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orb line up?
by Guiesepe Eisonhawk 14 May '09

14 May '09

the word I got was that Simon is too expensive to book along with... Youth live on bass would sure be a site for sore eyes. I guess no Witchman either; seems Lx & Phil must pipe the live bass through those uber expensive fiber optic lines instead... hope they dusted them clean after the Coachella diconnect. I'll be cupping my ears to three shows hopefully. Joe from FL

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Re: [Orb] Orb Digest, Vol 74, Issue 7
by Ken Erxleben 08 May '09

08 May '09

well youth was in america like two years ago to play with hallucinogen in dub so you never know! ;)

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live orb line up?
by b broo 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Does anyone know who is on the live orb line up? Did I hear that there might be some meaty live bass from Youth... ....can't wait til june.... bill p.s. just wanted to plug the latest from the 'robot dreams' series, from our own Orbscureddj (catch him on soulseek). This guys dj/remixes always hit that chill-out musical spot... thanks for all the inspiration, mate....http://www.theorbscureddj.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mo…

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Upcoming Shows ( view all )
by Guiesepe Eisonhawk 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

May 23 2009 9:00P - knockebgoroch world festival inverness, Scotland May 24 2009 8:00P - rave against racism sheffield, Northeast May 28 2009 8:00P - the broad room london, London and South East May 31 2009 8:00P - Billie Byrnes' "laugh'n Buddha’s flea market",Kilkenny Jun 10 2009 8:00P - HOB Anaheim, California Jun 11 2009 8:00P - HOB SAN DIEGO, California Jun 12 2009 8:00P - Henry Fonda theater Los Angeles, California Jun 13 2009 8:00P - Health & Harmony Festival Santa Rosa, California Jun 15 2009 8:00P - showbox seattle, Washington Jun 16 2009 8:00P - Commodore Vancouver, British Columbia Jun 20 2009 8:00P - fox theater boulder, Colorado Jun 22 2009 8:00P - varsity theater minneapolis, Minnesota Jun 23 2009 8:00P - Pabst theater Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jun 24 2009 8:00P - bottom lounge chicago, Illinois Jun 28 2009 8:00P - Numbers Houston, Texas Jun 30 2009 8:00P - culture room fort lauderdale, Florida Jul 1 2009 8:00P - THE SOCIAL Orlando, Florida Jul 2 2009 8:00P - Variety playhouse Atlanta, Georgia Jul 3 2009 8:00P - cats cradle Carrboro, North Carolina Jul 4 2009 8:00P - 9.30 club DC, Washington DC Jul 6 2009 8:00P - Mod club toronto, Ontario Jul 9 2009 8:00P - paradise rock club boston, Massachusetts Jul 10 2009 8:00P - the musical hall of williamsburg brooklyn, New Jersey Jul 11 2009 8:00P - bowery ballroom new york, New York Jul 17 2009 10:00P - situation 635 clapham , london, London and South East Joe from FL "Be Self - Actualised"

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Re: [Orb] Orb Digest, Vol 74, Issue 6
by Ken Erxleben 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

can someone please post this list of myspace tour dates for those that don't have a myspace account??? thanks much! ;)

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Re: [Orb] Orb comes to America
by Gavin Miller 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

It will be their most extensive tour in years. I was told 6 weeks on the road including Canada (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal) along with the south (Florida, Texas) and the east coast. Midwest dates too, so stay tuned. There will be a Chicago date. Gavin --- On Wed, 4/22/09, rene <compania23(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > From: rene <compania23(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Orb] Orb comes to America > To: "What were the skies like when you were young?" <orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 10:26 AM > > ANAHEIM!!!! HOUSE OF BLUES!!! > 6/10/09 > > http://www.ticketmaster.com/The-Orb-tickets/artist/806748 > > --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Edward Halley > <lhalley(a)socal.rr.com> wrote: > > From: Edward Halley > <lhalley(a)socal.rr.com> > Subject: [Orb] Orb comes to America > To: "What were the skies like when you were > young?" <orb(a)mailman.xmission.com> > Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 6:25 PM > > > > Friday June 12th The Music Box @ Fonda > > Tickets on sale Saturday > > > Tried to send flyer > from Golden Voice with no success > > _______________________________________________ > Orb mailing list > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb > Report list abuse to list-abuse at > studio-nibble.com > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Orb mailing list > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb > Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com

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Cure
by Mike VandeVelde 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

I'll also have to chime in on The Cure, saw them here in Vancouver last year and wow. Went mostly for sentimental reasons, was moderately into them back in the day, was expecting something like the second time I saw Flaming Lips and how far down they had fallen, but the show was *way* better than I expected. He's a little pudgier but man he can still sing perfectly. And they just rocked, I wouldn't call it a mellow show at all. I would definitely go and see them again. You should to. Mike.

