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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life

I recently posted this – a list of “Ten important metal albums”. And I started it off by linking to this – “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I mentioned then that I would be doing a series of these, across genres, and I repeated the opening paragraph from the hip-hop post. So now I’m going to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, Blue Lines, Daft Punk, Dance, Depeche Mode, Dorfmeister, Drukqs, Electronica, Hometown, Kid A, Kruder, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Leftfield, Leftism, Little Fluffy Clouds, Mad Professor, Massive Attack, Maxinquaye, Mezzanine, Nearly God, No Protection, Pre-Millennium Tension, Primal Scream, Protection, Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s), Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, Screamadelica, Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi, Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, The K&D Sessions, The Orb, The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Thievery Corp., Thievery Corporation, Tricky ·

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September 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 638

Orb, Migration [Single] (2015) I loved seeing King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on a recent trip to Australia and a big part of the treat of that was seeing another Victorian band, Orb – not The Orb – and nor do they sound at all like that other (great) band, The Orb. Instead this […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2015, Australia, EP, Heavy Metal, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, LP, Migration, Migration 2, Mikey Young, ORB, Power Trio, Record, Single, Stoner-Rock, Sydney, The Orb, The Vinyl Countdown # 638, Victoria, Vinyl ·

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September 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock

David Gilmour Rattle That Lock Columbia When what’s left of Pink Floyd released The Endless River last year, leftovers from 20 years ago – it killed Floyd. Some were happy to have this final coda, a far-too-late-to-matter postscript. Some were appalled. I just couldn’t be bothered. Some fine playing in places – but just bits […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, About Face, Album Review, David Gilmour, Pink Floyd, Rattle That Lock, The DIvision Bell, The Endless River, The Orb ·

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September 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Orb: Moonbuilding 2703 AD

The Orb Moonbuilding 2703 AD Kompakt Germany When I first heard The Orb my mind was blown, the ambient-house served as breath of fresh air was hip and wafting, psychedelic and engaging – it was easy to float along inside it, beside it, within it. But it was never only esoteric – and when it […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acid-House, Acid-Jazz, Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Album Review, Alex Paterson, Ambient, Ambient-House, dance music, Dave Gilmour, David Gilmour, Moonbuilding 2703 AD, Pink Floyd, The Orb ·

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June 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Cuttooth: Cuttooth

Cuttooth Cuttooth 4 Lux Recordings Cuttooth by Cuttooth is the work of Nick Cooke and though it’s straight to late-night future bleeps and beats, Cuttooth cuts his path via the hip-hop soul-noir stylings that so many of us first heard when trip-hop was first being uttered as a concept and DJ Shadow was providing the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 4 Lux Recordings, Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Album Review, Bibio, Bonobo, Cuttooth, DJ Shadow, Flying Lotus, Hitomi, Nick Cooke, Sarah Linhares, The Orb ·

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April 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1394

The Orb featuring David Gilmour, Metallic Spheres (2010) The 10th album by The Orb features David Gilmour of Pink Floyd – so he got a credit (heck, it features Youth of Killing Joke too, but he made the back-cover and inside cover only; not the spine and front cover). I liked this as soon as […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Dave Gilmour, David Gilmour, Hymns To The Sun, Killing Joke, LP, Metallic Spheres, Pink Floyd, The Orb, The Vinyl Countdown, Youth ·

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