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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