From Richard Hester Sent Wed, Apr 15th 2015, 02:44
From Richard Hester Sent Wed, Apr 15th 2015, 02:44
Fehlmann was chums w/Paterson from his early days as A&R man (Paterson) for Editions EG. His shadowy contributions to the Orb's heritage start way back at U.F. Orb (check the credits). They were just more overt on the Kompakt tracks. For the record, I like the Orb's output from day one. On another note, I'll be presenting another aspect of Detroit/Berlin/English/Jamaican collaboration next month with a 3-part radio special on KFJC re. Moritz Von Oswald and his entanglements - he also figures in here, though on a different tangent. Clint Anderson wrote: > also The Dream has great basslines (imagine that) in every track > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Clint Anderson <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > i think patterson is sort of the guide that has kept the orb > 'brand' sounding the same or at least similar enough. you can > argue about how much he does or doesn't do, but only the orb > sounds like the orb, and alex patterson is only in the orb, and > the only one consistently in it, at that, so he must do SOMETHING > intangible. he's like flava flav is to public enemy maybe? i'm > kidding but he clearly has steered the thing through 25 years of > ups and downs. > that said i really enjoy westons contributions and i'm just not > going to say anything about him one way or another for fear i'll > get an angry email ;) > i actually really enjoy The Dream too, too bad they only managed > to do one album with that lineup. same for living in a giant > candle winking at god, great stuff if only they could have done > another one. > as for fehlmann, yeah i had heard alot of his solo stuff as just > 'thomas fehlmann' quite awhile before he became a regular orb > collaborator, i wouldn't ever have expected him to be the piece > that alex replaced weston with, as the two are so completely > different sounding, but his tiny loops and textures and sound beds > really work in the new lineup. > i saw them last year in minneapolis, fehlmann and patterson, and > it was a great show. clearly just tweaked versions of some of > their tracks with some special one-off discs on the cdj for > patterson, nothing too fancy, and fehlmann had his macbook synced > up and was adding beats and samples and whatnot. a really simple > performance, where its probably really easy to transport all the > gear, i imagine it must be 1000 times easier than their old > mega-setups they toted around. > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 6:57 AM, AV2k <x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > I meant to send this to the list. > > I like Thomas Fehlmann, but I like Chris Weston more. > Patterson seems like the type that dabbles in everything but > lets the others do the actual work, and this sometimes shows > in their albums. Weston has a temper, sure, he is an angry > man, but sometimes, this type of personality creates better > art. This is true in painting (Pollack), music composition > (Mozart) and every other type of creative medium. > Weston is still putting out some great stuff, even though he > is economically crippled now, and he would argue that it is > everyone else's fault except his, but if he would just hold > back the outrage, just a little, in the effort to keep the > peace, perhaps people would work with him a bit longer. > > --- > Sent from my Robot Monkey Drum Machine > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* AV2k <x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> > *To:* Clint Anderson <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 9:22 PM > *Subject:* Re: orb > > [reluctantly raises hand] > > Yep. I've got every album. I love Blue Room (39:57), but Oxbow > Lakes (Psychic Pals Family Wealth Plan Mix) is my favorite piece. > > > > --- > Sent from my Robot Monkey Drum Machine > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Clint Anderson <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> > *To:* IDM <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>> > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2015 8:36 PM > *Subject:* orb > > any obsessive mega-Orb fans on here? > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > > > > >