orbital

[bryantm3]

i hear a lot of y'all dig orbital, the last forum poll showed that the top 3 other favourite bands were Moby, Genesis, and Orbital. and i've never heard a song by them. what kind of music do they play? are they prog house like underworld? what album would you most recommend?

[undarrenworld]

What album to recommend? It depends of what you expect. There was and compilation called Work 92/02, so its easy to start with to remember the old tunes and get to the mood. But the real Orbital journey starts with non single pieces on the albums. I can say that for me is highlight the two first albums Yellow and Brown, thats the classic, must hear.

But maybe most interresting album is In Sides from circa 1997. Its my personal oppinion and many other fans will not agree with me.
I liked the last Blue Album as well.
Hope it helps

[froopy seal]

Mwahahahaha...

Originally Posted by bryantm3

are they prog house like underworld?

You got it wrong: It's all about Prog Rock! Like Genesis, you know? I hate electronic music! Kkraut is teh rroxxorr!!!11!111ONESSS

[Cadevil]

Orbital 2--the Brown Album is AMAZING

[GoatSucker]

In Sides and the Brown Album are both absolutely essential, then Snivilisation. Don't bother with The Altogether. Both are definitely in the realm of techno, but, like Underworld, theres so much more going on than just pounding beats.

Overall, their sound is as broad as Underworld - their albums are all slightly different, there are lots of gems on hard to find EPs, and they have done soundtrack work as well, but speaking as someone that has everything they've released, the above should get you interested

[thee carp dreamer]

halcyon.on.on.on.on.on.....

and belfast.

and chime.

and lush 3.1 + 3.2 + 3.3

and everything by them ever.

[Leon]

They've got so many amazing amazing amazing music.

In Sides is in my top 3 of favourite albums ever. The melodies on that are indescribably beautiful.

Even the Green album (their first) has some great tunes on it. Belfast of course.

Snivilisation starts with some beautiful tracks, although I loose interest in the second part.



Just get everything they have released.

[Dirty0900]

Orbital fucking rock i wish they hadnt called it a day, they were my first gig to which blew me away.Mmmmmmmm.

[m-nus_orange]

Yeah, Orbital were class. And I'm very pleased that I got the chance to see them live.

[stimpee]

Bryantm3: please do a search on the forum before making posts like this. With a band like Orbital, its highly likely that there is already a thread or two dedicated to them. A search for the word "Orbital" returned 87 threads, one of which was "The Orbital Appreciation Thread" with over 900 views on it.

But no, this time im not gonna merge it