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- (intro - Clockwork Orange), Way Out, Spare
Parts Express, Impact (The Earth is Burning), Know Where to Run,
An Fhomhair, Halcyon (with Belinda Carlisle and Bon Jovi samples)
,I Dont Know You People, The Box, Nothing Left (Parts 1 and 2),
Style, Bigpipe Style, Satan, Open Mind (F.A.Mix) (with the new intro
- vocoder fallout samples) , Doctor Who and Chime. Review #1 - Paul McMullan When we arrived at the Olympia Ballroom in Dublin, it seemed to be a strange venue for the Orbital gig.. fully seated (well, wooden steps really) and large balconies. Anyway, we managed to arrive in time for Plaid, who had some really great tracks. I'd never heard of them before, I also liked their "open back of a live TV" effect. They got us warmed up well enough, but I was starting to get anxious for the Hartnoll boys to get ready. Anyway, they arrived on after the Clockwork Orange intro and straight into a new song which was absolutely superb.. lasted for ages, also used a sample from John Craven's newsround (the end bit). Brilliant! About 2 minutes into it, I looked behind me and the entire balcony was dancing, so that was the last of the "seating". Bit of technical trouble with one track near the start, and the music stopped for a while. The crowd were very patient and noone was getting rowdy, even though it was about 10 minutes before things started up again. I'd heard the live Halcyon before, so was expecting the Belinda/Jovi samples. My friends hadn't, and found it hilarious. I *think* I also heard Fool's Gold by the Stone Roses in there also. A lot of new stuff was played, which I wasn't sure about, but it does sound terrific. They mixed the normal style with Bigpipe, and it lasted for ages. The Box also sounded magic, even though it's not my favourite track. Three tracks for the encore: Satan, which blew my ears off, another track I didn't recognise, and Chime with the Dr. Who encore. I've been to plenty of guitar based gigs which have been loud. This was my first Orbital gig, and has to be one of the loudest i've enjoyed. It's over 12 hours after the gig, and i'm sitting here, typing with my ears still ringing like hell. What a show.. the atmosphere was amazing, and i've never seen so much sweat! Review #2 - Quinlan Michael Oliver On the second night we were at he front with no-body between us and the lads,that time we diddn't have much of a view or interest in the screens....the music was so loud that our bodies were reverbating to the base lines (especially plaids stuff....which on hindsight I would haave been satisified tjust at seeing them..pitty the are such a cult following and not many people were there at that stage....cant wait to here the new album and mix album). The highlite of the two gigs was paul and phil jumping arround as much as we were..the battle scenes in braveheart could no compare to the energy and atmosphere prioduced by a prefect crowd reacting to every tweak of a 303(chime is a minimal masterpiece?!?....style is the new Belfast...orbotal are the best live band in the entire world..if only because their new music had such an effect on people who had never herd it before..I diddn;t realise how much I had missed them until I hers it.The gear breaking down only added to the madness (the irish crowd are the most up for it in europe and the most understanding of the difficulties of performing live) we did ourselves proud. |
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