ORB / Orbus Terrarum
Artist ORB
Album Title: Orbus Terrarum
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Primary Genre Electronica/Dance: Ambient Electronica
Format CD
Released 1995
Label Island Records, Inc.
Catalog No 314-524 099-2
Bar Code No none
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Valley (7:36)
(Weston, Phillips, Green, Paterson)
2. Plateau (13:18)
(Weston, Fehlmann, Paterson)
3. Oxbow Lakes (7:28)
(Weston, Fehlmann, Paterson)
4. Montagne D'Or (Der Gute Berg) (10:41)
(Cole, Burton, Hughes, Fehlmann, Paterson, Weston)
5. White River Junction (9:36)
(Weston, Fehlmann, Paterson)
6. Occidental (13:54)
(Weston, Burton, Phillips, Needs, Hughes, Fehlmann, Paterson)
7. Slug Dub (17:03)
(Weston, Ferguson, Fehlmann, Paterson)
Date Acquired 12/26/2006
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 5.59

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Review by John Bush

The perfect response to a music scene swamped by what Paterson himself called "lame ambient noodling for 70 minutes," Orbus Terrarum brings the mothership back to earth for a collision with some surprisingly harsh percussion and noisy synth. The melodies and dub lines of previous Orb recordings are still in the mix, and the esoteric bent of Pomme Fritz is muted somewhat. Orbus Terrarum is definitely not the place to start, but it's still a worthy successor to U.F.Orb. The final track, "Slug Dub," is an ambient epic with vocal samples taken from a children's story.
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