From: owner-orb-digest@lists.xmission.com (orb-digest) To: orb-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: orb-digest V2 #281 Reply-To: orb-digest Sender: owner-orb-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-orb-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes orb-digest Monday, January 3 2000 Volume 02 : Number 281 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 20:28:15 -0800 From: jon Subject: (orb) FS: non-ebay Zoe-Sunshine on a rainy day Hi all, I have the Zoe-Sunshine on a rainy day cd single for sale, featuring the Orb remix of "Moonsister." This cd single is not on ebay and will be sold to the first person with a reasonable offer on this list. I have many Orb items listed on Ebay at: http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&us erid=mazbass Including the pato banton 12", Blue Room (german cd5), plus remixes of Depeche Mode, Meat Beat Manifesto and many more. Email me with any questions--thanks! Jon # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:52:55 -0500 From: "*eric irving marden*" Subject: (orb) off topic - I survived Y2K... "... and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt" Seems that the clocks rolled over without a hitch -- no widespread panic -- no mass hysteria -- heck, not even some good old-fashioned American looting in the streets! Am I the only one that feels cheated here? The Mass Media promised us the apocalypse and all we got were fireworks and the usual alcohol blow-outs. i guess the 'worst is behind us' - The future is bright, we're entering a new era of humanity, as we tie our lives closer to technology than ever before. From wiring our cell phones to the Internet to pagers that check our email to refrigerator's that notify the manufacturer before it goes on the fritz - Our lives are becoming more and more dependant on technology and frankly I like it. Sure we don't get the fancy tin foil out fits and flying cars like classic sci-fi movies would lead us to believe, but the future *is* upon us. the only thing to worry about is humanity evolving as quick as we can develop our technology. but the path of self discovery has always been a long and winding road. there seems to be no shortcut for personal growth on my Win98 start menu -- damn Microsoft, always leaving out import features like that out of their upgrades Happy 2000, .zazen. ===================.za.zen.family.of.web.sites.==================== * temple of rabbit in the moon - http://www.users.drak.net/ritm * * * * * * * Qwerks Web - evolution in design - http://www.users.drak.net/qzazen * * * Ultraworld.org - a spherical community - http://www.ultraworld.org * * * * zenLab - enlightenment for the rave culture - http://zenlab.tripod.com/ * * DJ Gerry - http://listen.to/djgerry - http://soopafresh.tripod.com/ * * * * * ==========.future.alliance.of.communication.and.technology.========= # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:22:51 -0500 (EST) From: Ben Hoffman Subject: Re: (orb) off topic - I survived Y2K... well, nobody's stopping you from wearing tinfoil-ish outfits if you like, and there's a company that's already tested a basic flying car and hopes to have the first model on the marked by 2010, so we're not that far behind. Besides, you see mad futuristic outfits at clubs and raves all the time (and some are damn sexy). I don't think we need to wear clothing that reflects gamma rays, yet, but someday soon maybe. Anyway, the guy in S.A.L.T. was all wrong. Ben # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:39:14 -0600 From: "Sean Wolfe" Subject: Re: (orb) off topic - I survived Y2K... > Seems that the clocks rolled over without a hitch -- no widespread panic -- > no mass hysteria -- heck, not even some good old-fashioned American looting > in the streets! Am I the only one that feels cheated here? The Mass Media > promised us the apocalypse and all we got were fireworks and the usual > alcohol blow-outs. This is a prefect example of how the media controls the populousus perception. And instigates widespread panic among the masses without even stating any good hard facts. Maybe this will be a good example for everyone to not believe so much of what the news says, and make your own judgement. It did give me a giggle though when about a year back and all this hysteria was starting, and people were going on about what Y2K would affect. Did any of you really believe that it would affect your Toaster or VCR? And as far as for any looting or Terrorism.. People were jsut too damn busy partying to do such things... Maybe all this threat of Chaos made people a little more humble so thus there was