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It may be a DJ set, but we are hearing the segues between the tracks, so we are hearing what they are planning to do live I would say.

Some of my most memorable live Orbital moments have involved Satan and something wouldnt feel quite right if it wasn't played.

If I was a betting man though, I would wager a fiver on beelzedub getting played as a standalone track.

Some of the transitions are probably what will happen but i really think its only a small fraction. Some of the mixing across to tracks was a little forced i think because of the tracks they wanted to play for this DJ set. I reckon they may surprise us and make a quite an interesting flow for the full live set.

Not sure about it only being a fraction.

I love Orbital to bits but if I had a gripe it would be that their live shows are quite predictable in terms of what tracks they play and the order they play them in.

In all honesty, I have never been very surprised at what I've heard at an Orbital gig.

Would have thought it time to drop Halcyon and Belinda and also Dr?, which I dont think is an ideal way to end the set.

Anyway,I will be loving every single second of the gig in Glasgow gig where the Belinda sample goes down particularly well so I will stop moaning and be thankful that my favourite ever band are playing in Scotland on a Saturday night and have some blinding good new material out.

cracking little mix loved it

pooptoad wrote:Not sure about it only being a fraction.

I love Orbital to bits but if I had a gripe it would be that their live shows are quite predictable in terms of what tracks they play and the order they play them in.

In all honesty, I have never been very surprised at what I've heard at an Orbital gig.

Would have thought it time to drop Halcyon and Belinda and also Dr?, which I dont think is an ideal way to end the set.

Anyway,I will be loving every single second of the gig in Glasgow gig where the Belinda sample goes down particularly well so I will stop moaning and be thankful that my favourite ever band are playing in Scotland on a Saturday night and have some blinding good new material out.

Really? You've never been surprised at an Orbital gig? I mean, I know they got somewhat samey during the 'best of' years before the split, but are you actually saying that the inclusion of tracks like 'Crime' or 'Out There Somewhere' and 'The Mobius' on the last tour was predictable? I find that a bit much! For what it's worth the ending on Doctor? at the 2009 Manchester gigs was nothing short of cathartic!

The best version of Satan I've ever seen them do was the recent Glasto version with the insane breakdown at the seven minute mark that would eventually become the latter half of Beezledub. If they could just stick to that I'd be happy!

Some great stuff in this mix but a VERY weird arrangement of tracks. Opening with Beezledub? No 'One Big Moment?' (an obvious opener if ever there was one). And putting 'Where is it going?' that early into the set? Odd.

They look like they're having SO much fun in this video though!

I do wish Paul would stop wearing that bloody blazer though. It puts about 10 years on him. He looked about 15 at the Maida Vale gigs just by leaving it off...

I think the live set will have New France into Halcyon into Where Is It Going? near the end of the main set (with maybe some other track mixing into the end of WIIG? like maybe Impact). Think it just happened to be thrown in early in the DJ set to mix things up a bit. Then again I could be completely wrong.

And I completely agree with you JIMBO, it's the surprises at an Orbital gig that make each tour special. Even the re-introduction of Lush on the last tour was again another surprise. The female vocal added to The Box and the massive long crossover from The Box into the rave Doctor ?.

I'm sure they will have a lot of surprises even with the Maida Vale and Boiler Room sets that we have heard.

I do hope they find a nice mix and flow throughout the set.

It's so nice to see them both enjoying themselves so much. I had got used to Paul sort of standing off to the side quite still occasionally raising the odd finger, but he is proper going for it here. It's awesome. The bit at the beginning of chime when they get carried away makes me smile so much. I can't stop watching it.

Just listening to that mix of Are We Here? and noticed the opening sample from "Desert Storm" off the Green album (around the 53.55 mark for the whole set).

"May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more. "

Also sounds like possibly more of the film the sample is from music wise in the breakdown straight after but I could be wrong. It's been I while since I watched it.

I thought wonky went into straight sun very very nicely.


Must say they do ahem look like they were enjoying themselves. Summer of love 2012?

For those interested, the DJ set is now up for free download at itunes at the link below. Download currently in progress on my iphone ready to go into rotation on the car stereo until next week when the album comes.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/boil ... d416373570

Can someone please put it somewhere other than itunes?

haha, I love a fellow iTunes hater. (I use the player but I don't like their store.)

I'm giving in and listening to this. OMG. LOVE.

Re: some of the discussion - I like Paul's jacket, very styley, but not very ravey so I see why some don't. I could do without Halcyon in the live set but that's easy for me to say as a megafan. I've probably played it hundreds or even more than a thousand times in the last however many years and might be a little burned out. It's the new stuff that gives me goosebumps. But you can see from audiences that it's huge and thus... guess they have to leave it in.

I also hate iTunes, in all its forms...luckily its on my mum's laptop so I'm using it whilst I'm here.

Forgot to comment on the discussion about Doctor ? - I think they definitely should leave this one in, what with how huge the show has gotten in the last couple of years.

Yeah just finish with Crime/StringyAcid/Chime