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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 02:04:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Mr. Charlie C Ludwig " <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) What else?

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 [e-mail] wrote:

> In a message dated 8/5/98 4:50:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
> writes:
>
> <<  LX was involved in the
>  writiing/producing/mixing, but not The Orb. >>
>
>
> isnt this an oxymoron?


Hardly.. when you see LX DJing, do you say "i saw the orb!"?  No.  The Orb
is a group of artists, who just so happen to be started by Alex Patterson
along with Jimmy Cauty, (who moved on to other things.. btw.. am i right
about this?).  So dont think LX = Orb, or any other current or ex-orb
member..


charlie


spinning: System 7: 777



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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:00:42 +0100
From: Chris Basford <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) New GH Album?

Fowarded for you lovely people from alt.music.orb :

On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 17:02:51 -0700, "K.C." <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>From what I've been told, A new album might be out around '99 sometime.  But
>a "greatest hits" is suppossed to come first.

Yep, the very poorly titled "U.F.Off" is released on 9/22 in Japan.
Its a 2 CD best off compilation. I don't know of a release date for UK
/ US yet.

skull

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Hmmmm. Anybody think there's even a glimmer of truth here? I doubt it.



Chris Basford
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 09:52:32 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: (orb) Re: What else?

jon writes:
> This is a rumor, as far as I know. i heard the same story when that
> compilation came out, but I'm not sure if anyone has confirmed it yet--smiley?

afaik, it's true.

i think it's an uncredited remix of a Haromi Hosono track, or something like
that...

cheers.

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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 17:28:55 -0600
From: Lazlo Nibble <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) What else?

On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 08:58:39AM -0700, jon wrote:

>>>>> Plus, there's a great track by "The Geep" (who are in fact The Orb)
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know anything about this?
>
> This is a rumor, as far as I know. i heard the same story when that
> compilation came out, but I'm not sure if anyone has confirmed it
> yet--smiley?

My understanding -- which is reflected in the discography, btw -- is that the
Geep track is in fact an Orb remix of Haruomi Hosono's "Laughter Meditation".
This might be confirmable by comparing the Geep track to the "Laughter
Meditation" mix the Orb were publicly credited for . . .

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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 16:29:05 +1000
From: Justina Curtis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Re: orb-digest V2 #94

>Is he really a bad DJ ? I heard him spin @ a show in Toronto on new years
>but it was to damn loud to acutally hear anything..  Just wondering..
>
>buse

think of the state you're in around the time the dj gets onto the stage,
and imagine being up there at that moment, feeling like that, dealing with
unfamiliar equipment and trying to hear the headphones, while people on the
side are offering you things, and every time you look up theres one
enormous crowd of strangely lit, moving humans. whoah.

justina.


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:34:39 -0700
From: Steve Shah <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) Re: orb-digest V2 #94

On Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 04:29:05PM +1000, Justina Curtis wrote:
>
> >Is he really a bad DJ ? I heard him spin @ a show in Toronto on new years
> >but it was to damn loud to acutally hear anything..  Just wondering..
>
> think of the state you're in around the time the dj gets onto the stage,
> and imagine being up there at that moment, feeling like that, dealing with
> unfamiliar equipment and trying to hear the headphones, while people on the
> side are offering you things, and every time you look up theres one
> enormous crowd of strangely lit, moving humans. whoah.

I honestly don't know either way for lx -- last time I heard him spin
was in LA for the Orb '95 tour and I was paying more attention to the
folks around me (while he was spinning) than anything else. (They were
an interesting bunch...)

However, a lot of DJ's have to be in that situation -- often worse.
Crappy equipment, people bugging you from all sides, large flashing
flights and more heads than you can count paying attention to every
beat you lay down. Happy Hardcore DJ's often deal with an MC chanting
over the music too which I'm sure can be quite a distraction. Yet they
pull it off -- the good ones succeed.

- -Steve

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:37:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Benjamin L. May" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) orb ftp

    I have uploaded the Gary Newman orb track from Random as well as a
Gong remix and Third Whale Trip to Timmin's orb FTP site (its the one
that's only running from like 9-5). Enjoy!



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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:48:33 -0400
From: charlesian <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) LX is a good DJ

Since no one's come to his defense after Orbette's comment (must have =
been on a bad night), I've caught his sets a couple of times and also as =
Le petit Orb. He's one of the best DJ's I've ever heard. His sets are =
eclectic (how he starts on ambient and dub and works his way to the =
fastest, roughest D'n'B and Hardcore amazed me), always exciting, and =
you're basically getting a sampling of everything's that's most =
innovative in electronic music at the time (slipping in some awesome =
classics you've forgotten/haven't heard in years). There's hardly a =
style he doesn't touch without losing the flow and that's to be =
commended with all the other DJs being so "specialised" and narrow in =
scope.


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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 05:52:11 -0600
From: DJ Orbette <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) LX is a good DJ

charlesian wrote:

> Since no one's come to his defense after Orbette's comment (must have been on a bad night), I've caught his sets a couple of times and also as Le petit Orb. He's one of the best DJ's I've ever heard. His sets are eclectic (how he starts on ambient and dub and works his way to the fastest, roughest D'n'B and Hardcore amazed me), always exciting, and you're basically getting a sampling of everything's that's most innovative in electronic music at the time (slipping in some awesome classics you've forgotten/haven't heard in years). There's hardly a style he doesn't touch without losing the flow and that's to be commended with all the other DJs being so "specialised" and narrow in scope.

Fair enough Charles, I will give you that as far as eclectism is music is concerned.  My comment was more with respect DJing technique.  A friend of mine described, as we watched him spin one night, as, "Steel toed boots in a dryer set on low."  In other words, mixes are of the Amtrak derailment variety.


orbette



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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 09:45:58 +0200
From: Marcolphus <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) What else?

Lazlo Nibble wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 08:58:39AM -0700, jon wrote:
>
> >>>>> Plus, there's a great track by "The Geep" (who are in fact The Orb)
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anybody know anything about this?
> >
> > This is a rumor, as far as I know. i heard the same story when that
> > compilation came out, but I'm not sure if anyone has confirmed it
> > yet--smiley?
>
> My understanding -- which is reflected in the discography, btw -- is that the
> Geep track is in fact an Orb remix of Haruomi Hosono's "Laughter Meditation".
> This might be confirmable by comparing the Geep track to the "Laughter
> Meditation" mix the Orb were publicly credited for . . .

I've got a question about. The Geep sounds very similar to song from
"Auntie Aubrey's..." by Yasuaki Shimizu "Secret Squirrel". Is it a
mistake, or the same samples (2 many samples IMHO). And is Yasuaki
Shimizu a member of Saxophonettes????




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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:51:49 EST5EDT
From: "Vince Frank" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) YMO

Ok, this isn't an Orb question, but I've heard this group
mentioned here about 100 times:  Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Who are they?  What is their music like?  Is this like
a psychedelic version of Electric Light Orchestra, or what?

I found at least one (maybe two?) LPs in quite nice shape at
a used record store, and the album(s) dates to the early 1980s,
I think.  No, I don't know the name of it, but I was wondering
if this was worth picking up.  Suggestions anyone?

Have a great weekend all!

Vincent


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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 15:35:16 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Smiley)
Subject: (orb) ORBULLETIN: latest orb news...

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afternoon all.

spoke to andy today, and here's the latest orb news...

- - they are mastering the UFOff compilation, and should finish it today.

- - it's a 2cd affair, and there WILL be some unreleased mixes included. they're
having problems with the BPI regulation that 80% of the tracks on cd2 must be
tracks on cd1, but are working on getting everything fitted on.

- - it's due out in october in the uk. as soon as i have a tracklisting, i'll
post it on to everyone.

- - next week, they're leaving Trident Studios and moving out to a studio in the
country to get away and mix the NEW ALBUM. they'll be there for three weeks,
initially, before playing a gig in spain. after that, they'll head back.