no terrible incidents... Well anyway here's to a promising future... Sean # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:14:16 -0500 From: "Vince Frank" Subject: (orb) "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" > Seems that the clocks rolled over without a hitch -- no widespread panic -- > no mass hysteria -- heck, not even some good old-fashioned American looting > in the streets! Am I the only one that feels cheated here? ===>Oh, indeed, particularly since that meant I had to be back at work this morning.... ;-) One thing I noticed is that people DIDN'T panic at the last minute. I must admit, I *did* go the grocery store around noon on New Year's Eve, but that was to purchase a bottle of stir fry sauce (I was making a "Chinese" dish of my own design). The shelves were full (like any other day), and there was plenty of bread and milk (which is what people go nuts buying around here before a big snow storm). I was honestly surprised. And ya know, I didn't listen to "1999" by Prince once on New Year's Eve. (I played it first thing the next damn morning when I woke up though!) :-) Later! Vince # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:20:27 -0500 From: "Vince Frank" Subject: (orb) JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Ok, I watched New Year's celebrations around the world from the time I woke up (circa 6:00 a.m., Eastern Time (U.S.))--when my daughter (now one year old!) woke up, until shortly after midnight (Eastern Time). CNN and some of the other networks kept mentioning that Jean- Michel Jarre was headlining an event at the pyramids at Giza, but the coverage was, frankly, quite disappointing. I saw nothing whatsoever of the coverage. I mean, I saw a ton of stuff on the events in London, for example, and Berlin, and Mexico City, and Rio, and Beijing, and Lord knows where else, but virtually nothing on Giza. Did anyone see any of this? Better yet, was anyone lucky enough to BE there??? Oh, and I guess it's one year now until the new millenium starts. I'm sooooo excited!!! :-P ;-) I *did* see an interview with Arthur C. Clarke from his home in Sri Lanka--that guy has always been a favorite of mine. Vince # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:27:03 -0800 From: Jeff Pitblado Subject: Re: (orb) JEAN-MICHEL JARRE > Did anyone see any of this? Better yet, was anyone > lucky enough to BE there??? I caught about 5 minutes of it on PBS. Looked to be pretty cool. > I *did* see an interview with Arthur C. Clarke from > his home in Sri Lanka--that guy has always been a > favorite of mine. I wish they would have gotten a regular sattelite like, or at least something better than that crappy web camera. I wanted to watch more but just couldn't stand it. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 13:52:52 -0600 From: John Moxness Subject: (orb) Best of '99 Any picks on the best electronic music of 99? I must say I really like Everything But The Girl - Temperamental but I think I would have to give it to the Underworld - Beaucoup Fish. Sorry U.F.Off. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 22:31:18 +0100 From: Marcus Endberg Subject: (orb) back on track Hello fellow orb addicted weirdos and happy Y2K to all of you! I just want to let you (each and every one of you!;) know that I'm still alive - and even better, that I'm still on this mailinglist. Some of you may remember me as nueb@pader-online.de - but that account does no longer exist as I've got (for some reasons) my own domain now. Having a lot of trouble in the end of 1999 I was a bit quite ... but right now everything seems to turn out fine and here I am, back again! :) So, let's all together have a nice year 2000 (the last year before the new millenium to come!) - hoping for Cydonia to be realeased and other fine new stuff to put in the CD player ... GAVIN: an extra, very big S-O-R-R-Y to you ... the tape 4 you 's been collecting some dust in the meantime - but I'll send it out to you as soon as possible. - -Marcus - -- http://NUeB.home.pages.de mailto:marcus@endberg.de voice: +49-172-9791763 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 22:09:26 +0100 From: Marcus Endberg Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 John Moxness wrote: > Any picks on the best electronic music of 99? I must say I really like > Everything But The Girl - Temperamental but I think I would have to give it > to the Underworld - Beaucoup Fish. Sorry U.F.Off. To me, orbital's "the middle of nowhere" is the number 1 of electronics in 1999. This includes all single (maxi) releases of that album as well. Very innovative, but somehow still the "old" orbital /style/ ... But the VERY BEST that came out in the last year was done by lamb - fear of fours. Damn, that music really freaks me out ... (but as they're using "conventional" instruments it can not be >electronics No.1<, sic) - -Marcus - -- http://NUeB.home.pages.de mailto:marcus@endberg.de voice: +49-172-9791763 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:37:39 -0500 From: "Vince Frank" Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 > Any picks on the best electronic music of 99? I must say I really like > Everything But The Girl - Temperamental but I think I would have to give it > to the Underworld - Beaucoup Fish. Sorry U.F.Off. ===>I have this cd, and I must say that the first track (Cups) is one of the, um, grooviest tracks I've ever heard--real stoner music if there is such a thing--reminds me of something Steve Miller Band might do.... I play it all the time. (And I *don't* smoke pot, either!) BUT, I was totally baffled by the rest of the album--it was all drum & bass. I guess I don't understand d&b's appeal, since it sounds like someone simply turned a drum machine on and let it go.... I wouldn't really classify it as electronic music, since to me that suggests synthesizers, and I really didn't hear any on the album...at least nothing that stood out.... I don't think I really got any other new electronic music this past year--just a bunch of stuff from prior years (MUCH older, in some cases--Wendy Carlos' _Sonic Seasonings_, for example). How 'bout electronic album of the decade? My votes would go to (in no particular order): Jean-Michel Jarre (Oxygene 7-13) Orb (UFOrb, Adventures, Aubrey Mixes) FSOL (Lifeforms, Dead Cities, Accelerator) Banco de Gaia (Last Train...) Dread Zone (360 degrees) David Arkenstone (Quest of the Dream Warrior, Wake of the Wind) Tangerine Dream (Rockoon--I can't believe I'm listing that...) Deep Forest (Deep Forest--did that come out this decade?) Vince # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 16:51:33 -0500 From: Adam J Weitzman Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 Vince Frank wrote: > > Underworld - Beaucoup Fish. > > ===>I have this cd, and I must say that the > first track (Cups) > ... > BUT, I was totally baffled by the rest of the > album--it was all drum & bass. > Are you sure you're talking about the same CD? There's almost no d&b on Beaucoup Fish at all. Heck, "King Of Snake" is basically a drivin' techno remake of "I Feel Love" with nonsense lyrics, and "Push Upstairs" has very sparse drums, its rhythm coming almost entirely from the piano melody and burbling bass rumbles. "Kittens" is just killer, with only very occasional breakbeats, hardly a full-on d&b track. > ...electronic album of the decade... > Dread Zone (360 degrees) On the other hand, I have a hard time arguing with anyone who likes this CD as much as I do. :-) - -- Adam J Weitzman, NewsEdge Corp. (soon RoweCom Inc.) http://www.newsedge.com - http://www.individual.com "Humor is the best way of dealing with complete and utter nonsense." - John Lydon # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 14:43:16 -0800 From: rachel Subject: (orb) Best of '99 personally, i'd have to vote for my newly beloved Fat Boy Slim (Norman Cook), who has been the best discovery of my personal listening habits of 99 - i just can't stop dancin when i listen to his stuff! now would it be too much for me to hope for a Fat Boy remix of the Orb's new album? (he did a bumpin version of "King of Snake" for the Underworld, afterall...) =) rachel # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 16:01:13 -0700 From: orbette Subject: Re: (orb)Best of 99 Well, how about my tops for the year? 1. Baby Mammoth - Swimming 2. Sly & Robbie/Howe B - Strip to the Bone 3. Q-Tip - Amplified 4 Lamb - Fear of Fours 5. We - Square Root of -1 Guess that does it. Oh and my favorite films of the year 1. Book of Life 2. Being John Malcovich 3. American Beauty As for UF OFF, best-of's don't count in my book. peep ya's 'bette np: Whose Line Is It, Anyway? