"After the cosmic collaboration with David Gilmour, Metallic Spheres (2010), The Orb come back down to earth with a bump for "C Batter C". Its effectively a soundtrack for a film and an exhibition. The rather beautiful-looking CD and DVD deals with the persistence of memory and the fragility of these over time. The DVD has the complete video installation from the exhibition, a moving and meandering trip of over half a century ago. This old footage is intermixed with new film from 2010, blending and overlaying the images together to see the change in locations over time and in some cases how they have hardly changed at all. The Orbs music fits wonderfully with the images, but we must turn to the CD to see if it stands on its own merits. The audio section of this release contains the original soundtrack plus various remixes. This reminds of Brian Enos 70s work, to the instrumental pieces on David Sylvians "Gone To Earth" album and to the sound of later Test Department albums. (Gary Parsons, Freq.org)
"Deze opvolger van "Moonbuilding 2703 AD" is The Orb in uiterste ambientmodus en dat wil wat zeggen als je bedenkt dat Alex Paterson een van de pioniers was van dit genre, van de tweede golf zeg maar. Als we hier al beats en ritmische pulsen horen, dan slechts in de meest discrete, subtiele vorm. Paterson en tweede man Thomas Fehlmann doseren hun geluidsvegen uiterst zorgvuldig, met een summier gebruik aan maffe samples deze keer. De boel is gevat in nogal, eh, compacte nummers, en dat werkt eigenlijk wel: ze houden de spanning er zodoende in, en dat hoort nu eenmaal ook bij goede ambient zoals aartsvader Brian Eno het bedoeld heeft ('As ignorable as it is interesting'). "Elms Over River Eno (Channel 9)" is misschien een eerbetoon aan dat genie, maar wie weet gaat het doodleuk over diens jongere broer Roger, die hier welluidend meedoet. Net als oude maat Youth. Lekker zweven, ze zijn het nog niet verleerd." (Jacob Haagsma, Oor)
De samenwerking tussen ambientdubpionier The Orb (Alex Paterson en Thomas Fehlmann) en reggaedub-meester Lee Scratch Perry leverde in 2012 het album "The Observer In The Star House" op. Er was echter zóveel opgenomen dat er met gemak nóg een album gemaakt kon worden. "Recorded at the same sessions that produced last year's "The Observer In The Star House", these tracks offer a similar union of the imaginative and the inspirational, with Perry and The Orb making musical magic from the most minimal of resources. With the balance between cavernous sub-bass and delicate, itchy high-end detail judged perfectly, and the echo delays meshing neatly to create relaxed, striding grooves with restrained synth fireworks, there's plenty of space for Perry's genial, abstract ruminations on various matters. Sometimes, as on Fussball, it's little more than encouragement to 'kick the ball! win the game!'. Elsewhere, more carnally analagous stuff about planting seed in the earth mother." (Andy Gill, The Independent)
Tweede deel van een serie van drie waarin The Orb aan het experimenteren gaan met manieren om een vol ambient spectrum te creëren. Interessant voor de liefhebbers van het genre. (GR Muziekbank) "The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. Frontman Dr. Alex Paterson's formula was quite simple: he slowed down the rhythms of classic Chicago house and added synth work and effects inspired by '70s ambient pioneers Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream. To make the whole a bit more listenable -- as opposed to danceable -- obscure vocal samples were looped, usually providing a theme for tracks that lacked singing. The group popularized the genre by appearing on the British chart show Top of the Pops and hitting number one in the U.K. with the 1992 album U.F.Orb." (Allmusic)
Eerste deel van een serie van drie waarin The Orb aan het experimenteren gaaan met manieren om een vol ambient spectrum te creëren. Interessant voor de liefhebbers van het genre. (GR Muziekbank) "The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. Frontman Dr. Alex Paterson's formula was quite simple: he slowed down the rhythms of classic Chicago house and added synth work and effects inspired by '70s ambient pioneers Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream. To make the whole a bit more listenable -- as opposed to danceable -- obscure vocal samples were looped, usually providing a theme for tracks that lacked singing. The group popularized the genre by appearing on the British chart show Top of the Pops and hitting number one in the U.K. with the 1992 album U.F.Orb." (Allmusic)
"The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. Frontman Dr. Alex Paterson's formula was quite simple: he slowed down the rhythms of classic Chicago house and added synth work and effects inspired by '70s ambient pioneers Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream. To make the whole a bit more listenable -- as opposed to danceable -- obscure vocal samples were looped, usually providing a theme for tracks that lacked singing." (Allmusic)
"This CD comes with the 64 page story, biography & discography book Orb: The O.O.B.E Adventure written by Vanni Neri & Giorgio Campani in Italian & English language." (discogs.com)
Alex Paterson's favoriete plaatjes. "Breed scala ambientproducties: Aphex Twin, Charles Webster, Thomas Fehlman en eigen werk. Typisch Orbiaanse plaagstootjes hiertussen zijn o.a. the Chi-lites en Electric Chairs' Aqua-cover(!)." (PvS, Oor)
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