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KOM 354LP
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$28.50
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RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2025
10-year anniversary re-issue! LP version. The Orb, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann, have become known for their genre-bending curiosity and surprising sonic detours, exploring experimental soundscapes as well as club-friendly beats. COW / Chill Out, World! is a masterful ambient album that branches out in many directions, but unmistakably sounds like The Orb. In contrast to their much-acclaimed previous full-length Moonbuilding 2703 AD, which took years to prepare and fine-tune, COW / Chill Out, World! was produced over the course of only five sessions in six months, directly following the like-minded Alpine EP. Paterson on recording the album: "It got so spontaneous that a track like '9 Elms Over River Eno (Channel 9)' consisted only of material collected at North Carolina's Moogfest in May - second-hand records from local stores, field recordings, live samples from gigs that we liked, and of course an excursion to the Eno River, which actually exists. This geographic intimacy and the spontaneity are among the top reasons why we love this album so much." Fehlmann sees the duo's relentless gigging schedule as a formative influence on the new album: "the countless performances we've played in the last years have brought us closer as a musical unit. The spice of our concerts is improvisation - a fertile process that we've brought to the studio, where we operate with very simple rules of engagement and go wherever the flow takes us." It's an approach that one might expect from traditional acoustic instrumentation, not necessarily an electronic set-up. Once more, The Orb's trademark playfulness is on full display on COW / Chill Out, World! and it doesn't limit itself to the multi-layered sampling and psychedelic sound composites. It's not so much an obscure trope coming full circle as a perfect example for The Orb's multi-timbre approach to sound and meaning - a compelling, immersive journey to diverse places and impressions. Each track title is a conceptual work in its own right, playing with multiple references, some of which remain highly personal and mysterious. But the greatest feat of The Orb's latest outing might just be how all this semantic doodling never gets in the way of the actual listening, at all times directly relating the artists' sonic vitality and cheerful nosiness.
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KOM 330LP
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$35.50
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RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2025
10-year anniversary re-issue! A major slice of psychedelic synth bliss and powerful basslines. 2LP edition. Gatefold double LP version. Iconic electronic music pioneers The Orb return to Kompakt with Moonbuilding 2703 AD, another major slice of psychedelic synth bliss, obscure loops, and deep ambient textures tossed in swinging breakbeats and powerful basslines. Installing a forward momentum rather unusual for a genre-defying project like this, the latest effort from masterminds Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann follows their 2005 album success on Kompakt, the cheekily named Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt -- as well as several contributions to Kompakt's Speicher and Pop Ambient series -- but, more importantly, it finds the legendary duo at the peak of its creativity, ringing in another essential phase in what can only be called a groundbreaking career. True to form, Moonbuilding 2703 AD features a small track list, but turns each one of its four cuts into a mini-epic in its own right. Opener "God's Mirrorball" hits the ground floating, employing a handful of cozy statics to great effect before finally discharging into an intricate mosaic of atmospheric, melodic sketches and gripping rhythms. With a hypnotic runtime of more than 14 minutes, it immediately establishes a blueprint for the other album tracks to follow, perfectly illustrating the vast extent of the artists' vision and their impressive skills in luring in listeners -- welcome to The Orb's sonic labyrinth, where nothing is what it seems and the unexpected waits just around the corner. Likewise, follow-up track "Moonscapes 2703 BC" presents itself as a uniquely versatile affair sitting comfortably between ambient flourishes and beat-driven focus, holding as many twists and turns as a caper movie, but carefully grounding every single one of its cliffhangers in its impeccable flow. With a runtime of approximately nine minutes, "Lunar Caves" is the shortest jam of the bunch -- and also the most ethereal, keeping its rhythmic content to a bare, pulse-like minimum and opting for enticing, freewheeling synth textures instead. Album closer and title cut "Moonbuilding 2703 AD" introduces a surprisingly jazzy vibe mingling rather well with the wealth of electronic tricks up its sleeve -- even indulging in abrasive bass sweeps and a breathtaking multitude of different rhythm sections constantly switching places. It's a fitting closing act for a full-length as multifaceted as this, as idiosyncratic as possible and as muscular as needed. Cover design by iconic graphic wizards The Designers Republic.
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KOM 128LP
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$33.00
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RELEASE DATE: 2/14/2025
20-year anniversary re-issue! Okie Dokie It´s The Orb On Kompakt the 13th album of one of Britian's most prized cult bands. The music of The Orb only has an intensive effect when taken in as a long-playing full length. And it proves with this lovingly conjured collection of songs brought together like a collage. The first half of Okie Dokie showcase The Orb´s love for minimal techno and Schaffel/Shuffle as it is so obviously present in the foreground, while the second half is only reserved to the classic Orb-ish ancestral domain. There are wonderful guest appearances by Schneider TM and Kompakt´s ambient-guru Ulf Lohmann. As many of you know, there is so much history about The Orb you could write a book. Since Jimmy Cauty and Alex Paterson, in the flush of euphoria invented chill out and ambient house in the first summer of love 1988, an incredible amount of things have occurred. After 2002, The Orb found with Kompakt a new ambient-loving partner and release a row of singles and play live, as the trimmed-down version as Le Petit Orb.
