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music for listeners
by Alan Evil (lists) 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I can't find the link to a track listing for the Music for Listeners 5 hour thing. Totally enjoyable and good enough quality for my earphones.

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Orb Live in Austin
by RMStringer 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Has anyone tracked this show and made individual tracks out of it yet? That would be nice. RMStringer +++++++++++++++++++ You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

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Orb remixing Art of Chill Volume 4
by rachel 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Hey Orbsters - Here's some news for ya - this sounds VERY promising! Just got word that The Orb have just completed compiling and mixing a new compilation for us ART OF CHILL 4. he booklet features a cartoon drawn especially for the compilation by Jimmy Cauty and also contains exclusive ORB track "Codes" Its releasing 13 Aug in the UK - no idea about US dates. Platipus Records is the label. I have the artwork and will post it on the discog before the weekend's up. Here's the tracklisting & some PR: “The tunes on this CD need no introduction, just two ears & a human with a love for the chilled things in life, here is Art Of Chill 4! Crack open a chilled Guinness & think on ...” - Alex Paterson The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. Now they invite you to sample their ART OF CHILL, a 2 CD set that welcomes aficionados of downtempo, and encompasses the influential records both old and new that define the genre. Pioneers like Eno and Bowie sit comfortably alongside brilliant, future classics from the likes of Gas and Husky Rescue. Most of all this selection will make you listen in a different way – through the eyes of the masters of the genre. Alex Paterson has been a leading light and pioneer in the art of chill. Whether it’s his outstanding contributions to The Orb, his exceptional skills as a roadie to Killing Joke, his legendary DJ sets, or collaborations with Steve Hillage as System 7, Alex Paterson and The Orb have created the perfect crash pad for many a generation of worn out club kids, and a perfect place to escape for their peers. From the surreal to the outlandish - all calibrated through The Orb’s uncompromising filter - plucking current gems from the obscure, and rekindling some pearls from the past this collection is all cerebral stuff. It’s a personal invite to his audio gallery and to see the world through his ears – for an hour or 2 at least. SOME WORDS FROM ALEX PATERSON: When Jimmy Cauty & I (as The Orb) started to play chill out sets in the summer of 88 @ Transcentral we never knew that it would bring so much interest from the music world! Taking friends back after a hard nights clubbing we played with our samples & sounds & chilled while tea & spliff bounced into a perpetual dawn, little did we know that people would actually listen to us…1989 and the press were looking for an angle and The Orb had just released A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Ultraworld & it was different to anything @ the time! We were also thinking of little fluffy clouds & the 1st album, then Paul Oakenfold asked us to chill clubbers @ The Land Of Oz. Jimmy Cauty & myself took our studio up to Heaven every Monday night, after spending Sunday sampling a weekly favourite tune we would then spend 7 hours Djing that idea. At one of The Land Of Oz evenings we were playing around with Rainbow Dome Musick by Steve Hillage and he was actually in The White Room chilling out & listening! Steve & Miquette then worked alongside me on The Orb's "Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld" doing 2 tracks. Later as System 7 Steve, Mimi & myself did the tunes Sunburst, Thunder Dog, Dog & Miracle for the System 7’s 1st album called ... System 7. Later I met Youth and he joined Killing Joke and I was their roadie. I found Eno in the winter of 1980. Thanks you! Still in the 00's there is still some very beautiful piece's of music being made & here's my selection ART OF CHILL VOLUME 4 – CD ONE MIXED BY THE ORB 1. David Bowie - Warszawa (1999 Digital Remaster) 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/ The Crouch End Festival Chorus - Duck You Sucker 7. Steve Hillage - Garden Of Paradise (2006 Digital Remaster) 8. Gudrun Gut - Tip Tip 9. Rootmasters - I Nearly Married Janis Joplin's mum 10. Transmission - Beyond Light 11. Penguin Café Orchestra - The Sound Of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away And It Doesn’t Matter 12. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (2004 Digital Remaster) 13. The Orb – Falkenbrück ART OF CHILL VOLUME 4 – CD TWO MIXED BY THE ORB 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 TRACK COMMENTS CD1: 1. David Bowie - Warszawa Taken from the album LOW. 2nd side is a master class in ambient music, stunningly beautiful to fall asleep to on the auld turntables that played over & over continuously. 2. Andrew Thomas - ...3 Used to play this with "There Will Come Soft Rains" with Dr Spock narrating the Bradbury classic! You should try it! 3. The Orb - Edelblau We gave this track to the Japanese for their own release in Japan. Not on Kompakt. 4. Nina Walsh - Narcissist Taken from forthcoming album on Malicious Damage called Bright Lights. Very elegant music from Miss Walsh, it's a long story so, I’ll leave it for the book. 5. Mad Professor - Dub Power Way back in the early 80's in my old friend Lo's back garden I heard this classic piece of echo & dubness! Crazy cover crazy dub me crazy was born. 6. Ennio Morricone - Duck You Sucker My mum took me to these Country & Western evenings above the off license on Lavender Hill when I was 12 & it kind of stuck with me since! Horses too. 7. S Hillage - Garden Of Paradise Used to play this in Land of Oz in the White Room. Going back to horses hello Miquette we both love the sound of horses in the rain. 8. G Gut - Tip Tip Very old friend from the joke days, Gudrun has an ear for the weird & kitsch! With her MONIKA label out of Berlin this is a cool tune from a cool woman. 9. Rootmasters - I Nearly Married Janis Joplin’s Mum... This is a fun thing between myself and the talented Miss Walsh. This is the most chilled we will be, apart from Nick's arse. 10" out soon. 10. Transmission - Beyond Light The reunion of the original powerhouse of Killing Joke are back! Need I say more? Beats & drums & cured bass with electronics fluttering. 11. PCO - The Sound Of Someone You Love Who's Going Away & It Doesn't Matter Another one after starting work @ E.G. this was one of the bands that made me smile. If you saw them live you're know. Thanx Alec B. 12. B Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain A tranquil piece taken from the album by the same name. There are so many pieces of music from Mr Eno; you are one of the roots of modern ambient music. Thank you. 13. The Orb - Falken Bruck (Falcon Brook) Written for an ambient end that has no beginning or no end. Taken from ‘Okie Dokie It's The Orb’ on Kompakt. Tried to bring about a feeling of warmness that an end is only the beginning. TRACK COMMENTS CD2: 1. Gas - Gas 1 The birth of a new German sound a floating in my boat with the most beautiful girl sound! This became a blueprint for the future. 2. Autolump - Lumpy Psalms Me old mucker Lump & his mate Ian Auto born in Hull but knows much much more. No deal no matter check out <autolump.com> 3. Ulf Lohmann - Nicht die Welt A soft sound of mayflies gather in flowers around my ears. A tune from the stratosphere. 4. Opium Jukebox -Smells Like Teen Spirit A cover of a cover! Hip-hop loops make this track brilliant. I wonder if the Red Sox heard this one? 5. Kaito - Inside River Another tune from the mighty Kompakt label out of Köln Germany. This has the passion of water on ice, very nice ! 6. The Orb - Codes Taken from the forthcoming album called The Dream (Mare Desiderii). Jellyfish’s bass, gliss guitar & chill hop riddims collide into a 1000 fragments of messages... 7. T Fehlmann - With Oil Taken from HONIGPUMPE V2, it's another example of genius @ work. Recorded in Berlin & edited on the far side of the lunar @ 8 beats per century. 8. Schneider TM - Cuba TM Taken from ZOOMER on City Slang. One of my favourite albums of the 00's - need I say more. 9. Transit Kings - WEOADGE "West End Of A Duck Going East" is a live version, recorded in the fields of Fuji & the Big Chill. Still looking for that duck who landed in Moscow & was never sighted again? 10 A Thomas -...10 An interlude taking me back to ray! 11. Husky Rescue - Sleep Tight Tiger This was played to me by my old mate Max out in S F, thank you & it fits with the birth of our 1st son "Tiger". Top tune! Cheers! rach ------------------------------------ Rachel's Orb Discography http://www.backsideoftheorb.com

