Pink Orb
 

This was a suprise. . .

The Orb featuring David Gilmore Metallic Spheres out Oct. 12

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So... the Orb with Ginger Baker would be .... Ginger Orb?

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Crorb

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Anyone got their hands on this yet?

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No, not yet

one of the editions is supposed to have "3D audio" which seems reaaaaaallllly cool, just judging by the one sample I heard

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Sirius xm chill playing it Friday 10pm est

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"With its dramatically orchestrated peaks and valleys, it's an album designed to be listened to, to Take You Somewhere as you lay on your bedroom floor, to conjure futuristic images in the mind's eye of folks who were once teenage fans. In that sense, it's still not quite as successful as the Orb's classic material, and a little too subdued, lacking both the goofy sampleadelic grandeur and the ear-grabbing pop pulse of the Ultraworld era. But it's still the most focused and listenable Orb album in years."

From Pitchfork review

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Great album. Shame about the guitar. Bizarrely mixed, however. Seems like each track (there are only 2) has 3 or more songs / ideas that feel separate from each other. It makes them sound unfinished when they're just smashed in the way they are. I still like it a bunch but it definitely doesn't need the guitar (the FFWD album is miles better) but it's pretty good.

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:D Surely thats the whole point of having David Gilmour collaborate on the album :confused:

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Seeing as how i've never willingly listened to Pink Floyd, I don't see the point of David Gilmore. All he added was the guitar and the album would be just as good without the guitar.

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Wait....WHAT?!?! "Never willingly listened to Pink Floyd"?????? I don't even know what to say to that. :(

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Not everybody works their way through the 'classic' 'essential' artists.

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I've also never been a huge Pink Floyd fan...

Even when Roger Waters played Coachella (he was the Sunday headliner)... my friend and I left early and were like "meh - we don't really need to stay all day just to see him play Pink Floyd songs"

I will give you though... PF do have a few good songs here and there. Kinda like Orbital (except, of course, PF were more prolific and made more great songs)

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Wow and now this:

http://futurenoisemusic.com/product.aspx?id=697

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Thanks for info, it looks interesting.

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I eagerly bought this and listened to it a bunch of times, trying so hard to like it. But really, it's just a let down. It sounds like they got Gilmore in for one unplanned session where he played a few grooves, and then they stretched that little bit of unrefined guitar work through a couple tediously long, uninspired electronic tracks. Dammit. What a wasted opportunity.

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Did you read how they did the album? Patterson and GIlmore were never together. Think Patterson just got the guitar parts. It was put together pretty haphazardly.

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I pretty much like it. The second half kinda drags, but overall I find it to be great late night listening music.

I want to know what's going on with the "High Noon" single that keeps getting pushed back???

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That would make sense.

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what I don't get is why they didn't separate the album into different tracks?

I mean - there are obvious stop/start points, and even a tracklisting...

I probably would have listened to it much more, had I been able to listen to 'the good parts' without having to skim through large sections again and again

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Oh, and another thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7X-J1DhfjE