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quoted 2 lines oh boy, arguing with christian! one of my 10 favorite things to do on

>oh boy, arguing with christian! one of my 10 favorite things to do on >the internet.... :)

It's funny how we like the same music but never the same songs... :-)

quoted 4 lines true, he tends to work in the pop music area, but he's made some

>true, he tends to work in the pop music area, but he's made some >really excellent remixes - batman (turned a dreadful song into >something pretty cool), s'express (the orbit mix of hey music lover is >insane)... i'm sure there are others.

I was talking about his solo albums. Some of his mixes are good, but when he tries to make songs from scratch they always follow one of his two formulas - The Funky Song or The Ambient Song. Mike:

quoted 4 lines ObIntelligence: William Orbit, even in 1988-89, was using some really

>ObIntelligence: William Orbit, even in 1988-89, was using some really >neat tricks (like the loop-point-variation jon described) with sound, >as well as putting out some mixes that were way ahead of their time in >some respects.

Yes, every time he releases a solo record I get bombarded with press releases telling me how he invented ambient house. Maybe he did, but then he certainly didn't know what to do with it. I've always had the feeling that the man is a wimp. ;-) - chris@minsk.docs.uu.se