Posts Tagged The Orb
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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
April 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman