I really liked the first version of Cydonia that went around the 'net. The "official" version was very good but not as good as the wrong one. I think I like about half of this album. Unfortunately it's not half the songs. It's a big chunk of each song. There are some great elements in play here and some really amazingly deep bass (someone tell me how they get it to sound like that, please) but there are no full songs that grab me like what I expect. I bet it's fun party stuff live but for an Orb album it's just crap. I'd like to make an album with a fifth of their budget. Bet it would be stronger all around. But I can't stick three letters on the cover. www.psychicreform.com Change your mind. "Look at the past 25 years. We went downhill, and if people don't realize it, they don't have their fucking eyes on ... In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available to an average citizen in America right now... God almighty, what have we done to each other?" --Merle Haggard (June, 2002)
"I think I like about half of this album. Unfortunately it's not half the songs. It's a big chunk of each song. There are some great elements in play here and some really amazingly deep bass (someone tell me how they get it to sound like that, please) but there are no full songs that grab me like what I expect." That's a pretty good assessment of the album. I liked the tracks like Prime Evil, Abstractions, and Tower Twenty Three, but most of the songs seem to be a bit too repetitious, almost like they could be edited to be shorter in length. This should make for some really good remixes though, in the proper hands. What I'm really looking forward to is the MadOrb release. Mad Professor remixing Orb? Yeah! The potential is there, I just hope they take the time to do it up right. Speaking of dub, is Mr. Weston planning on making any in the future? C'mon, feed the dub heads!
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 20:14, Alan wrote:
I think I like about half of this album. Unfortunately it's not half the songs. It's a big chunk of each song. There are some great elements in play here and some really amazingly deep bass (someone tell me how they get it to sound like that, please) but there are no full songs that grab me like what I expect.
Had a chance over the weekend to re-listen to the album at half-decent volume and in the, erm, "right" frame of mind, and I concur with this review. The over-all atmosphere of most of the tracks is pretty neat. Some nice, thick ambiance. Some of the rhythms are neat to dance to. But once the initial make-up of the track is introduced, there's so little going on that I just want to fast forward to the next track. Maybe I just listen to too much Goa, or suffer from ADHD or something, but I really can't handle the monotonous repetition of most of the stuff in here. When I get a copy on CD I'm going to see about scratching the sectors that hold "From a Distance" so that it's never accidentally played. And the beginning of Prime Evil sounds like someone trying to play keyboard one-handed, with a broken finger or two. Still hoping that the subtlety that used to mark Orb music will appear in the bassline once I have a copy with the high and low ends intact. Peace. Mick -- "To fuel yet another war - this time against Iraq - by cynically manipulating people's grief, by packaging it for TV specials sponsored by corporations selling detergent and running shoes, is to cheapen and devalue grief, to drain it of meaning. What we are seeing now is a vulgar display of the business of grief, the commerce of grief, the pillaging of even the most private human feelings for political purpose. It is a terrible, violent thing for a State to do to its people." - Arundhati Roy
the 0rb was just a fad ladies and gents but a pretty darn legendary one but thats the way it go with pioneers feel free to hate me cos i cant type hate is good and very grown up ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mick Szucs" <mick@onramp.ca> To: "What were the skies like when you were young?" <orb@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [Orb] B&T
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 20:14, Alan wrote:
I think I like about half of this album. Unfortunately it's not half the songs. It's a big chunk of each song. There are some great elements in play here and some really amazingly deep bass (someone tell me how they get it to sound like that, please) but there are no full songs that grab me like what I expect.
Had a chance over the weekend to re-listen to the album at half-decent volume and in the, erm, "right" frame of mind, and I concur with this review.
The over-all atmosphere of most of the tracks is pretty neat. Some nice, thick ambiance. Some of the rhythms are neat to dance to. But once the initial make-up of the track is introduced, there's so little going on that I just want to fast forward to the next track.
Maybe I just listen to too much Goa, or suffer from ADHD or something, but I really can't handle the monotonous repetition of most of the stuff in here.
When I get a copy on CD I'm going to see about scratching the sectors that hold "From a Distance" so that it's never accidentally played. And the beginning of Prime Evil sounds like someone trying to play keyboard one-handed, with a broken finger or two.
Still hoping that the subtlety that used to mark Orb music will appear in the bassline once I have a copy with the high and low ends intact.
Peace.
Mick
-- "To fuel yet another war - this time against Iraq - by cynically manipulating people's grief, by packaging it for TV specials sponsored by corporations selling detergent and running shoes, is to cheapen and devalue grief, to drain it of meaning. What we are seeing now is a vulgar display of the business of grief, the commerce of grief, the pillaging of even the most private human feelings for political purpose. It is a terrible, violent thing for a State to do to its people."
- Arundhati Roy
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Mick you awesome bitch! You know what im starting to really get into Everyones sig's This does not include my sig by the way... Theres some amazingly profound statements going on round here I think arundhati roy's little quote is such an eloquent hammer hitting home And a sharp insight into the nature of this time we are stuck in Please hate me I can type quite well -- )) (( c[_] bLiP www.justablip.co.uk devalue grief drain it of meaning we are seeing now the vulgar display the business of grief the commerce of grief The pillaging of even the most private human feelings for political purpose Yeah she should write poetry or somefink I think she needs to bring the media into it next the part they play... I think that would progress the poem along nicely Anyone wanna add? eheh
"There are some great elements in play here and some really amazingly deep bass (someone tell me how they get it to sound like that, please)" Hey Alan, the bass on which song?
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