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Thomas Fehlman 4/29/03 Chicago
by Gavin Miller 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hi all, So I saw Thomas Fehlman last night at the Empty Bottle. He performed for a little over an hour with his powerbook and maybe a chaos pad attached. He did a non-stop set mixing from track to track, and was very dancey tunes. I highly reccomend checking it out if you like the Orb... No visuals, but Fehlman does dance quite a bit, and interacts with the crowd. He even moves like LX! He did perform a new Orb song in his set, along with Cool Harbour, plus some older Fehlman tracks too. Spoke with the man after his set, and he told me this was his first time in Chicago, and he enjoyed it very much. He also told me that the new Orb album has been pushed back to June 11th in Japan. I shook his hand and thanked him for performing here and wished him safe travels. As for Jen Jelnik, I thought he looked just like Mike Meyer's "Dieter" from Sprockets... He performed amost an hours worth of Cologne-esque tracks, Oval/Microstoria comes to mind. I thought it was quite interesting at times and tedious at others. Before that was a duo of Greg Davis and Steven Hess, One on a pc, the other on drums. THe drums were mic'ed through the powerbook and had all sorts of treatments done to the sounds. Interesting at first, but it went from avant-garde jazz like drumming to just making soft noises with no noticeable rhythmn, and made for difficult watching after a while. It would've been fun had I been the drummer I'm sure. Gavin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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OT minidiscs
by Alan 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

I have a Sony MZ-R37 which has some advangtages over the newer models because it has the ability to manually control the record volume. The only newer ones I've seen that have this are way expensive. I've also got a Sony ECM-MS957 microphone. It's a very good. Both of the songs at http://www.alanevil.homestead.com/sings.html were recorded with this set-up. www.psychicreform.com Money does not equal speech. Corporations are not people. Watch your overcoat. "Dissent is what rescues democracy from a slow death behind closed doors." -Lewis H. Lapham

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Re: [Orb] FW: System 7 news April 17th 2003
by JASON HICKS 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Davy Jones Locker (feat. LX) off of Power of 7 is by far my favorite System 7 track, 10 minutes of greatness! After that Alpha Wave off of System 7.3 Fire and Water (check out the Ritchie Hawtin remix for some Detroit minimal insanity, not for the faint of heart!) and Soft Rain (again with LX) off of the new one, which I believe was called Seventh Wave. Jason >......sorry not quite orb, but I just wanted to ask for a system 7 >suggestion, anyone. What is a recommended track that I might have missed >that shows off mr hillages fine guitar talents (I've got sunburst & a >couple of their CD's but don't know what to get next? I'm looking for some >soaring and general interstellar acrobatics? >(either on or off list - many thanks) _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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FW: [Orb] The State of the Union
by angry troll [OT] 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

This is interesting ... The thing about internet bull junk Is that suddenly the monopoly that the music business enjoyed in distribution and promotion has whittled up shit creek.. Now they are pooping their little panties trying to get a stranglehold round the internet market/ copyright laws / licensing hence apples new store and rumours of a buyout of universal which is one of the biggest MF satan sucker music companies... They need pampers for men... Would you pay more money than a normally priced record if you knew it was independent and going straight to the artist? Would you subscribe to the site of a musician to receive extra shite like dj mixes unlreleased tracks n junk Like an annual junk bullshit fee? I was contemplating making all my tracks available for free And then just let people donate an amount If they got some mileage out of em.... Do you think that would work? Would you rather d/l albums / ep's Or single tracks ? How much would you pay for a single track Etc etc et cc cc c blahblahb Yeah I can check the standard price if youre interested The pho list is most informative on all this shite :) Later K

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The State of the Union
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Mr greenjade(a)blueyonder.co.uk posted >>>.....never have heard half the stuff alex has done - he should get all the stuff he's recorded and sell it so we can have something of a reasonable quality to play........ ..........look how long it took to get cydonia onto the shelves !> This has kind of been covered before, but I am wondering once again on the future of the music business, and wondered what others thought? P2P downloading is obviously happening on a major scale, but I can't believe that anyone wants their favorite artist to starve or be forced to quit the music business. There has to be a happy medium. Talking with friends: downloading is extensive, but then most of them are buying more "legitimate" Cd's as a result. Purchasing more often tends to be from "2nd hand" sources though, (eg, no money to the musicians). Pay per track sites are springing up, but prices (apple charge about $1.00 track) seem high when compared to the actual CD price, especially when distribution, overhead and product costs are minimal. I personally though that the Badorb MP3 Download option, with the theory that money goes straight to the Artists, was a good idea. Although some on list thought it was shit! Why? If the price had been less, would it of made a difference? Also: there is alot of appeal with getting rid of the advertisers, distributes, general money siphoning middle men (especially some of the jerks in my local music store), but are some systems necessary just to keep everyone informed? Any ideas, anyone?

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RE: FW: [Orb] Andy Hughes
by John Goerner 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

You can just tell the kind of people that poked sticks in hornets nests when they were kids. Besides, engineers just pop tapes in the machines and make sure stuff is plugged in, right? John Goerner "Better Living Through Gravity" johng(a)usgravitics.com right. rrriiiggghhhttt. but still, what is andy up to. "angry troll [OT]" <thrash(a)btclick.com> wrote: No no no no no Greg Hunter was the best engineer the orb ever had..

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OT Iraq
by Alan 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

http://wtcguy.homestead.com/irockifordfiles.html Every time I hear Jay Garner's name on the radio I hear the theme song from Rockford files. www.psychicreform.com Money does not equal speech. Corporations are not people. Watch your overcoat. "Dissent is what rescues democracy from a slow death behind closed doors." -Lewis H. Lapham

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Knob twiddling vs Knob riding.
by orbster＠frickster.net 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

It depends on what you like. I've twiddled knobs AND I've ridden knobs. My Mackie hates me. However, certain other people don't :D Oy. PERVERTS. -brian :D

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OT: Minidisc players and Amsterdam
by dx dx 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

2 things: Can anyone recommend a good minidic player/recorder and microphone for making field recordings? Anyting good or Orbish going on in Amsterdam or surrounding areas on May 17-23? I made a note to check out the flourescent light museum based on somebody's recommendation.... -daryl _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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RE: [Orb] OT: Finally some major news media outlets admit the tru th
by Don Gagen 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

Even better news... :) http://www.onion.com/onion3915/new_fox_reality_show.html "There is no greater joy than soaring high on the wings of your dreams, except maybe the joy of watching a dreamer who has nowhere to land but in the ocean of reality." DONALD D GAGEN MAILTO:DGAGEN@ENSEMBLESTUDIOS.COM ENSEMBLE STUDIOS http://www.ensemblestudios.com

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