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RE: [Orb] terravm
by Ramon Vink 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

You mean that qoute from one of the Labour party members from the UK government? Ramon > From: 6imix(a)cox.net> To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:37:04 -0500> Subject: Re: [Orb] terravm> > the us version came in a hard plastic cd case. i remember it having some> interesting quote on the disc too... the UK version (the one i own) is in a> sort of soft pack--the map seems more like a map--in a thin plastic cover.> i've only heard the US version a few times, years ago so I'm not familiar> with the audio differences. it was my first favorite orb (quickly replaced> by orblivion).> ivy> ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kayle 'KL' Garkut." <garf100(a)yahoo.com>> To: "What were the skies like when you were young?"> <orb(a)mailman.xmission.com>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:25 PM> Subject: Re: [Orb] terravm> > > > OT is my favourite orb album and I would be VERY> > interested in hearing the subtle differences between> > GB and USA versions. Does anyone have the US version> > on soulseek and what exactly are the differences other> > than (from an earlier post) a different end to slvg> > dvb?> >> >> > cheers,> >> > KL> >> >> >> > --- Gavin Miller <orbaddict(a)yahoo.com> wrote:> >> > > Yup. US clocks in at 79:11, UK 77:58> > > Even longer is the vinyl, at least the US Promo> > > vinyl.> > > that's around 81 minutes I believe.> > > Gavin> > >> > > --- Stephen Wright <steve(a)donsolaris.com> wrote:> > >> > > > Was having a browing session on ebay (as you do)> > > > and found this, now I wasnt aware that the US> > > > version> > > > was any different.> > > >> > > > is it?> > > >> > > > Steve> > > >> > > >> > >> >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-ORB-Orbus-Terrarum-USA-RARE-VERSION-CD-1998-MINT_W> 0QQitemZ280128759927QQihZ018QQcategoryZ9991QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________> > > > Orb mailing list> > > > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> > > >> > >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb> > > > Report list abuse to list-abuse at> > > studio-nibble.com> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________> ________> > > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network> > > Research Panel today!> > >> > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________> > > Orb mailing list> > > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> > >> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb> > > Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com> > >> >> >> > Orb 4 Life> > Blog: http://kaylegarkut.blogspot.com/> >> >> > ___________________________________________________________> > Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try> it> > now.> > http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/> >> > _______________________________________________> > Orb mailing list> > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb> > Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com> >> > > > _______________________________________________> Orb mailing list> Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb> Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com _________________________________________________________________ Live Search: de zoekmachine van de makers van MSN! http://www.live.com/?mkt=nl-nl

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Listee Orb DJ session - please?
by b broo 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

hi Stephen, Any chance your friend on the 'good ship orb' could arrange for it to malfunction low over amsterdam and beam the crew down? I suspect an Orb DJ session in a coffeshop would be a appreciated by many of us listees who have supported the orb throughout (from soaring inspirational heights to drum machine nightmares and back, we still fork out our hard earned cash). ...."the dream" (is alive) promotional event, maybe...? I know the owners of 'kashmir' and 'twstd nightclub' and I'm sure that they would be very happy to accommodate. Or larger places like the 'Sugar Factory' or 'Studio 80' would be great locations. ~~~~~ p.p.s. Doolittle: "Don't give me any of that intelligent life crap, just give me something I can blow up" (darkstar) _________________________________________________________________ http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtextlinkjuly07