- - finally, andy has become a father again, and now has a daughter to go with
his son. congratulations!

l8rs.

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Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 18:05:07 -0400
From: Adam J Weitzman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) ORBULLETIN: latest orb news...

Smiley wrote:

> - they are mastering the UFOff compilation, and should finish
> it today.
>
> - it's a 2cd affair, and there WILL be some unreleased
> mixes included. they're having problems with the BPI regulation
> that 80% of the tracks on cd2 must be tracks on cd1, but are
> working on getting everything fitted on.

What?  If you want to put out a double-CD set, you have to duplicate 80% of the
tracks from one CD to the next?  That makes no sense at all.  What does this mean?

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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:18:50 -0500
From: "John Goerner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fw: (orb) ORBULLETIN: latest orb news...

From: Smiley <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 4:57 PM
Subject: (orb) ORBULLETIN: latest orb news...
>- it's a 2cd affair, and there WILL be some unreleased mixes included.
they're
>having problems with the BPI regulation that 80% of the tracks on cd2 must
be
>tracks on cd1, but are working on getting everything fitted on.

I thought we had strange laws/regulations in the US.  I am curious to what
this means and who regulates it.  (and why?).

Thanks.

john goerner
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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:03:59 -0500
From: "Gary Hendershot" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (orb) YMO

>
> Ok, this isn't an Orb question, but I've heard this group
> mentioned here about 100 times:  Yellow Magic Orchestra.
> Who are they?  What is their music like?  Is this like
> a psychedelic version of Electric Light Orchestra, or what?
>
> I found at least one (maybe two?) LPs in quite nice shape at
> a used record store, and the album(s) dates to the early 1980s,
> I think.  No, I don't know the name of it, but I was wondering
> if this was worth picking up.  Suggestions anyone?
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Japanese electronic group from the 1980s.  Two members of
YMO went on to be solo artists -- Haruomi Hosono and
Ryuichi Sakamoto.  YMO played a role in the development of
technopop a little after Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream crossed
over into this area.  And needless to say, the Orb have done the
same in the 1990s.



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Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 11:33:38 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (orb) speaking of the Geep...

anybody have the address to the Chivebreeder site??
Patrick


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Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 15:17:46 -0400
From: "Sean" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 2LP

Hi folks, is anyone interested in a new vinyl copy of Adventures Beyond the
Ultraworld?  I
picked up a second copy this past weekend and it is brand new, unopenened,
unplayed
and in mint condition.

I'd really like to trade for some of the following:

Orbus Terrarum LP (mint)
UFOrb LP (mint)
Blue Room 2CD (UK gatefold - used is ok)

I also have an extra new/mint Orbscure Trax (like everyone else these days),
FWIW...

peace,
_sean



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Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 22:00:07 +0200
From: Michael <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Albums to smoke to

Heya,
there is a new number one in my "albums to smoke to" charts:

AIR / MOON SAFARI

This album is sooo cool, every time I smoke something and listen to this
album
I think I am flying to outaspace somehow ;-)). Just give it a try...
love this one!

Michael

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Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 17:30:38 -0500
From: lysergic maximus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) more shopping/dollshead promo

ummm...

went shopping in a minor way today...  found the dollshead promo twelve
inch for 'it's over, it's under' with the orb mix on it...  anyone have
discography info on this release?  i checked lazlos but no dice...  please
email me if you have any enlightening info (such as who did the other
mixes)///


lysergic





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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 19:36:49 +0200
From: Marcolphus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (orb) Orbscure Trax vs FTP

Can some happy owner of "Orbscure Trax" encode them and replace the
tracks on Dan's Orb FTP??? The existing tracks are awfully encoded and
all contains some "ticking" into them (it could be very good heard in
"Occidental (bandulu remix)"). And "Plateau (andy's dub)" is broken and
ends after about 7 minutes. Or maybe it happens only at me? I downloaded
it twice on different connections and it always has same errors...

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