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 15:11:14 -0800 From: Chris Johnson Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 rachel wrote: > > personally, i'd have to vote for my newly beloved Fat Boy Slim (Norman > Cook), who has been the best discovery of my personal listening habits of > 99 - i just can't stop dancin when i listen to his stuff! now would it be > too much for me to hope for a Fat Boy remix of the Orb's new album? (he did > a bumpin version of "King of Snake" for the Underworld, afterall...) Eeek! While Mr. Slim undeniably has a knack for slamming remixes (and some pretty groovy "original" material), I find him *incredibly*, stultifyingly formulaic. It has gotten to the point where I only need to hear a few seconds of a remix to identify it as his. His ubiquity only drives the point home. I hope he doesn't do an Orb remix. But that's just me. :) My vote for best album of '99 goes to Beaucoup Fish. This album hasn't left my rotation since it came out. I didn't buy as much "new" music in 1999 as I usually do, so I may well have missed something spectacular. :/ Best live performance of '99 goes to Underworld. (They turned in the best live show I've seen in *years*.) Best "re-discovery" of '99 is The Beautiful South. How could I have missed them all of these years? (Yes, I know they aren't "electronica"; but they produce wonderful music anyway.) Chris np: Underworld - Pearl's Girl (hearing Tin There live was one of the highlights of '98...) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 15:18:27 -0800 From: rachel Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 >While Mr. Slim undeniably has a knack for slamming remixes (and some >pretty groovy "original" material), I find him *incredibly*, >stultifyingly formulaic. It has gotten to the point where I only need to >hear a few seconds of a remix to identify it as his. yeah, but couldn't you say the same thing about the orb? ;) =) rachel # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 00:32:45 +0100 From: Marcus Endberg Subject: Re: (orb)Best of 99 orbette wrote: > how about my tops for the year? not so bad, but ... > 1. Baby Mammoth - Swimming > 2. Sly & Robbie/Howe B - Strip to the Bone > 3. Q-Tip - Amplified > 4 Lamb - Fear of Fours > 5. We - Square Root of -1 ... besides Sly & Robbie and LAMB (should've been on number 1 if you'd ask me) I do not know any of them. Could you please tell anything 'bout their music to us? - -Marcus - -- http://NUeB.home.pages.de mailto:marcus@endberg.de voice: +49-172-9791763 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 00:37:26 +0100 From: Marcus Endberg Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 rachel wrote: > personally, i'd have to vote for my newly beloved Fat Boy Slim (Norman yiiiieeehh - what do people like about him? The only cool thing he did was the "right here, right now" video, nothing else. Or am I completely out of space? (I would not wonder;) - -Marcus - -- http://NUeB.home.pages.de mailto:marcus@endberg.de voice: +49-172-9791763 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 15:33:41 -0800 From: Chris Johnson Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 rachel wrote: > > >While Mr. Slim undeniably has a knack for slamming remixes (and some > >pretty groovy "original" material), I find him *incredibly*, > >stultifyingly formulaic. It has gotten to the point where I only need to > >hear a few seconds of a remix to identify it as his. > yeah, but couldn't you say the same thing about the orb? ;) I thought of that...and decided the answer was no. Eventually, one can usually figure out that the Orb did the remix, but in general, Orb remixes are not as instantly recognizable as FbS remixes. Chris (who might just be overly sensitive to FbS) :) np: The Orb - Peel Sessions I # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 16:57:35 -0700 From: orbette Subject: Re: (orb)Best of 99 Marcus Endberg wrote: > ... besides Sly & Robbie and LAMB (should've been on number 1 if you'd ask > me) I do not know any of them. Could you please tell anything 'bout their > music to us? Okay Baby Mammoth have about 6 (soon to be 7) albums on the fabulous and wonderful Pork Recordings label. Pork is also the home to Fila Brazillia, who of course did a Toxygene (and come to think of it a Busta Rhymes) mix. The Mammoths have an uncanny knack for blending trip hop, dub reggae, jazz, latin rhythms with live, sparse vocals and real instrumentalists into a very fine, seamless mix. We are a very great band from New York who specialise in very noodle-y, experimental yet somehow melodic drum n bass. If you like Lamb you will very much like We. They can be found the equally experimental Asphodel label. And if I really have to explain the fabulous Q-tip forget it. Peace, 'bette np: Badawi - The Heretic of Ether. Ps. Oh the only other I would add to my list as an alternate would be Rob Swift's "The Ablist". # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:02:37 -0500 (EST) From: Anthony Bryan Subject: (orb) orb videos in MPG format? I remember a long time ago someone posted that they had orb videos in mpg format or something. does anyone still have these? I still have my ftp site up & I'm ready to