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Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 17:47:57 -0500
From: Pedram <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Wedding Singer & some Orb in there somewhere...

LiquidW wrote:
>
> im never gonna hesitate to ask ANYTHING to this list
> again...................?adam sandler?      :I

"...fear causes hesitation, and hesitation causes your worst nightmare
to come true..." Body, Point Break *Dies surfing a big wave at the end
of the movie* :)

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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 18:27:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Yasuda <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Re: Spherical CD

>For you who are interested to obtain a copy please e-mail me.
>Or for you Chicagoans, you can pick it up at the following record stores.
>
>Reckless Records
>Armaggedon's
>Evil Clown

Just caught the thread in  the middle, but I'm interested in checking
the CD out next time I hit Reckless.  Could someone repost full info on
the CD?  Title, label, etc....?

Thanks,

Ken
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:06:16 -0800
From: Steve Shah <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Trainspotter.

On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 03:42:41PM -0500, Pedram wrote:
>
> >The story could have been at any time and it wouldn't have changed all that much.
>
> Story?  A loser that gets dumped by his fianci and falls in love with
> another man's fianci?  Power Rangers has more of a story line.  C'mon
> man, you didn't notice that the entire movie revolved around the 80's
> and its satirization?

Nope didn't see it. Basically walked in the movie with the intent to
see a brain dead movie. Resulting analysis of characters and story
line reflect this quite well. ;)

Peace, love, and The Orb.
- -Steve


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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:45:24 EST
From: Vagrant970 <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Trainspotter.

Hello,
       In the DJ world, a "trainspotter" is someone who is constantly looking
to see what record you're spinning. DJ's take great pride in obtaining the
rare grooves..and many times don't want their secrets let out. I guess a lot
of it comes with egos. But when you spend days digging in the crates for rare
grooves, you don't want lazy suckas stealing your beats.
        And to the guy who thought "phat" was the "ebonic" spelling of "fat,"
you're tripping. It has nothing to do with ebonics. It's just a form slang
that stems from the hip hop culture. Just like I'm sure that back in your days
you used the hip slang for that era. For example: "This grass sure makes me
feel groovey." Or...."Cool it daddy O." So please refrain from mocking a form
of slang you don't use, or don't understand. Thanks...
                                       Peace(universal slang)
                                                 Alex  aka RANDOM1


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Date: Wed, 01 Apr 98 20:00:41
From: "Mark Waelterman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Trainspotter.

On Wed, 01 Apr 1998 15:42:41 -0500, Pedram wrote:

>
>Steve Shah wrote:
>
>> It had nothing to do with the 80's.
>
>It had everything to do with the 80's.  Other than the soundtrack and
>80's nostalgia, that movie had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Adam
>has been funny before ( e.g. Billy Madison ), but this movie was by no
>means a crowning achievement for him.

I'd say aside from the fat Aunt Jemima black woman maid, Billy Madison
was pretty dumb.. *shrug*



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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 10:22:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: (orb) latest orb news...

mornin' all. latest news, courtesy of Clare at the orb's management company=
...

1. There has been an Orb gig advertised in Japan/Tokyo for 9th May - this i=
s
not happening, and never was!!!  However, Andy will be playing with ANESTHE=
SIA
who are correctly billed to play. Sorry for any confusion but the promoters
took it upon themselves to advertise The Orb.

DATES FOR ORBSTERS DIARY - in no particular order

2. Le Petit Orb are playing at The Falcon, Camden this Friday with Sherman =
and
Dj Lewis on the decks - kicks off at 7.30pm and finishes 11.00pm (pub times=
)
tickets =A36/=A37

3. LX will be Dj'ing at The Powerhaus on Saturday 9th May for TOMS FUND - i=
t's
a charity gig, so your support will be much appreciated - also on the bill =
is
Zion Train and special DJ guests. Watch out for adverts in the NME & Melody
Maker for further details.

4. Watch out for Le Petit Orb in Italy - Bologna @ LINK 2nd May 1998 and LX
will be DJ'ing at Barfly, Ancona on the 3rd.

5. MAY 16 - ATOMIC - Tyson Street Studios - Dalston for a chill out set.

6. MAY 8 - Moles, Bath

7. APRIL 17 - Pelican Club, Stroud

Also, a band to look out for AMOEBA ASSASSIN will be playing at;
Moles, Bath - FRIDAY 24th APRIL
Pelican Club, Stroud - SATURDAY 25th APRIL

They will be releasing their debut single entitled 'Rollercoaster' on Perfe=
cto
Records in June - Be warned!!