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Sold out, no repress; Double LP version. Transparent green vinyl. Gatefold. "The Dream was a return to form and leans towards the earlier Orb sound and aesthetic. Dr. Alex Paterson reunites with Martin 'Youth' Glover and is also joined by Tim Bran of Dreadzone. Listeners are treated to the magical guitar flair from none other than Steve Hillage (Gong, System 7) as he joins in on several of the albums tracks. The Dream is the eighth studio album by The Orb released in 2007 on Liquid Sound Design Records and is the only Orb album yet to be released on vinyl."
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"The Dream was a return to form and leans towards the earlier Orb sound and aesthetic. Dr. Alex Paterson reunites with Martin 'Youth' Glover and is also joined by Tim Bran of Dreadzone. Listeners are treated to the magical guitar flair from none other than Steve Hillage (Gong, System 7) as he joins in on several of the albums tracks. The Dream is the eighth studio album by The Orb released in 2007 on Liquid Sound Design Records and is the only Orb album yet to be released on vinyl."
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KOM 363EP
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Kompakt continue The Orb's Sin In Space remix EP series with a third volume focusing on the duo's last album, COW / Chill Out, World! (KOMP 134CD/KOM 354LP, 2016 ). The Field's remix of "9 Elms Over River Eno" takes the original's percussive part and unfolds it to a swirling, tropical epic. Dave DK turns in a club-friendly revamp of "4am Exhale" indulging in exquisitely lyrical glitches and straight bass drum. Jörg Burger takes a shot at the beatless "5th Dimensions" - its loose pop jam feeling and flirty shuffle rhythm recalling Burger's Triola moniker.
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KOMP 134CD
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2020 repress. The Orb, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann, have become known for their genre-bending curiosity and surprising sonic detours, exploring experimental soundscapes as well as club-friendly beats. COW / Chill Out, World! is a masterful ambient album that branches out in many directions, but unmistakably sounds like The Orb. In contrast to their much-acclaimed previous full-length Moonbuilding 2703 AD (KOMP 124CD/KOM 330LP, 2015), which took years to prepare and fine-tune, COW / Chill Out, World! was produced over the course of only five sessions in six months, directly following the like-minded Alpine EP (KOM 339EP, 2016). Paterson on recording the album: "It got so spontaneous that a track like '9 Elms Over River Eno (Channel 9)' consisted only of material collected at North Carolina's Moogfest in May - second-hand records from local stores, field recordings, live samples from gigs that we liked, and of course an excursion to the Eno River, which actually exists. This geographic intimacy and the spontaneity are among the top reasons why we love this album so much." Fehlmann sees the duo's relentless gigging schedule as a formative influence on the new album: "the countless performances we've played in the last years have brought us closer as a musical unit. The spice of our concerts is improvisation - a fertile process that we've brought to the studio, where we operate with very simple rules of engagement and go wherever the flow takes us." It's an approach that one might expect from traditional acoustic instrumentation, not necessarily an electronic set-up. Once more, The Orb's trademark playfulness is on full display on COW / Chill Out, World! and it doesn't limit itself to the multi-layered sampling and psychedelic sound composites. It's not so much an obscure trope coming full circle as a perfect example for The Orb's multi-timbre approach to sound and meaning - a compelling, immersive journey to diverse places and impressions. Each track title is a conceptual work in its own right, playing with multiple references, some of which remain highly personal and mysterious. But the greatest feat of The Orb's latest outing might just be how all this semantic doodling never gets in the way of the actual listening, at all times directly relating the artists's sonic vitality and cheerful nosiness.
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KOM 359EP
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Pioneering duo The Orb receives a royal remix treatment by Prins Thomas. For Alpine Diskomiks/Sin In Space Pt. 2, the Norwegian disco king reworked the cut "Alpine Evening" from The Orb's most recent release Alpine (KOM 339EP) and infuses it with his trademark floor magic, turning the psychedelic stomper into a well-oiled, highly energetic dance machine. "Diskomiks" gets backed by two versions on the flip side: the "Simpler Tool For DJ Fools" scratches that string itch, while the "Short Yoga Break" drops the beats for an extended atmospheric immersion.
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KOM 339EP
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Pioneers The Orb (Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann) followed their acclaimed 2015 album Moonbuilding 2703 AD (KOMP 124CD/KOM 330LP) with a contribution to Pop Ambient 2016 (KOM 345LP), the joyously meandering cut "Alpine Dawn." But this track was only one piece of a psychedelic puzzle, and the full Alpine trilogy now gets the attention it deserves. Spiritually and texturally akin to "Alpine Dawn," "Alpine Morning" starts off with actual cowbells and looping synth pads before changing lanes several times and introducing a relaxed downbeat flavor mid-track. Centerpiece "Alpine Evening" comes comfortably grounded in a heavy-duty rhythm section reminiscent of classic Kompakt stomp.
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KOM 336EP
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Iconic electronic music pioneers The Orb follow the 2015 release of their Moonbuilding 2703 AD album (KOMP 124CD/KOM 330LP) with Moonbuilding 2703 AD Remixes/Sin in Space Pt.1, containing three reworks of the album's sonic thicket. Kompakt founder and veteran 4/4 anarchist Wolfgang Voigt's "AntiretroAmbientPsycholkaMix" opens with innocuous ambient trickling before sidestepping into lush pop techno minimalism at its very best; Voigt's second take, credited to his Wassermann rave alter ego, is particularly bouncy. LA-based producer Teebs, nurtured by Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder imprint, brings his rich edit-style beat tapestry to full fruition with his ingenious "Moon Grotto Mix."
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KOMP 124CD
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Iconic electronic music pioneers The Orb return to Kompakt with Moonbuilding 2703 AD, another major slice of psychedelic synth bliss, obscure loops, and deep ambient textures tossed in swinging breakbeats and powerful basslines. Installing a forward momentum rather unusual for a genre-defying project like this, the latest effort from masterminds Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann follows their 2005 album success on Kompakt, the cheekily named Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt (KOMP 045CD/KOM 128LP) -- as well as several contributions to Kompakt's Speicher and Pop Ambient series -- but, more importantly, it finds the legendary duo at the peak of its creativity, ringing in another essential phase in what can only be called a groundbreaking career. True to form, Moonbuilding 2703 AD features a small track list, but turns each one of its four cuts into a mini-epic in its own right. Opener "God's Mirrorball" hits the ground floating, employing a handful of cozy statics to great effect before finally discharging into an intricate mosaic of atmospheric, melodic sketches and gripping rhythms. With a hypnotic runtime of more than 14 minutes, it immediately establishes a blueprint for the other album tracks to follow, perfectly illustrating the vast extent of the artists' vision and their impressive skills in luring in listeners -- welcome to The Orb's sonic labyrinth, where nothing is what it seems and the unexpected waits just around the corner. Likewise, follow-up track "Moonscapes 2703 BC" presents itself as a uniquely versatile affair sitting comfortably between ambient flourishes and beat-driven focus, holding as many twists and turns as a caper movie, but carefully grounding every single one of its cliffhangers in its impeccable flow. With a runtime of approximately nine minutes, "Lunar Caves" is the shortest jam of the bunch -- and also the most ethereal, keeping its rhythmic content to a bare, pulse-like minimum and opting for enticing, freewheeling synth textures instead. Album closer and title cut "Moonbuilding 2703 AD" introduces a surprisingly jazzy vibe mingling rather well with the wealth of electronic tricks up its sleeve -- even indulging in abrasive bass sweeps and a breathtaking multitude of different rhythm sections constantly switching places. It's a fitting closing act for a full-length as multifaceted as this, as idiosyncratic as possible and as muscular as needed. Cover design by iconic graphic wizards The Designers Republic.
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MD 708CD
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History of the Future Volume 2 highlights The Orb's often criminally overlooked but wildly creative 21st century catalog. Released on a variety of labels with new and old collaborators, Alex Paterson's post-2000 volley of sonic experiments retains the essential Orb ethos while returning to the underground that spawned it. This collection charts these exciting new strata, beginning with 2002's bold Badorb.com label venture, Paterson's Battersea cottage industry that presaged internet fever by releasing extremely limited digital EPs by The Orb and his mates, along with tasty T-shirts and coffee mugs. A few tracks from this enterprise are included here, including The Orb's "Cool Harbour." Also included are cuts from The Orb's time with respected German electronic label Kompakt, when Paterson and long-time collaborator Thomas Fehlmann released several low-key EPs and 2004's acclaimed album Okie Dokey It's The Orb On Kompakt (KOMP 045CD/KOM 128LP). After Bicycles & Tricycles (2004), Paterson teamed up with original partner-in-aural-mischief Martin Glover aka Youth plus Dreadzone's Tim Bran for 2008's towering bass-fest The Dream. History of the Future Volume 2 chronicles these two albums with several tracks including "Aftermath," "Gee Strings," "From a Distance" (co-written with Jimmy Cauty), and "Vuja De." In 2012 Paterson and Fehlmann recorded their monumental collaboration with Lee 'Scratch' Perry in Berlin, released as The Orbserver in the Star House and including "Golden Clouds," the reggae legend's own take on an early version of the classic Orb hit "Little Fluffy Clouds." The following year's sequel, More Tales from the Orbservatory, is also represented here, with Deadbeat's dub of "Fussball." The Orb's spaced odyssey after the '90s hits period is, in many ways, more exciting, innovative, and even fun -- the pressure was off and the real mischief could begin. The Orb has also continued to create significant, groundbreaking music since 2000, as beautifully displayed in this sparkling new collection. Bass is the place. Includes remixes by Spud, Kreature, Abacus, Blast Master, The Corpral, Oicho, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer as Villod, Dabrye, and Deadbeat. 3CD/DVD Edition also includes remixes by Flowing, David Harrow, and Nocturnal Sunshine, and an appearance from The Elements.
