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DJ Alex Patterson is the Orb, but he is aided and assisted by the original techno-shamans, Steve Hillage and wife Miquette Giraudy (AKA techno duo System 7), and by such notables from the club-hopper gang as Jim Cauty (The KLF), Thrash, and Trevor Horn (of the Buggles, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Yes fame). The Orb's mesmerizing debut, ADVENTURES BEYOND THE ULTRAWORLD, rejuvenates the DIY ethic, revalidating the Eno credo of self-proclaimed "non-musicianship" via completely absorbing music created by record-spinners rather than keyboard virtuosos.
The ties with Hillage notwithstanding, Patterson and his cronies elongate the progressive rock sphere along channels that link it with the Teutonic trailblazers. ULTRAWORLD blends early Pink Floyd psychedelia with deep space and murky, trance-inveighed beats. Having already been legitimized by legions of admirers both under and over the influence), the Orb has literally paved the way for a "renaissance" of sorts for post-modern electronic music and precipitated an onslaught of music that shows no signs of receding.
Recorded at the Coach House, Do Not Erase, Marcus Studios, Berwick Street Studios & live at Trancentral, London, England.
Engineers include: Thrash, Andy Falconer, Tim Russell.
The Orb includes: Dr. Alex Patterson, Thrash.
Producers include: Dr. Alex Patterson, Youth, Steve Hillage, Eddie Manasseh, Baku.
Spin (9/99, p.160) - Ranked #82 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Q (11/96, p.155) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...[this] 1991 debut album...has all the trademark devices of The Orb in place: helicopter noises, vocal samples, slabs of dub, sudden washes of apparently random noise, absurd titles...and very long tracks..."
Alternative Press (7/95, p.116) - "...probably [the Orb's] most influential [release]. A combination of light rhythms, inter-stellar spaces, and random knob-turning, ADVENTURES BEYOND THE ULTRAWORLD soared into our minds with an ambient shriek unheard since Eno first experimented with the concept..."
Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #22 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...some of the most unique sounds of the year..."
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #45 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.' Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld Music Orb Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld Songs Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld Music Review Purchase Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Portishead Dummy CD (1994)
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Named for a town near Bristol, England, Portishead is a British dance band that grabs ideas from all over the mod pop world (spaghetti Western guitars, turntable scratching, melancholy soul vocals, atmospheric organs, house beats) and stirs them into spacey, dub-like productions that sound like a dance club in the middle of a "Twin Peaks" dream. You could call it surreal hip-hop pop. But if the beats on the band's debut album achieve a kind of trance-like static, the songs themselves reach for something more rousing. With understated lyrics and overstated melodies, singer Beth Gibbons and bandleader ...
| | Moby Everything Is Wrong CD (1995)
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At some point, every musical movement produces a work so evocative, inclusive, and challenging that it stands out as a reference for what is best in an entire musical genre. EVERYTHING IS WRONG is the WHITE ALBUM of dance music. On this album, Moby's interests in techno, ambient, punk rock, and gospel mix together in a sonic stew of epic proportions that not only holds together, but seems perfectly natural.
As such, the beautifully moody "Hymn" is followed by the diva-driven "Feeling So Real," which is followed by the techno-punk of "All That I Need ...
| | Aphex Twin I Care Because You Do CD (1995)
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| | Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 CDs (1994)
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| | Future Sound Of London Lifeforms CDs (1994)
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This album--or soundscape, as it could be described--is quite simply spellbinding. Released during an especially productive period for the loosely termed "ambient music," LIFEFORMS had considerable impact upon the musical picture of 1994. Few (if any) outfits could claim to have bettered FSOL's epic offering that year.
LIFEFORMS equally rewards both intensive ...
| | Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole CD (1997)
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DIG YOUR OWN HOLE was nominated for 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance. "Block Rockin' Beats" won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Chemical Brothers Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands waste no time on their nuclear-weapon of a second album proving they are masters of the techno groove. DIG YOUR OWN HOLE opens with a sampled shout-out by old-school gangsta Schoolly D, a syncopated bass line, and a drum loop that gives credence to the song's title, "Block Rockin' Beats." This smorgasbord of sounds--a hallucinatory interweaving of hip-hop, techno, trance and the Chemicals' trademark synthesized guitar loop--builds up and cold-rocks the first five minutes of the record like a tsunami crashing ashore. Unlike most productions in the electronic/dance-music universe, the music on DIG YOUR OWN HOLE also has the weight of great rock and roll. That makes DIG YOUR OWN HOLE the personification of modern pop music at its chaotic best, and a funky agent of change.
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| | Sparks Best Of CD (2003) (Import) Remastered; Germany
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This best-of collection gathers 21 tracks by Christian act Sparks. Recorded in the 1970s and '80s, the songs on THE BEST OF SPARKS include "Beat The Clock," "La Dolce Vita," and "Young Girls."
The duo ...
| | Hangmen We've Got Blood On The Toes Of Our Boots CD (2002)
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| | Bluebird High Atmosphere CD (1998)
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| | Limelight Stay Gold CD (2006) (Import)
$20.99 | | Tiny Dancers Free School Milk CD (2007)
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| | Piano CD (2008) (Import) Import
$10.49 | | J-Diggs Bad CD (2009)
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| | Meaghan Smith Cricket's Quartet CD (2008) Bonus DVD; Digipak
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