Maaan, no
offense meant, but I'd say anyone who thinks the Orb isn't psychedelic is rather
off the mark. The samples alone are, and always have been, very
trip-friendly - like funny and weird/unnerving ("the flight director says get
back in!") at the same time, like you know he's fucking with you a
bit. Great fun.
I agree on
the minimal stuff - I think I've listened to Okie Dokie twice, I just really
can't get into it. I DISagree (heartily) on the Dream -
overproduced? WTF is THAT? JFC, man, it's one of the best-sounding
CDs in my collection (we are talking Zappa remaster, Steely Dan quality
here)(God, I love Steely Dan). I mean, is Terrarvm "overproduced"?
I really like
that the Orb doesn't stand still, and that the Dream album revisits some things
like dub without doing it in a stale way (and I like how LX is working in
vocals, doing almost pop tracks really (not a bad thing, love Bob Mould), but in
his own way - the vox heavily processed for example, and I like what he's been
doing with the Korpral (sp?) guy rapping - kinda like Shamen but not as dippy
(fine, I enjoy Shamen stuff quite a bit too, while we're at it don't forget I'm
also the guy that likes Rush right up there with Orb so you can feel free to
write me off as a dipshit if you want).
T
The Orb MUST go back to their roots. And these
roots are NOT psychedelic or abstract at all, but pure fucking DUB.
Nothing more, nothing less. I think they should not move into that
minimalistic crap IMO. They have been doing that for a while now and it bores
the crap out of me.
Also The Dream is a failure to me. Don't get me wrong,
i used to listen a lot to Tim Bran's Dreadzone but this is not fun at all.
Overproduced i would call it allmost.
Sorry for my rant....
R
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:45:47 -0800
>
From: gelsol@yahoo.com
> To: orb@mailman.xmission.com
> Subject:
Re: [Orb] OOPA for everyone
>
> I dunno, I was pretty much over
that German-Minimalist-Kompakt-Fehlmann sound after Visions of Blah. Don't get
me wrong, I like Fehlmann's stuff, but I favor his stuff on Good Fridge more
than the new stuff. While I think there's some nice production, that minimal
style is boring.
>
> And the Orb is a psychedelic band. If they
are indeed going "full-circle," (Bikes n' Trikes/The Dream back to Adventures)
they need to get back to making tripped-out shit like Terrarvm and
Orblivion.
>
> FSOL is actually making some pretty cool shit
right now. I love both of those Environment albums, just as much, if not more
than their Lifeforms/Dead Cities phase.
>
> You can't fault the
Orb for trying new things and going in different directions, but their strong
points will always be as an abstract/psychedelic band.
>
> Yer
Pal,
> Gel-Sol
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/13/09, Richard
Mills <rickmills@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Richard
Mills <rickmills@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Orb] OOPA for
everyone
> > To: gelsol@yahoo.com, "What were the skies like when you
were young?" <orb@mailman.xmission.com>
> > Date: Friday,
February 13, 2009, 4:37 PM
> > First of all thanks marcolphus for the
link, much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > With regards
to the track, i'll take the contrary view
> > to Andrew and
plant
> > my flag firmly in the 'impressed' camp. It's a
> >
fucking lovely track. I may
> > be biased because I'm a fan of the
Fehlmann sound,
> > although I don't think
> > this sounds
particularly 'Fehlmanny'. But I'm
> > willing to bet a lot of
list
> > members would prefer to hear this kind of tune coming
from
> > The Orb than
> > something of the likes of 'Vuja
De'.
> >
> > As an aside, my first thought upon hearing
OOPA was: this
> > would mix really
> > well with 'Cluster
One' by Pink Floyd. A quick test
> > has proven the case;
>
> start Cluster One at the 4 min mark for some scratchy,
> >
diffuse ambient
> > treats ;)
> >
> > Rich
>
> (also a Hughes fan!)
> >
> >
> >
>
> 2009/2/13 Gel-Sol <gelsol@yahoo.com>
> >
> >
> Is Fehlmann back with the group? Not impressed.
> > >
>
> > Bring back Hughes.
> > >
> > > Yer
Pal,
> > > Gel-Sol
> > >
> > > --- On Fri,
2/13/09, marcolphus
> > <markolf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>
> > > > From: marcolphus <markolf@gmail.com>
>
> > > Subject: Re: [Orb] OOPA for everyone
> > > > To:
"What were the skies like when you were
> > young?" <
> >
> orb@mailman.xmission.com>
> > > > Date: Friday,
February 13, 2009, 7:00 AM
> > > > So, since you have
downloaded it 72 times for
> > now, share
> > > > your
thoughts
> > > > about the track!!
> > >
>
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