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bicycles and tricycles review - part 2
by Smiley 08 Jun '03

08 Jun '03

Track 2: The Land Of Green Ginger (3:57) This sets the scene for the rest of the album - mellow and melodic. I didn't really like this track much when I heard it on the "Back To Mine" album - I thought it was a little too "Orb by numbers" (like "Red Worm")... ...but this version is MUCH better. It's better realised, filled out more, better mixed, and about a minute longer. Now I like it. ;-o Track 3: Hell's Kitchen (5:26) The track starts with what sounds like a church organ, before kicking off into some heavy bass sounds with regular trumpet stabs scattered throughout the track. On first play it could pass you by, but it gets better with repeated listening. Track 4: Gee Strings (6.39) Different to the version on the Kompassion EP - again, more filled out than the earlier version, about a minute and a half longer, and definitely an improvement. More up-tempo than the previous two tracks, with more of a dubby feel than the original and a one word (not that I can work out what the word actually is) vocal refrain throughout. Definitely an improvement, but one of the weakest tracks on the album, as far as I'm concerned. Track 5: Prime Evil (5.16) A real bass-thumper - I first played it on my car stereo, and nearly blew the back windscreen out as I had the bass turned up to 11 - with some "jazz-ish" keyboards at the start... ...but not for long, as the main vocal sample soon kicks in, and the track start to become a little like "S.A.L.T, Pt II". A "manic" speaker, railing against the world and "...the hell I've suffered.", with a progressive bass chord sequence about two-thirds of the way in very similar to that in "S.A.L.T.". Great track. Play it loud! Although not as good as "S.A.L.T." (which is one of my all-time favourite Orb tracks) - this is currently my favourite track on the album, followed by... Track 6: Orb Is (3:28) Another more "up-tempo, but mellow" tracks. Loads of short vocal samples (film clip, politicians, etc), and fairly "classic" Orb. Other people could look more deeply into the track name, and see a statement of intent ("this is where we are right now") - but I'll leave that to people better qualified than me... Track 7: Now Here (5:19) "Spooky"-sounding synths, and window-shaking sub-bass. Very slow, and very mellow. It won't be a *massive* loss to the non-Japanese issues, as the album flows fine without it, but now we all know that it exists... (part 3 to follow...)

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fils de bast
by learn&Evolve 07 Jun '03

07 Jun '03

I wouldn't expect a copy, mr "my chest should impress them" evil -his master always keeps him on a tight leash --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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Anyone for a bad trip?
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 07 Jun '03

07 Jun '03

alanevil(a)bellsouth.net refered me to this freaky site (thanks), so thought I would share: "A really cool site: http://www.requiemforadream.com "

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OT(ish) CD-R Acetate vs CD promo
by orbscureDDJ 07 Jun '03

07 Jun '03

What would they have been produced for? (other than for UK & US markets) ie: THE ORB Cydonia (UK Island 14-track recordable CD-R acetate, custom printed disc with title insert and full tracklisting). and... THE ORB Cydonia (US 13-track advance promo CD from UK dance group including Once More, title backing insert MCAF-25353-2) My understanding is that the advance-promo would be sent to radio stations etc.... but what about the CD-R acetate? Just curious cheers'n'peace... + + orbscureDDJ + + class of 89-93 - big up the tooting massive!+ +

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Cauty in the news
by Metabolic 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

I receive the Digest so hopefully this isn't redundant: Gas Mask on Queen's Head Prompts Legal Threat Jun 4, 10:32 am ET LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail is threatening to sue an art gallery for displaying three prints of Queen Elizabeth wearing a gas mask -- works the artist says he created in response to the war in Iraq. The Royal Mail said the gallery was breaking copyright laws by using a portrait of the queen the mail has used on its postage stamps for over 30 years. "We have been in touch with a gallery and pointed out that this is our intellectual property and we have not given permission for it to be used," a spokesman said. The three prints each show a profile of the queen's head with a gas mask strapped to it. The straps of the mask are tucked under the monarch's crown. The edges of the prints are serrated to make them look like stamps, and they have "1st," "2nd" and "3rd" written on them in reference to the priority system used by the Royal Mail. The prints are in different colors, like stamps. "To the first glance of the eye they do look like stamps, but on closer inspection they're actually nothing like them," said a spokeswoman for the Artrepublic gallery in the southern resort of Brighton. "The queen has different hair, different neckline, different jewelry ... he's basically redrawn the image." The works, entitled "Stamps of Mass Destruction," are the work of James Cauty, former member of 1990s rave band KLF. http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/123079|oddlyenough|06-04-2003::10:46|…

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you bastard!
by Alan 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Smiley has a copy, don't you?!?! Is it ok to curse Smiley on this list? Oh. I didn't think so. Carry on. www.psychicreform.com Money does not equal speech. Corporations are not people. Watch your overcoat. "Dissent is what rescues democracy from a slow death behind closed doors." -Lewis H. Lapham

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another orb rip off?
by learn&Evolve 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

mr smiley -do you know if orb management have offered a believable explaination as to why the full 12 track CD will not be available in all countries? -no doubt have you been told to keep quiet on this --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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Groovetech, May 22, 2003
by Rob_King 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Hi folks, LX's Thursday Teatime session of May 22, 2003 is now online... And it sounds great! http://makeashorterlink.com/?A275115D4 <http://makeashorterlink.com/?A275115D4> or http://www.groovetech.com/PhoenixData/GT/srvlt/GTController?action=Broadcast Detail <http://www.groovetech.com/PhoenixData/GT/srvlt/GTController?action=Broadcas tDetail&page=detail_broadcast.jsp&HTMLType=Detail&BroadcastEventID=13426> &page=detail_broadcast.jsp&HTMLType=Detail&BroadcastEventID=13426 Cheers, Rob

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US bikes & trikes & drunken pub songs
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Anyone know if the US release of will have 12 (UK) or 13 (Japan) tracks. Why do the do this? - is it to do with: attention spans, money, or favoritism. P.S. Anyone got any samples of 50's style, drunken pub singing from London (east end type) pub? Plink/plonk piano/"roll out the barrel" sort of thing. Not happy with the P2P samples I've found, so will pay the bar bill for someone to record this - thanks bbroo

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Jimmy Kauty in the News
by Rob_King 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

There's a link to this story on the front page of www.yahoo.com <http://www.yahoo.com> at this very moment. from http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030604/od_afp/lifestyl e_britain_art_030604170635> &u=/afp/20030604/od_afp/lifestyle_britain_art_030604170635 Britain's Royal Mail fumes over stamps of gas-masked queen Wed Jun 4, 1:06 PM ET BRIGHTON, England (AFP) - Britain's post office is not amused that a hip art gallery in the south of England is selling posters of mock stamps featuring Queen Elizabeth II in a gas mask. [snip] "The thing to do is to compare a stamp next to the actual image that James Cauty has done. They're actually completely different," a spokeswoman from the gallery told AFP. Cauty, former leader of the 1980s rock band KLF, or Kopyright Liberation Front, which in 1987 had an album destroyed after it heavily sampled the ABBA hit "Dancing Queen," said: "I am just an artist doing my job."

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