Another Orb interview

On The Ransom Note.
Interesting info on forthcoming remix album and Orb box set.

The Orb and Lee 'Scratch' Perry video interview

On Test Pressing.

Interview with Steve Hillage

At Terrascope. And yes, Orb is mentioned there.

Soulman also on 12"

Here's info from polar-sequence:

Found another entry that you might want to post: Soulman is be released both as a digital single (with the tracks from the promo on it) as well as a limited edition (1000 copies) 12" with two Villod remixes:  http://boomkat.com/vinyl/576155-the-orb-lee-scratch-perry-soulman-villod-ricardo-villlalobos-max-loderbauer-mixes

Nice Orb retrospective

At Soundwerkz.

Thanks to Clay Urquhart for info.

Soulman promo surfaced

Details on Discogs.

1. Soulman (radio edit) (3:59)
2. Soulman (villod rmx) (12:57)
3. Soulman (reshaped by pole) (6:51)
4. Soulman (gaudi rmx) (5:12)
5. Soulman (instrumental version) (6:04)

Interesting interview with Alex

Sent by theORBscureDDJ. Check it out!!

Ball of fire remix on the way

Another remix is on the Way - Ball of Fire is being remixed by Deadbeat.

Soulman - second single

Soulman will be next single from The Orbserver... 3 mixes are already done - by Ricardo Villalobos (yeah!!), Gaudi and Pole. Video is also in the works.

Alex also mentions some mixes of Towers of Dub - maybe something new?

The Orbserver on Soundcloud

Rolling Stone magazine (german edition) has placed new orb album on Soundcloud. Check it out!!

Listen to long snippets of all Orbserver tracks

...on Juno Download.

Bonus tracks on japan version of 'The Orbserver...'

According to HMV Japan, here's the tracklisting of 'The Orbserver...' japan version:

1. Ball of Fire
2. H.O.O.
3. Man in the Moon
4. Soulman
5. Golden Clouds
6. Hold Me Upsetter
7. Go Down Evil
8. Thirsty
9. Police & Thieves
10. Ashes
11. Congo
12. Don't Rush I [bonus track]
13. Golden Clouds (instrumental) [bonus track]


Edit: pictures:

2nd Youth remix of Golden Clouds

It's called "Youth's Nous Sommes Tous En Situation Irreguliere Ambient Mix". Get it here.

Bonus track for USA + unreleased remix

US version of 'The Orbserver...' will contain bonus track (at least on iTunes) - No Ice Age. Details here.

Also: Lyndsey Cockwell is releasing the CD "Recollection" with unreleased Orb remix - Tiny Snatch (orb mix). This song was previously available on 'Bless you' promo CD-R back in 2002.

Thanks to Aaron Miles for info.

FACT mix 341 - The Orb vs Lee Scratch Perry

Get it here.

Youth remix available on the Beat for a limited time (and so is 81 neutronz mix)

From here.

Thanks to jcfromparis for info.

Edit: Get 81 neutronz remix from here.

Golden Clouds single out now on Beatport

Here's the tracklisting:

1. Golden Clouds (original mix) (5:44)
2. Golden Clouds (blue space white cloud 81 neutronz rmx) (4:21)
3. Golden Clouds (oicho remix) (4:41)
4. Golden Clouds (youth gigantic dreadnaught dub mix) (6:12)

Total running time: 20:58

You can get it here.

Free download of Golden Clouds (OICHO remix)

Get it here!!

The Orbserver... tracklisting with durations

1. Ball of Fire (4:11)
2. H.O.O. (4:13)
3. Man in the Moon (4:04)
4. Soul Man (6:02)
5. Golden Clouds (5:44)
6. Hold Me Upsetter (4:21)
7. Go Down Evil (5:29)
8. Thirsty (4:36)
9. Police and Thieves (4:50)
10. Ashes (1:25)
11. Congo (6:22)

Total running time: 51:17

HFB Q&A on IndieGames.com

Dom Beken answers questions about Sidescroller.

Official Golden Clouds video

Golden Clouds released on iTunes

Released on July 15th. Only album version now - remixes to follow.

Listen to Golden Clouds

The Orb Live Artwork and Album Streaming Competition

THE ORB COMPETITION - WIN ENTRY TO LIVE ART EVENT AND ALBUM STREAMING

On the evening of July 23rd Dr Alex Paterson will be doing a large painting in a secret west London location. This painting will be cut into 1000 pieces, individually signed and then packaged within the deluxe boxset version of The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry's new album The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry present "The Orbserver In The Star House" available to pre-order from theorb.com

10 lucky fans (with a guest) will have the opportunity to come along to the venue to enjoy some drinks and listen to the new album 6 weeks ahead of release whilst Alex works on his painting.

