Re: (idm) orbital's new one

From nick
Sent Thu, Jun 24th 1999, 11:13

> Just listening to it right now.... after a desperate plea from their
> publicist to give it another try... (after my first listen I dismissed
> the disc as dull wankery). Well, I'm on my fourth listen now.... it's
> still really dull, quite wanky... but at least I spotted really nice use
> of a Bladerunner sample on track 3. It's a shame the track itself is
> kinda lame, but the opening three minutes are really nice.

The best (or most amusing) sample use on this album is the 'John
Craven's Newsround' closing theme from the 70's/80's in track 2 (I 
think). For non-uk people, it was a news program designed for kiddies 
that went out at 5pm every day. Lots of items about giant pandas etc.

Nick