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This album's crap, let's slash the tracks
by marcolphus 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

So, we have 2 long tracks on Metallic Spheres, but divided into 10 pieces. How will you cut it? Here's my choice: 1. Metallic Spheres 6:26 2. Hymns to the Sun 8:01 3. Black Graham 3:02 - the one with acoustic guitar 4. Hiding in Plain View 6:47 - the ambient piece 5. Classified 4:23 6. Es Vedra 2:42 7. Hymns to the Sun (reprise) 5:09 8. Olympic 3:19 9. Chicago Dub 1:06 10. Bold Knife Trophy 7:54 -- The Orb News ::: http://orb-news.blogspot.com

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BBC Review: Metallic Spheres
by theORBscureDDJ 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Lifted this from the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/4p4z Gilmour's chiming guitar work is a sensual fit for The Orb's uplifting electronica John Doran 2010-10-11 "When we speak of The Orb perhaps we subconsciously think of a planet suspended in a void, with everyone on the surface staring out into space. It would be perhaps more fitting to see their world as a bubble where they exist on the inner surface and can only look inwards at their self-contained universe. Metallic Spheres, the electronic ambient outfit's latest studio album, suggests they have neither more nor fewer influences than when they started in 1989. So ostensibly this is another herbal cigarette-friendly selection of celestial synth washes, whacked-out aqueous FX, big slabs of booming dub bass and light dalliances with mid-tempo house and techno. The one constant of the group, 'Dr' Alex Paterson is this time joined by auxiliary member Youth, who has been quite busy elsewhere over the last few years, collaborating with Paul McCartney on his Fireman project and rejoining seminal post-punk/industrial rock/goth pioneers Killing Joke, who have recently released their first album with him on bass, Absolute Dissent, since 1981. But without a doubt, the most interesting guest member on this project is David Gilmour of stadium prog titans Pink Floyd. Paterson and Gilmour were first brought together to work on a version of Graham Nash's Chicago project for charity. Such, they felt, was the fruitfulness of the partnership that they dragged in Youth to complete a remix and their work has basically effloresced to album length. Ever since scoring early hits two decades ago with Little Fluffy Clouds and Blue Room, The Orb have been described incessantly as the rave generation's Pink Floyd, so it was perhaps inevitable that these two institutions would eventually combine in some form or other. And of course it will surprise no one but the most uptight and partisan fans of either group to learn that Gilmour's honeyed, chiming and unchallenging guitar work is a sensual fit for The Orb's expansive, uplifting and soporific electronica. Helpfully split into two sides for all chillers of a certain vintage, both the Metallic and Spheres sides run to under 30 minutes each, which then break down into five separate tracks. Outside of their bubble, of course, there is a seething world of new genres such as dubstep, glo-fi and drag; but these are of no interest to the elder statesmen of rave chill-out, who just want you to switch on a lava lamp, plump up some cushions and drift along to their soothing grooves" Cheers theORBscureDDJ +play+enjoy+float+dream+ http://theorbscureddj.blogspot.com

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Re: [Orb] Orb Digest, Vol 89, Issue 3
by Ken Erxleben 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

I remember when first reading about metallic spheres that there was to be a lightshow even in both LA and New York. i guess the new york part of this has been scrapped? :(

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Metallic Spheres iPhone/iPad app
by Rachel Roth 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/metallic-spheres/id394248595?mt=8 its kind of like an interactive visualizer and also a brief interview with LX about the album: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20101004_theorb.shtml

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Ninja Tune Box Set
by Rachel Roth 11 Oct '10

11 Oct '10

So my Ninja Tune Anniversary Box Set arrived - its quite an impressive array of material. One box is 6 CDs, including the exclusive Orb mix of Timber, which is dark, bassy, delicious, and unlike any other mix of that song I've heard! There's also a box with 6 45s, which are all exclusive materials, a book about the hostory of Ninjatune, a sheet of stickers, a poster that is a hand-drawn blueprint of the label and all the artists (sort of a mix between a family tree and a blue print), and another posted that is a visual catalogue of their releases with thumbnails of all of the album covers. A worth investment indeed! And on a side note, I'm having issues with the admin tool for my discog, so its lacking these latest releases. Cheers! rach

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Free track on official Metallic Spheres website - beware!
by theORBscureDDJ 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Just a word of caution... if your outside the US and you order via the official Metallic Spheres website, you will not be eligible to download the free track... out of interest, could one of our stateside members let us know which track it is please? cheers Pete aka theORBscureDDJ +play+enjoy+float+dream+ http://theorbscureddj.blogspot.com

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metallic spheres extra track
by derrien＠club-internet.fr 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Er... I live in France and I got the extra track. It's just an edit of Hymns to the sun, nothing special. JCFromParis

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Fwd: Metallic Spheres Promo
by Rachel Roth 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

From Seijiro Begin forwarded message: > From: Seijiro Otsuka <osebay(a)sasayaki.com> > Date: October 5, 2010 11:01:22 PM PDT > To: Rachel Roth <rachel(a)migoto.com> > Subject: Re: Metallic Spheres Promo > > Hello Rachel, > > > by the way, entire Metallic Spheres sample is here. > http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/21 > > I can't post to orb-ML. maybe someone want to listen this ? > > thank you, > seijiro otsuka > >> >> >> >>

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Metallic Spheres bits'n'bobs
by theORBscureDDJ 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Interesting update to the Metallic Spheres website: http://metallicspheres.com/lasers.htm ...especially for our US west Coast members on 12th October... ...and some details/pics of the Ibiza gig too... http://ibiza-blog.com/2010/09/26/the-orb-metallic-spheres-album-launch-in-i… cheers theORBscureDDJ +play+enjoy+float+dream+ http://theorbscureddj.blogspot.com

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Re: [Orb] Orb Digest, Vol 88, Issue --wedding (Stephen Wright)
by Patrick Gariup 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

One majestic song for a wedding is Thomas Fehlmann's "wee wee mademoiselle' or THE Orb's "star 4,5,6,and 7 original mix. On a more traditional note Allessandro Safina--Isieme a te.

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