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Coachella highlights
by Gavin Miller 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

So for those of you who missed it, The Orb's set on Sunday night went quite well... for 2 songs. Plagued by more technical difficulties, the main artery for their sound feed from the live mixing on stage went dead leaving the remainder of their 70 minute set to live drums, vocals and LX DJing. They began with AHEGPB to Towers Of Dub. Blueroom was next when the audio from Fil's live mix disappeared. They continued on regardless making for a thin sounding versions of DDD, Little Fluffy Clouds, and Mother Nature. Even worse was the Gobi Tent's proximity to the Dolab Dome so the heavy bass emitting from there interfered with little sound The Orb had. Many people in the crowd had given up listening at this point and left to check out the other stages, some saluting the stage with middle fingers. I checked with the sound man in the back of the tent and he told me he was getting no audio feed from the stage, but those up close could hear some from the stage monitors. LX continued on with spinning some odd records before finishing with the Kris Needs mix of Toxygene, accompanied by Keith's drumming and The Corporal working the crowd. The lighting and visuals worked appropriately at least. The set from My Bloody Valentine was great and had no problems. They played a 70 minute set with no real variation from their other shows other than removing 2 songs from their set. They still did their 20 minute version of "You Made Me Realize" to the delight of some (including me) and to the confusion of many. Throbbing Gristle had some early sound problems which delayed the start of their set on the Mojave stage, but quickly got settled in to their set. Genesis looks more androgynous than ever but performed to the best of his ability switching between treated bass guitar, violin, new year's-style noise maker and vocals. The lighting was pure white with no effects, but with the sounds that the 4 original members created was more than enough to captivate the sparse, mostly older crowd. Persuasion, Hamburger Lady, What A Day were some of the songs played along with the set closer, a 10+ minute version of my personal favorite "Discipline". I caught the tail of The Cure's set, and what a great ending it was. I don't know what encore they were on when I arrived, but I clocked in about 45 mins of their set. For their final encore, Robert told the crowd "I was told we can do only one song" then proceeded to do 2 (when they turned on the exit lighting). then 3 (when the P.A. was cut on "Boys Don't Cry"), then 4 (when they turned off the projection screens on "Jumping Someone Elses Train), then 5 (when they cut the stage power). At this point the crowd had moved as close as they could to hear them continue and cheer them on. Happy Birthday Mr. Smith Gavin

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Coachella highlights
by Gavin Miller 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

So for those of you who missed it, The Orb's set on Sunday night went quite well... for 2 songs. Plagued by more technical difficulties, the main artery for their sound feed from the live mixing on stage went dead leaving the remainder of their 70 minute set to live drums, vocals and LX DJing. They began with AHEGPB to Towers Of Dub. Blueroom was next when the audio from Fil's live mix disappeared. They continued on regardless making for a thin sounding versions of DDD, Little Fluffy Clouds, and Mother Nature. Even worse was the Gobi Tent's proximity to the Dolab Dome so the heavy bass emitting from there interfered with little sound The Orb had. Many people in the crowd had given up listening at this point and left to check out the other stages, some saluting the stage with middle fingers. I checked with the sound man in the back of the tent and he told me he was getting no audio feed from the stage, but those up close could hear some from the stage monitors. LX continued on with spinning some odd records before finishing with the Kris Needs mix of Toxygene, accompanied by Keith's drumming and The Corporal working the crowd. The lighting and visuals worked appropriately at least. The set from My Bloody Valentine was great and had no problems. They played a 70 minute set with no real variation from their other shows other than removing 2 songs from their set. They still did their 20 minute version of "You Made Me Realize" to the delight of some (including me) and to the confusion of many. Throbbing Gristle had some early sound problems which delayed the start of their set on the Mojave stage, but quickly got settled in to their set. Genesis looks more androgynous than ever but performed to the best of his ability switching between treated bass guitar, violin, new year's-style noise maker and vocals. The lighting was pure white with no effects, but with the sounds that the 4 original members created was more than enough to captivate the sparse, mostly older crowd. Persuasion, Hamburger Lady, What A Day were some of the songs played along with the set closer, a 10+ minute version of my personal favorite "Discipline". I caught the tail of The Cure's set, and what a great ending it was. I don't know what encore they were on when I arrived, but I clocked in about 45 mins of their set. For their final encore, Robert told the crowd "I was told we can do only one song" then proceeded to do 2 (when they turned on the exit lighting). then 3 (when the P.A. was cut on "Boys Don't Cry"), then 4 (when they turned off the projection screens on "Jumping Someone Elses Train), then 5 (when they cut the stage power). At this point the crowd had moved as close as they could to hear them continue and cheer them on. Happy Birthday Mr. Smith Gavin

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Malicious Damage news -> Orb, HFB and Transmission Orb remix
by polar-sequence 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

For those not getting mails from Malicious Damage: ************************************************* THE ORB: BAGHDAD BATTERIES {orbsessions vol iii} this is all mixed, mastered and being manufactured at the moment... it's all brand new material from alex paterson and thomas fehlmann, it'll be released on july 6th and here's a slice of the press release: "... the good Doctor sets the controls beyond any Earthly confines and gets down to stratospheric sound painting and advanced sonic science, sprinkled with an avant garde disregard for conventional structures. These startling electronic odysseys are hatched with long-time collaborator Thomas Fehlmann, The Orb's Berlin connection who's been there from the first album and last made his towering presence felt on 2005's Okie Dokie album for the renowned Kompakt label, bastion of Berlin techno. Such is the case with Baghdad Batteries where the pair have injected some of these breathtaking outings with a subterranean house pulse beamed up from the Earth's core, resulting in a new form of space disco which sounds as old as time itself while brushed with the most future-pointed minimal techno shadows..." ************************************************* HFB the second single in the download series hidden foto banks is now available on itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=307208133&id=3 07208127&s=143444 they did a fantastic set on the friday night at the-situation and there's another couple of gigs on the way 25th April at Ironworks, Inverness, Scotland 6th June at Inspiral Lounge, Camden, London the video for hidden foto banks is slightly behind schedule but it should be up on youtube by the end of next week and single no. 3 should be available in a month or so ************************************************* TRANSMISSION we're releasing dance alone from the sublimity album as a download single on may 11th... it's accompanied by 3 remixes including a killer orb remix [THE LEGEND OF A VISITING ORB, FROM ANOTHER TIME & SPACE]

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