From: "Kate M. Roberts" Subject: "Are We Here?" Video on MTV (US) Date: 01 Nov 1994 11:29:45 -0600 (CST) Hey Folks! Did any see Orbital's "Are We Here?" video on US MTV's 120 Minutes Sunday night? I tuned in at the very beginning of 120 Minutes to see if there would be any information on Martin Gore's new EP (hey, I'm running out of sources, OK!). Instead I heard, "...and a premier from Orbital." If you didn't see the video, it takes place in a laundry. The brothers just wait for their laundry to finish. It's kinda funny. I would *KILL* for one of the "Orbital" washing powder boxes! Maybe they will roll the video next Sunday night. Glad I taped it! :P - -Porter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Corwine Subject: Re: "Are We Here?" Video on MTV (US) Date: 01 Nov 1994 10:04:33 -0800 (PST) On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, Kate M. Roberts wrote: > If you didn't see the video, it takes place in a laundry. The brothers > just wait for their laundry to finish. It's kinda funny. I would *KILL* > for one of the "Orbital" washing powder boxes! There's also the Orbital dish soap from the "halcyon" video... I take it this was an edited version of Are We Here, as opposed to the 15+ minute version on the LP? Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: *molly* Subject: Orbital at MIT Date: 01 Nov 1994 15:31:34 EST Hey all... This is a follow-up to my previous post about Orbital possibly coming to play at MIT. Well...apparently Orbital rejected MIT's bid to play here because they have some sort of publicity thing to do in NY that day. Oh well...it's sorta what I expected. At least we'll still get to see them at AXIS. =) *molly* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: J.Coates@bradford.ac.uk Subject: Re: Are we the Criminal Justice Bill? Date: 01 Nov 1994 09:36:38 GMT > From owner-orbital@xmission.com Mon Oct 31 20:23:59 1994 > From: gt0269b@prism.gatech.edu (David D. Clark) > Subject: Are we the Criminal Justice Bill? > To: orbital@xmission.com > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 15:21:17 -0500 (EST) > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] > Content-Type> : > text> > Content-Length: 375 > Sender: owner-orbital@xmission.com > > Perhaps someone from England should explain the track Criminal Justice > Bill on the Are we Here single to those in the US who have no clue what > it means... (I know, but not enough to explain it very well...) > > R. Bucks, please mail me your current mailing address. I owe you a > bit of money and have lost track of your address. > > -D > -- > Dave Clark gt0269b@prism.gatech.edu > CJB is a bill which is currently trying to be put into legislation here in the UK, it basically gives the right to stop peoples freedom, free parties etc, and a lot of poeple are against it, including Orbital. The track is basically a point being made by the Hartnolls, 4 minutes of SILENCE. JC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Matt Corwine Subject: Re: Are we the Criminal Justice Bill? Date: 01 Nov 1994 15:38:13 -0800 (PST) On Tue, 1 Nov 1994 J.Coates@bradford.ac.uk wrote: > CJB is a bill which is currently trying to be put into legislation here > in the UK, it basically gives the right to stop peoples freedom, free > parties etc, and a lot of poeple are against it, including Orbital. The > track is basically a point being made by the Hartnolls, 4 minutes of > SILENCE. Another CJB-related track of note is Autechre's Anti EP. The Criminal Justice Bill states that raves which have music "characterized by a succession of repetitive beats." So Autechre made "Flutter," in which no bars have repetitive beats. ObOrbital:Last time I checked, Orbital were still Antarctically cool. Peace, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kate M. Roberts" Subject: Re: "Are We Here?" Video on MTV (US) Date: 02 Nov 1994 19:56:14 -0600 (CST) > > If you didn't see the video, it takes place in a laundry. The brothers > > just wait for their laundry to finish. It's kinda funny. I would *KILL* > > for one of the "Orbital" washing powder boxes! > There's also the Orbital dish soap from the "halcyon" video... Really? The washing powder box is a classic! I really wish I could get my hands on one. There is also "Orbital" fabric softener in the video too... I could live with either :D 'Nuff cheese... :) > I take it this was an edited version of Are We Here, as opposed to the > 15+ minute version on the