Orbital - Orbital 2

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Free Music Review: Take a ride through the crazy world of Orbital
Hit: 5 Stars

It starts with "TIME BECOMES" a sample borrowed from Star Trek, a vocal sample spoken by Worf which goes: "there is the theory of the Moebius, a twist in the fabric of space, where time becomes a loop...where time becomes a loop" and on and on and on, almost 2 minutes of non - stop hilarious mixture of sounds ( Orbitals's humorous side, which is much more noticeable on "Snivilisation", as there are more vocal samples).

..."even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day"...
starts "PLANET OF THE SHAPES". Slow, loops up and down, left and right, and suddenly explodes into a 10 minute harsh and at moments beautiful ambient melody. "PLANET OF THE SHAPES" fades out slowly, the same way it started...

..."even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day"...
and then you're off! "LUSH 3 -1" will come at you so fast you won't know what hit you. And it gets even better! It stretches on to "LUSH 3 -2". It's calmer but it's also more intense.
Unnoticeably it flows into another 10 minute delight, the chillingly dark and scary "IMPACT (The earth is burning)". It's really beautiful, one of the best tracks on the album.

"WALK NOW..." is more different than the last four tracks. It's much calmer, and it's probably the most danceable track on the whole album. It's constantly followed with a buzz - like sound that flows in the background of the song making it really hypnotic.

"In - Sides" had the best for last, and the "Brown album does the same. "HALCYON + ON + ON" is a classic, one of Orbital's all - time best songs, and one of the most favorite of all Orbital fans. Don't get confused if you hear just too much about it, or seeing it on various soundtracks and compilations. It has that recognizable enchanting sound. You hear a piano playing over a keyboard layer with one of those beautiful smooth spaced out female vocals over a mid - tempo bass line. Another true electronic ballad from the true masters and innovators of progressive electronic music.

The album ends ("INPUT OUT") the same way it started, Orbital (brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll) having a laugh. It's another vocal sample going round and round.

With this (and "In - Sides"), Orbital elevated electronic music to a higher level, and introduced many people to electronic music, and more importantly they pawed the way for many other electronic acts.
This is truly one of the best, most important and original electronic albums ever.

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