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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:36:39 +0800
From: Kael Driscoll <kael@library.uwa.edu.au>
Subject: (orb) words of wisdom
> One note to all, NEVER DATE A
>STRIPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from experience, let me tell you its a bad
>idea!!!!!!!!!!!
this is why I love the orb list... I mean, where else could we get such good
advice??
glad to hear things are back on track, Casey :)
orb on
KL
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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:42:35 -0700
From: Ed <lhalley@pacbell.net>
Subject: (orb) Nocturnal Wonderland
> Since no one else has mentioned it, wanted to let everyone in on this
> years "Nocturnal Wonderland" festival. It will be held September 2nd at
> the Empire Polo Field in Indio. They have a festival guide out and it
> looks like there are nine to ten stages. The Queens Castle stage
> (area?) is set to present Dr. Alex Paterson plus Michael Dogg, Barry
> Weaver. Christian Smith, DJ Hardware, Reza and DJ Messiah. Some of the
> other stages/area's feature Groove Armada, Darren Emerson, Rabbit In The
> Moon, Uberzone, Paul Oakenfold & so on. Tickets seem to be available at
> the usual DJ shops and www.nocturnalwounderland.com or
> www.groovetickets.com according to the guide. I'll probably have to go
> with the Knitting Factory show on the 1st. Do let us know how this
> works out if you attend.
>
> Edward
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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 04:06:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chain Reaction <fsol@mail.com>
Subject: (orb) Voices of Kwahn albums...
>for that matter, just to carry on the OTness, how are the Voices of Kwahn albums? I've only heard Rebirth (as mp3s) and I *love* it. great great stuff... I'm trying to get the cd now (waiting for a reply from some guy in NY)...
'Rebirth' is definitely their best album, but it's also the easiest one to listen to. FYI, the 'Third Whale Trip' track is on it, written in collaboration with The Orb (LX & Kris, iirc). I can really recommend this album! Here's a small review I found on the net:
"Rebirth is an electronica trip that goes from ambient to dance to dub. Fantastic sounds and environments are played out with aquatic themes that include a creaking boat, ocean and whales. Anna Homler is responsible for the evocative vocals - she constructs words+sounds with her voice that are reminiscent of language, but not quite. Sounds like japanese then sounds like english then .... Church bells ring in the beginning then goes into a children's choir singing the 'Ave Maria' on the track titled 'the enlightenment'. 'The transformation' is the perfect title for a nearly 22 minute song that continually changes from ambient squeals into a big-dub finish. Rebirth was put out on North South and included a cds with two remixes of 'ya yae ya yo yo yo' and two other remixed versions of the tracks 'return journey' and 'rebirth' from the cd. Also: Thrash and Alex Patterson from 'the orb' fame assisted with the production of some of this music."
In general, the albums become weirder as you go back in time. 'Silver Bowl Transmission' has some of the 'Rebirth' atmosphere, and there are some beautiful tracks on it, like The Spirit & The Signal, which is probably my favourite VoK track. As a whole it's slightly less impressive compared to 'Rebirth', but that still means it's a great album! Before that they made 'Peninsular Enclosure' which is like 'music made a million years ago..'. Analogue ambient. This is what other people say about it:
"Voices Of Kwahn is low-fi atmospheric minimalist music from the Pylon King and American performance vocalist Anna Holmer. Peninsular enclosure was recorded in various locations on dictaphones sounding bleak and hypnotic.
...has the textural pleasures of Can at their most obscure. (Melody Maker)
Transglobal Underground with a wretched bitch of a hangover. (Venue)
Moody, meditative, but strangely addictive, this is easy listening from people clearly a few faders short of a sound desk. (Vox)
This album is so off the wall that it shoots off on a planet sized tangent and somehow comes around again at more or less the right place. (Select)"
Believe me, it's like nothing you've ever heard before. The album before PI, called 'Operation Dismantled Sun' is very minimal, with strange sound collages...nothing much going on actually...maybe for freaks only. All early VoK stuff was released on Swarffinger:
http://www.verynicethankyou.demon.co.uk/home.html
If you ever get your hands on VoK stuff (don't start with 'Operation Dismantled Sun'!!): enjoy it! But that goes without saying....
Steph...
"Life films us exactly" -Vladislav Delay
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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:01:26 PDT
From: "That Ambient Guy" <logickills@hotmail.com>
Subject: (orb) Toxygene
I love Toxygene, it's a great track... Orblivion is a great album, just
probably not as great as ABTU and OT, I'd say. It's very very good in
another way....
BUT ISN'T MICKEY MARS ONE OF THE COOLEST SONGS EVER DONE? RED X MIX IS
