of
>'Satan' in
> January, recorded at a concert in New York
>earlier this
> year. The band are still deciding which other
>tracks to
> include on the EP. Tickets for the Alexandra
>Palace event
> cost =A327.50. For more details, call
>Universe o=
>n
>0181-963
> 0940.=20
>
>Bounty Hunters, we don't need those scum...
> _____
> / ,-,_)
> /,_)=20
>(/ RESH
>Live & Direct from the G-Spot,=20
>Orange County, California, USA
>