LP? Yes... I'll have to dig out the "Are We Here?" single to tell you the name of the edit. Sorry, I can't remeber the name off the top of my head. I'm pretty sure it is the edit of the original mix (featured on the single), and not an edited Rabbit in the Moon mix. - -Porter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jason W. King" Subject: Re: wnyso- notes from the dark side... (fwd) Date: 02 Nov 1994 19:27:09 -0500 (EST) Well....everyone who is upset that Orbital wont visit their city, sorry bout that. Just saw this....Orbital will be in Toronto...weeee! So, if you have the means, check it out. -jay ______________________________________________________________________________ Jason W. King also @watserv1.uwaterloo.ca jw2king@calum.uwaterloo.ca Wannabe Junglist BadBoy U. of Waterloo - Env & Resource Studies "mayday, mayday, I'm goin' in..." > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 12:18:44 -0500 > From: William Dineley > To: agianni@acsu.buffalo.edu > Subject: Re: wnyso- notes from the dark side... (fwd) > > I'm not sure if everyone knows this or not, so here is the info > > EROS Saturday Nov. 19, 1994. > > Live P.A. by Orbital plus Toronto's Positronic Brain > Toronto's finest including Mark Oliver, Dominik, DJ Iain, Mystery, ALGOrythm > Dr. Trance and more..... > > Tickets are $15 on Tuesday Nov. 15 ONLY through Ticketmaster > Tickets are then $20 on Nov. 16 onward and $25 at the door. > > There's no way I'm going to miss this one. I got to interview Orbital when > they were here last year. Anyone else up for it? > > Billy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: yhuang0@sas.upenn.edu (Yuwei Huang) Subject: AXIS Date: 04 Nov 1994 17:11:07 -0500 (EST) I heard that the Orital concert at AXIS in Boston was cancelled... what's going on? say it ain't so!!!! - -- .oO+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Edge Club '94=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+Oo. ThE pRoDiGy Yuwei Huang oooo oooo oooo yhuang0@sas.upenn.edu 8 8 8 8 8 8 sTaTe U.Penn OOOO 8 8 OOOO (not Penn State!) 8 8 8 8 8 8 OOOO OOOO OOOO 0 r B i T a L Music for those who know... Oo=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-===-=-==-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=oO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dom Subject: Orbital on Channel 4 Date: 06 Nov 1994 21:08:36 GMT The Hartnoll bros were on a Channel 4 TV programme tonight discussing rave culture. Edited transcripts of the show are available at the URL's: or in plain text version at the Breaks FTP site: :)om ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mcgraicp Subject: CRASH AND CARRY MIDI FILES. Date: 07 Nov 1994 15:17:57 GMT Does anyone out THERE have the "Crash and Carry" MIDI files that were supposably sent out "over the net" (according to Paul Hartnoll, at the Wolverhampton Gig)??? If anyone gets hold of them, please post me a copy! Cheers, Chris. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vasil Subject: orbital in NYC Date: 09 Nov 1994 13:48:22 EST new yorkers: wednesday, nov 23rd, orbital, limelight nyc, $15 in advance peace vasil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vasil Subject: test Date: 09 Nov 1994 17:23:06 EST is the list working? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Richard Singer" Subject: Re: test/Orbital Date: 09 Nov 1994 19:35:46 -0500 The list's working fine from my end. Thanks for the info, Vasil. I called The Limelight and they confirmed, saying tickets will go on sale next week. I'll be there, you can be sure of that! - -- Richard Singer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mr S Taylor Subject: New Years Date: 10 Nov 1994 09:40:00 BST Has anyone heard about the line-up for the New Year's Megadog in London ? I have heard it is on again this year. Orbital played there last year and were _awesome_! Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dom Subject: Re: Orbital on Channel 4 Date: 10 Nov 1994 18:56:04 GMT Paul, In article , you wrote: : I saw the Channel 4 programme by accident and was surprisingly impressed. : Usually the people who make these sort of programmes don't seem to have a : clue about the subject! : : But to get a transcript do I just e-mail Channel 4 with a request, or what? Either FTP to xmission.com and download ~ftp/pub/lists/breaks/equinox.txt or use the WWW and browse it at Dom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul Eade Subject: Re: Orbital on Channel 4 Date: 10 Nov 1994 12:26:24 +0000 (GMT) I saw the Channel 4 programme by accident and was surprisingly impressed. Usually the people who make these sort of programmes don't seem to have a clue about the subject! But to get a transcript do I just e-mail Channel 4 with a request, or what? Thanks. Paul Eade, (PA Sport Production) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: henrique.fernandes@canrem.com (Henrique Fernandes) Subject: ORBITAL interview Date: 11 Nov 1994 18:02:00 -0500 Orbital will be performing in Toronto, Ont. on the 19th of November and I will most likely be interviewing them. Does anyone have any questions they would like to ask them. I would be more than willing to ask them for you. I will also post the interview here as well as on alt.music.techno & alt.rave if there is a demand for it. Thanks in advance P.S. Email all questions to me since I don't regularly read this newsgroup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Foxwell Subject: Orbital in Vancouver? Date: 11 Nov 1994 16:25:51 -0800 (PST) Does anyone know if they're heading over here to the West Coast? I think they're going to LA, so maybe they'll be up North, too (fingers crossed)... - -- "Saw it on the tube, Bought it on the phone, Now you're home alone, It's a piece of crap" - Neil Young Mark Foxwell, SFU Communications foxwell@sfu.ca, mfoxwell@sfu.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AMBIENCE@DELPHI.COM Subject: Orbital "Are We Here" (U.S.) Date: 13 Nov 1994 14:07:05 -0500 (EST) I picked up the U.S. edition of "Are We Here?" last night. The track listing is as follows: 1) Who Are They? 7:30 2) Oral Mix 8:36 3) What Was That? 10:17 4) Lunasol Wet Mix 9:54 5) Industry Standard Edit 3:51 6) The Edit 4:12 2, 4 & 6 were remixed by Rabbit in the Moon. The CD itself is the same design of Orbital 2, except the color is purple. ____________________________________________________________________________ Paul Rafanello ambience@delphi.com ____________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: keith@cognisense.com (Keith_Wood@cognisense.com) Subject: North America Tour Dates Date: 15 Nov 1994 13:35:35 -0600 Can someone please send me details on Orbital's North American Tour? I need dates and locations... Thanks!!! Keith keith@cognisense.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Jason W. King" Subject: THE BEAT: Orbital (fwd) Date: 18 Nov 1994 16:55:48 -0500 (EST) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > eye WEEKLY November 17 1994 > Toronto's arts newspaper .....free every Thursday > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > THE BEAT THE BEAT > preview > > ORBITAL > Saturday, Nov. 19. > $20 advance, 870-8000. $25 at the door. Call 631-8852 for info. > > > CIVILIZED AND SNIVILIZED > > by > CHRIS TWOMEY > > > Orbital's brothers Hartnoll love irony and contradiction. In August > they crashed the Woodstock '94 nostalgia-fest for the first night's > Ravestock event. Using the Grateful Dead's P.A. (!), Orbital joined the > Orb and Aphex Twin in a techno revolution that sadly wasn't televised. > > That same night they quickly left the mud and pseudo-hippies behind, > taking the Concorde to an after-gig in an ancient Roman coliseum in > Nimes, France. > > Both events were quite a launch for Orbital's third disc, the concept > album without lyrics, Snivilisation (Polygram). This sample-led > critique of Britain's hypocritical Tory culture is a unique mix of > subtle social commentary ("Philosophy By Numbers"), melancholy melodies > ("Sad But True") and masterful polyrhythms ("Are We Here?"). > > Orbital use libretto-like sound-bites to allude to personal and > political contradictions, as in the opening track, "Forever," which > samples Lindsay Anderson's evolution-challenged mad scientist in > Britannia Hospital. > > "We were concerned that this is all a bit preachy," says Paul Hartnoll > on the phone from New York. "But in the end we chopped it all around so > it was still a bit ambiguous. It's funny because it is the sort of > thing you've heard from politicians thousands of times before, in a > way. But yet it still seemed to fit the opening of this album, setting > the scene, as it were." > > Concerned with beauty and plastic surgery, "I Wish I Had Duck Feet" is > named after a Dr. Seuss tale with a Mr. Rogers moral about staying just > who you are. Layered male and female voices discuss the body from two > different points of view. > > "It's actually a freak show barker who was recorded by a friend of ours > at Radio 4. She got this old American guy to do his patter: `Step right > up ...'