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The Orb Prism - Citrus Colour Vinyl UK 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
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On Prism, The Orb’s pulsating discography grows ever more huge, with their 18th album, and 3rd helmed by core duo Alex Paterson and Michael Rendall. Despite the connotations of its title, here they continue to rollick freely without inhibition across ambient, house and dub, but also tangent into poetry, pop, full-blown drum ‘n’ bass and actual reggae.
The LP features electronic musicians David Harrow (whose CV includes Anne Clarke, Psychic TV, Razormaid, Adrian Sherwood and Andy Weatherall) and Gaudi (whose credits include Max Romeo, Capleton, Johnny Clarke and Desmond Dekker). Other guests include Orb regular Youth, violinist Violeta Vicci, Kompakt records alumnus Leonardo Fresco, Metamono man Jono Podmore, Guitarist and Alex’s old schoolchum David Lofts, plus vocalists Eric Von Skywalker, Andy Cain and Rachel D’arcy.
Prism begins with the epic winding journey of ‘H.O.M.E’, which features a poem by Paterson, and traverses through dark ambient into star-surfing Fingers-style house, before ‘Why Can You Be In Two Places At Once...’ kicks into a funked-up, afrobeaty chug.
With Paterson’s decades-long love for Jamaican music and output oft drenched in the dubwise, it should come as little surprise that The Orb have now gone full reggae, on the ebullient nostalgia tale of Von Skywalker’s youthful romance, ‘A Ghetto Love Story’.
The album then disappears down a wormhole of rubadub head-music called ‘Picking Tea and Chasing Butterfiles’, which sounds like Colourbox meets Popul Vuh in Shanghai, and also echoes back to Weatherall’s Ultrabass II remix of ‘Perpetual Dawn’.
Flipping the script entirely, by sprinkling a large bag of disco dust, is the slinky boogie wonderland of ‘Tiger’ (the name and nickname of Paterson’s son and late brother respectively), which juxtaposes but somehow coheres with the melodica-tinged thunderous bass music of ‘Dragon Of Oceans’ and it’s Sirius B gazing wordplay.
The expertly-executed, floaty 90s trance dance of ‘The Beginning Of The End’ works very nicely within its own familiar parameters; which contrasts sharply with ‘Living In Recycled Times’, which ignites over ten plus minutes into fully-fledged, rave-ready D&B fire, which although out of their comfort zone still sounds very Orb.
Music for the ‘Prism’ of your mind, the album ends with its title track – a big ambient epic in done in fine style – as awe inspiring as the cold, infinite expanse from whence it came.
Cell A
1. H.O.M.E (High Orbs Mini Earths)
2. Why Can You Be In Two Places At Once, When You Can’t Be Anywhere At All… Where’s Gary mix
Cell B
3. A Ghetto Love Story
4. Picking Tea Leaves & Chasing Butterflies
5. Tiger
Cell C
6. Dragon Of The Ocean (Dogon Mix)
7. The Beginning Of The End
Cell D
8. Living In Recycled Times
9. Prism
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
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| Year of Release: |
2023 |
| Artist: |
The Orb (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Prism (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) |
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| Record Label: |
Cooking Vinyl |
| Catalogue No: |
COOKLP865X |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
ORB2LPR895212 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
711297536584 |
| Genres: |
Ambient, Dance, Techno & Trance
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| Related Artists: |
Apollo XI, Autolump, Chocolate Hills, Cod Head, Creature, Delkom, Electric Chairs, Fusionic, Keiichi Suzuki, Loophead, Multiverse, Prayer Box, Sedibus, Suzuki K1, Transit Kings |
| Complete Stock List: |
The Orb |
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| Alternative Names: |
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Exclusive 9-track double LP pressed on <B><FONT COLOR
="#FAFA33">Citrus Colour Marbled Vinyl</B></FONT>, their
pulsating 18th album & the third helmed by duo Alex Paterson
& Michael Rendall. Complete with the album credit inners, the
title sleeve is still in its hype stickered open shrinkwrap & the
vinyl is Near Mint COOKLP865X) )
