Love this thread. Global Communication! Forgot about them, loved that stuff now on a retro-hunt as haven’t listened since cassette tapes were rattling in a bumbag…
Which reminds me – feel I’ve missed out paying respects to Orb and old stablemates FFWD (Thomas Fehlmann & Robert Fripp). I’ve loved Orb’s music on and off since first hearing ‘Live 93’ (which is essential IMO, along with Orbvs Terrarvm.) tbh often found their stuff patchy for my tastes – but I find much joy cherry-picking tracks to create sublime playlists. When they are good they can be so good it makes me wonder wtf are they channeling and from where?
Anyway, a small Orb/FFWD playlist by way of homage:
FFWD ‘Lucky Saddle’ (FFWD):
[video]http://youtu.be/Jj7As5RSH24[/video]
Orb – ‘Plateau’ from Orbvs Terrarvm. This ambient piece (along with sister-track ‘Valley’ from same album) really is utter bliss. Bought the album on the strength of both. Have probably ridden more happy miles over last few decades with this on the cans than with any other piece of music. Sounds maybe an odd thing to say – yet I feel grateful for having gained such immense pleasure over the years from such a small personal outlay:
[video]http://youtu.be/hJwsRe24sFE[/video]
Slight aside from ambient per se but when Orb do what they also do well (a sort of subterranean ambient dub) it’s singularly good stuff:
Orb ‘High Noon’:
[video]http://youtu.be/vgAnMSnTZXA[/video]
Same goes with ‘Ghostdancing’, captivating vocals too:
[video]http://youtu.be/yve7Ag9nxPI[/video]
Lastly – just found this ‘top ten ambient tunes according to Orb’ (I note a mention for ‘Gas’ so feel vindicated!):
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmkEKu4EcFKeGe3T24uFTDmmXahQUYffO%5B/Url%5D