receive or get them from somewhere...just let me know how much room I need. ant # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 19:04:31 -0800 From: "Andrew Kontrabecki" Subject: (orb) fat boy south I'm just surprised that Fat Boy Slim AND The Beautiful South get a mention in the same message...personally, I've been a fan of The Housemartins for some time...go figure... Andrew M. Kontrabecki orb content: just got a chance to listen [once again] to U.F.Orb really loud today at work, it was great! Thank god for openminded bosses! > rachel wrote: >> >> personally, i'd have to vote for my newly beloved Fat Boy Slim (Norman >> Cook), who has been the best discovery of my personal listening habits of >> 99 - > > Eeek! > > While Mr. Slim undeniably has a knack for slamming remixes I find him >*incredibly*, stultifyingly formulaic. His ubiquity only > drives the point home. > > Best "re-discovery" of '99 is The Beautiful South. How could I have > missed them all of these years? > > Chris # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 15:58:35 -0800 From: rachel Subject: (orb) in defense of the fatboy geez, i knew i was gonna take a beating for speaking up about fatboy slim as he's gotten a lot of radio play lately, but damn! can't *anybody* back me up on this one... Seofon? where are ya when i need ya! ;) >I thought of that...and decided the answer was no. Eventually, one can >usually figure out that the Orb did the remix, but in general, Orb >remixes are not as instantly recognizable as FbS remixes. not that i think having a recognizable style is a bad thing (and most people freak out when their favourite bands deviate from their respective soundstyles) but really, i wouldn't have put fatboy at the top of the list for guessing who did the beastie boys' "Body Movin" remix. besides, the stuff he did as the Mighty Dub Kats is classic. (and there's a hilarious remix of Jean Paul Gaultier out there, too!) >yiiiieeehh - what do people like about him? The only cool thing he did was >the "right here, right now" video, nothing else. Or am I completely out of >space? (I would not wonder;) well, the video for Praise You was brilliant, and has won awards all over the place (not that Mtv/VH1 should dictate what's good or bad). now, i know that all of us here in the states have heard Praise You ad nauseum, but really, his live shows aren't to be missed. his command of the crowd's energy is absolutely phenominal - its like being on a giant cruise ship of love. and he comes across really well live - he seems to have a real humilty and sincere love for the crowds who come out to see him, and all in all seems like a really fun and happy guy. very few djs could pull off mixing michael jackson with the beach boys and still manage to keep everyone dancing. maybe i'm the only one who's gotten into the Big Beat thing, but i find myself surprisingly taken away with him... that said, i've finished my fatboy evangelism for the day. i'll just be off in the corner listening to my fatboy cds all by myself. ;) =) rachel # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 00:25:35 +0000 From: "Agust 'Nemesis1' Arni Jonsson" Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 At 16:37 3.1.2000 -0500, Vince Frank wrote: >[Underworld - Beaucoup Fish] >BUT, I was totally baffled by the rest of the album--it was >all drum & bass. I guess I don't understand d&b's appeal, since >it sounds like someone simply turned a drum machine on >and let it go.... I wouldn't really classify it as electronic >music, since to me that suggests synthesizers, and I really >didn't hear any on the album...at least nothing that stood >out.... you didn't hear any synths? hey vince, how about you use a q-tip to clear your ears? they are obviously full of shit :-) and how can you not dig Jumbo? one of the greatest mildly bouncy feel good tunes I've ever heard... now that's a track I can't get out of my head (nor out of my players :) and as far as d'n'b goes, I'm no expert, but I don't think this album rates as one :) just pumping underworld grooves, bounces, dances, noises, bangs, weirdness. and I utterly love it :) as for my faves of the '99... well... I sorta didn't buy a lot of current albums this year, part of the year I hardly bought anything at all (sorta broke ,) and partly I was buying other stuff (older). so, err... my best of '99 releases is kinda short ;) 1) Lackluster: cdr#2 (he FUQQIN RULES ME! ARGH! :) 2) Underworld: Beaucoup Fish 3) Banco de Gaia: The Magical Sounds of... (totally rocked my NYE :) 4) Autechre: EP7 5) Orbital: Middle of Nowhere heh Agust "Nemesis1" - aaj@centrum.is - ICQ: 1290264 - http://nemesis1.cjb.net Thronk lives! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 00:29:14 +0000 From: "Agust 'Nemesis1' Arni Jonsson" Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 At 14:43 3.1.2000 -0800, rachel wrote: >personally, i'd have to vote for my newly beloved Fat Boy Slim (Norman >Cook), who has been the best discovery of my personal listening habits of >99 - i just can't stop dancin when i listen to his stuff! now would it be >too much for me to hope for a Fat Boy remix of the Orb's new album? (he did >a bumpin version of "King of Snake" for the Underworld, afterall...) not wanting to slam you Rachel, but... damn. fat boy slim... /me runs away screaming at the top of his lungs ( really. I just can't stand his tunes. they all sounds more or less the same. they all have more or less the same buildup. they all more or less make me want to throw up and harm cute cuddly animals. and that KoS mix, it sounds like any other fbs tune. /me feels sick ) Agust "Nemesis1" - aaj@centrum.is - ICQ: 1290264 - http://nemesis1.cjb.net Thronk lives! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:36:49 -0800 (PST) From: the chillage idiot Subject: Re: (orb) in defense of the fatboy (huddled in the safety of a pseudo silk kimono) - -- rachel wrote: > can't *anybody* back > me up on this one... i got your back rach! i think this is once again a case of an artist getting no respect once they've have the bad taste to be successful. i've seen it many times before - these are often the same people who think the orb peaked with 'blue room,' so bollocks to them! i doubt anybody in norm's or the chems' organisations pulled down mtv's pants and favoured them, but for some strange reason people hold them accountable for their admitted overexposure. they did what they do, which, regardless of the subsequent big beat hype, ROCKED. seriously, the first time i heard 'three little birdie beats' and 'michael jackson' my ass was possessed! besides, i consider it VERY BAD TASTE to flame another's picks, so i would recommend whoever did so to blow it out his/her arse. god knows there are some people on this list who love some absolute crap, but heaven forbid i am ever forced to justify my marillion records! ;) steve0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:52:29 +0000 From: stillife@juno.com Subject: Re: (orb) Best of '99 Let's not forget (although it's hard to get here in the States)- THOMAS FEHLMANN's one to three. Overflow. It's as good as a new Orb! I found mine at Other Music (NYC), where I also got a copy of Sun Electric's Kitchen. (much better than Via Nostra IMHO) Also, Plaid's Rest Proof Clockwork. A couple of other new releases that are sinking in are: >PONGA : The Remixes (check www.loosegroove.com) >WARP/MATADOR : Remixes - one of 3 Warp releases - -Bill ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 17:30:35 -0800 From: lkjk ytryt Subject: (orb) Best of '99 My picks are "Beaucoup Fish" by Underworld and "Rhythm & Stealth" By Leftfield I though the best tracks to be the "Phat Planet" 10" from Leftfield and Mr. Scruff's "Get A Move On" 12" Edward # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:55:52 -0800 (PST) From: Gavin Miller Subject: (orb) my 99 look Hello All. If everybody else is doing it, why not me? My highlights of 99 are: best shows: Lamb @ Double Door Community Service tour @ Congress Theater Mojave 3 @ Double Door Brendan Perry @ Park West Underworld @ Riviera Mercury Rev @ Double Door Mr. Bungle @ Metro Best Albums: Sunny Day Real Estate "How It Feels To Be Something On" Red house Painters "Retrospective" Leftfield "Rhythm And Stealth" Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" Best discoveries: Alyson Hannigan (Willow on "Buffy TVS" and Michelle in "American Pie") Fatboy Slim (Live, he's incredible) Boom Boom Satellites Milestones: WMS Industries discontinuing pinball being single again, after 4 years.... Gavin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:09:25 -0800 (PST) From: Gavin Miller Subject: (orb) LX discs posted Hello again. It's been 1 1/2 months since I started trading copies of the LX DJ set from the Smartbar in chicago. Thanks to all for the trades, for I have acquired lots of great items that I wasn't luchy enough to find on my own. I want to finish up trades soon, so I will be contacting several listees in the next week or so to tie up loose ends. Today I posted discs to: Kennedy Cosker Hugh Jasse Gavin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:15:36 -0500 From: "Andy" Subject: (orb) we > We are a very great band from > New York who specialise in very noodle-y, experimental