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Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1 | Little Fluffy Clouds |
| 2 | Earth (Gaia) |
| 3 | Supernova At The End Of The Universe |
| 4 | Back Side Of The Moon |
| 5 | Spanish Castles In Space |
Disc: 2
| 1 | Perpetual Dawn |
| 2 | Into The Fourth Dimension |
| 3 | Outlands |
| 4 | Star 6& 7, 8, 9 |
| 5 | Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Center Of The Ultraworld, A |
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The first Orb album was entirely new when it appeared: a low-key dance record, with echoes and swells more than up-front tunes, stoner-level dub bass, and all sorts of samples and sounds--seagulls, film clips, astronaut voices, bits of disco--fluttering through the mix like hallucinations. Essentially a techno album for tired dancers, it's held up nicely over time, thanks to its intricate, dreamy sonics. Beyond the classic "Little Fluffy Clouds"--a set of interlocking synth hooks and loping percussion, held together by a cut-up sample of Rickie Lee Jones talking about the skies of her youth--there are lots of mellow delights here, particularly the blissful reggae groove "Perpetual Dawn." --Douglas Wolk
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Fontana Island
- Date First Available : December 4, 2006
- Label : Fontana Island
- ASIN : B000005HTX
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #231,788 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #149 in IDM
- #830 in Techno (CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,116 in Ambient (CDs & Vinyl)
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I can see that this new re-issue of "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" has an additional bonus CD of some of their re-mixes from back then. If you are fortunate enough to have their very scarce "limited edition" UK Only 1992 release of "The Orb: Aubrey Mixes: the Ultraworld Excursions", then you will already have most of the tracks that are here on the bonus CD. I use to be obsessed with The Orb back in their beginning. Their appeal ended abruptly when I tried to sit through, and make sense of, "Pomme Fritz". I couldn't leave the ground with this strange short collage of dissonant go-nowhere sounds and effects.
However, I will admit that I haven't paid much attention to The Orb for many years now. The classics "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" and "UFOrb", remain their ultimate classic innovative projects (including the various remixes and non-commercial releases surrounding those two albums). I tried "Pomme Fritz", "Orbvs Terrarvm", and "Orblivion", and I just gave up on The Orb. Many other releases followed where I only read the CD jacket but never cared to buy anymore. I played some snippets here and there but nothing really captured my attention like the first two Orb albums did.
I did give "Cydonia" a try and I even bought it ("used" of course, so I didn't really risk much. I thought "Cydonia" was okay, not the greatest, but certainly more interesting than everything from "Pomme Fritz" forward. Then I actually paid full price for "Bicycles and Tricycles". I don't know what compelled me to do that. Maybe I just wanted to make sure I walked out of the CD store having bought something. Anything.
On "Bicycles and Tricycles", Alex has recorded probably the most ignorant rap track I have ever heard. Any rap track, that sounds angry, especially from a woman, is so damn annoying!. I'm already use to the fact that we seldom ever hear anything very positive from male rappers anyway. What's more, a "rap" track doesn't belong here anyway. That's not Orb music! But anyway, that stupid song "Aftermath" greatly reduced the appeal of the album "Bicycles and Tricycles" for me, and continues to justify my opinion that The Orb is no where's near as great as they were with "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" and "UFOrb".
I don't know why The Orb feels that they have to have a speaking part in the middle of their albums although I liked the american guy on "Bicycles and Tricycles" talking about his observation of "pretty girls used for advertising". That was kind of cute. Hell, that could have easily been me talking. That's definately my style of dry wit. However, the speaking part on "Cydonia" was confusing and annoying.
Their latest CD, "Okie Dokie", just isn't the Orb that they use to be. What was unique about "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" and "UFOrb" was that the main theme of those two albums are about Outer Space, Lunar Modules, Interplanetary Space Travel, Space Station Communication, Super Novas, Dark Stars, Astronauts, etc. You know, our "not so distant future". It's the absence of these space themes that make me feel like the album of "Okie Dokie", is no longer The Orb that they once were. Plus The Orb use to be able to make tracks flow together more smoothly. Unlike "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld", all those tracks on "Okie Dokie" seem like they could just end as they end, and start a new track as they start. The otherworldly flow that they use to create so well is just not there anymore. And all those tracks on "Okie Dokie" are much shorter so the "trance" concept has diminished as well. It was the feeling of floating, recognizing no gravity, and just simple but beautiful cold dark terror, that was what "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" and "UFOrb" was all about. These first two Orb albums had a sound that was "larger than life". So much substance, vastness, and depth. Everything afterwards just seems like we've never left the ground. Never left the room. No otherworldly adventure to explore or fear.
I'd like to see Alex Paterson try to do another Orb album where he takes us back to outer space, and tries to revive the cold terror of the unknown worlds of outer space. He should try doing an album called "U.F.Orb II: Another Ultraworld Adventure!" Commercially, the album title alone would bring many of the earlier Orb fans back. Hell, it worked for Jean Michel Jarre with "Oxygene 7-13" and Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells II (and even III)".
Give that a try Alex, see what happens. Even Pink Floyd might pay attention. Selling out to your glorious past is the American way to stay alive. Take us back to the future, Alex!
Fans of early Orb should already be aware of artists like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Tomita, and Jean Michel Jarre. My latest favorite "ambient dub" artists are Phutureprimitive, The Higher Intelligence Agency, and Electric Skychurch.
If you are into "glitch" and IDM, you can't go wrong with Autechre, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Gescom, and Photek.
To me, IDM (which means "Intelligent Dance Music"), should be called ADM (meaning "Addictive Music"), because believe me, once you become conditioned to listening to this kind of music, it's very hard to return to regular music. Today's IDM make Kraftwerk sound like "old hat", but I will always respect that Kraftwerk continues to prove to be the innovators of everything you here as "electronica" today.
I find a sense of comfort in the lunacy that is Autechre's music. It's like "Machinery Gone Wrong", and it's very motivational music if you like to listen to music while you work. The Orb's "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld", and "UFOrb", are excellent "cool down" albums when the work is done.
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Treat yourself and buy both. You'll become a nut like me, who genuinely has been a massive fan of most of following 30 years of their music. And the "their" has included many, many huge and talented musicians, DJ producers, singers and artists.
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