The Deadbeat Remixes: new Orb vinyl

New Orb 12" vinyl with two previously unreleased remixes is now available on BLKRTZ label. Note that Ball of Fire is longer version that released before.

Edit: More info on Kompakt site.

Text-based discography updated

You can find it here.

Ureleased version of 'Space' on PMT

Interesting info from sosstortford - on last PMT (Paterson Music Time) you can hear whole 'Space' (1990) album in it's unreleased form (with Alex' participation). You can listen to it here.

History of the Future - 2CD version

It was a surprise to me, but History of the Future appears also as a 2CD set which includes only singles collection and remixes discs. Thanks to Boomkat you can see the difference below:

2CD version

Box set

Thrash album on Kickstarter

Titled Enter the Fuzzy Dimension. Support Kris!!

The 10 best ambient tracks, according to The Orb

On Dummy.

'History of the Future' preorder

You can now pre-order 'History of the Future' boxset on Boxset Store and Amazon. Note that Boxset Store have full tracklisting with durations!

History of the Future on Superdeluxeedition.com

Even Super Deluxe Edition noticed release of History of the Future.

History of the Future tracklisting

Disc 1: The Singles Collection
01. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre of the Ultraworld: Loving You (Orbital Dance Mix)
02. Little Fluffy Clouds (Single Version)
03. Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)
04. Blue Room (Seven-Inch Version)
05. Assassin (Seven-Inch Version)
06. Oxbow Lakes (Album Version)
07. Asylum (Album Version)
08. Toxygene (Album Version)
09. Once More (Album Version)
10. Ghost Dancing (Album Version)

Disc 2: Remixes and Rarities
01. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre of the Ultraworld: Loving You (Aubrey Mix Mk II)
02. Little Fluffy Clouds (Coldcut Heavyweight Dub Mix)
03. Perpetual Dawn (Andrew Weatherall Ultrabass 1 Mix)
04. Blue Room (Excerpt 605)
05. Majestic (Heavy Mix - The Orb and Youth)
06. Close Encounters (Smile, You’re On Camera mix - The Orb and Slam)
07. Assassin (Another Live Mix)
08. Toxygene (Ganja Kru Mix)
09. Once More (Mark Pritchard Mix)

Disc 3: Live In Copenhagen & Woodstock
01. Towers of Dub (Live @ Trekkoner Sunset Gig)
02. Little Fluffy Clouds (Live @ Trekkoner Sunset Gig)
03. Blue Room (Live @ Trekkoner Sunset Gig)
04. Star 6 & 7 8 9 (Live @ Trekkoner Sunset Gig)
05. Valley (Live @ Trekkoner Sunset Gig)
06. Assassin (Live @ Woodstock 2)

Disc 4: DVD
01. Fluffy Little Clouds
02. Perpetual Dawn
03. Assassin
04. Oxbow Lakes
05. Pomme Fritz
06. Toxygene
07. DJ Asylum
08. Once More
09. Blue Room (Top Of The Pops '92)
10. Toxygene (Top Of The Pops '97)
11. Little Fluffy Clouds (T In The Park)
12. Perpetual Dawn (Ten-Inch TV Advert)

Thanks to Baz Clark for info.

The Orb – History of the Future by Dr Alex Paterson 4 CD/DVD Boxset RELEASED 7th Oct 2013

Full info on The Orb site.

New remix coming soon

The Orb has remixed The Gyuto Monks of Tibet. The remix will be available on their album Chants: The Spirit of Tibet. I don't know the release date. Info from FB.

Fussball video again

The video for Fussball is now available widely on YouTube.

Ball of Fire & Orbserving the Star House in Dub

From The Orb newsletter:

"Greetings from The Orb HQ,

We're writing to let you know that last week saw 2 new releases from the Orb;

First the Ball Of Fire Digital EP, complete with a killer selection of dubwise remixes from like-minded low-end explorers Dabrye, Deadbeat and Mad Prosessor and the Ball Of Fire 7” vinyl, previously unavailable outside of the ‘Orbserver In The Star House’ Boxset

And for round two? The digital only release 'Orbserving The Star House In Dub' which features the instrumentals from last year's stellar collaboration between The Orb and long-time inspiration Lee Scratch Perry. It also includes all the remixes from the Golden Clouds, Soulman and Ball Of Fire singles.

But if that wasn't enough to get your electronic-dub head spinning, you can now pre-order further excursions from last year's sessions at the Starhouse studio with the album 'More Tales From The Orbservatory' due to be released on CD and Digital on 3rd June, with the double 12" vinyl to make an appearance on 17th June. Head over to the preorder store to get signed copies of the CD and vinyl."

The Orb on new Gaudi's album

Gaudi's album "In Between Times" (released on Six Degrees Records) includes a track "I Start To Prey"
with The Orb and Lee "Scratch" Perry. You can listen to the track and whole album on Bandcamp.

Thanks to Edward Halley for info.

Listen to Mad Professor remix

You can listen to Mad Professor's remix of Ball of Fire on Clash Music.

Fussball video

New Orb video for track 'Fussball' premieres on Muzu.tv.

The Orb DJ Tribute

On soundcloud made by Funky Jeff.

Article about Kris Weston

Interesting article about Kris Weston, written by Ibrahim Khider.

