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Ghostdancing
by Lucas Strauss 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

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friends for cydonia (very long!)
by Felix Atagong 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

Cydonia, not the Orb's most coherent album (to say the least), but I like it, especially when you do some track 'shopping': once more promis ghostdancing A nice threesome this is, although Once More scores high in my Aaargh department, why the f**** did they put this track on the album and why was it a single? Aaargh! Promis can be regarded IMO as a typical Orb interlude, not very inventive. Ghostdancing is excellent, she can dance any day in my dreams. But to start the album I can live with it. turn it down One gets the feeling that The Orb already has done this track in the past and with better results. egnable Aaargh! firestar typical orb interlude (see promis) a mile long lump of lard A beat bolero, nothing less, nothing more, a truly amazing rhythmical piece, probably the best track on the album, maybe even the best track The Orb has done in years. Its bombast and pathos reminds this crusty old dinosaur of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer rendition of Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet and I 'm pretty sure nobody would have expected the mentioning of these boring old farts on this mailing group. centuries plum island At best Centuries and Plum Island sound like deadhead goddess Donna Godchaux, at worst like Madonna. Baby give it to me one more time! Plum Island once haunted my brain for days... hamlet of kings This is one of the very few tracks on this album that intelligently play with samples: flowing water, a harp sound, some tubular bells, a quasi wish-you-were-here guitar lick and the return of the famous Orbian train whistle! This track timewarps the listener into an atmospheric adventure from the lost Ultraworld. 1,1,1 thursday's keeper crossover between LX's Kiss radio tapes and System 7's 7:7 Expansion (Conspiracy Mix). Not the best thing he has ever done. terminus a typical 'German' minimalist track in the Valley tradition. I don't know if this soundscape was originally destined for the second FFWD album (often talked about, but never realised) but Robert Fripp surely had his mojo working on this. Although the longest track and highly repetitive, it feels less time-consuming than some of the tracks on this album that only last half of its time. I personally like the discreet wind chimes that sound exactly like those hanging on my porch (the first time I heard the track I thought it was the wind outside playing tricks with the music, and it still does, by the way). Excellent! Yep, I love the album (well, half of it)! Felix 'ambient to the core' Atagong PS: Bill (Bbbroo), if you made it till here, sorry, I've completely forgotten you. I will send some empty cd-roms over! Sorry!

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Re: friends for cydonia (very long!)
by Grant Whitehouse 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

I heard an interview with lx who said that egnable did indeed come from the ffwd sessions but the tapes of it were lost for many years. When they suddenly were found he couldnt resist including it on cydonia. Perhaps it was the production qualities he couldnt resist ;) geedub > From: "nibiru" <thrash(a)btclick.com> > To: <orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Subject: RE: [Orb] friends for cydonia (very long!) > Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:33:57 -0000 > Reply-To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > > I produced egnable in the fast forward sessions > Its is old... > I had the idea to read from two books at a time > One manual and somefink else cant remember > And got fil to say it... > > How shite is that? Must be desperate for tracks... > > ------------------------------------------------------- > kdx: blackbanana.dyndns.org ( www.haxial.com ) > mail: thrash(a)btclick.com

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Re: [Orb] Sorry, Off Subject
by NYCnoises＠aol.com 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

In a message dated 11/20/02 12:13:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, DGagen(a)EnsembleStudios.com writes: > People have mentioned Walter/Wendy Carlos' "Sonic Seasonings" as a > groundbreaking ambient work. I've yet to hear it though I have many other > Carlos recordings. > I just got this for 5$ at Vinymania in NYC. I flipped when I found it.( It was the only one ) - - - - -- - -- - - - - ------- Chris in NYC ( temporarily employed )------ - - -- -- - - -- - - -- -

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Re: [Orb] curd duca / artemiev
by NYCnoises＠aol.com 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

In a message dated 11/20/02 2:52:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, graydecember(a)yahoo.com writes: > Robert Rich and brian lustmord > recorded an album of music inspired by 'stalker' which is quite good. I love this CD...great sex music. - -- ---- - -- - - -- ----- - -- - Chris in NYC - - - -- - -- - -- -- - - - -

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re: Pissed
by Brian Frick 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

This list is making me WANT three lines. *sniff* -- Brian brian(a)frickster.net

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KLF way late answer
by Alan Evil 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

>....And has anyone EVER figured out the source of KLF's "up and down the >east coast, fat as a rat" sample? I remember doing quite an extensive >search for this years ago, and came up empty-handed. Does anyone have any >clues as to the source of it? I would be willing to bet that they just simply were recording AM radio while in New York. If I'm not mistaken there is a much longer slice of the recording used in the Orb live '93 set that is on CR so LX may very well have recorded this. I've gotten some fabulous recordings of preachers this way. During my live shows I often tune an AM radio (it sounds really good with a hard flange on it) and have hit some pretty cool bits by chance. http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/669/669409.html http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/669/669497.html One of those two links prominently features religious broadcasts. Also my song "Secret Walkman" has some good AM radio stuff and if you caught my Sunday night show I caught some really strange parapsychology stuff. I don't know if it's as common in the rest of the world as here but you can hear these kinds of bizarre "Jesus is going to make you rich if you send me money" type evangelists all over the AM and even FM dial. AM broadcasts can be picked up at very long distances on clear nights but unlike shortwave they won't make it across the ocean. One night I heard (couldn't get a tape in the machine fast enough) Reverend Ike reading a letter from this guy who had lost his job, house, wife, car, dog, and cat (I'm not kidding you) and then sent his last five dollars to Reverend Ike and he got them all back (with a better job, house, and car). King James revised Book of Job kind of thing except it's Reverend Ike that'll do it for you and no one dies or gets leprosy. As usual I'll offer to trade a cd of random radio stuff for the same from any foreign country (or in the US if it's really cool). I've got hours and will gladly spend two or three editing them together. If I had the bandwidth I'd do it with an ftp server but I don't so I won't. It's faster to send the physical item by post. Love for all, Alan Evil Institute for Psychic Reform Change your Mind www.psychicreform.com

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Re: pissed
by Charles Duchesne 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

Not only has the Orb's music deteriorated, so has this list. BadOrb? The word Bad is appropriate. Wish i had a better way then get this digest to keep up in case the Orb should suddenly start making good music again!Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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friends for cydonia
by Corbett De Rush 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

I liked it so much I paid $40 canadian for the uk version after I already had the us version(just had to have that EMR track). The use of strings on promis is just awe inspiring too! Terminus sounds at once new and like an old friend that you are so happy to hear from again. Me only gripe(if you could call it that) would be I could do without the haunting female vocals. Anyone know why there are different versions for the poor souls on this side of the Atlantic? You guys(n'gals) in the UK seem to have all the fun. And what does =20 mean? _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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(no subject)
by Corbett De Rush 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

EDM track duh!! _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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