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Christian Bartholdsson <chris@minsk.docs.uu.se> writes:

quoted 13 lines Jeffrey Kihn writes:

> Jeffrey Kihn writes: > > >Interesting that the Orb isn't getting the kind of backlash that Aphex > >has, even though they're certainly on the same scale. Comparing the two > >is kind of interesting. > > I'm sure that the new album will have to be quite different and 'challenging' > compared to their old stuff if they don't want the real backlash to start. > They didn't exactly get storming reviews for "Live 93". And personally I > thought "UF Orb" was boring. > I don't know, maybe a totally acoustic album played on guitars, or something, > would make me think that they're carving out a new direction in music history > again. We've heard whale noises for four years now. It's time to move on.

Out of curiousity, which Orb tracks have whale noises on them? I can't think of one myself, although I've hardly heard everything they've done. But off Adventures Beyond.., UFOrb, numerous singles/remixes, Live 93 (which IMHO is outstanding (and it works even better if you mix between the two discs)) I can't recall any whale noises :-) The orb's material was, and *still is* very innovative. Let's face, though it might not be particullarly hard, there aren't many "ambient" groups out there whose music sounds much like the orb. One thing these folks certainly have over most of the ambient schlock (and there seems to be alot more bad "ambient" music than bad IDM, doesn't it) is a great sense of humour. Another thing, and this is an area, at least for me, of comparision with say Jack Dangers and Richard James, is that anything they do has a distinctive sound. It's pretty obvious when the Orb has remixed a track, because it's just not like anyone elses :) - Dan |=|=|=|=\=|=\=|=\=|=\=|=\=|=/=|=/=|=/=|=/=|=|=|=|-------------------------- The 8-BIt Collective - Transmission 23 - edrone dan nicholson, Clonor the Other - Finnish Techno Zyndicate 8bit@vlad.bowker.com -=>ICBM volume one available soon!<=- moddan@vlad.bowker.com "This message has been sent out - did you originate it?"