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Orboretum: The Orb Collection is the fourth compilation album by the Orb released on 8 November 2024 on Cooking Vinyl. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Alex Paterson 's words, the compilation is "a sort of director's cut, reframing our output, making new neuro pathways, and new juxtapositions."
Moonbuilding 2703 AD has received positive reviews from music critics, with some saying it is the band's best album in over 20 years. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".
The Orb's combination of ambient music and sampling from lower fidelity audio sources often creates a "fuzzy texture" in the sound quality, depersonalising the Orb's music. [31] The Orb are lauded for their " Monty Python -esque levity" in their use of audio samples, [ 38 ] though NME asserts that Paterson "sabotage[s] his majestic soundscapes ...
The Orb's second studio album U.F.Orb was released in June 1992 and topped the United Kingdom albums chart. [6] The album's second single "Blue Room" – at a length of 39 minutes and 57 seconds – became the longest-running release to enter the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number eight.
Cydonia is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo the Orb. It was released on 27 February 2001 in the United Kingdom by Island Records and in the United States by MCA Records . Members Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann , along with usual collaborators Andy Hughes , Nick Burton, and Simon Phillips , wrote and produced the album ...
Little Fluffy Clouds" is a single released by the British ambient house group the Orb. It was originally released in November 1990 on the record label Big Life and peaked at number 87 on the UK Singles Chart. The Orb also included it on their 1991 double album The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.
Metallic Spheres is the tenth studio album by the ambient techno group the Orb, released in October 2010. It features the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and the Killing Joke bassist Youth. [3] It spent three weeks on the UK charts, reaching number 12. [4]
The band appeared on Top of the Pops to promote the song, but the pretence of a live performance was avoided; instead, the group danced around on playground rides. Outside the United Kingdom, "Toxygene" reached number 23 in Ireland and was an alternative hit in Canada, climbing to number four on the RPM Alternative 30 chart.