A History Of The Future

 
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The Orb
A History Of The Future

[ Universal Music / 4 CD/DVD ]

Release Date: Friday 25 October 2013

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It seems almost incomprehensible that it's now 25 years since Alex Paterson took his first giant steps under the banner of The Orb. Caught in the escalating rush of acid house and armed with dream-realizing new technology, Alex, and whoever else was on his flight path at the time, started pumping their inherent sense of mischief into panoramic soundscapes with heavyweight beats, taking the live electronic experience to new levels.

A quarter century later, the world is a much different place after technology progressed further, changing the way music was created and heard as the next century got under way. By then, The Orb had already charted a fearlessly wayward course, while unleashing one of the most uncompromisingly innovative bodies of work of the last century, no sound too extreme or source too cheeky.

This is why we're gathered here today - to mark The Orb's Silver Jubilee with a collection of landmarks from their first two decades, plus a bunch of extra treats. When Alex took those first, tentative steps 25 years ago he was in the throes of the second revolution to erupt in his life after punk's big bang. Acid house opened up a new form of anarchy, using machines before they were changed to protect the innocent. There was always attitude in the Orb's ambience, as Alex declared more than once, "we've got the same attitude as punk rock."

DVD Rating: PG

Tracks:

Disc 1
1.A Huge Evergrowing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Orbital Dance Mix)
2.Little Fluffy Clouds (7" Edit)
3.Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)
4.Blue Room (7" Mix)
5.Assassin (7" Mix)
6.Oxbow Lakes
7.Asylum
8.Toxygene
9.Once More
10.Ghostdancing

Disc 2
1.A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld : Loving You (Aubrey Mix Mk 11 By Jimmy Cauty & Dr. Alex Paterson)
2.Little Fluffy Clouds (Coldcut Heaveyweight Dub Mix)
3.Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass I)
4.Blue Room (Excerpt 605)
5.Majestic (Heavy Mix)
6.Close Encounters (Smile, You're On Camera Mix)
7.Assassin (Another Live Mix)
8.Toxygene (Ganja Kru Remix)
9.Once More... (Mark Pritchard Mix)

Disc 3
1.Towers Of Dub (Live At Trekkoner Sunset Gig/ Copenhagen 1993)
2.Little Fluffy Clouds (Live At Trekkoner Sunset Gig/ Copenhagen 1993)
3.Blue Room (Live At Trekkoner Sunset Gig/ Copenhagen 1993)
4.Star 6 & 7 8 9 (Live At Trekkoner Sunset Gig/ Copenhagen 1993)
5.Valley (Live At Trekkoner Sunset Gig/ Copenhagen 1993)
6.Assassin (Live At Woodstock 2/ 1994)

Disc 4
1.Little Fluffy Clouds
2.Perpetual Dawn
3.Oxbow Lakes
4.Pomme Fritz (Video)
5.Toxygene
6.Asylum
7.Once More...
8.Blue Room (Top Of The Pops/ 18/6/1992)
9.Toxygene (Top Of The Pops/ 7/2/1997)
10.Little Fluffy Clouds (Live At T In The Park 2006)
11.Perpetual Dawn TV Advert

The classic "Little Fluffy Clouds" via Vimeo