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I know a guy who knows a guy
by Stephen Wright 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Greetings and Salutations, I have had a word with a guy who knows a guy whos on the good ship Orb and here is what he has had to say..... Rootmasters - taking good shape, EP nearly there. Watch this space! Live DVD - the conversations continue with distributors as we hunt down the partners to help us make this thing! MadOrb - check out the forthcoming Trojan release......The Orb "I'll Be Black"........details to follow soon. Patterns and Textures DVD - we're working on Island/Universal, the ball being squarely in their court on that front. As far as Freebird goes: Clearing cover versions like "Freebird" is no easy task.... We certainly hope we will get there - but it's not a given. Hope this helps

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Jc in Antwerp, Belgium
by Jean Christophe DERRIEN 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

I went to Antwerp anyway this week end and saw many, many, many posters announcing THE ORB on Sept 15 in Antwerp. I've seen The orb live many times and it's the first time I saw so many ads about a concert. Didn't take a picture, but the poster was very simple, just the orb printed and some circles. Nothing spectacular. JCFrom...erm... Paris

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Manual
by theREALmxyzptlk 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Anyone heard the new Eraldo Bernocchi / Thomas Fehlmann (Manual)? Fine material - quite unlike Thomas' recent outings (for the Fehlmann haters out there). I think this gets full release in August, but Bernocchi has tracks up on his myspace page and will sell it for 15eu ppd if you contact him. Pretty ambient in spots and not as trippy as The Orb, but definitely this-listy. jeff

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dreaming of the dream......
by b broo 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

I know that you have all seen this: a) from theorb.com....."Dream is here: It's a new album for the summer of 2007" b) from orb my space..."there's a chance there will be a free covers album by the orb called 'orb ups' with the dream." Can someone tell Alex that even though it's pissing down in UK it's really the summer, plus anyone have info on this 'orb ups' album and how we get one? "The dream ( MECHTA)...... it's a turn back to our old days, we mean it man. more humour & big bass lines.." & youth, greg, andy & steve - !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ p.s. orbus terrarum inspired pv volcano vaporizer induced research bull for the bored ....... mechta/the dream/luna 1 = first man-made object to attain the 25,000-mile-per-hour speed needed to leave earths gravitational field.......though it missed its target, the moon, (oops) it become the first successful 'deep space' (i.e.translunar) probe and the first man-made solar satellite. Now packed full of various metallic emblems with the Soviet coat of arms, and is orbiting somewhere between the earth and mars.... . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image: Luna_1.jpg ....... looks very orbish, wasn't it on one of the badorb shirts? .... ......or........ 1943 film that reveals deep spiritual crises, material and spiritual misery of inhabitants of a hostel. Study of human destinies influenced by Tolstoy and Balzac. President Roosevelt said it was one of the greatest films in the world... material and spiritual misery is always a good crowd pleaser or ...... Sea of dreams (read this in orb concert promotion)... ..luna 3 first filmed this on the darkside of the moon............ While contemplating the physics of floating in the Sea of Dreams, listening to the dream,found a 12 mile high cliff: verona rupes ...... 'plateau' now playing.......... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Miranda_scarp.jpg (useless inf... Astronomy Domine, Pink Floyd, refers to the moon Miranda....) <If a human were to jump off the cliff, it would take about 12 minutes to reach the bottom in Miranda's weak gravity (about 1/120th that of the Earth). The fall would still be lethal, striking the ground at about 200 km/h (125 mph)> .....probably best to wait about 11 1/2 minutes until you start screaming i guess... ...or don your pressure suit, hold on tight, crank up the orb and fling yourself off with your ion propulsion hand-glider to soar high overhead.... _________________________________________________________________ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_hotmailtextlink2

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Whathappened to Freebird ?
by Mark Weston 21 Jul '07

21 Jul '07

Hi All Well is there any news on this..thought it was comming out. Perhaps someone at Orb HQ can let us know.... Its stunning.........or will it be for live sets only Regards Mark W.

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