Monday 19 April 2010

HFB's EP:One released

Somehow I missed it - High Frequency Bandwidth has released their first EP, with 2 more to follow soon (April 26th and May 10th).

Thursday 8 April 2010

Baghdad Batteries Special Edition

SPECIAL EDITION NUMBERED CARDBORB BOXED SET
BAGHDAD BATTERIES {ORBSESSIONS VOLUME III}
AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK WITH STEREO SOUND

FEATURING THE MUSIC FROM WERNER BOOTE'S AWARD-WINNING FILM PLASTIC PLANET


"There’s a very special atmosphere to this album: two men bouncing ideas and exploring in classic Orb style to make a classic Orb album, hitting the magic place Alex always strives for, but this time with a lustful vengeance tempered with new gentleness and a movie in their heads."


this is a magnificent piece of nonsensical frippery that looks like it was posted from baghdad in 1938


here's what you get:

the double vinyl

the UK CD release

a special bonus CDR of alternative interpretations

a wallet of recently discovered photographs & documents

a small tin of associated paraphernalia [copper wires, paper clips, pennies, lemon balm seed packet*, numbered badge, action figure]

a unique personalised certificate of authentication stamped by the orb & malicious damage

*due to customs restrictions we can't send the actual seeds outside europe - sorry!


vinyl tracklisting:

STAGE A: styrofoam meltdown 3:45, chocolate fingers 5:14, baghdad batteries 5:09, raven's reprise 4:13

STAGE B: dolly unit 5:02, super soakers 8:42, orban tumbleweed 3:33

STAGE C: suburban smog 6:52, pebbles 1:08, woodlarking 3:48, OOPA 6:12

STAGE D: chucks peaks 9:22, dolly unit remix 8:48


CD tracklisting:

01 styrofoam meltdown 03:45... 02 chocolate fingers 05:13... 03 baghdad batteries 05:09

04 raven’s reprise 04:12... 05 dolly unit 05:01... 06 super soakers 08:42

07 suburban smog 06:51... 08 orban tumbleweed 03:32... 09 pebbles 01:08

10 woodlarking 03:47... 11 OOPA 06:12


bonus CDR of alternative interpretations:

chucks peaks 9:22 [same mix as on the vinyl]

styro 3:43, mutant ambience 5:28

suburban ambience 4:36, the doll 4:18

plastic thrills 5:18, styrofoam capital 10:04


You can buy it here.

Thanks to Aaron Miles for info