What a fantastic 2 hours (again)...
The crowd were genuinely up for it, which reminded me of how stale a lot of the crowd seemed at the 2004 Brixton gig; no such problem here, every tune seemed to set the crowd alight and I literally couldnt hear the begining of DR? because of the screams and joyous whoops coming from what seemed like every person in the room!
It seemed a heavier sound this time, I dont know whether thats to do with the venues PA, but it was really banging and it really hit all the right places.
I did note however, some guy seemed to be onstage for quite a while who was clearly not a paid up member of Orbital, could this have been the elusive "Pete" Hartnoll we have heard of through out the years?
He did only have one light coming out of his face, so I suspect he is the runt of the litter that the brothers probably keep behind closed doors until he is needed to rectify the all the synth presets once Paul has used them and has forgotten which one goes next.... can this be confirmed?
Anyway it certainly made up for my no-show in Manchester the weekend before, and I must admit it has been the prospect of seeing my favourite musical geniuses re-unite and play live again that has made this year really special for me, which does lead me on to wander 'what next'...
I'm sure we all hope this collaboration continues and maybe one day we might see a new Orbital Album hit the shelves in our local Record Shops...er actually... who am I kidding, I meant to say available for download on Itunes.
Even if this doesnt happen, I will definately support whatever Phil and Paul decide to do, just because their track records so far have been exemplorary.... Apart from "Shadows","Quality Seconds" and "Acid Pants".
