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Ambient duo and Steve Hillage and David Gilmour collaborators The Orb are to release a career-spanning 2CD and limited-edition quadruple vinyl octagonal set, Orboretum: The Orb Collection, through Cooking Vinyl on October 25.
Compiled by founding member Dr. Alex Patterson, the new set features new and rare mixes, stretching back to 1991’s The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld and A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld and Little Fluffy Clouds all the way through to recent albums such as Abolition Of The Royal Familia (2020) and Prism (2023).
“I don’t want The Orb to end up milking it like Roxy Music, who were always cranking out another best-of, although we did release the History Of The Future best-of in 2013, and its part 2 in 2015 to be fair,” says Patterson. “We have such a gigantic catalogue though, that sometimes even I need a reminder of what I’ve done, especially these days. This is a sort of director’s cut, reframing our output, making new neuro pathways, and new juxtapositions. Some of these tracks are 30 years apart, but there are clear through lines, a continuum.”
Orboretum will be available on colour vinyl, in an octagonal 4LP set, with sleevenotes by Prog writer Kris Needs. Each side of vinyl is pressed on a transparent colour green, lilac, orange and blue, grouped by Patterson to represent the 4 seasons, hence its botanical title, collecting the band’s work for Universal Records across discs A and B, whilst discs C and D explore their music for indie labels Cooking Vinyl, Kompakt, Malicious Damage, and Liquid Sound Design. In addition, it will also be available on 2CD and digitally.
The Orb: Orboretum: The Orb Collection
4LP Vinyl
Side A
1. ‘A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld’ (Orbital Dance Mix)
2. ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ (Ambient Mix 1)
3. ‘Perpetual Dawn’ (2024 version)
4. ‘Blue Room (7″ Radio Mix)
Side B
1. ‘Pomme Fritz’ (Meat ‘N Veg)
2. ‘Asylum’ (7″ Edit)
3. ‘Oxbow Lakes’ (Sabres No. 1 Mix)
4. ‘Once More’ (Scourge Of The Earth Long Mix)
Side C
1. ‘Toxygene’
2. ‘Gee Strings’
3. ‘Aftermath’ (LP Version)
4. ‘Lunik’ (Komplott E.P. Version)
5. ‘Dilmun’
Side D
1. ‘Captain Korma’
2. ‘From a Distance’ (Blast Master v The Corporal)
3. ‘Appletree In My Back Yard’ (Abakus Remix
4. ‘Ghostdancing’ (Version)
Side E
1. ‘Vuja De’ (Gaudi Remix)
2. ‘DDD’ (Dirty Disco Dub) (Belka & Strelka Remix)
3. ‘Golden Clouds’
4. ‘Fussball’
Side F
1. ‘Metallic Spheres In Colour’ – Round Side (2024 Edit)
2. ‘Alpine Morning’
3. ‘Doughnuts Forever’
4. ‘Rush Hill Road’
Side G
1. ‘Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain’ (Radio Edit)
2. ‘Wish I Had a Pretty Dog’
3. ‘Daze In Dub’ (98.7 Kiss FM Mix)
4. ‘Hawk Kings’ (Oseberg Buddhas Buttonhole)
5. ‘Say Cheese’ (Siberian Tiger Cookie Mix)
Side H
1. ‘AAA’ (Violeta Vicci Remix Hung, Drawn & Quartered)
2. ‘Why Can You Be In Two Places At Once, When You Can’t Be Anywhere At All’
3. ‘H.O.M.E.’ (High Orbs Mini Earth)
2CD
Disc 1
1. ‘A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld’ (Orbital Dance Mix)
2. ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ (Ambient Mix 1)
3. ‘Perpetual Dawn’ (2024 Version)
4. ‘Pomme Fritz’ (Meat ‘N Veg)
5. ‘Blue Room’ (Radio 7″)
6. ‘Oxbow Lakes’ (Sabres No. 1 Mix)
7. ‘Toxygene’
8. ‘Asylum’ (7″ Edit)
9. ‘Once More’ (Scourge Of The Earth Long Mix)
10. ‘Ghostdancing’ (Version)
