May 2002 - Orb - mailman.xmission.com

fav orb works (orb tattoos)
by Ovation15＠aol.com 27 May '02

27 May '02

my fav LX work changes alot. but right now Orbvs Terrervm and Pomme Fritz are by far my fav Orb/LX works at the moment. FFWD is a good dark album but never been a favorite of mine. always enjoyed though. i even recently got that cool star symbol from the Pomme Fritz album tattooed on my right arm. i was going to get some more work done on the same arm but i havnt decided exactly what i want yet. id like some more orb/LX type images, but i dont know what yet. anyone else with orb tatts want to e-mail me and send me pics of what they have that would be very cool. DJ TeleVision In a message dated 5/26/02 9:38:54 PM Central Daylight Time, trixxed(a)yahoo.com writes: << -- james.drysdale(a)utoronto.ca wrote: > > But things change...the Orb, as it was, is no > longer. With the comings > and goings of various members, the sound has > gradually, but noticably, > changed. Many of us "olde-time" orbies liked it > better the old way. > Perhaps this is why there seem to be fewer and fewer > of the "old" > posters on this list. speaking of which - what ever happened to Pete Ashdown? Such a strong presence on the list - almost a decade ago, no? (thank god I'm still in my 20's) > > For me, personally, I think the last truly great Orb > album was Orbus > Terrarum (not counting the first Auntie Aubrey's, > which I love). I am still die hard FFWD, though I rarely rarely listen to it anymore. For me it was the last great, great thing. Otherwise I do think groovetech has reaffirmed my overall agreement with Alex's tastes. >>

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Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia
by Ovation15＠aol.com 27 May '02

27 May '02

are you talking about the LA show, that crappy set they played during that festival? correct if im wrong but if thats the show you are reffering to that was suppose to be the worst show of the North American Tour, so i dont think that would be a very good one to judge the tour on. if thats not the show your talking about which one are you talking about? remember i was only reffering to US shows (or North American). cant much speak for all those great appearences he makes over in the UK and europe. DJ TV In a message dated 5/26/02 11:28:46 AM Central Daylight Time, ramonvink(a)hotmail.com writes: << Okay, everybody has his own opinion here :-) cool.. IMO the early version also comes closer to the OT album. More and deeper bass and less engineered sounding with clearly on the fly muting of thacks like Trash used to do on the early albums (Loving U) I'm sad to conclude as well that i did not like the live set they played on DOUR 2001 (BE).. Okay, the weather was f$^&ng shit and all, but the show was not rocking as it did back in '95 @ Happy happy JoY JoY Tour. I can sense the influence of Andy here. Clearly, i do NOT dislike the Orb or BadOrb stuff now, but i think the Cydonia album could have been more enjoyable than it now is. Orb-out Arv >>

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Re: [Orb] update from the Orb camp
by Ovation15＠aol.com 27 May '02

27 May '02

thats really good news thats the month of my B Day. maybe they will make a stop in Texas somewhere this time. i write them many e-mails suggesting austin as probably the best place for them to visit. even though i live in Dallas and love my city it would probably be a better show down in Auntin, and id gladly make the trip, give me an excuse to see all my friends down there. i hope that info you got is for real. DJ TeleVision In a message dated 5/8/02 12:01:36 AM Central Daylight Time, orbaddict(a)yahoo.com writes: << Hello All, I talked to Simon tonight, and he says all is good with him and the boys. He's beenvery busy with music for both Prayerbox and the Orb. He told me he's been working with LX on 3 new Orb tracks, and expects to be back in the US on tour in October. Woo hoo! Gavin >>

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Re: [Orb] Andy Hughes
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 27 May '02

27 May '02

1) >>Cydonia wasn't worth the.....>> Obviously everyone has different tastes, but I personally think "Terminus" is an orb classic? 2) I confess "I am an orbaholic". I was looking back over the the years of archives and see postings from obsessed fans. Most are no longer on the list, I was wondering what happened to them? Does anyone know a laspsed liste? - did they go mad, or did they grow up, get married, move away, do they still listen to the orb, or have their musical tastes changed,(if so to what?). Can we learn anything about our own mortality and list future from these people? Any help would be appreciated before it's too late. cheers bill