This is a little plug for the band that Clare manages - which Andy H introd=
uced
her to several years ago...

over and out...

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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 10:55:33 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: Re: (orb) new album!

Catinosboy writes:
>  Smiley is a MOTHERFUCKER.................   :)  but if anyone on the Orbital
> list does this, I'll sure as hell be prepared!!

err....am i missing something here....?

confused as to what i'm supposed to have done...

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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:03:57 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: RE: (orb) new album!

John Goelzer writes:
> BTW Smiley, is there any word of Terminus et. al. ever *really* being
> released?

not afaik. the only thing to survive those sessions was Terminus, which has
been played live, and was mooted to be heading for a movie soundtrack. dunno
how far down the line that got though.

btw, andy - where are ya? speak to me...

l8rs.

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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 09:04:23 -0500
From: [e-mail] (The Nightfly)
Subject: (orb) April Fools and such

I was at my dad's house last night, when that Volkswage commercial came
on.  He thought it was "really neat"....  I don't know if he was referring
to the color shifting, the music, or both....  I gave him a brief history
of the Orb and all.

BTW, why exactly DID they eliminate LeVar Burton's voice?  HIS voice
sounded a lot better than whoever is doing it now....  I mean, he says
the exact same thing, for crying out loud.

AND, speaking of April Fools Day....  Does anyone have the email address
to Comedy Central???  (I don't have internet access, so I can't access
their home page.)  The anticipated revealing of who Cartman's father is
was upstaged by the words, "APRIL FOOL!", and the ENTIRE show was
Terrance and Phillip--the two LEAST funny characters from South Park.
"Ohmygod!  They killed my interest in South Park!  You bastards!!!"  ;)
Comedy Centrals gonna get majorly flamed over THIS one, I'm sure....

Vince (disappointed, to say the least....)


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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 18:36:43 +0100
From: Lee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Re: orb-digest V2 #52

Whoever wrote down the "lyrics" to salt obviously cannot understand a
scowser accent....i bet you're american aren't you?
It's just "a poxy pork pie"...oh shite, i can't be arsed to correct you...
Pulsating Brain



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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 14:56:34 GMT
From: Smiley <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) textures limited vinyl editions...

me (the motherfucker, apparently) again....

i MIGHT be able to get my hands on a few copies of the limited to 1000 (?)
copies double vinyl edition of the TEXTURES album with mixes by LX and Darren
Emerson.

it comes in a plain white sleeve, with a sticker. the records are white labels.

as i say, i MIGHT be able to get some - BUT, BUT, BUT - i don't know how many i
can get.

however, i've been told that if there are any, they'll be 10 UKP each. afaik,
they are unplayed.

postage and packing outside europe should be 5-6 UKP approx. email me for costs
within europe.

if anybody wants a copy, drop me a line.

i'll get as many copies as i can, and dish them out to people in the order that
i get emails from them asking for a copy. first-come, first-served, in other
words....

l8r.

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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 17:13:08 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: (orb) Re: SALT lyrics

Lee writes:
> Whoever wrote down the "lyrics" to salt obviously cannot understand a
> scowser accent....i bet you're american aren't you?

and you can't tell the difference between a Macunian accent and a Liverpudlian
accent either - the character is from Manchester.

i'm impressed that anyone outside the uk can understand it - it's hard enough
working it out when your from england...

l8r.

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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:57:37 -0800
From: Ryan Platte <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Re: orb-digest V2 #52

>Whoever wrote down the "lyrics" to salt obviously cannot understand a
>scowser accent....i bet you're american aren't you?

now how would you have guessed that? yes, my transcribing friend and i are
good old fashioned bible belt americans.

>It's just "a poxy pork pie"...oh shite, i can't be arsed to correct you...
>Pulsating Brain

thanks for the correction tho...

ryan, wishing he weren't in indiana....   :(



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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:37:56 EST
From: Catinosboy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) the motherfucker jibe

OK-

I am COMPLETELY sorry for the mis-read- I thought Smiley sent the April Fool's
joke- and I was just joking at that, hence the little happy face after I said
"motherfucker".....I didn't mean any maliciousness whatsoever, and I certainly
didn't mean to accuse the wrong guy.

Sorry!
Brent
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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:35:24 -0500
From: [e-mail] (The Nightfly)
Subject: (orb) Lazlo's

Hey, what's the web address for Lazlo's discography.  I've got to do
some research on the internet tonight for the class I'm taking this
semester, and I figured I'd waste some time while I was on it, and
check out the discography again....