The event will be filmed for live webcast and by entering the competition you hereby grant consent for you and your guest to be filmed

You are actively encouraged to film, photograph and share the event via your own social networks. The venue will supply wi-fi access for you to do this. If you are using twitter or instagram please hashtag your posts with #theorbserver

Closing date July 18th

All winners will be notified by email on July 19th

Stay tuned this week for further information on The Orbserver In The Star House including information on the video and single release of 'Golden Clouds'

FOLLOW THE ORB FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION TWITTER // FACEBOOK // WEBSITE

Mysterious Orb demos giveaway

Positive Void Communications is selling T-shirts with free CD-R's. 
One T-shirt includes this disc:

1. Four Early Orb Demos for "A Huge Ever Growing..." (23:15)

And the other one includes this:

1. Loving You on a Monday Night in Heaven (63:18)

The same shop also sells T-shirt with KLF demo CD-R bundled. More info on Discogs.

Free compilation with HFB and Screen tracks

'The Sounds of Bestival's Ambient Forest' is free compilation you can download from official Ambient Forest site. Go there and click the guitar.

Here's the tracklisting:


01 Maxwell House - Heaven Express (3:33)
02 Afterlife & Pete Gooding present No Logo - Is Anybody Out There? (Ambient Mix) (3:51)
03 Tythe - Let The Dance End (4:31)
04 Screen - Smokescreen (Psy-Dub mix) (5:11)
05 Chris Coco - Splash Point (5:43)
06 Laya Project - Sunrise in Injumbakam (Pathaan’s Tribute Remix) (5:53)
07 HFB - Nano Bytes (Take My Eyes/Reactive Mix) (5:45)
08 Gaudi - Under the Surface (6:41)
09 Phil Mison - Better than Lessons (5:29)
10 The Project Club - El Mar Y La Luna (Lovefingers mix) (10:22)


Total running time: 64:03


As far as I know Screen track wasn't released anywhere and HFB track is taken from 'PixelJunked' album. Gaudi track can be also found on 'Tundra and Sunflakes vol.2'.

Orbserver iTunes bonus track

Check this out (taken from Contact Music site):

CD / digital / iTunes (with exclusive bonus track) 2 x 12" vinyl Deluxe box set (album, instrumental CD, 3 x 7" singles: yellow, green and black vinyl, plus 2 X art prints)


Japanese version is due August 8th - I bet it will also contain bonus track.

Orbserver remixes

According to Alex' post on his blog Gaudi has recently remixed 'Soul Man' and 4 other mixes of 'Golden Clouds' has been also made - 2 by Youth, 1 by Nick (?) and 1 by David (?). I have to figure it out who's who. Stay tuned...

Edit: I think Nick could be Nick Brennan a/k/a Tripswitch a/k/a Codemonkey or Nick Neutronz a/k/a 81 Neutronz... We'll see...

Edit 2: Ahh, of course David is David Harrow... The man who made Battersea Bunches remix...

Official video for Hold Me Upsetter

Taken from Quietus site.

Sidetracks - Music From Sidescroller - new album from High Frequency Bandwidth

(c) 2012 Projector Room Records

1. Intro (0:19)

2. Dog is No Hero (4:58)

3. More or Less feat. Dynamax (4:04)

4. Planet Thanet (4:42)

5. Ghetto World (5:31)

6. Mnp (6:20)

7. Zodiak 3 Arts Klub (3:46)

8. Kamel Hump/Fotographik (5:52)

9. Frozen Reign (5:55)

10. Stage Clear (0:27)

11. Are We Nearly There Yet? (5:43)

12. Planet Thanet (slight return) (5:11)

13. More or Less (81 neutronz remix) (4:49)

New HFB album has been released yesterday on iTunes (more sites to follow). Check out the album teaser on HFB site. It's another soundtrack from HFB to Pixeljunk game - last year we saw the release of Pixeljunked - The Original Soundtrack to Shooter 1&2.

The Orbserver in the Star House tracklisting

Here's the tracklisting for forthcoming Orb album (due September 3rd):


1. Ball of Fire
2. House of the Orb [or H.O.O.]
3. Man on the Moon [or Man in the Moon]
4. Soul Man
5. Golden Clouds
6. Hold Me Upsetter (4:21)
7. Go Down Evil [or Don't Rush]
8. Thirsty
9. Police and Thieves
10. Ashes
11. Congo

Of course it's not official, and taken from Resident Advisor site. On Orb site there's also some words from Kris Needs where he mention all the tracks. That's why I'm not sure about title of track 7 (Needs says about 'Don't Rush', but RA lists 'Go Down Evil'). 'Golden Clouds' is new version of 'Little Fluffy Clouds'. 'Police and Thieves' is cover of Junior Mervin track produced by Perry years ago. 'Hold Me Upsetter' can be downloaded for free from Orb site - sounds very Fehlmann-ish... There are also two other titles that I'm not sure of...

The Orb news reactivated

I was really surprised to see that after one year since last post on this blog, everyday about 25 people reads it. I think this means that my blog is still needed and official Orb site is not enough. So here it is - I will again try to keep up with different Orb news.

I have updated my text-based discography also.