. We liked the irony of using that with the woman's voice, which > is from adverts for cosmetic surgery. On one hand, people paying to > look at the freaks, and on the other hand, people paying a darn sight > more money to look `normal' or glamorous." > > Snivilisation's social criticism also carries over to Orbital's > participation in a new youth culture flick, Shopping (its soundtrack is > also available on PolyGram). While listening to dance and rap tracks, > British juvenile delinquents steal cars and use them for "ram-raiding," > a vehicular kind of break-and-enter. But despite an all-star soundtrack > (Sabres Of Paradise, Barrington Pheloung and more), don't look for this > indie film in a theatre near you. > > "I prefer to call it Shocking myself because it's really terrible," > laughs Paul. "It's a shame because the original story's a good idea and > it could have been done well. I think the soundtrack is far better than > the film. They used the opening to the album version of our track > `Halcyon' five times. They use it for the hero's real moments, when > he's not being Jack-the-lad." > > In their first taste of films made Hollywood-style, their music for a > car chase was rejected (it appears on Snivilisation as "Quality > Seconds," ironically named after a British chain of second-hand > stores), and the movie features an unauthorized remix of > Snivilisation's techno-house track "Crash & Carry." > > "They sort of mucked it up -- they cut the last minute off. They also > put backwards cymbals over our music for a bit of comedic effect, so it > sounds like we put these outrageously loud backwards cymbals > throughout. But these are the sort of complaints you get from a musical > artist when something goes into a film, I think." > > You'll hear no complaints from fans who'll get to see Orbital's second > Toronto appearance this Saturday at the Eros party. The duo will be > accompanied by two screens of projected videos made by artist Giles > Thacker. Orbital joins an all-night schedule of Toronto DJs and a live > performance by Positronic Brain. > > Chris Twomey can be heard on CIUT, 89.5 FM, Sundays at 8:30 p.m. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Retransmit freely in cyberspace Author holds standard copyright > Issues of eye in archive gopher://interlog.com > Coupla Mailing lists available http://www.interlog.com/eye > eye@interlog.com "Break the Gutenberg Lock..." 416-971-8421 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kathleen Vrshek Subject: Mini Reviews of some wicked stuff Date: 18 Nov 1994 18:26:20 -0600 (CST) First of all, just picked up the U.S. version of Orbital's Are We Here single. Much, much, much, much better than the UK version. The dance remix on the UK version was quite lame, and the other versions all sounded the same. BTW-I'm not hurling insults at the UK. After all, Orbital are brit brothers. Anyway, the Rabbit in the Moon remixes kick ass! This made me feel very nostalgic (thinking of Orbital 2). Sounds like the Orbital I like most, even if it is someone else's remix. I particularly like the use of speech as an instrument. Some other good examples of this are Perry & Rhodan's song on Rising High Trance Injection or Melt's Be Liquid on Technosonic 4. BTW-if anybody has Rabbit in the Moon's disc, is it really as wonderful and UP (dancy) as their remixes. Good dance music seems to be disappearing. And speaking of Technosonic (what a great transition, huh?), I just picked up Technosonic Volume 5. Two discs of pure and absolute digital wickedness! The songs are excellent, much more consistent than on TS4. Some of the songs sound a bit alike, but that's no big deal if they're all good, doncha think? I checked the liner notes and didn't recognize anyone on it. I'm glad instinct is still putting out some good dance music. I had bought Plug in & Turn On 2 and was a bit disappointed. The songs were all very good stuff, but most of the songs (except for maybe two of them) were all ambient. A big change from the first one, they should've warned buyers of that. I'm beginning to think Instinct is going to go all ambient. I hope not. I like ambient, but I like heavy trance much better. After awhile, too much ambient starts to sound all the same. And let's face it. It's not the kind of