And while I'm at it, can anyone out there get me a copy of the 2nd
Peel Sessions (the one with No Fun and OOBE) for around $15 U.S.???  I'm
about to have some one burn a copy for me, but I'd rather have an
original.  I'm not willing to spend more than $15, since I know it's
still out there for that price.  Any help?  Anyone?  Anyone?  :)

Later!
Vince


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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:15:29 -0500
From: Keith Reinert <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) new album!

damn you! :P

i fell for that until i saw the url


hahahahah



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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:39:51 EST
From: LiquidW <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) SALT RESPONSE...

this is what i got back from a friend "not" on the orb list , i had sent her a
copy of the s.a.l.t lyrics.......please dont be offended........

Son,  where did they feed you all that bullshit? At the University?
Figures, with all them goddamn liberals and communists and metaphysical
transcendental horsepuke.
"Mankind that evolves  into a species of pure thought" - my ass.  You
know what we'll be if all of those horny greedy sweaty fuckers  sitting
pretty in their nice leather chairs  press the button? Dead. Yessirree
Bob. Dead.  No angels, no bibles, no freakin trumpets calling you home.
Just six feet of dirt to keep you warm and cozy- if there's anyone left
to bury you.
Now as for that barcode six-six-six drivel- where did you read that? On
the back of some Beatles album?  They'll have to get over the
landmines and look straight down my sawed-off before they stick a barcode
on my forehead, for fuck all.

Wormwood and Chernobyl, eh? Big coincidence, eh?  Let me tell you
something-- you go around quoting bible shit like that and you put
yourself in the same class as those goddamn
door-to-door-funny-underwear-wearing-mindless-stumbling-mumbling-bible-
quoting-freaks
who don't have one sentence of  goddamn independent  thought between all
of them. Shit.  Planets lined up in a cross?  What the hell significance
is that supposed to have?  You goddamn Christians think you rule the
world.  Suppose Pluto and Your-Anus  line up and look like a fucking Hare
Krishna... What then?


And in conclusion, son, don't try to make the goddamn end of the world
into anything more significant that us fucking ourselves up the ass, is
all.

Until then, those barcode stamping mutherfuckers will just have to come
up here to the land of zero kelvin and FIND ME.  I dare them.


(orbies:the land of zero kelvin is "alaska")
shes got me convinced...imgonna  buy  me a shotgun , to add to my sig
collection....  :)


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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:22:20 -0800
From: Ryan Platte <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) SALT RESPONSE...

this is quite funny, as the orb has quite nothing to do with religion...
read some interviews, the auntie aubrey's booklet...SALT may be trying to
send a message, but salvation ain't it.

can you imagine the orb spreading the gospel? for that show, i'd pay full
admission! (think live 93's LFC intro?!?!?)

actually the orb has helped cure me of some really nasty dogma i'd had in
my system...but maybe don't try to tell your dear friend that.   :/

ah well.

ryan



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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:56:49 -0500
From: Pedram <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Trainspotter.

> And to the guy who thought "phat" was the "ebonic" spelling of "fat,"
> you're tripping.
>It has nothing to do with ebonics. It's just a form slang that stems from the hip hop culture.

That's an absurd claim considering that ebonics/African American
Vernacular has a strong presence in hip hop culture.  What aspect of hip
hop culture does your notion of slang stem from then, if not ebonic
lyrics?

> Just like I'm sure that back in your days you used the hip slang for that era. For example: "This grass sure makes me
> feel groovey." Or...."Cool it daddy O."

I'm not sure what you mean by "back in your days".  Perhaps your
referring to my late childhood & teens?  If so, that would be the early
to mid 80's, when people were break dancing and "fresh" was used instead
of "phat."

>So please refrain from mocking a form of slang you don't use, or don't understand.

There is nothing to understand.  Different words are being used for the
same concepts, except it's "dope" to employ some ridiculous spelling.
If I've offended you, I apologize; however I will not refrain from
expressing my opinions "juss 'cuz ya don' be likin' ma style."  A'ite G?

peace \peace\, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix,
         L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an
         agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. {Appease},
         {Fair}, a., {Fay}, v., {Fang}, {Pacify}, {Pact}, {Pay} to
         requite.]
         A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or
         agitation; calm; repose; specifically:
         (a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
         (b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
         (c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions;
             tranquillity of mind or conscience.
         (d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony;
             concord. ``The eternal love and pees.'' --Chaucer.
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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 16:04:57 -0500
From: Pedram <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Trainspotter.

