The Orb - The Dream

[BrotherLovesDub]

1. The Dream
2. Vuja De
3. Something Supernatural
4. A Beautiful Day
5. DDD (Dirty Disco Dub)
6. The Truth Is...
7. Phantom of Ukraine
8. Mother Nature
9. Lost and Found
10. The Forest of Lyonesse
11. Katskills
12. High Noon
13. Sleeping Tiger & The Gods Unknown
14. Codes
15. Orbisonia
16. Let The Music Set You Free (Bonus Track)

the orb moves into another year, another album, another lineup . I have been recording the dream ( MECHTA) in the dreaming cave studios in south london with youth & tim bran. it's a turn back to our old days , we mean it man. more humour & big bass lines ! the album took on new turns when we invited Mr Hillage down & we got a few beautiful guitar parts from him. we have vocals from Juliet Roberts , D'eric walker Andy Caine & Aki Omor . we also have mix's by andy hughes & greg hunter ,clive goddard & david nock. also there's a chance there will be a free covers album by the orb called " orb ups " with the dream. date time 10/ 9 /007. LPO will carry on as a THOMAS & LX project & we are planning new adventures for the orb already !


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on first listen, this is a fantastic effort by the orb. closer to UFOrb and the early stuff than the Kompakt LP. great album art too.

collect thoughts and comments here:

[joethelion]

hmm... sounds interesting

but I hope that the 'okie dokie' vibe isn't completely lost, I really liked some of those more ambient portions

and what's "LPO" ?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

If I was, like, a little girl. I would be, like, singing and skipping in a new yellow dress with pony tails and bow ties.( and you know, like wasn't bald).

[Leon]

I have listened to this twice and have to say, I have to get used to the humour thing. Not much into it yet. There's Dub all over this though, hmmmm

[holden]

Originally Posted by Leon

I have listened to this twice and have to say, I have to get used to the humour thing.

Yeah, i find the Orb's humor on some of the albums, er, quirky to say the least. The several tracks that have minutes of silence are unfunny, though.

[Cranks]

LPO= Le Petit Orb

Patterson & Fehlmann will play gigs as LPO.

The few clips I've heard from the album did not impress me or make me want to buy it. I know it's not fair to judge the album on just those short clips, so looking forward to giving the whole album a proper listen.

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Definetely surprised me to see an Orb album with so many tracks. It's good, better than Cydonia and Bikes & Trikes anyway. So far it's been a little hard to get used to the lack of any real theme, and a few of the vocals caught me off guard, but I agree that this is a lot closer to their Ultraworld sound. I don't think it's quite as good as Okie Dokie was, but then again I really loved that album, and I guess in the meantime there's all of Thomas Fehlmann's solo work. Speaking of which, is Fehlmann on this one?

[BrotherLovesDub]

the problem with the Orb is Alex Patterson. if the Orb was just Fehlmann, they'd be much better. whether it's true or not, i hold Patterson responsible for the cheesy vocals and shit attempts at humor. 75% of this record is classic Orb material. maybe there's a version of it somewhere that dispenses with the shitty, cheesy vocals and just focuses on the dub heavy ambience.

seeing Fehlmann live on October 3. i'll ask him if he's ever put off by Dr. LX's sense of humor.

[thee carp dreamer]

it's shit. really shit.

awaiting uforb reissue with bonus cd.

[polar_action]

Just to stoke up the fires... I missed this coming out and have just been listening since yesterday.

It's brilliant... I used to love the orb but they drifted outta my life... the latter albums not having much connection with me...

but this one hits the spot entirely. get it and decide for yourselves