New track, new remixes and more

"Spending time with Lx and co at Chew-A-Thon 2 I got some info I wanted to share with you:

a) Two days prior to the event Youth sent Lx a new remix of Little Fluffy Clouds called "Chant Mix". Lx was surprised to receive it, so this remix is not planned for some future release as far as I know.

b) Lx played an unreleased The Orb track from way back called "1994" during those 36 hours.

c) There's a stop motion video from the event : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqKwmfzvdAo

d) The Orb's remix of Primal Scream's "Shine Like Stars" was given me by Lx to use exclusively on this comp:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Songs-For-Mimi-True-Love-Will-Find-You-In-The-End/master/535151"

Thanks to Frode Heieren for info

Perfect cloudcasts by Rich_Ears

Part 1 here, and part 2 here. Check it out!

More info on 'Ball of Fire' single

Out on May 13th, it will contain Deadbeat, Mad Professor and Dabrye remixes. More info with Dabrye remix available to listen here.

Listen to 'More Tales from the Orbservatory'

You can listen to the newest Orb album clips here.

And here's the tracklisting with durations:
1. Fussball (4:30)
2. Africa (5:32)
3. Tight Interlude (1:21)
4. Making Love in Dub (6:44)
5. No Ice Age (4:20)
6. Don't Rush I (4:35)
7. Fussball (instrumental) (4:30)
8. Africa (instrumental) (5:30)
9. Making Love in Dub (instrumental) (6:44)
10. No Ice Age (instrumental) (4:15)
11. Don't Rush I (instrumental) (4:30)

Total running time: 52:31

Orb compilation out on October

And another news from Alex' blog:

the orb is also 25 years old this year , jimmy & i started making noises in aug 1988 & Djing in players in bath at that time too , as well at the transcentral parties & crazy warehouse parties springing up all over 88 . so the orb are celebrating this year with an album out in october with all our singles on one or two CDs , we're in talks with Island / universal at the moment . 

Also: in May we'll see the release of Ball of Fire single.

New orb album out on June 3rd: More Tales from the Orbservatory

Info from Aaron Miles:

Tracklisting:

1. Fussball
2. Africa
3. Tight Interlude
4. Making Love In Dub
5. No Ice Age
6. Don't Rush I
7. Fussball (Instrumental)
8. Africa (Instrumental)
9. Making Love In Dub (Instrumental)
10. No Ice Age (Instrumental)
11. Don't Rush I (Instrumental)

Last year's stellar collaboration between The Orb and Lee Scratch Perry unsurprisingly produced more music than one album could handle, so Scratch, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann are returning in fine style with 'More Tales From The Orbservatory'. 2012's The ORBSERVER In The Starhouse' was rightfully acclaimed as a colossal meeting of like minds and souls, sparking with rare magic as Alex Paterson and long-time Orb member Thomas Fehlmann provided the perfect backdrops for the Upsetter's inimitable pronouncements, righteous declarations and sweet vocals. If anything, the follow-up stretches further into the cosmos, the backings more heavily rooted in the basic but infinite principles of rhythm and dub. The new tracks continue the full-blooded immersion in reggae's infinite studio universe which characterised the first set; shards of old songs loom like aural ghosts while rhythms resurface, morphing into something fresh and new. For decades, all three artists have shared a common quest to push out the sound barriers. Each one also knows that journey is never over, which makes the appearance of this fresh batch of tunes and dubs all the more exciting. The mouth-watering potential of a legendary master working with long-time acolytes who tuned into his unique wavelength long ago continues to blossom and explodes again on More Tales From The Orbservatory. 

Also Orb website has been updated. And they mention free album - coming soon. And when you click download link, you can download the following compilation:

Once again, thanks to Aaron Miles for info!!

Text discography updated

I have updated my text-based Orb discography. Get it from the link on right or from here.

Kris 'Thrash' Weston's solo album is on the way

It looks like Kris 'Thrash' Weston, former Orb member in years 1991-1994, is preparing first solo album. More info on his website.

Thanks to Anthony Bryan for info.

New Orb remix: Sugizo - Conscientia Era

New remix from The Orb - this time collaboration with Youth. Conscientia Era (the orb vs youth remix) appears on new Sugizo remix album Vesica Pisces. More info here.

Sugizo - Vesica Pisces (Wakyo Japan, 6 Mar 2013)

Tracklisting:


1. Conscientia Era (The Orb vs Youth rmx) (8:27)
2. Final Of The Messiah (System 7 rmx) (8:16)
3. Enola Gay Reloaded (Joujouka rmx) (6:35)
4. Arc Moon Goddess (Dj Yummy rmx) (6:31)
5. Tell Me, Why Not Psychedelia? (J.Reactor rmx) (6:05)
6. The Mad Folly (Uvantam rmx) (5:36)
7. Replicant Edge (Dj Amiga rmx) (5:42)
8. Spiritual Prana (Dub Master X rmx) (5:54)
9. Sleep Away To Shinning (Sine6 rmx) (6:52)
10. Fatima Queen (Minilogue rmx) (11:25)
11. Eternal Fatima (Sugizo rmx) (9:11)

Thanks to Aaron Miles for info.

The Superfools - The Orb Remixes

Nice find from Aaron Miles. The Superfools has made a remix album full of Orb songs. You can download it for free from here.

Alex Paterson Top 11 albums

At Neoclassical.