General Orb News Thread

memly · Post by **memly** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:09 pm

You should feel cheated Rich, there are 8 other months that have been omitted from your diary. Given the choice I would rather have Troms...

trompurple · Post by **trompurple** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:58 am

the podcasts are awesome.

is there an online way to ID a track? (assumiing the track is on a db somewhere...) remember Shazam that used to work on your mobile - anything like that?

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:39 pm

New track on myspace - well dubby.

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:21 pm

Website now live!

New album:

"It's a new album for the summer of 2007 titled "the dream", the project sees dr alex paterson back in the studio with former orbster youth, and dreadzone's tim bran. the album also features contributions from steve hillage, andy kane and eric walker"

Live/DJ:

JUNE 2007
Sunday 17 - Lx Paterson, DJ Set - Life Festival, Ireland
http://www.life-festival.com

Thursday 28 - Lx Paterson, DJ Set - Pure Rock, Serbia
http://www.pure-rock.org

JULY 2007
Saturday 14 - The Orb, Live - Monegros Desert Festival, Spain

Saturday 21 - The Orb, Live - Wickerman Festival, UK
East Kirkcaswell, near Dunrennan, South West Scotland

Saturday 28 - The Orb, Live - Rivierenhof, Belgium

SEPTEMBER 2007
Sunday 9th - The Orb, Live - Bestival, UK
Robin Hill Country Park, Newport, Isle of Wight Curated by BBC Radio 1's Rob da Bank

Saturday 26th - The Orb, Live - N.A.M.E., Northern France

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:46 am

"elektrum"(go past) with English Alex Paterson and German Thomas Fehlmann 05:03
(2002) (sample : Yuko Matsuzaki)

Previewed on their Myspace site:
http://www.myspace.com/orbisms

On the album Roedelius 'Snapshots/Sidesteps':
http://www.psychonavigation.com/snapshots.html

Available to purchase at:
http://www.psychonavigation.com/releases.html

Just ordered!

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:30 am

Taken from LX's myspace site:-

"the orb moves into another year, another album, another lineup . I have been recording the dream ( MECHTA) in the dreaming cave studios in south london with youth & tim bran. it's a turn back to our old days , we mean it man. more humour & big bass lines ! the album took on new turns when we invited Mr Hillage down & we got a few beautiful guitar parts from him. we have vocals from Juliet Roberts , D'eric walker Andy Caine & Aki Omor . we also have mix's by andy hughes & greg hunter ,clive goddard & david nock. also there's a chance there will be a free covers album by the orb called " orb ups " with the dream. date time 10/ 9 /007. LPO will carry on as a THOMAS & LX project & we are planning new adventures for the orb already !"

Bit concerned with the amount of vocalsits on this as I much prefered the old-school 10 min+ electro-house-dub of UFOrb...
Wonder if the covers lp will have Silver Machine on it?

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:34 pm

Here's the album cover:

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:59 pm

philmanns · Post by **philmanns** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:09 am

mixes by andy hughes? they've made up then? fuck, there'll be thrash doing a remix before you know it (not)

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:52 pm

Got Orbsessions vol 2 yesterday and it's fekkin magic.
Pisses all over vol 1 and indeed most of their released output since UFOrb - it really is that good.

Bulk of the tunes this time round seem to be from the Cydonia sessions - hindisght's a magic thing but LX should have kept them on there instead of replacing them with the vocal tracks...

You need to hear It's a Small World...

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:15 pm

The latest in platipus records' "art of chill" series, bought to you by the orb, is out on august 13th. mixed by alex paterson, the 2-cd set includes cuts by brian eno, david bowie, steve hillage, the orb, thomas fehlman and mad professor to name a few.

Tracklisting:-
Disc 1
1. David Bowie - Warszawa
2. Andrew Thomas - Fearsome Jewel 3
3. The Orb - Edelblau
4. Nina Walsh - Narcissist
5. Mad Professor - Dub Power
6. The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Duck You Sucker
7. Steve Hillage - Garden Of Paradise
8. Gudrun Gut - Tip Tip
9. Rootmasters - I Nearly Married Janis Joplins Mum
10. Transmission - Beyond Light
11. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound Of Someone You Love....
12. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
13. The Orb - Falkenbruck

Disc 2
1. Gas - Gas 1
2. Autolump - Lumpy Psalms
3. Ulf Lohmann - Nicht Die Welt
4. Opium Jukebox - Smells Like Teen Spirit
5. Kaito - Inside River
6. The Orb - Codes
7. Thomas Fehlmann - With Oil
8. Schneider TM - Cuba TM
9. Transit Kings - The West End Of A Duck Going East
10. Andrew Thomas - Fearsome Jewel 10
11. Husky Rescue - Sleep Tight Tiger

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:00 am

BTW, the Transit Kings track is apparently a live version

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:43 pm

The Orb - UF Orb (2xCD Deluxe Edition)
Out 17th September

Disc 1
1 O.O.B.E.
2 U.F. Orb (06:08)
3 Blue Room
4 Towers of Dub
5 Close Encounters
6 Majestic
7 Sticky End

Disc 2
1 OOBE (live in Berlin 1991)
2 Towers Of Dub (ambient mix)
3 Blue Room (ambient/Mark Angelos mix)
4 Close Encounters (ambient mix 1)
5 Majestic (mix 1)
6 Assassin (chocolate hills of bohol mix)

Hmmm....

"2007 digitally remastered edition of the second opus by Alex Paterson and Kris Weston that featured the mammoth single "Blue Room", which clocked in around 40 minutes! By entering the UK Top 10, the track was the longest ever to make the charts! It was recorded with former PiL bassist Jah Wobble & keyboardist Miquette Giraudy, as well as guitarist Steve Hillage. This special edition of the album includes a second disc with a variety of ambient mixes of the album tracks and other assorted rarities!"

shadyboy · Post by **shadyboy** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:11 am

Nice, but why Towers of Dub and Assassin on Disc 2?
Both are easy to get a hold of - they should have put Silver Machine and Hashassin on there....

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:39 am

shadyboy wrote:Nice, but why Towers of Dub and Assassin on Disc 2?
Both are easy to get a hold of - they should have put Silver Machine and Hashassin on there....

They'll probably be in a future boxset!

And, I guess that "Towers Of Dub (Ambient Mix)" was only really available on vinyl (although a version was included on UFOff)... Also, Assassin was a "single" off UFOrb, so I guess that a version of some sorts would have to be on there?

Still, I think that the live version of O.O.B.E., and the mixes of Close Encounters and Majestic (assuming it's not the Millwall mix) are exclusive?