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The Orb are going on tour in support of their new album The Dream. Alex Paterson teamed up with his "lifelong friend and original inter-galactic conspirator" Youth and former Dreadzone studio-wiz Tim Bran to create a magical electronica album. Alex and Youth hit the road with a "full live band thing" starting in the UK and Europe. The band is currently booking dates in the US and Australia. 2 May Concorde 2 - The Orb Brighton, London and South East4 May Wedgewoo... MORE
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If you haven't heard The Orb, you owe it to yourself to check them out. No other artist (that I'm familiar with) has been able to push the bounds of electronic music like these guys. Call them ambient house, call them brilliant, call them what you will.
They've done so much it's hard to nail down one song to represent them, but I think "Blue Room" is a good contender.
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Orb fans should be delighted to hear that a new album has been released called The Dream. It is gaining some fantastic reviews so for any fans of electronica you should put this on your wish list.
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Little Fluffy Clouds. .The Orb are an English electronic music group known for popularising chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. Founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and KLF member Jimmy Cauty, The Orb began as ambient and dub DJs in London. Their early performances were inspired by ambient producers, most notably Brian Eno, and German artists such as Kraftwerk. Because of their "trippy" sound, they developed a cult following among clubb... MORE
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School started. Am exhausted. I need to listen to little fluffy clouds. Maybe I'll play this for my hepped up little students, too.
And while I'm at it, watching some of this might be just the ticket.
