Hey Tim,

I agree. The Orb are psychedelic. How did Bob Mould pop up there? Husker Du flashback?

From: orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tim C
Sent: February-14-09 12:33 PM
To: 'What were the skies like when you were young?'
Subject: Re: [Orb] OOPA for everyone

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).

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From: orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ramon Vink
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:58 AM
To: gelsol@yahoo.com; orb@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [Orb] OOPA for everyone

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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