As a keyboardist, I listen to wide variety of music spanning many decades of styles and musicians. I have always been a fan of electronic and ambient music. Early Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd's spacey instrumental sections have always sent my mind into those special places and have been soundtracks to the creation of my art over the years.
But, I have recently rediscovered how The Orb has played a pivotal place in my musical listening tapestry throughout the last 20 or so years. I remember buying The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld back in the early 90's on cassette. I had never heard anything like it. When Live in '93 was released, I had to have it - since it was a compilation of those tracks from Europe but really extended versions of the songs. It really took you on an incredible aural journey into another dimension...and it was completely LIVE!
The real turning point was when Orbus Terrarum was released in 1995. It is by far their most cohesive textural ambient album out of everything they have ever released. I have listened to it actively since it came out and I never grow tired listening to it.
When Orblivion was released in 1997, it was yet another amazing journey into the electronic world of these ambient master textural artists - weaving a mind bending adventure for your ears and brain to embrace. The thing that really freaked me out was the hidden bonus music after I thought the CD was over. I happen to be in another room doing something and all of a sudden, it seemed as though another dimension of sound had ripped through my reality and forced me to run back into the room to see what in the world was going on. I just stood there with my jaw on the ground and a smile on my face. "Those kidders", I thought to myself.
Recently, I picked up The Deluxe Edition 2 disc sets of The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, U.F.Orb and Orbus Terrarum and they have completely blown me away with their newly remastered sound and bonus tracks. If anything, I have realized how much I still love their music and can listen to these classic albums as if they are brand new and I am hearing them for the first time.
But, I have recently rediscovered how The Orb has played a pivotal place in my musical listening tapestry throughout the last 20 or so years. I remember buying The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld back in the early 90's on cassette. I had never heard anything like it. When Live in '93 was released, I had to have it - since it was a compilation of those tracks from Europe but really extended versions of the songs. It really took you on an incredible aural journey into another dimension...and it was completely LIVE!
The real turning point was when Orbus Terrarum was released in 1995. It is by far their most cohesive textural ambient album out of everything they have ever released. I have listened to it actively since it came out and I never grow tired listening to it.
When Orblivion was released in 1997, it was yet another amazing journey into the electronic world of these ambient master textural artists - weaving a mind bending adventure for your ears and brain to embrace. The thing that really freaked me out was the hidden bonus music after I thought the CD was over. I happen to be in another room doing something and all of a sudden, it seemed as though another dimension of sound had ripped through my reality and forced me to run back into the room to see what in the world was going on. I just stood there with my jaw on the ground and a smile on my face. "Those kidders", I thought to myself.
Recently, I picked up The Deluxe Edition 2 disc sets of The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, U.F.Orb and Orbus Terrarum and they have completely blown me away with their newly remastered sound and bonus tracks. If anything, I have realized how much I still love their music and can listen to these classic albums as if they are brand new and I am hearing them for the first time.
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