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Quite strange...
by JC DERRIEN 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

-- A while ago, someone mentioned an Orb remix that was done for DHS : House of God It seems that on Monday, this single has been re-released in UK, one cd, two 12". No orb remix, though. Maybe on a promo. Smiley, perhaps ? JCFromParis (reading my email while my wife is watching ONE MORE TIME Amelie of Montmartre on DVD)

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Re: [Orb] SPACE cd
by Basscadet＠webtv.net 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Nick King wrote: >Taken from the KLF FAQ I'd been wondering this for a while. Why don't we have an Orb FAQ? Or is that in itself a FAQ and I've been missing it for the last 3 years? : ) It seems that the same questions pop up regularly, eg Pink Floyd remixes, FTP logins, addy's etc. If this is a good idea let me know and I'll put one together, although I can't guarantee it will be a visual treat. Also if anyone has suggestions for FAQ's (along with the answer) please send 'em along. I know very little compared to many list members. martin

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RE: collection building
by Chris Dawson 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:53:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Benjamin L. May" <benmay(a)cuccfa.ccc.columbia.edu> Hrm where do you live? This is important as it will determine whether you are totally screwed and relegated to the "I-have-no-record-stores-in-my-area-except-coconuts-and-sam-goody-and-hence- will-have-to-get-everything-from-ebay" category or whether you will be exalted to the "I-live-in-a-major-usually-coastal-metropolitain-area-with-tons-of-record-st ores-run-by-rude-clerks" category. Raleigh, N.C. Being a college town one would hope/expect there to be all kinds of musical tastes and the same to be represented in the local indy record shops. Seems I am strangely alone on the orb and other related artists. I get a lot of my "check these guys out" from listening to Musical Starstreams and comparing what I like to the set lists. A good starting place for songs is http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?orb which is an albiet somewhat out of date discog, maintained by the same dude who (coincidentally) runs this mailing list. Its a greatresource for finding out about those early remixes the boys did that were basically never re-released. Personally, I would highly recommend the Keiichi Suzuki, Sun Electric, and the "Higher than the Sun" remixes. Looking ... finding .. like what I see. Yeah finding orb stuff at random in a store is actually somewhat unusual. Often its released in limited runs or as promos and then once all copies are snapped up you're up the proverbial creek. Ebay is good, and www.gemm.com has about a 40% success rate. Checked them out, signed up. Waitinjg for the checking account to grow fat again, then burn. Well lets see, I would again suggest the discography. Alex has done some remixes and work with system 7 as well as some early stuff with members of KLF. Youth is so prolific its not even worth getting into his side projects, remixes, and the like (he was in a band called killing joke and has remixed everyone from the sugarcubes to mike patton and is the propreitor of Dragonfly records, a HUGE HUGE goa trance label) added to the to-do list. The list is bigger than the bank roll...time for a second job. :) Stay a while. Plan to. So far, I have been treated well. :) > How do trades work here, if at all allowed? Ask for stuff and you will responses. Offer stuff and expect the same. :) Before I ask for anything or offer up mp3s that I have, I would like to get a list of what is IN PRINT and out of print. Reading from the past few digests, the expected behavior regarding this point seems reasonable. Thanks to the others who have responded as well. Seems like a friendly list. BR, dcdawson

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SPACE cd
by Michael Duncanson 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

What do you folks think of the KLF/orb(?) cd? Please, some factual details on Alex's involvement. Have disc will burn (with art). Need some of the crazy side projects but esp LIVE stuff! spacehed __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com

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BadOrb update
by John Goelzer 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Having previously posted a few choice rants on the subject of BadOrb fulfillment and service, I feel out of fairness that I should mention that Garphoo has finally responded to my repeated inquiries about a BOB/TOG subscription order that died after 4.5 and has promised to sort me out with three packages winging their way out of the Gardonian mail stop today. I'll post again if/when the product arrives. But there is hope... JG

