orbular news

[thee carp dreamer]

(as taken from this month's clash magazine

- If Orbsessions Vol. 1 sells well (big demand), then 'Orbsessions Vol. 2'
will be released, which Alex hopes will be the whole of the original Space
album (with Orb samples left in), which he might go and rework some of the
tracks with Jimmy Cauty.
- Transit Kings album is on the horizon - no release date as yet.
- MadOrb album is in progress (a planned dub set with Mad Professor)
- New Orb album out in 2006 called "Dreamland" (a collaboration with Youth)
- it's going to be an old-school Orb album

all good news, methinks....don't expect the new orb album to be anything at all like "okie dokie..." though.

also, in related klf news, bill drummond has undertaken a new project...."the 17"... http://www.penkiln-burn.com/jobs/job39.html

"a project being peformed in Stockholm and then Newcastle reflects his passion for a move away from recorded music towards live and one off phenomena. This involves inviting people of all musical abilities to join a choir that will sing choral melodies composed by Drummond, leading on to performances at funerals, schools, prisons and weddings. This is all part of Drummond's challenge to our current state of interaction with music, ignited by his concern that all musical genres have an element of 'sameness'."

so now you know!