From Che Sent Fri, Apr 23rd 1999, 02:02
From Che Sent Fri, Apr 23rd 1999, 02:02
>>i feel the orb slipped as well. after 'pomme >>fritz' there was something missing from the orb's output, their tracks >>didn't quite gel (words escape me) anymore. > >Wow. I got into the orb after Pomme Fritz and i feel that most of the stuff >before is too Refined, too clearly (sildly poppy) "Dance music" and not the >dubby and noise-filled orb i loved on "Orbus." I personally think that >they might have slipped a little on "Orblivion" had thier beats not been so >great. > >That said, i was rather disappointed with U.F.Off! The remix of Der Gute >Berg (CD2)is my highpoint. My feelings on The Orb: "Adventures" was the first I bought, an amazing double album. The singles were ok, I prefer the "Huge Ever-growing" ones to "Little Fluffy Clouds" & "Perpetual Dawn". "Aubrey Mixes" was very good. "UFOrb" was also amazing, especially the 40 minute "Blue Room". At this point I was proselitizing the Orb to everyone from my 50 year old boss to my chiropractor. The "Assassin" 2xCDs was as I recall pretty outstanding (only heard it once, can someone hook me up w/ a CDR of it?). I liked the Live album for about a week, now I never listen to it. Seems like the 1st Peel Session came out about this time, and I liked it. Can't remember if "Pomme Fritz" or "FFWD" was next, but both were disappointing (Pomme Fritz because of length & repetition, FFWD because it was so poorly mixed). Then came "Orbus Terrarum", and the Alex/ Thrash turmoil was evident. Orblivion is for me a step back in the right direction, though I skipped buying the singles because I wasn't fully convinced. Orbscure Trax and UFOff are both very good compilations of alternate mixes that even an Orb trainspotter will love. I'm very hopeful that the next album will be stunning. Che "Every fart has some kind of smell, and we cannot say that all Soviet farts smell sweet." - Mao Tse-tung to the Supreme Soviet, 1956