The Orb

The Orb Album: “The BBC Sessions, 1991-2001”

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The proliferation of electronica artists throughout the 1990s and 2000s may make it easy to lose sight of the genre's founding fathers, but this compilation of the Orb's BBC sessions, recorded between 1989 and 2001, will rectify that mistake. Forerunners of IDM and ambient house, the Orb's pulsating, psychedelic grooves were tremendously influential, thanks in part to the support of John Peel, who recorded several excellent sessions with the group over the years. <p>The two-disc set opens with the 20-minute track "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Center of the Underworld (Loving You)" is a highlight, but classics like "Back Side of the Moon" and their signature "Little Fluffy Clouds" also stand out. Digitally remastered, this collection is as essential as any studio album in the Orb's catalogue.

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Track Listing :

1	Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld, A (Loving You) [John Peel Session 3/12/1989]
2	Back Side Of The Moon (John Peel Session)
3	Into The Fourth Dimension (John Peel 3/12/1989)
4	O.O.B.E. (John Peel Sessions 12/5/1992)
5	No Fun (John Peel 12/5/1992) Video
6	Once More (The Evening Session: 1/3/2001)
7	I Am The Red Worm (The Evening Session 1/3/2001)
8	EDM (The Evening Session 1/3/2001)
2-1	Plateau (Mark Radcliffe 12/7/1995)
2-2	Oxbow Lakes (Mark Radcliffe 12/7/1995)
2-3	Towers Of Dub (Mark Radcliffe 12/7/1995)
2-4	Montagne D'Or (Der Gute Berg) (John Peel 14/2/1995)
2-5	Perpetual Dawn [Lamacq Live 1998/12/10]
2-6	Egnable [Lamacq Live 1998/12/10]
2-7	Assassin [Lamacq Live 1998/12/10]
2-8	Toxygene [Lamacq Live 1998/12/10]
2-9	Little Fluffy Clouds [Lamacq Live 1998/12/10]

Album Information :

Title:

The BBC Sessions, 1991-2001

UPC:600753115169

Format:CD

Type:Performer

Genre:Electronic - Electronica

Artist:The Orb

Label:Island Records (USA)

Distributed:Fontana Distribution

Release Date:2008/11/18

Original Release Year:2008

Discs:2

Mono / Stereo:Stereo

Studio / Live:Studio

J. Davis - November 21, 2008

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

- Great album, not SACD

I just want to say that this is a really good album! But my review isn't to tell you how awesome The Orb is, but to WARN you that this isn't a SACD that is being advertised. There is no SACD icon on the CD jewel, and my SACD player doesn't pick up an SACD layer on the disc. So there you have it. If you want the album for the SACD layer, you won't be getting it. It still sounds good....but it isn't what I thought I was ordering. Just keep this in mind. Awesome music, and I love Little Fluffy Clouds.

Larry Bouchard (Prospect, KY USA) - January 31, 2009

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

- What a find!

I was a huge fan of the Orb in the 90's. Live Orb 93, Orbus Terrarum, Adventures etc were the pinnacle of electronica for me. Fun, trippy, demented, upbeat, druggy, groovey - what a thrill they were in the day.

With Orbus Terrarum I felt they reached the pinnacle of their genre - but sadly couldn't figure out where to go from there. Each disc after Orbus for me was just progressively worse than the last.

But for all us fans of the old Orb, here are the moldy oldies and more freshened up to sound new again. All this wonderful old school Orb music on MP3 for under $10? What a find - what a gas! I haven't had this much fun with a music purchase in a long time. Buy this, get your best headphones on and get ready to trip like it's nineteen ninety uh, pick your year. A little tonic for the soul in these menacing times.

Milton E. Nix III "STONY NIX" (ATLANTA) - January 12, 2009

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

- ORB ME 4EVER

THX FOR THE BBC STUFF...IM A HUGE ORB FAN...ALL HAIL DR ALEX PATERSON...SOME OF THE TRACKS I THINK ARE FROM PEEL SESSIONS WHICH I DID OWN BUT THATS ALL GOOD...KEEP EM COMIN DR P...HUGS FROM ATLANTA


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