My Oracle Lives Uptown [Import]

William Orbit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B002BH3K52
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,360 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Radioharp

2. Purdy

3. Optical Illusions (Billy Buttons Version)

4. Fast Bubble Universe (CD Bonus Track)

5. White Night

6. Hydrajacked

7. My Oracle Lives Uptown

8. Spotlight Kid

9. Neutron Star

10. Treetop Club (CD Bonus Track)

11. Drift So Far (Website Version)

12. Golden Country

13. Brand New Bong

14. Little Skipper (CD Bonus Track)

15. Reverie Of The Tapir (CD Bonus Track)

16. City Lights Reflection

Editorial Reviews

Review

First release from the Kobalt Digital label

CD features additional tracks unavailable digitally

'......its the soundtrack to to the morning after a wondrous night.....Orbit has never been quite so inviting' Q Magazine

'William Orbit is one of the most original and idiosyncratic electronic artists in the business....absolutely gorgeous' Hot Press


'The dreamy Optical Illusions washes over you in gorgeously drowsy electronic waves....Orbit has no need to reinvent the wheel - this has become his sound, and once again it's irresistible.' Mojo Magazine (4 Stars) --Press Release

Product Description

2009 release, the eighth album from the producer, remixer and Ambient pioneer. His signature sound - sleek and lush, but leaving a cool slipstream in its wake - is immediately recognizable. Most of tracks on the album feature vocals, even if they are only textures in the mix - and their placement within the track is planned with a remixer's ear for shifts of perspective. 'This is more of a party record than the previous ones,' says William Orbit. `It's not a serious, po-faced record, it's not ambient - although it has its ambient moments.' Although My Oracle Lives Uptown is probably William Orbit's most immediate album, it's so subtly layered that it only reveals itself fully after a number of plays. And like his other solo albums, it will surely be resistant to the ageing process. His vision is idiosyncratic and original enough to not to have to try to play catch-up with anyone else, which gives his music a curiously timeless feel. Kobalt.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars William Orbit continues making great music, December 23, 2009

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William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Oracle Lives Uptown (Audio CD)

Although he ended his Strange Cargo series a few years ago, this new William Orbit collection could fit into that series pretty easily. It's a very nice set of mostly instrumental, mostly electronic themes, often with a steady dance beat and always with an intriguing melody. What you expect from Orbit are interesting sounds, and Oracle does not disappoint. Take the jazzy keyboard riff that opens and anchors "Neutron Star," for instance. It's a perfect counterpoint to the light, wordless female vocal that floats above the song, and fits in well with the echoing "guitar" line that pops up periodically in the song. (I put guitar in quotes, 'cause who knows if it's an actual guitar being played there or another keyboard effect?) Although most of the themes are basically electronic dance tracks, he does vary the content somewhat. For instance, after a spacey into, "Hydrajacked" gets mildly funky with its sharp bass line and psuedo-Chic guitar sound. The very next cut, the hoppy, finger-snappin' title track, has a mild Cornershop vibe. It always comes back to the shimmering synth textures, though, which for me is a very good thing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captain Creative..., August 21, 2010

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Muddle One "Muddle One" (Burlington, Vermont United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: My Oracle Lives Uptown (MP3 Download)

My God, how does he do it? This Man's releases are just about flawless. I have been enjoying his work for close to two decades now; he just can not put out a lousy CD. On this most recent one, I can't get past the first three or four tunes - it is all so captivating.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My oracle lives uptown, December 3, 2009

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Robert A. Olds "robert o." (cleve. oh.) - See all my reviews
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Another great CD by William Orbit.If you like deep electronica music,this CD is for you.