yet somehow melodic > drum n bass. If you like Lamb you will very much like We. They can be found > the equally experimental Asphodel label. Ooo Ooo Ooo!!! I just found out that my boss went to school with Olive from We. Great band, great guy, great release [square root of negative one]. Sorry just had to mention that. WE can be 'researched' at http://www.multipolyomni.com/ np: Badawi - final warning Andrew M. Kontrabecki # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:02:47 -0600 From: "Sean Wolfe" Subject: (orb) the Best of 99' thread Hmmm.. A year of wierdness and chaos for me... My Best Music of '99? Hmm.. Tough, and seems hard to put into this list. But I think One person tops most of it for me.... SquarePusher. I would like to say 'Music is Rotted One note' would be at the top, but that Came out in 98. So I'll have to put down the two Follow up EP's Budakhan Mindphone and Maximum Priest. Followed by his excellent New album Selection Sixteen. I know not many are into Drum & Bass here on the list, but Mr. Tom Jenkins is an exception. (i myself don't care too much for straight up drum & bass, more the wierd stuff). He fuses Modern electronics with Jazz Styles (hell, 'Music is Rotted' coulda been the next Miles Davis album) and Even Overdriving Acid Trax. and he has such a sense of humor that creeps into ya. Next would be Matmos for both The West and Quasi Objects. This might not be everyone's cup of tea, but these amazing San Franciso artist's sculp sounds in very interesting ways. Using sounds from anything such as Balloon,s Rubber shirts, Banjos and Electric probes. There sounds range anywhere from Quirky little grooves of Voice samples, to outlandish soundscapes. And Lastly Aphex Twin - WindowLicker. god, that video just makes me crack up thinking about it. shows.. - ------------- I'm with gavin on a few. The community Service Show Was incredible.. At least Orbital Was.. They always kick my ass live. Crystal method and lo-Fi all stars can go to hell... Lamb was incredible.. Much Better than when they last came around. The Kultbox summit - Matmos, Kid606, Lesser and more... What more could I want! Melt Banana! Love these Japanese Noise rockers..! Ohh.. and LX! He Rocked this year! Movies - ------------ Run Lola Run - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED American Beauty 6th sense... (this year was a slow movie year for me, and Unfortunately Book Of Live and Modulations came out in '98) City to Visit - ------------------- San Fransico Book - -------------- Neil Stevenson - Cryptonomicon TV Show - --------------- Simpson's Futurama the rest of television can go to hell News Hype - ------------------ Y2K Clinton/Monica Lewinsky Global Warming I could go on... Sean # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 22:46:06 -0500 From: Jason Bilsky Subject: (orb) Best of 99' some of the best stuff I bought this year: Pole: CD1, EP2 Scanner: Lauwarm Instrumentals Pan Sonic: A Ozric Tentacles: Waterfall Cities Damn. I guess I didn't buy much this year.... - -- Jason Bilsky- fuzzbox@world.std.com http://world.std.com/~fuzzbox "The one that you love and the one that loves you are never ever the same person." -Chuck Palahniuk, _Invisible_Monsters_ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 23:05:41 EST From: "- hyponoise -" Subject: (orb) Best of '99 id have to say andrea parker's kiss my arp is the best cd form the last year. it has a massive amount of depth and origionality that most albums lack. - -jason n . p . andrea parker . kiss my arp www.mp3.com/wilt just because a cat has her kittens in the oven doesn’t make them biscuits ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 21:01:19 -0800 (PST) From: Basscadet@webtv.net Subject: (orb) 99 was a good year.... In no particular order..... Nightmares on Wax-CarBootSoul.....soothes the mind. Chemical Brothers- Surrender....superb comeback after dodgy 2nd album(IMO) Art of Noise - The Seduction of Claude Debussy...all over the place this one, love it to bits. Banco de Gaia - The Magical Sounds of.....indeed. Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork....it's de-wonderful. Warp 10+1,+2,+3 ......They did a great job putting these together, really shows what Warp is all about. Honourable mentions to Moby,Underworld,Orbital,Beck and Death in Vegas. Well that was my year, best wishes to all for 2000, do loads and admit nothing. later tater tots.. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info orb" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email orb@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of orb-digest V2 #281 *************************