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"orb is" remix and shameless plug...
by Tweezer Fetish 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

i threw this remix together today. thoughts of that damn remix email from a while ago had been rumbling around my head and it was time for some action. take it for what it is. id rather listen to this mix than the original now but im biased. http://www.planetotaku.com/media/unreleased/orb_is_much_better_now_edit.mp3 and now that the details have been finalized for the 2nd release by my band OTAKU, it seemed an appropriate time for some shameless promotion. there a bunch of tracks from our albums and compilations for download at the following url if you happen to be interested: http://www.planetotaku.com/music.html not sure how you would classify our music. dub. electronica. abstract beats. noise. ambient. it's kind of are all over the place (probably due to the eclectic influences on us and the fact that we sample from everyone and everywhere). but i thought there may be a few of you who might enjoy it. thanks. tweez __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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From www.theorb.com
by Nick King 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Some news from www.theorb.com: "THE ORB: Bicycles & Tricycles The new Orb album Bicycles & Tricycles was released on 17 June 2003 in Japan, the album will be released in the UK and Europe on new label Hexus in September 2003. A USA deal is currently being finalised. The Euro version will contain a longer version of 'Compania' and a different running order with a bonus-bonus track. Tracks on the Japanese release are; From A Distance, Land Of Green Ginger, Hell's Kitchen, Gee Strings, Prime Evil, Orb Is, Now Here, Abstractions, Luca, Compania, Tower 23, Dilmun, Master Blaster. The Orb's current line-up of Alex Paterson, Simon Phillips (Prayer Box) and John Roome (Witchman), are joined on 'Bicycles & Tricycles' by collaborators Thomas Fehlmann (That Swiss Fella), Jimmy Cauty (Custerd), Fil (Autolump), Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto), Soom-T and Erik. Hybrid and Vince Watson are both due to remix From A Distance. " ----- THE ORB/ALEX PATERSON - DJ dates 2003 ORB LIVE SHOWS JULY 19: UK; BRIGHTON: Concorde 2 JULY 27: JAPAN; FUJI ROCK AUGUST 05: UK, CORNWALL: EDEN PROJECT with MOBY AUGUST 13-17: BRAZIL, Rain Forest: TBC AUGUST 23: BELGIUM; Oudenaarde: FEEST IN HET PARK ALEX PATERSON DJ DATES JULY 03: ITALY; Reggio Emilia AUGUST 02: HOLLAND: PHOTONIC FESTIVAL, Cabrio Thater, Soest AUGUST 09: UK; LONDON: Gingklik (tbc) AUGUST 28: FINLAND; Helskini AUGUST 30: FINLAND; Estonia LE PETIT ORB LIVE DATES SEPTEMBER 05: UK, London: Cargo ----- 5 UNRELEASED ORB-SCURITIES 1. 1388 BC (2000) - Full 18 Minute 'Blessed Are The Aton' experience. 2. SOONNE OF MIT FARHTER (2002) - looped snapshot of seventies UK glam band Khikory Tip. 3. INSANE (2002) - Fil Autolump & Alex fourteen minute headbender. Mixed in Konkrete, fashioned in fury. 4. FULL COPENHAGEN TREKRONNER GIG 1993 - SUNSET & SUNRISE SETS - triple cd box-set bootleg straight from DAT. Featuring the wet-suited aqua-antics of Admiral 'shiver-me-timbers' Paterson, Seaman 'off-the-cuff' Phillips, Kris 'water-wings' Weston, Nick 'The Petticoat' Burton. 5. SAIL TODAY (2001) - country'n'western meets electro with bridges. Recorded with Aki and Guy Pratt. ----- Ho ho - "Kris 'water-wings' Weston"!! l8rs, Nick ;-)

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Perry Farrell Loves Orb, ahhhhh
by Audiopimp . 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Check spin.com & scroll down and click on the red "His life in Music" above his happy mug for the short (but lovely) article... feelin all warm n fuzzy inside right now. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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cult recruiting
by learn&Evolve 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

-in my humble opinion -ha -B&T (and especially from a distance) is created for pubescent Japanese and eurotrash youth -Alex desperately needs young blood to keep his cult alive. PS. thrash -digitally, only a fool doesn't expect the unexpected cos it wont' happen when you least expect it -madonna says have a nice fucking day --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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Alan Evil tribute act.....
by P J Kane 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