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*MoonDogg*'s New FTP Addy
by *MoonDogg* 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Farewell @Home, it was nice knowin' ya...... 68.5.182.32 l/p=orb There is a ton of crap in Upload that I need to file....one of these dayz. *MoonDogg*

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Jan 24 thursday teatime
by Noraa Selim 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

Jan 24 thursday teatime is up and running at groovetech.com featuring Simon Phillips! -peace out _____________________________________________________________ Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net

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RE: [Orb] A "little" "request"
by Smiley 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

don wrote: > I'd like to here Smiley's comments when he gets a > chance. you may regret that comment! ;-) > Several years ago, as a list we decided not to > publicly offer "IN PRINT" ORB mp3s out of basic > respect for the band. indeed we did. > This was agreed upon by the list and to some extent > the Orb itself by way of Smiley's connections. indeed it was. the basic viewpoint was then - and still is, afaik - this: if it's out of print / deleted / live gig bootleg-type stuff, being shared for NO PROFIT = FINE (although the record companies may think otherwise, of course). if it's in-print / commercially available / being distributed FOR PROFIT = NOT FINE. > I think we all can appreciate the fact that you are > being generous in letting the list members download > the tracks you have collected. that's true - as it is for all the other people on the list that provide ftp access (ant, moondog, steph, etc)... ...HOWEVER, lx and others involved with the orb are not "rich" - as most people assume they are. island sat on the last album for a couple of years, which didn't help - and was one of a number of factors involved in andy leaving the band...the need to make some actual money and pay a few bills. lx tends to make his money by dj'ing, as the orb have hardly been going "platinum" recently - especially when they were stuck with a record company that didn't seem to give a shit about them. so - when you're taking stuff that is still "in print" and is easily available (any argument about stuff being impossible to find from a community that uses the internet as regularly as this one is complete bollocks, IMHO)... ...you're depriving lx / andy / etc of their royalties and payments. it's as simple as that! here endeth the ranting. l8rs. --- Smiley __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Tea, toast, chakra and dub
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

1) Chris D, as you are a fan and new to the list, I just wanted to recommend an orb documentary from the BBC (couple of years old). It's about the making of "Adventures Beyond". Some great sound bites from Alex: "just wanted to chill people out after a hard nights clubbing....do you want to come back and watch us do some music now....making tea and toast, having a little smoke, and there we were making a record". Those must have been the days! (Would love to have been there) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/documentaries/lamacq_docs_orb.shtml (Been trying to make an Adventures Remix using these soundbites highly modified. 2) I recently picked up some literature about a "Healing Power of Sound" symposium. There is plenty of stuff about the 7 chakra energy openings in the body, rhythmic tuning to heal bodily organs, etc, etc, but what I was more interested in was factual scientific studies. I was just wondering if anyone could recommend any scientific research on the subject? I did find a study that related group keyboard lessons for elderly people, increasing the growth hormone (hGH), but that is the only one (and this was less than scientific). cheers Bill np: Liquid Dub - a very excellent album from list member DJ Television.

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RE: [Orb] collection building
by Chris Dawson 29 Jan '02

29 Jan '02

At this point I am not picky about the advice I get since it will all be useful, but sure, songs, places, where to find places, etc. I have their commercially released albums that you can get from local corporate stores, and I have checked around the independent record shops as well. Not too much extra stuff there. If there were/are side projects that the orb/Alex were part of, that would be interesting to own as well. I just recently subscribed to badorb. I am interested to see how that works out. I haven't read any *bad* reviews here, but again, I am new. How do trades work here, if at all allowed? BR, Dcdawson Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:02:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Benjamin L. May" <benmay(a)cuccfa.ccc.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: [Orb] collection building Well what kind of advice are you looking for? Songs to purchase? Places to look for stuff ot purchase? Ways of looking for places which contain stuff to purchase. Please clarify. :) On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Chris Dawson wrote: > Hi all. I am new the list and looking for ideas/suggestions to building my > orb collection. > Any info you can pass my way would be much appreciated. > > Br, > dcdawson

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