On 30.8.2011 7:41, Mark Howk wrote:
So was Chill Out supposed to be an Orb album, but released as a KLF album, seeing as the Blue Danube Orbital mix is by The Orb?
Nope, I don't think so. But Alex was quite heavily involved in that. From Wikipedia: "Chill Out is a single continuous musical piece having many distinctive sections, each of which either segues into or introduces the next. The album as a whole is a progression, with percussion gradually introduced during the second half. The KLF have stated in interviews that the album was recorded in a 44-minute "live" take in their studio, Trancentral, located in the basement of The KLF member Jimmy Cauty's squat in Stockwell, South London.This was a DAT to DAT "live" edit — essentially Chill Out is a "best of" of many hours of collaborative ambient DJ jam sessions that also involved Alex Paterson of The Orb." and also: "Parts of the original Trancentral and Land Of Oz sessions not used for Chill Out were developed to become The Orb's single "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld" and the ambient KLF Communications album Space. There are also several bootleg recordings available with additional versions." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chill_Out) But Space started as collaboration between Jimmy and Alex, what should have been The Orb's first album, but then Jimmy left to KLF, reworked Space and released it under KLF Communications. There is quite much of material circulating from those sessions: LX vs. KLF - CHILLOUT - Alex vs the KLF MK II (different mix) - Chill Out 3 Original - Chill Out 3-Track 2 - Chill Out-Orb rmx The KLF Studio DAT - 02 - Brooklyn New York - 03 - Borrowed love (Alex Vs KLF) and also something like 07 - Slowed down borrowed love (KLF slow the beats) There is also Chill Out 2, but if remember correctly, it was a fan made. I think that guy is also in this list, as there was some talk about this some time ago. This could be the case of Chill Out 3 too.. If someone could tell more about these, I would be really happy :)
We can also draw that the remix is an early version/take of 3 A.M. Somewhere Out of Beaumont.
Could be or could be not, as Chill Out was live recording and live mixing. Or that's what they say ;) -- anttil.