Flippin' great ambient album, new from the Orb!

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Greetings,

For anyone who enjoys ambient music, or the Orb (or indeed the KLF's 1990 album "Chill Out"), the new album entitled "Cow, Chill Out, World!" is well worth checking out.


Imo, it's even better than the classic "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" (with Little Fluffy Clouds etc) because instead of the partly-inspired / partly overbearing acid-dark presence on that album, Cow consistenly tunes into the lighter ambience of works like the KLF's "Chill Out", Bill Laswell "Dreams of Freedom" and tracks by Lemonjelly.

Frankly, it sounds less like unfocused geezers on a somewhat-flakey 1990s drug trip and more like a highly polished and enjoyable journey through diverse world influences in 2016.

Here's some (official) previews of the tracks.
https://m.soundcloud.com/kompakt/sets/t ... ut-world-1

:phones:



(Apologies for the rather gushing review / heads-up of this album: on a day like today when my footie team, ''Fookin' Nottingham Forest'', loses yet another game because of shit mercenary players and a tosser-owner contributing towards our constant downward spiral into bankruptcy and oblivion, I think manic depression may have taken hold and good ambient music, which ''Cow'' is, seems the best escape currently)

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dark water wrote:(Apologies for the rather gushing review / heads-up of this album: on a day like today when my footie team, ''Fookin' Nottingham Forest'', loses yet another game because of shit mercenary players and a tosser-owner contributing towards our constant downward spiral into bankruptcy and oblivion, I think manic depression may have taken hold and good ambient music, which ''Cow'' is, seems the best escape currently)
Relax dude, The Forest shall rise again :borg:

I was a massive Orb fan in the early 90's. Been listening to a couple of the tunes on the new album on youtube, pretty good. I don't like them being on the Kompakt label, but this is some of their more pleasant stuff in a long while.

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TBH, I don't know much about Kompakt (are they undesirable?).
But the Orb certainly seem to be in a great place at the moment, and this is a good interview by Alex recently:

https://theelectricpitchfork.blogspot.c ... w.html?m=1


Somewhat curiously, footie crops up in that interview too @_@!!
And with Forest, you're probably right but it's all a bit 'Sassafrassarassamassa' at the moment:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yj3DBcpfMNQ

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dark water wrote:TBH, I don't know much about Kompakt (are they undesirable?).
Smells too much of a minimal-techno label for my liking, I would rather want to see The Orb on Youth's Liquid Sound Design imprint.

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They completely fell off my radar after Orblivion. Are any of their other more recent releases worth checking out?
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.

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Everything they do is of quality

But if you want a heavenly experience, I suggest to check out Alex's voyage into paradise, one of the best mixes I have yet to hear

https://www.discogs.com/Dr-Alex-Paterso ... ter/226478

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Thanks for introducing me to a new ambient artist! Always loved this sort of thing. :D
My solo projects:
Hekkräiser (experimental) | MFG38 (electronic/soundtrack) | The Santtu Pesonen Project (metal/prog)

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