stuff you can play at a party, unless it's a slumber party (I crack myself up)! The best thing about Technosonic 5 is that I found it used for 10 bucks. I can't imagine the sap that bought it and thought it sucked. To each his own, I guess. Then again, I'm glad because I've gotten some AWESOME stuff used before. Technosonic 5 is also much more interesting than Secret Life of Trance 3, if people want comparisons. It's rather nice to hear some intelligent DANCE music again. It's starting to become quite rare, now that everyone's on the ambient bandwagon (Uh, that Aphex guy is really great, how's his twin brother?) OnNowandforthenextfewdays: Technosonic Volume 5. - --Kathy, mistress of trance. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Mick - "Who's fighting and what for? Why are we fighting? I don't get it man! Every other scene has been cool until now. Keith - "Well you better tell those cats if they don't STOP IT MAN we're not going to play! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kathleen Vrshek Subject: Re: Are We Here 12" Date: 18 Nov 1994 23:02:33 -0600 (CST) On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Smokin' J Towny (alias big bad mama...) wrote: > I've got the Us CDS of Are We Here?, but I also see the 12" in the > store.....nothing on > the outside tells of waht's on it.....Is there anything on it that's not > on the cds? It's more than the cd, so I'm kind of curious...... > Smokin' J Towny > They're basically the same, maybe one or two more versions on the CD5. If you've got it, I believe you have them all (except for the ones on the import). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ran Mano Subject: Re: Are We Here 12" Date: 19 Nov 1994 00:14:47 -0600 (CST) > I've got the Us CDS of Are We Here?, but I also see the 12" in the > store.....nothing on > the outside tells of waht's on it.....Is there anything on it that's not > on the cds? It's more than the cd, so I'm kind of curious...... On the Promo Only Double 12": Who Are They? (7:30) Do They Here? (5:16) Oral Mix (8:36)* They Did It? (8:43) The Edit (4:12)* Laconic Dub (7:37)* Industry Standard (3:51) all remixes by P+P, except for * which are Rabbit in the Moon remixes. On the UK CDS Who Are They? Do They Here? They Did it What Was That? Criminal Justice Bill? (not really a mix) Industry Standard? I already had the UK CDS when I bought the double 12" this week. The only thing new were the Rabbit in the Moon remixes, which IMHO, sucked in a very major way. Pathetic, aimless, wandering, lacking a focus, throwing in a fast beat to cover up for their lack of talent - either that of slowing down the song just to speed it back up - very cliched stuff here. The only decent mix is the Edit mix - it's pretty good if you like cheap beat thrills. Considering all the hype I was hearing about these mixes I was VERY disapointed. Maybe future listening will lead to some new angle I didn't get on the first few listenings, but I very much doubt it. Then again, I'm not a beat freak. I don't mind beats, but I certainly don't need them. I enjoyed Orbital 2 a lot, but with each listening Snivilization is getting better and better - espically Science Friction, which just might be favorite Orbital track of all time. Actually, I take that back, nothing can top Chime. Save your $, Over and out... ___ - + + / | | * ____ | + ----- \ / /--| | \ / | + --- ------ \ |----- -- |______ --- / /| | | ----- / / | /\ * * * *| \ / /\----| \/ |/ \ | --- / \___| * * * * GSS/GAT D P--/+ C++ !1 U E++ M**** S+/+ N+ H-- !F+ G+ W+ T+ R- Y?/-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: henrique.fernandes@canrem.com (Henrique Fernandes) Subject: Last time for Orbital Date: 19 Nov 1994 00:06:00 -0500 Here's your last chance to ask a question to the Orbital. I will be interviewing them in less than 12 hours. Please email all questions to me. I will post the interview if there is enough interest. Thanks in Advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Daniel Alex Finkelstein Subject: Last time for Orbital Date: 19 Nov 1994 01:38:55 -0500 Okay, here's a question: Any surprises at the upcoming show at the Limelight (nyc) ?