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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 13 April 2024 CE
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Monganaut
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 13 April 2024 CE
Apr 15, 2024, 18:32
Bit late to the party. This week I have mostly been listening to The Orb.
They've had a bit of a renaissance in our house for the last few months. Things that I bought at the time, gave a cursury listen to, quite enjoyed, but then got shelved cos' I was into somethng else. I think they are still the best at what they do, mixing dub, ambient, minimaism and trance, with a hefty dose of humour.

Fav of the week has deffo been 'Abolition of the Royal Familiar'.
This covers so much ground in 77 odd minutes. Opening with the pop lite dub Orb of old, bouncy and housey, later comes the minimalist 'Eno' Orb, mixed in along the way Junglist lite and everything else 'Orb' in between. Considering this is from 2020, It's as good if not better tha anything they've put out.
https://theorb.bandcamp.com/album/abolition-of-the-royal-familia

No Sounds are Out Of Bounds
This is more of a hotch potch of a record. If I didn't know better I'd say it was a bunch of out-takes from various eras they didn't know what to do with and bundled them into a record that shouldn't work or be cohesive, but it is.

Patterns and Textures mix CD
This was the free CD that came with the above 'live' video. Still holds together as a document of the live set at te time, and has the awesome 12" ambient mix of Towers of Dub that is still one of my top 5 Orb records.
TOD Ambient - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIfA_vyrNA

Moonbuilding 2703 AD
Ambient and trancey

Cow, Chill Out World!
More ambient than above, deffo Eno vibes abound.

Other stuff

Primal Scream - More Light
Not one that gets played that often, but always surprised how good it is when it gets an airing. Solid Scream release.

Windy out there, keep safe. x
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