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Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia
by Ramon Vink 26 May '02

26 May '02

Okay, everybody has his own opinion here :-) cool.. IMO the early version also comes closer to the OT album. More and deeper bass and less engineered sounding with clearly on the fly muting of thacks like Trash used to do on the early albums (Loving U) I'm sad to conclude as well that i did not like the live set they played on DOUR 2001 (BE).. Okay, the weather was f$^&ng shit and all, but the show was not rocking as it did back in '95 @ Happy happy JoY JoY Tour. I can sense the influence of Andy here. Clearly, i do NOT dislike the Orb or BadOrb stuff now, but i think the Cydonia album could have been more enjoyable than it now is. Orb-out Arv >From: "Jason Hicks" <ikki1(a)msn.com> >Reply-To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: "xmission orb list" <orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Subject: Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia >Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 12:11:13 -0700 > > > IMHO, the "official" version of Mile Long Lump of Lard >rocks all over the earlier version. I like the way LX and co. cleaned it >up so we could actually hear the samples instead of a big wall of >distortion. Sure it could have been longer, but after hearing it live >(which was based on the "official" version) I'll always think of the track >as a great way to start a show. > >BTW Orblivion is my third favorite Orb album behind Ultraworld and U.F. >Orb, I thought it was a remarkable return to form. Cydonia is definitely >uneven but has several outstanding tracks that make it worth owning, i.e. >Promis, Terminus, and Thursday's Keeper. > > > Jason > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Ramon Vink >Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 11:38 AM >To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia > >Ooh man, i couldn't agree more! That version is by far better than the one >that appeared on Cydonia.. The Cydonia version is not 'fat' sounding as it >should do. And is less rough sounding. >Why they desided to apply a different mix is a complete MISTERY to me.. Or >can anybody clear this up for me? > > > >Arv > > > >To me, the best track is the one that didn't make it; I think the > >pre-release version of A Mile Long Lump Of Lard kicks ass all over the > >final version, and over every other track on the album. (Which isn't to >say > >that there aren't other very good tracks on the album, like on every Orb > >album.) > > > >Chris > > > >np: v/a - JBO Collection 2 > > > >_______________________________________________ Orb mailing list > >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb > >_________________________________________________________________ >Download MSN Explorer gratis van http://explorer.msn.nl/intl.asp. > > >_______________________________________________ >Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orbGet more from the >Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com -=+++RAMON VINK+++=- |||||||||||||||||||| _________________________________________________________________ MSN Foto's is de makkelijkste manier om je foto's te delen met anderen en af te drukken: http://photos.msn.nl/Support/WorldWide.aspx

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Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia
by Ovation15＠aol.com 25 May '02

25 May '02

well AA2 is full of mostly old remixes some as old as like 1990-1991 like the fischermans friend (KLF) and some not so old like 1997 Radio Babaylon. and id hardly call this stuff second rate work. AA2 seems to basically save alot of people from wearing out their super rare 12"s by listening to them and having to MP3 tracks that were pretty hard to come by. i am very very pleased with AA2, i think its serves its purpose well as a chapter in the book of orb releases. DJ TeleVision In a message dated 5/24/02 9:21:52 PM Central Daylight Time, charlesjaxx(a)hotmail.com writes: << Just a quick comment: Granted, Cydonia's spotty. I stopped listening to it after a few weeks, but I have to say there's a few gems there: Ghostdancing, Thursday's Keeper, Terminus... but it's actually Hamlet of Kings that surprised me in the long run, it's quite a grower. Another fan waiting for the Orb to become relevant again... (Aubrey 2... barely "ok", but most of it is basically all the second-rate stuff that was excluded from the first for a reason.) >>

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Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia (is anybody with me?)
by Ovation15＠aol.com 25 May '02