<< Expect at least one remix from me after the AmbientLive 2k3 show in Denver. >> excellent. so anyway i went to see some eletronic artists play in an art gallery last night. the middle guy (Adam Johnson ?) was mixing wierd old new wave stuff and really heavy beats..... and for some reason it reminded me of that Institute for Psychic Reform thingie i downloaded -- well, there was a few seconds of similarity, not overall similarity. and i thought to myself, "You know, a good name for a IfPR tribute band would be The Institute for Sidekick Reform", and then i had a wierd image of The Sidekick's Lounge at the Superhero Nightclub in the cartoon show _The Tick_. i think that the whole point of this is that i should avoid PBR on an empty stomach, but it was kind of funny.... just thought i would share, for no real reason. PJK please don't hate me because i can't type..... --- All the cool kids are doing it: HTTP://www.EvilSponge.org

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B&T
by Alan 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

I really liked the first version of Cydonia that went around the 'net. The "official" version was very good but not as good as the wrong one. I think I like about half of this album. Unfortunately it's not half the songs. It's a big chunk of each song. There are some great elements in play here and some really amazingly deep bass (someone tell me how they get it to sound like that, please) but there are no full songs that grab me like what I expect. I bet it's fun party stuff live but for an Orb album it's just crap. I'd like to make an album with a fifth of their budget. Bet it would be stronger all around. But I can't stick three letters on the cover. www.psychicreform.com Change your mind. "Look at the past 25 years. We went downhill, and if people don't realize it, they don't have their fucking eyes on ... In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available to an average citizen in America right now... God almighty, what have we done to each other?" --Merle Haggard (June, 2002)

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re: [Orb] Unreleased ORB-Scurities
by Alan 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

>From: Bbbrooo(a)aol.com >Subject: [Orb] Unreleased ORB-Scurities >C) Is anybody attempting any B&T remixes? I was thinking that on a couple of tracks the starts could be used, then >carried off in an oxbow lake sort of way? Any thoughts, anyone? Damn you Bill! Now I have to do that, don't I? I really have too much to do right now but... DAMN YOU!!! Gah. Expect at least one remix from me after the AmbientLive 2k3 show in Denver. At least I know it won't be too hard to separate out the parts. DAMN YOU! (Shaking fist like old man in Scooby Doo cartoon) www.psychicreform.com Change your mind. "Look at the past 25 years. We went downhill, and if people don't realize it, they don't have their fucking eyes on ... In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available to an average citizen in America right now... God almighty, what have we done to each other?" --Merle Haggard (June, 2002)

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Renigade is online!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by RMStringer 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

RMStringer ************************** "Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity". BB - Pg 550

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Unreleased ORB-Scurities
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

A) >>>>UNRELEASED ORB-SCURITIES FULL COPENHAGEN TREKRONNER GIG 1993 - SUNSET & SUNRISE SETS - triple cd box-set bootleg straight from DAT.>> mmmmmm, might be good. Thrash, is this worth getting? Can you remember? B) Also from www.theorb.com: >>FORTHCOMING CUSTERD CURDLERS 1. Listen William >>>>>>> Final recognition of the weird phenomena in this dimension, whereby a disproportionate number of orb fans are named "bill". Hope it's better than "Distance". C) Is anybody attempting any B&T remixes? I was thinking that on a couple of tracks the starts could be used, then carried off in an oxbow lake sort of way? Any thoughts, anyone? cheers, bill

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RE: [Orb] Arundhati Roy
by Ben May 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

> >http://www.newsaskew.com/summaries/clerks-15.html Woo hoo! Jeff you win the $2. The check is in the mail... :-D Man that movie is funny. ------------------------------------------- ``A law branding one class of persons as criminal solely based on the state's moral disapproval of that class and the conduct associated with that class runs contrary to the values of the Constitution and the Equal Protection Clause, under any standard of review.'' -- US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor 'The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.' - Al Smith 'Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely, or to think sanely, under the influence of a great fear. ' - Bertrand Russell 'Reason and free inquiry are the effectual agents against error. They are the natural enemies of error and error only.' - Thomas Jefferson _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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