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: vasil Subject: last night's show Date: 24 Nov 1994 20:11:35 EST last night at the limelight in new york orbital did damage as follows: forever sad but true kein trink wasser impact remind walk now crash and carry are we here halcyon heaven thingy* belfast chime *this is that track with the 'heaven is a place on earth' sample that toggles between walk now and halcyon sequences. all the club kids loved it. but then came on belfast and we died. by now the hartnoll's head-strobes had faded and after a short pause they ended with chime. my favorites were kein trink wasser to impact to remind. everything they played was revised and sounded unique. they are both still bald. the visuals were cool too. they had all the outputs from thier synths running into an oscilliscopoe who's screen was projected and mixed in with some nice video. this way you could see the bass content of the music as you consumed it. it was frustrating realizing that much of the people there were not *there* to see orbital but were just clubbing. i would say most of the people. however orbital put on an uncompromising show. id say it was the best live act ive ever seen. vasil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Timo Hilbrink Subject: Orbital @ Amsterdam Date: 25 Nov 1994 02:59:00 +0100 (MET) For the Dutch people on the list (who didn't hear about it earlier): Orbital will play in Paradiso - Amsterdam on Dec 10 (nightconcert) Damage: HFL 17,50 Got my ticket already ... Yahooo! ====================================================================== Timo Hilbrink --O-- ----- ----- NHCH3 / \ / \\ / \/ H2C || | | \ / \ // | --O-- ----- CH2 e-mail: timoh@xs4all.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: J.Coates@bradford.ac.uk Subject: Re: Orbital:A.W.Here sample Date: 01 Nov 1994 09:33:20 GMT > From owner-orbital@xmission.com Mon Oct 31 16:52:13 1994 > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 08:44:13 -0800 (PST) > From: Kerwin Burton > To: Luke Rayner > Cc: orbital@xmission.com > Subject: Re: Orbital:A.W.Here sample > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type> : > TEXT/PLAIN> ; > charset=US-ASCII> > Sender: owner-orbital@xmission.com > Content-Length: 776 > > > one day, luke brought up the topic: > > > The "Are We > > Here voice sample sounds a lot like Yahoo Serious (thats his name) who > > would be most remembered for his movie "Young Einstein" from around > > 1987/88, which he starred in(definetely),wrote(i think just about > > then Kerwin goes: > So you know, i know who you are talking about, and the stupid > movie he starred in (i shouldn't be so harsh, it had it's > moments). I can't say for sure if it is him or not, but it very well > could be, maybe i'll rent it and keep an ear open! Wasn't he (in the > movie at least) from australia??? The accent in the song doesn't sound > completely australian to me . . . . . > > then someone else felt compelled to add: > > . . . . . . . . (fill in the blank) > > > > > later > ker > > > What Does God Think? > GOD ses "Don't lose sleep over it people." JC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Richard Singer" Subject: Re: last night's show Date: 25 Nov 1994 14:43:50 -0500 vasil wrote: > >last night at the limelight in new york orbital did damage as follows: > >forever >sad but true >kein trink wasser >impact >remind >walk now >crash and carry >are we here >halcyon >heaven thingy* >belfast >chime > >*this is that track with the 'heaven is a place on earth' sample that toggles >between walk now and halcyon sequences. all the club kids loved it. but then >came on belfast and we died. by now the hartnoll's head-strobes had faded and >after a short pause they ended with chime. >my favorites were kein trink wasser to impact to remind. everything >they played was revised and sounded unique. they are both still bald. >the visuals were cool too. they had all the outputs from thier synths running >into an oscilliscopoe who's screen was projected and mixed in with some nice >video. this way you could see the bass content of the music as you consumed >it. I was there and enjoyed it, too. I agree compeltely re. the best segment of the show. "Kein Trink Wasser" was terrific. I don't go to many "live" techno events, so I have to admit a small yearning for some more live action: it would have been nice if they'd brought out Alison Goldfrapp live, for instance, but I guess it's not possible for them to do such a thing and still maintain the ambience -- literally and musically -- that we've come to expect. Nonetheless, it was well worth it for the sound and vision. The slide show was great, even if it did get a little ecologically preachy at one point. The oscilloscope was