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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