Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty Vol.2 (The Orb Remix Project) - Orb (The)

Advantages: Dubby and Dancey all in one
Disadvantages: Not as stand out as some counterparts

...As I sat infront of my CDs, wondering what I should listen to to get me through the rest of the night I thought about throwing on something loud and aggresive....hmm no, maybe something fast and drummy....hmm no. Its at times like these that you should almost always reach for a dub album. I quickly shuffled to the dub section of my CDs and grabbed one, it just so happened to be Orb. Now there is something about the "Dub" genre that doesn't inspire me to write reviews, it inspires me to lie on the floor with no lights on and start to float away to places unknown simply by listening to this music. So here we are, and the album comes in at a very respectable 1:12:56, which is masterfully long and just screams "epic tracks that will melt you to nothing". CASE: The case is a plastic one with the front design being a plain... Read review

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Advantages: Double album full of intelligent music
Disadvantages: Not for technoheads

...The Orb is Alex Patterson, ex Killing joke roadie and electronics wizard. He formed The Orb in the late eighties after a colaborations with various groups such as KLF. 'Chill out' by KLF was going to be the first Orb album. So this is the first of many Orb albums and includes their most famous track, 'Little Fluffy Clouds' which finally made top ten after being re-issued. It also includes the dub track 'Perpetual dawn'. This album is an excursion through the universe without leaving your house. The start of the 90s brought an ambient revival first made popular in the 70s by people like Brian Eno. It drifts in and out of the tracks like you are passing through different galaxies without problems of black holes or meteorites. Even though you are millions of miles away The Orb protect you throughout. It's minimal but keeps you hooked... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Loads of great tracks
Disadvantages: Electro isn't for everyone!

...and Andy Hughes although Alex Patterson has been a Permanent fixture throughout. Currently he works alongside the German Producer Thomas Fehlmann. The Orb tends to work with samples that are changed beyond recognition and when playing live have a mad visual show on too. An interesting article on the last 20 years of The Orb is available to read on Wikipedia. This album opens on the Aphex Twin track “Polynominal C” which is a fast paced tune that you can picture an entire crowd jumping up and down to in a club somewhere. This is followed by Charles Webster’s “Be No-One” which instantly takes it down a couple of gears into a chill out. Following this is a space age sounding track called “Nitrogen Pt. 1” that would fit nicely in a Matrix style gun toting scene. Incidentally, I just fired the name into Wikipedia and the second line says... Read review

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