11. ‘Gee Strings’
12. ‘Aftermath’ (LP Version)
13. ‘From a Distance’ (Blast Master v The Corporal)
14. ‘Dilmun’
Disc 2
1. ‘Lunik’ (Komplott E.P. Version)
2. ‘Captain Korma’
3. ‘Appletree In My Back Yard’ (Abakus Remix)
4. ‘DDD’ (Dirty Disco Dub) (Belka & Strelka Remix)
5. ‘Metallic Spheres In Colour – Round Side’ (2024 Edit)
6. ‘Golden Clouds’
7. ‘Fussball’
8. ‘Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain’ (Radio Edit)
9. ‘Rush Hill Road’ (Radio Edit)
10. ‘Doughnuts Forever’
11. ‘Daze’ (Missing & Messed Up Mix)
12. ‘Hawk Kings’ (Oseberg Buddhas Buttonhole)
13. ‘AAA’ (Violeta Vicci Remix (Hung, Drawn & Quartered))
14. ‘H.O.M.E.’ (High Orbs Mini Earth)
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- The Orb - Orbus Terrarum - Map Pack - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £125.00, $163.75, €148.75 (Back In Stock) (arrived 19-Sep-2024 07:22)on October 4, 2024 at 3:21 pm
THE ORB Orbus Terrarum (1995 UK Limited Edition 7-track double vinyl LP including Valley, Plateau & Oxbow Lakes, housed in a unique 'Map Pack' with outer PVC picture cover with the original barcode sticker & textured 'map' inners. The delicate PVC packaging remains in Excellent condition with a little spine creasing and minimal wear & both vinyl discs are clean & grade Excellent with just a few faint cosmetic signs of play ILPSD8037)
- The Orb - U.F.Orb - 180gm - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £64.99, $85.14, €77.34 (New Item) (arrived 06-Sep-2024 14:50)on October 4, 2024 at 3:21 pm
THE ORB U.F.Orb (2017 UK/EU 2-LP issue of the 1992 7-track album pressed on 180gram vinyl. The number one chart topping ambient house/techno album featuring an the classic single 'Blue Room', complete with a glossy picture sleeve featuring artwork by graphic design group 'The Designers Republic'. The sleeve has a corner bump at the top of the opening edge but the vinyl remains in near mint condition)
- The Orb - Asylum - UK - 12" vinyl - £18.00, $23.58, €21.42 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2024 10:26)on October 4, 2024 at 3:21 pm
THE ORB Asylum (Deleted 1997 UK 4-mix 12" vinyl single including Blood Sugar's Mix and Thomas Fehlmann's Mix, picture sleeve. Both sleeve and vinyl in 'Excellent' condition 12IS657)
- The Orb - Metallic Spheres In Colour - 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £26.99, $35.36, €32.12 (New Item) (arrived 21-May-2024 14:16)on October 4, 2024 at 3:21 pm
THE ORB & DAVID GILMOUR Metallic Spheres In Colour (2023 UK/EU limited edition LP pressed on heavyweight 180-gram black vinyl, the original 'Metallic Spheres' REMIXED and reimagined - featuring the winning combination of uber-talent that is David Gilmour, Alex Paterson and Youth. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)
- The Orb - U.F. Orb - Ultra Blue Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £39.99, $52.39, €47.59 (New Item) (arrived 24-May-2024 13:25)on October 4, 2024 at 3:21 pm
THE ORB U.F. Orb (30th Anniversary 2022 UK/EU limited edition 7-track double album 2-LP pressed on Ultra Blue Vinyl, an ambient-techno classic including a near 18-minute version of Blue Room and the15-minute Towers Of Dub. Originally released in 1992 first pressings are extremley hard to find on vinyl, making this Ultra Blue edition a very welcome reissue. Single pocket picture sleeve, factory sealed. Recommended)
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