The Orb - The Dream

[Lx_Nen]

Yet again, this one follows my 'rule of the Orb', which is that no matter which genre they are leaning towards, for any given Orb album, there will be exactly 2 tracks that I really like, and all the rest will leave me fairly cold. This time round it's "Vuja De" and "Katskills". Odd.

[patrick]

i love the song "lost and found" on this albumn. super catchy or whatever...

[klingklang]

Except for maybe two songs, I really love the album. To me, it's the most Orb-y they've been since Cydonia at least. And while I enjoyed Okie Dokie and B&T, I feel The Dream is more eclectic sounding. It's nice to have Youth back as well.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by klingklang

It's nice to have Youth back as well.

That's exactly what had me most excited about this go round.

[thee carp dreamer]

youth's just a workshy layabout who blows smoke into the mixing desks cos he thinks it adds something to the tracks. whereas fehlmann is a genius.

[holden]

Originally Posted by thee carp dreamer

youth's just a workshy layabout who blows smoke into the mixing desks cos he thinks it adds something to the tracks. whereas fehlmann is a genius.

i'll take your word for it. On a related note, what is Alex Patterson a "Doctor" of? Is he really a Doctor? Is he the lifeblood of the Orb or does he need the revolving-door of collaborators to keep it focused?

[big screen satellite]

this is by far the best ORB album for a long time...

very similar to UFOrb imo... this is how all orb albums should sound, dubby ambient, and full of weird vocal samples like days of old...

people still listen to good shit like this....

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Upon listening a few more times, I can dig it. It is certainly one of the best-SOUNDING albums I've ever heard. Just fantastic production here. A little more reliant on vocal samples, most of the tunes have some sung phrase in them, but yeah this is a lot closer to their first two albums - this could have followed U.F. Orb.

Me? I'm still waiting on another Orbus Terrarum (I think I will be waiting a long time)

[klingklang]

Originally Posted by holden

iOn a related note, what is Alex Patterson a "Doctor" of? Is he really a Doctor? Is he the lifeblood of the Orb or does he need the revolving-door of collaborators to keep it focused?

The Dr/Doctor thing just a reference to his first two names of "Duncan Robert." So I think he just uses it as a pun of sorts.

And I feel you're right about the need to have other people keep Alex focused. I don't think Orb could exist without Alex, but I also feel he can't do it on his own. Supposedly, he's very tempermental (and he's had temper tantrums at two shows I have seen...the worst one was with Felhmann, who seems like a really sweet guy, so it was kind of uncomfortable to watch).

[thee carp dreamer]

Originally Posted by klingklang

Supposedly, he's very tempermental (and he's had temper tantrums at two shows I have seen...the worst one was with Felhmann, who seems like a really sweet guy, so it was kind of uncomfortable to watch).

yep. you're spot on with that.

anyway, lx has a lot of influence on the orb's albums, but musically he doesn't do a lot....i mean, thrash left when lx was playing a simple sine wave through an amp....to my knowlegde, the only actual musical things that lx has done on orb albums is the (dissonant) piano on oxbow lakes. he is good at samples though.

story about little fluffy clouds - lx gave kris a bunch of samples and told them to put them together...electric counterpoint (which lx didn't realise was in 3/4 time anyway), the rickie lee jones sample, the drums (whose origins i'm not allowed to say), and the engineer banged out the track.

you never wondered why youth's solo material sounds so much like this album? or why fehlmann's solo material sounds so much like oakie dokie? etc.