Steve Shah wrote:

> Nope didn't see it. Basically walked in the movie with the intent to
> see a brain dead movie. Resulting analysis of characters and story
> line reflect this quite well. ;)

*lol*, and that it was.  Come to think of it, that's pretty much
describes most of the movies I've seen in last few months ( brain-dead,
that is :] ).

Peace, love, and all that  good stuff :>

Pedram -- in search of the ultimate Orbasm


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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 16:01:32 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (orb) re: textures

I have that textures disc, and it's not THAT great. Alex's disc is better
than Darren's, but both seem to get a bit hundrum and repetitive after a
while.

Plus it sounds like it was recorded in mono....


james



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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:57:08 -0600
From: Rob Chauncey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) SALT analysis

Ryan Platte wrote:
>
> ...SALT may be trying to send a message, but salvation ain't it.
>
> can you imagine the orb spreading the gospel? for that show, i'd pay full
> admission! (think live 93's LFC intro?!?!?)

*'hem*  I think they *are* spreading the gospel.  Just not Christian
gospel.

See, there is for certain a theological bent to Orb's music, and the
theme of transformation out of the physical world and/or existence of
worlds in/around this one occurs multiple times (cf. o.o.b.e [noosphere,
the world of objective contents of thought], Earth (Gaia) [that lovely
piece about drinking wine of vineyards]).

Ryan continues:
> the orb has helped cure me of some really nasty dogma i'd had in
> my system...

A similar experience for me.  As I was leaving my Christian viewpoint
(the Renunciation, I call it *laugh*), the Orb was one of many real
world confirmations that I was making the right choice by externalizing
in music and samples views that I was projecting.

Some examples of Orb's gospel:

The intro into Live '93s LFC is a wry raised eyebrow at the religion of
Science -- turning a man into part-machine is a solution to the problem
of inner pain.  Ricky Lee Jones and the music of LFC is a more real way
of inner healing, using inner joy, memories and music.  As for S.A.L.T,
it relates to 'millennial fever', and is an attack on the (largely
American led) fifteen-minute trends and the sell-your-soul attitude as
well as an allegory into the futility of Western society's rapacious
materialistic lifestyle *whew*.  Orb's characteristic cryptic responses
to press requests fits into this as the telly/newspapers/magazines are
the rallying cry for the continued sapping of the earth's resources.
Albumwise, transformation/transmigration of this society is,
effectively, the release of tension from S.A.L.T into Toxygene.  LX is
planting seeds of a spiritual rebellion, essentially . . . :)

If you're at all eschatological in your spiritual viewpoint (I certainly
am and I assume Mr. Patterson is), this kind of thing is very
attractive.  Meld with this Orb's listenability and danceability and
you've got a tasty cocktail for the spirit (or entelechy, really, since
body/emotion are a large part of the effect :).

</art historian>

Rob, Interpreter and Reader-Into-Things

P.S. If you're thinking of responding saying "How can you say what Alex
& co. are intending?" I have a clever art-historian response to that,
too.-r


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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 16:50:18 -0600
From: Rob Chauncey <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) SALT analysis

[Sorry to post twice, but Ryan was so quick on the uptake that I had to
respond.  Whereever necessary, you can substitute 'music' or 'orb's
music' for 'art']

Ryan Platte wrote:
>
> hey, Rob, "How can you say what Alex & co. are intending?"
>
> clever is as clever does, is it not?

Indeed.

<soapbox clatters to the floor>

Well, it has to do with art.  Each piece of art has three components:
artist intention, audience response, and an elusive quality that is only
of the art piece itself and is detached from the artist & audience.

Now, as Frank Zappa put it, the most important part of art is the Frame:
it is the part that says where the art piece ends and the real world
begins.  Once the artist "frames" his or her work, the intention of the
artist ceases to be a factor in the art piece itself.  Actually, it's
*the* factor in the creation, but a piece changes in time after
creation, and the intent of the artist isn't a motivator for that
change.  The only reason that artist intent would arise as a question
would be from (you guessed it) audience curiosity (response).