25 May '02

i agreee here totally the released "official" version of mile long lump of lard was much far better then tha nasty distorted thing on the early CDR versions. also to these people knocking cydonia all together, did any of you guys go see the orb on the cydonia tour, i mean i had a similar opinion as you guys did when i just listened to the album, but when i saw them play these songs live, it really brought it all together for me, and i 'understood' where LX was at with his music and what he was trying to do. i mean the maritime hall show in san fran was one of the best orb shows ever IMO (USA). of course i didnt have the pleasure of hearing much prior to 1994 but thats many years between 94 and 2001 and many orb shows played (in the USA). i think hearing the cydonia tracks played live was what really got me to respect that album and what LX was trying to do at that point with "The Orb". EDM was really one of my favorite tracks also (excluding Terminus of course). that show left me flying and renforced my rescpect in LX for years to come. is anybody with me, i mean, didnt anyone else get that feeling after the cydonia tour? it was like the album really made sense after the show, and all i could do was crave to hear what was to come next from this, at the time, pie in the sky new foriegn badorb.com label thing that was to come. i am very pleased with the progress and the musical releases that have been provided. DJ TeleVision In a message dated 5/25/02 2:12:42 PM Central Daylight Time, ikki1(a)msn.com writes: << IMHO, the "official" version of Mile Long Lump of Lard rocks all over the earlier version. I like the way LX and co. cleaned it up so we could actually hear the samples instead of a big wall of distortion. Sure it could have been longer, but after hearing it live (which was based on the "official" version) I'll always think of the track as a great way to start a show. BTW Orblivion is my third favorite Orb album behind Ultraworld and U.F. Orb, I thought it was a remarkable return to form. Cydonia is definitely uneven but has several outstanding tracks that make it worth owning, i.e. Promis, Terminus, and Thursday's Keeper. Jason >>

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Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia
by Jason Hicks 25 May '02

25 May '02

IMHO, the "official" version of Mile Long Lump of Lard rocks all over the earlier version. I like the way LX and co. cleaned it up so we could actually hear the samples instead of a big wall of distortion. Sure it could have been longer, but after hearing it live (which was based on the "official" version) I'll always think of the track as a great way to start a show. BTW Orblivion is my third favorite Orb album behind Ultraworld and U.F. Orb, I thought it was a remarkable return to form. Cydonia is definitely uneven but has several outstanding tracks that make it worth owning, i.e. Promis, Terminus, and Thursday's Keeper. Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: Ramon Vink Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 11:38 AM To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia Ooh man, i couldn't agree more! That version is by far better than the one that appeared on Cydonia.. The Cydonia version is not 'fat' sounding as it should do. And is less rough sounding. Why they desided to apply a different mix is a complete MISTERY to me.. Or can anybody clear this up for me? Arv >To me, the best track is the one that didn't make it; I think the >pre-release version of A Mile Long Lump Of Lard kicks ass all over the >final version, and over every other track on the album. (Which isn't to say >that there aren't other very good tracks on the album, like on every Orb >album.) > >Chris > >np: v/a - JBO Collection 2 > >_______________________________________________ Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ Download MSN Explorer gratis van http://explorer.msn.nl/intl.asp. _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orbGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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Re: [Orb] Re: Cydonia
by Ramon Vink 25 May '02

25 May '02

Ooh man, i couldn't agree more! That version is by far better than the one that appeared on Cydonia.. The Cydonia version is not 'fat' sounding as it should do. And is less rough sounding. Why they desided to apply a different mix is a complete MISTERY to me.. Or can anybody clear this up for me? Arv >To me, the best track is the one that didn't make it; I think the >pre-release version of A Mile Long Lump Of Lard kicks ass all over the >final version, and over every other track on the album. (Which isn't to say >that there aren't other very good tracks on the album, like on every Orb >album.) > >Chris > >np: v/a - JBO Collection 2 > >_______________________________________________ Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ Download MSN Explorer gratis van http://explorer.msn.nl/intl.asp.

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Reminiscent Orb...
by Chain Reaction 25 May '02

25 May '02

>DonÂ´t forget all the musicians in the past, I think all of them gave a lot to the old sound of the orb... To me, the true genius behind the sounds and scapes I fell in love with years ago, is Kris Weston, a.k.a. Thrash...but of course there are different chapters in the Orb anthology, with different creators and a public lacking one distinctive taste in the sounds they like. Anyone knows what he's been up to these last few years..?? Greetz, Steph... -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

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