i did recently check out Transit Kings and it is an (i think) incredible
album. a handful of tracks on their have weak portions or annoying bits,
but i would say the rest of it is so impressive/awesome as to render them
irrelevant... its got a shedload of fantastic tracks on it and does really
sort of bring to mind dream-era Orb
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 4:03 PM, polar-sequence <polar-sequence@home.nl>
wrote:
quoted 216 lines I can understand why you don’t get into Cydonia, somehow it’s not a> I can understand why you don’t get into Cydonia, somehow it’s not a
> coherent album, but it has some great tracks on it (A Mile Long Lump Of
> Lard, Terminus!). If you can get the 1999 first versions recordings, you’ll
> find some great versions as well!
>
> Screen is a side project of LX with Chester and Gaudi, highly dub
> influenced as you might expect.
>
> HFB stands for High Frequency Bandwidth, another side project of LX with
> Dom Beken. One physical albums, a few digital ones as well as digital
> singles.
>
> Do you know Transit Kings? Another side project with Guy Pratt and even
> Jimi Cauty playing along on a few tracks. ‘Living In A Giant Candle Winking
> At God’ is worth a listen too (although it suffers the same jazziness as
> HFB from time to time, but it certainly has its great moments).
>
>
>
> *Van:* Clint Anderson [mailto:clinta@gmail.com]
> *Verzonden:* woensdag 15 april 2015 16:37
> *Aan:* polar-sequence
> *CC:* AV2k; Idm List
> *Onderwerp:* Re: Fw: orb
>
>
>
> heh actually the only orb release i don't like is Cydonia, and i have
> tried and tried to make myself 'get' it but, i just dont like it
>
> can't put my finger on what it is i don't like about it, just actively
> annoys me when i listen to it, heh
>
> i didnt know about the Screen stuff, going to have to check that out asap
>
> i did listen to the one re-release of all the wau! mr modo stuff and its
> not at all bad but it did not age well, in my opinion... its a bunch of
> tracks that first off, dont really sound at all like the orb, which of
> course makes sense because -- they arent, and were clearly never intended
> to sound like the orb, and i can imagine, listening to them, that in 1995 i
> would have thought they were all fantastic but not so much in 2015
>
> apparently i am a terrible fan for also not having heard until now of the
> HFB material so... ill have to look at that
>
>
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 4:09 AM, polar-sequence <polar-sequence@home.nl>
> wrote:
>
> Yes, totally Orb minded here as well. Clint, you put the words right: with
> LX as a constant member, contributers largely influence the outcome of
> particular tracks. I like this idea: you will know what to expect from
> them, but then again anything could happen as well! Great dub sounds with
> Lee Perry or the Screen album (with Gaudi and Chester), minimal techno
> (Thomas Fehlmann), full-sample loaded heavy bass-lined tracks with Youth et
> cetera, great aural explorations with Kris Weston, Steve Hillage and so
> forth. The only output that I’m not too keen on is HFB, too jazzy for my
> ears. But hey: you can’t please them all…
>
>
>
> There is supposed to be a new album on Kompakt later this year, I’m still
> waiting for the DVD’s on the accompanying ‘Adventures Beyond Dark Matter’
> release on Abbey Road and there is speaking of a 3rd History Of The
> Future (focused on the releases with Andy Hughes). The future looks bright
> J
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Johan
>
>
>
>
>
> *Van:* Clint Anderson [mailto:clinta@gmail.com]
> *Verzonden:* woensdag 15 april 2015 1:49
> *Aan:* AV2k
> *CC:* Idm List
> *Onderwerp:* Re: Fw: orb
>
>
>
> also The Dream has great basslines (imagine that) in every track
>
>
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i think patterson is sort of the guide that has kept the orb 'brand'
> sounding the same or at least similar enough. you can argue about how much
> he does or doesn't do, but only the orb sounds like the orb, and alex
> patterson is only in the orb, and the only one consistently in it, at that,
> so he must do SOMETHING intangible. he's like flava flav is to public
> enemy maybe? i'm kidding but he clearly has steered the thing through 25
> years of ups and downs.
>
> that said i really enjoy westons contributions and i'm just not going to
> say anything about him one way or another for fear i'll get an angry email
> ;)
>
> i actually really enjoy The Dream too, too bad they only managed to do one
> album with that lineup. same for living in a giant candle winking at god,
> great stuff if only they could have done another one.
>
> as for fehlmann, yeah i had heard alot of his solo stuff as just 'thomas
> fehlmann' quite awhile before he became a regular orb collaborator, i
> wouldn't ever have expected him to be the piece that alex replaced weston
> with, as the two are so completely different sounding, but his tiny loops
> and textures and sound beds really work in the new lineup.
>
> i saw them last year in minneapolis, fehlmann and patterson, and it was a
> great show. clearly just tweaked versions of some of their tracks with
> some special one-off discs on the cdj for patterson, nothing too fancy, and
> fehlmann had his macbook synced up and was adding beats and samples and
> whatnot. a really simple performance, where its probably really easy to
> transport all the gear, i imagine it must be 1000 times easier than their
> old mega-setups they toted around.
>
>
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 6:57 AM, AV2k <a_void2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I meant to send this to the list.
>
>
>
> I like Thomas Fehlmann, but I like Chris Weston more. Patterson seems like
> the type that dabbles in everything but lets the others do the actual work,
> and this sometimes shows in their albums. Weston has a temper, sure, he is
> an angry man, but sometimes, this type of personality creates better art.
> This is true in painting (Pollack), music composition (Mozart) and every
> other type of creative medium.
>
>
>
> Weston is still putting out some great stuff, even though he is
> economically crippled now, and he would argue that it is everyone else's
> fault except his, but if he would just hold back the outrage, just a
> little, in the effort to keep the peace, perhaps people would work with him
> a bit longer.
>
>
> ---
> Sent from my Robot Monkey Drum Machine
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* AV2k <a_void2000@yahoo.com>
> *To:* Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 9:22 PM
> *Subject:* Re: orb
>
>
>
> [reluctantly raises hand]
>
>
>
> Yep. I've got every album. I love Blue Room (39:57), but Oxbow Lakes
> (Psychic Pals Family Wealth Plan Mix) is my favorite piece.
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Sent from my Robot Monkey Drum Machine
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
> *To:* IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 8:36 PM
> *Subject:* orb
>
>
>
> any obsessive mega-Orb fans on here?
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
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