marvelous, too. And I love their flashlight glasses . . . >it was frustrating realizing that much of the people there were not *there* >to see orbital but were just clubbing. i would say most of the people. >however orbital put on an uncompromising show. id say it was the best live >act ive ever seen. What was frustrating was that the Limelight staff kept the place packed for up to probably four times capacity while leaving only one exit door open. Much as I loved the show, my girlfriend was feeling a bit wiped out by the last song, so we decided to leave a few minutes early. With the time it took us to plow ourselves through the dense crowd that packed all corners of the church (and since that crowd was even denser in the rooms where Orbital was not playing, I'd have to agree that most of the folks there were just "clubbing"), we could have stuck around until the very last blip. But we did catch 99% percent of this, clearly and *loudly*. I was right up next to the monitor, so I could feel the bass notes vibrating through me all the time. (I should have worn some protective ear plugs -- oh, well, one step closer to deafness . . .) I agree that the show was "uncompromising" and very tight, not a moment wasted, no prattle or poses -- strictly the business of making for a good time. I don't know if it's the best "live act I've ever seen," though -- how much of it was really "live"? -- but it was one of the best-sounding performances that I've heard in the '90s so far. - -- Richard Singer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ezekiel the Prophet Subject: Belfast Date: 28 Nov 1994 14:24:25 EST Being a student in this dear city, I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me about the Orbital track 'belfast'? Like, what does it have to do with belfast? -- lyndon ====================================================================== x Lyndon Nixon - 2nd Year Biblical Studies & Philosophy - Queens' University xxxxx Belfast - Northern Ireland - Callsign GD7OYA ISWL member GD-20325 x mail: u9325913@qub.ac.uk --- home: 29 Falkland Drive, Onchan, Isle of Man x 'whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord' Ez. 12.28 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Toasty" Subject: orbital name change? Date: 29 Nov 1994 14:21:42 GMT I read somewhere that The Orbital were changing thier name to The M25 Is this true? Have they gone loop the loop? - Toasty ====================================================================== "Toasty" PS93014@sci_2.sci.port.ac.uk The fruit I eat is overripe ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kelly Thomas Money Subject: Re: Belfast Date: 29 Nov 1994 11:39:40 -0600 (CST) On Mon, 28 Nov 1994, Ezekiel the Prophet wrote: > > Being a student in this dear city, I was wondering if anyone > could enlighten me about the Orbital track 'belfast'? > Like, what does it have to do with belfast? > > -- lyndon > Well, Phil & Paul were not born there or anything like that, so I assume they either played a gig there, had a religious experience in the vacinity, or maybe it is a profound political statement. Or, they were at a loss for titles after they created it. Electronic music can be so fickle when it comes down to naming the tunes - just ask Richard James. Vector Audax ummoney@cc.umanitoba.ca is Kelly T. Money "Lebensraum" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael Keay Subject: Back catalogue Date: 30 Nov 1994 15:41:38 +0000 (GMT) Hi All, Does anyone have any back catalogue material of Orbital they are willing to sell. Or does anyone know where I can get the material. Thanks Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CLARKT@VAX.LSE.AC.UK Subject: MUTATIONS Date: 30 Nov 1994 15:31:04 GMT Does anyone out there know anything about the mutations 12 inch that orbital put out a while ago? i picked it up on the cheap cos it was deleted, and my copy's got mixes of Chime, Speed Freak and Ooala(or whatever - i can't spell it....) by Ray Keith(?), Moby, Joey Beltram and Consolidated(if i remember right) the thing is that i saw another copy, just the same - same artwork, everything, apart from a different set of mixes... how many versions did orbital release??? (i know this makes me a trainspotter, but it's been pissing me off for ages!!) and has anyone seen a copy of chime anywhere?? I've only ever sen it on seven inch, and that was up in liverpool.... anyway, any info would be appreciated. toby (clarkt@vax.lse.ac.uk)