Now, since the art piece is framed, we have only two approaches.  How
you and I personally react to one piece of art is one (very valid)
approach, but gets terribly complicated because of the varied sources of
emotional responses that art provokes.  The other is a sort of
archaeological method -- look at the layers of what's going on, examine
then in the context of the piece itself, examine the piece in its
temporal context and to try and step between the artist and audience and
see what motivates them to reach toward one another.  With practice, the
seeker may get a taste of the quality that is of the art piece alone,
and then can self-righteously expound on what he or she thinks :)

To concretize, let's take S.A.L.T. as an example: the context is in a
fully-realized continuous album by an experienced ambient/techno band.
However, the song itself is a departure from that band's typical style.
It's a hint to look on the flip-side of what's common for them.  Since
Orb's usual subject matter is of paradise, celestial audio imagery and
travelling, looking at the stagnant baser aspects of earth might be a
good start.

The piece itself? Temporal context?  Well, look around us: we've got all
this apocalyptic bullshit going on (ARMAGEDDON, coming soon to a theater
near you), people are still consuming like it's the eighties, pollution,
overpopulation, Paula Jones etc. etc. etc.  That one's the easy part.

Getting between Alex and Orb fans is a bit more of a mind-bender,
though.  There is something that separates Orb fans from those who are
garden-variety techno-hounds -- we're looking for the purple and red and
on fire, the bumping blue rooms and the ultraworld (well, beyond it,
actually).  If not conciously (or spiritually), then in musical taste.
Alex happens to be a human being who is particularly talented at
conveying that particular impulse through music, and therein lies the
reach between artist and audience.

If you look at the whole of these concepts, ideally while listening to
the piece, well, you might come up with something similar to what I was
babbling about in the last message. Accepting the music as a portent to
spiritual transmigration, well, that's just me.  I'm into that kind of
thing *laugh*

Peace,

Rob


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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:15:42 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (orb) RE : latest orb news...

     Also, for those bods around San Francisco we have :


     Saturday, April 11st - Choice SF presents The Gathering
     Tony, Josh, Jeno, "Slam" Stuart McMillan (Glasgow, Scotland), Orde
     Meikle (No So Thumps), Alex Patterson (the Orb),
     Nick Philip, Joe Rice.
     E.S.W.H./E.S.C.L./E.S.D.S./H.O.B.M./H.O.M.E./C.A.N.

     415.905.8888 415.522.3994

     Yaaaaay !!



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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 19:21:35 -0500
From: Pedram <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) SALT analysis

Robert Chauncy wrote:

>LX is planting seeds of a spiritual rebellion, essentially . . . :)

To me, LX is a creative techno-dubber with a talent for "sonifying" the
surreal.  Trancedentalist... ok; excessive reefer smoker... probably;
but spiritual rebel... that escapes me.

"The youth of America on L-S-D"... see what I mean?

- --
Pedram


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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 20:52:58 -0500
From: matthew glidden <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) the orb audio archive experiment

<be prepared for a long post>

        as some of you know, the orb audio archive has had problems...for a long
time.  this was mainly due to server/ISP issues, and (sometimes) beyond our
control.  anyway, those days are hopefully gone.  you can now download most
of the songs formerly housed on the oaa, along with many new songs (some
that i made fresh, and many from Dan LeBoeuf's fine ftp site).  you can
visit the site at:  http://theorb.ml.org/mp3/   unfortunately we haven't
been able to update the html, so you won't be able to see that nice
interface you all know and love, but the songs are there.  (for the record,
the pages are being worked on, and hopefully will be ready....sometime).
it's organized by album, so if you can't find what you're looking for,
check another directory.  i was going to wait and tell people once the
pages are updated, but i continue to be deluged by mail from people
reporting problems with downloading mp3's from the oaa (although probably
most of them aren't on the list) so i wanted to let people download stuff
since it *is* available.
        a brief sidenote for people who weren't around when the orb audio archive
actually existed; our goal through the site is providing rare/out-of-print
orb songs in mp3 format for people to download and enjoy.  (also, if you
spot anything you don't think belongs there, please mail me and i will
remove it)
        the server is hosted by an anonymous donator, who has given up several
hundred megs of space.  hopefully this will allow us to expand even further
(if you have material that is not on the archive, and you have the ability
to make mp3's please mail me.  we are especially looking for live bootleg
concerts).  having been given this great amount of space has allowed us to
present these songs in a high-quality format, however this makes some of
the files quite large (a bit less than one megabyte per minute of music).
if you have a slow or unreliable connection, but still want songs from the
archive, i would suggest using a download tool, such as GetRight
(http://www.headlightsw.com/getright.html) which allows you to resume
failed downloads.  this makes getting files such as the Patterns & Textures
soundtrack (over 46 megs) a bit easier.

        this is already a huge post, so i will continue (so far, there have been
no Wedding Singer mentionings;) ...  i have been hanging out a bit on EFNet
(IRC) in the channel #theorb   i take no responsibility for the
conversation there (sometimes IRC gets a little rowdy), but i am an op so
complain and someone will cut it out.  there aren't a whole lot of people
there, but if you want some orb conversation, that's a decent place to look.

        i will say one more thing; i got my Spherical: tribute to the orb   cd in
the mail yesterday.  as people have said, the packaging rules, and the
music's pretty cool too.  for 10 bux, it's definitely worth it.

        thanks.

                sergio.