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MDB 707CD
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The 3CD/DVD edition also includes Paterson's and Fehlmann's 17-minute soundtrack to Battersea Bunches, a short film by Paterson and Malicious Damage's Mike Coles that was screened at Battersea Power Station in June 2010 and released the following year on DVD. DVD is NTSC format, region free.
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KOMP 045CD
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Britain's The Orb -- a.k.a. Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann are one of the most influential and most prized electronic acts to grace Kompakt. Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt is the duo's thirteenth album, and it proves to be a sonic collage of intensive, lovingly-conjured quiet ambience. The first half of Okie Dokie showcases right up front The Orb's love for minimal techno as still as water and schaffel/shuffle, while the second half is only reserved to the classic Orb-ish ancestral domain of trance-inducing, pulsating ambience. There are wonderful guest appearances by Schneider TM and Kompakt's ambient-guru Ulf Lohmann. Ever since Jimmy Cauty and Alex Paterson, in the flush of euphoria, invented Chill Out and Ambient House during that first summer of love in 1988, The Orb have brought the hum of the galaxy to living rooms and clubs like the good cosmic soldiers they are. The Orb have been working exclusively with Kompakt since 2002 and after a series of electrifying singles ("Kompassion," "Komplott" & "Komfort" ) -- the full album has finally been delivered.
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KOM 121EP
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"After Kompassion and Komplott , The Orb grace us with their third installment on Kompakt: Komfort and indeed, both new tracks tend to be a bit more comfortable than their predecessors. 'Ripple' is a hell of a groove monster, but at a moderate speed of roundabout 105 bpm. Though, it's as compelling as any uptempo techno could be. Do we witness the hour of birth of a new style? We wouldn't mind, would we? It's a real challenge to track down and identify all those tiny pads and sounds that might be organic, virtual, or of a third kind. The Orb are playing tracks on our ears and we love it. 'Traumvogel,' (German for 'dreambird') is another masterpiece of ambient arts. An epic, deeply emotional soundtrack to the sweetest illusion you can imagine. This track, made of harp sounds and exotic rattles of that enigmatic bird stimulates body and mind instead of setting those asleep. This is the genuine quality of The Orb. They invented this utterly entertaining form of ambient. It keeps you attentive from beginning to end like a radio play without words. That's why they are titans of this genre. Do you think this 12" is too short? Well, honestly we do too. But we're very proud to announce The Orb's first longplayer for Kompakt to be released later this year. First pre-listens promise-- something HUGE. But first things first, enjoy your summer with Komfort!"
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KOM 106EP
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"The Orb, Captain Petersen and Commander Fehlmann are always in cosmic mission. Passing thousands of stars through the galaxy of the eternal white noise. The picture melts into the black hole, the tender power is bending the groove. The turbines shuffle on acid in the free fall through loops of light, we stagger in the rain of data through a song of old times. I'm singing in the rain... But this is only an illusion. And there is this place at the end of the milky way... Where one could stay forever. But now target on Kompakt to deliver the precious cargo."
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KOM 073EP
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"One of the most influential bands of electronic music, who has taken a creative break of almost two years, is back! For the first time, The Orb -- a.k.a. Alex Patterson and Thomas Fehlmann -- are sailing under the German flag and approaching the sound of Cologne: The A-side featuring 'Cool Harbour' is really hot. Cascades of strings and overdubs, typical of The Orb sound, are merging together thus resulting in a racy shuffle format. With 'Gee Strings' they have examined the microhouse-phenomenon and consider it right. And of course, the ambient aspects are not missing, either. 'Dilmun' is cruising the pop ambient sea, thus closing the circle of the past and future of of chill-out sounds."
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