Any Orb fans?

[GoatSucker]

Originally Posted by Jan

What a coincidence... i bought my first Orb album 6 days ago (Orblivion). Currently i'm listening to (almost) nothing else.
Thanks for that info!

Orblivion is an absolutely amazing album and definitely stands the test of time. Modern Orb is completely different, basically just Alex P doing minimal techno with a few friends and trading under The Orb name. Still, the radio show should be a good retrospective.

And Tom, you mean you were no longer a fan when U.F.Orb dropped? Shame on you That's akin to saying you were a Floyd fan... in 1968!

[mkb]

no, i think alex p is using the orb name while fehlmann makes the minimal techno. i dig their kompakt stuff, but i don't hear much of a connection with the orb of old.

[polar_action]

i love the orb and i saw them last saturday at "t in the park".. about an hour set which for 20-25 mins was ace then it was pretty bland.

was quite dissappointed but i can still pick and choose some nice tracks from their latest offerings.

p.s. both guys were there as the orb.

[mkb]

when i saw them it was fehlmann up first, then both, then alex p SUCKING ASS on turntables.

[undarrenworld]

The show from The Orb in Czech rep in 2004 was amazing.
I love The Orb!

[thee carp dreamer]

the orb are awesome.

fucking awesome.

if none of you own "adventures beyond the ultraworld" already, it's been remastered and rereleased this week with a bonus disk...i.e. 3 cds....

get it!

[adam]

"Earth (Gaia)" is one of my favorite tunes.

[Ally]

Originally Posted by polar_action

i love the orb and i saw them last saturday at "t in the park".. about an hour set which for 20-25 mins was ace then it was pretty bland.

was quite dissappointed but i can still pick and choose some nice tracks from their latest offerings.

p.s. both guys were there as the orb.

Yeah I thought the whole thing was pretty flat, delighted I've had the chance to see them though

[joethelion]

man...

if only like - that show would get posted somewhere in Flac format, like dimeadozen or something (hint hint)

but I was also wondering about a track in the second half of the live set (so that'd be the "music_for_listeners_2006_07_15_part_05.mp3" file).

at 9:24 into the file (right after "little fluffy clouds") in comes a sample of the David Bowie & Pat Metheny song "This is Not America"

so what I was wondering - is that like a proper Orb song using the Bowie track? or - at least a proper song of someone else's?

or was it just something they threw into the mix for when they played live? (they also played it when I saw them in DC)

...too bad that this recording doesn't have that cool version of the muppet theme w/ "gay bar" [or have I somehow missed it?]

[BrotherLovesDub]

sounds like the song on the Transit Kings EP about America...got it here but can't be bothered to look for it...something about America and it's quite good too...my money's on that being the song you're refering to.