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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:52:09 -0800
From: [e-mail] (rachel)
Subject: (orb) Spherical

wow! i just finished listening to all the tracks of the Spherical comp, and
i have to say, i'm really impressed! not only at the professional quality
of the disc, but the true orbiness of the tracks! (and here's hoping a copy
will eventually make its way to LX and Andy)

big fat pat on the back for everyone involved!

=)
rachel




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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:21:13 EST
From: BluRoom <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Lazlo's

In a message dated 98-04-02 13:44:43 EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< And while I'm at it, can anyone out there get me a copy of the 2nd
 Peel Sessions (the one with No Fun and OOBE) for around $15 U.S.???  I'm
 about to have some one burn a copy for me, but I'd rather have an
 original.  I'm not willing to spend more than $15, since I know it's
 still out there for that price.  Any help?  Anyone?  Anyone?  :) >>

I've seen a few copies of this at the local Border's book store - if there's
one around you, maybe they'll have it too.....


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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 20:20:06 -0600
From: Don Gagen <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Depeche Mode vs. Orb

A few people asked me for a track listing on the Depeche Mode World in
My Eyes: Mute LCDBONG20.  I've been quite busy, so it's taken me a while
just to remember to bring it to work with me.

1. World in My Eyes: Dub in My Eyes by Francois Kevorkian
2. World in My Eyes: Mode to Joy by Jon Marsh
3. Happiest Girl: Pulsating Orbital Vocal mix by the Orb
4. Sea of Sin: Sensoria by Francois Kevorkian
5. World in My Eyes: Mayhem Mode by Jon Marsh
6. Happiest Girl: Jack Mix by Francois Kevorkian

The cover art for this is pretty lame.  There's a picture in Auntie
Aubrey's Excursions..., but if you want a scan of it I can make one
available.

Regards,
Don

"Don't make me angry.  You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
B.Banner

DONALD D GAGEN
[e-mail]
ENSEMBLE STUDIOS
http://www.ensemblestudios.com





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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 21:41:00 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (orb) Spherical

rachel wrote:
>
> wow! i just finished listening to all the tracks of the Spherical comp, and
> i have to say, i'm really impressed! not only at the professional quality
> of the disc, but the true orbiness of the tracks! (and here's hoping a copy
> will eventually make its way to LX and Andy)
>
> big fat pat on the back for everyone involved!
>
> =)
> rachel

Could someone hook me up with some info on this comp ?

Thanks
ROB


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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 10:55:16 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: Re: (orb) Spherical

rachel writes:
> wow! i just finished listening to all the tracks of the Spherical comp, and
> i have to say, i'm really impressed! not only at the professional quality
> of the disc, but the true orbiness of the tracks! (and here's hoping a copy
> will eventually make its way to LX and Andy)

let's just say that Sean and I have already got this worked out.... ;-)

l8rs.

- --
Smiley


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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 16:04:01 GMT
From: Smiley <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Smiley need to raise some cash...

okay...as my girlfriend has just decided that i'm gonna have to spend huge
amounts of money on some work on our house, i need to raise some cash.

much as i hate to do this, i'm gonna have to auction off the following:

Keiichi Suzuki 'Satellite Serenade'/Electrot'ete 'I Love You'
1992 UK 12" (WAU!MrModo SUZUKI 1) ** BLUE VINYL PROMO, x360**
a. Satellite Serenade (trans asian express)
b. I Love You (orb remix) [suzuki version] *

* This VERY RARE promo has a remix of Electrot'ete's "I Love You" on the B-
side instead of the 7" and ambient satellite mixes of Satellite Seranade.
However, it's NOT the same remix as the one on the Apollo Ambient compilation.

minimum bid: 10 UKP.

postage and packing is extra, add will add 4 UKP outside europe.

emails to me, please (not the list).

i'm not around until monday now, so i'll get back to anyone interested next
week...

have a good weekend one and all.

l8r.

- --
Smiley


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