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From:
Alan Lucas
To:
Clint Anderson
Cc:
Chris Taylor , Jeff Davis , idm list
Date:
Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:23:45 -0400
Subject:
Re: Orbital
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And let's not forget: In Sides was this list's Album Of The Year in 1996. On Friday, August 19, 2016, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 90 lines yeah i for one love(d) orbital, first thing i got was snivelisation which> yeah i for one love(d) orbital, first thing i got was snivelisation which > apparently was their big break in the US and that was pre internet. i > think in-sides stands out for me as the best, i got both versions of the > double-cd. i also really like the brown and green albums as well, almost > all absolute top notch tracks. i could definitely see Orbital as > braindance, its certainly lovely groovy cool music. > i kind of lost interest slowly tho on the stuff after in-sides, they have > had good tracks here and there but it just seemed a lot less inspired than > previously, probably they stopped doing drugs or something (ha) > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','christaylor415@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> yeah the rave thing seems key. >> >> still compared to other "electronica" acts that got pushed at that point >> in time, it's pretty sensible stuff >> >> thanks >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','clinta@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHjXyHlpmXs >>> >>> the gun is good! >>> >>> >>> Clint Anderson >>> Systems Engineer >>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com');>> wrote: >>> >>>> Green Album and Brown Album (1st two) were viewed as being pretty >>>> influential, though they were always viewed as a little more ravey / >>>> festivaly than straight Bedroom Listening Warp stuff. I think they >>>> gradually lost relevance from Snivilization on. Planet of the Shapes >>>> is still an outright banger though. >>>> >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Jeffrey J Davis >>>> >>>> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com');> >>>> >>>> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> 218.833.2847 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','christaylor415@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>> > IDMers - share your insight: >>>> > >>>> > How, historically, did Orbital fit in with the Warp Records/IDM >>>> thing? In >>>> > listening to Snivisation it doesn't seem to far away from the >>>> Artificial >>>> > Intelligence comp or other stuff of that era. And pretty dope too >>>> with a >>>> > nice electro feel. But I don't feel like they get much critical >>>> attention >>>> > (or maybe retrospective assessment) >>>> > >>>> > I ended up hearing from through Insides which got played on >>>> alternative >>>> > radio in The States in the mid/late 90s and they were part of the >>>> > Prodigy/Underworld/Chemical Brothers package that made it to rock >>>> radio. >>>> > >>>> > Thoughts? >>>> >>> >>> >> >