The Orb  announce holographic livestream gig + remix album

The Orb announce livestream gig + remix album

‘This Is Not Here’ livestream gig 10pm on Saturday 19th December 2020

‘Abolition of The Royal Familia – Guillotine Mixes’ album released 9th April 2021 via Cooking Vinyl

Buy ‘This Is Not Here’ livestream gig tickets and pre-order ‘Abolition of The Royal Familia – Guillotine Mixes’ here

Stream ‘Daze’ – David Harrow Remix (BLM Remix23) here Watch the video here

https://youtu.be/aMdKREU8NN8

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On 19th December, electronic overlords The Orb will perform their first livestreamed gig – titled ‘This Is Not Here’. This immersive, mind-altering spectacle will feature visuals by award-winning AV company Holotronica, who’ll project augmented reality images onto invisible gauze, creating vivid and fantastical floating animations, bringing the livestream experience to life in eye-popping style. “The set will be 40 minutes ambient, 40 minutes weird reggae, and 40 minutes deep techno with weird transitions in between. We’ll be playing mainly the last 2 albums, and maybe a couple of old faves too. I’ve played thousands of gigs, but doing a live stream is back-to-school for me. We’ll be playing as live as possible. Expect happy accidents – definitely not mistakes!” 

Alex Paterson In addition to the gig, on April 9th The Orb release a companion piece to recent studio album ‘Abolition of The Royal Familia’ with the gem-packed ‘Guillotine Mixes’ collection. The new compilation’s concept echoes back to 1991’s ‘Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions’, which is a collection of versions predominantly by people who featured on the original ‘Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld’ album. ‘Guillotine Mixes’, features reinterpretations of tracks from a host of familiar faces, most of whom also have credits on ‘Abolition’, including Youth, Moody Boys, David Harrow, Andy Falconer, Paul Metamono and Gaudi – collectively providing an expansive journey into dance music; from acid house and balearic beat to techno and beyond, emphasising The Orb’s club DNA.

Longstanding On-U Sound collaborator and producer Dave Harrow delivers two deep trance cuts with ‘Daze’ and ‘Narcotics’ while Tony Thorpe’s production outfit and former KLF in-house remixers Moody Boys serve up a bass-heavy remix of ‘Queen of Hearts’. The adventure continues with maverick musician Gaudi who takes ‘Ital Orb’ away from its rub-a-dub roots and throws pulsating esoteric beats into the mix. The cerebral atmospherics of ‘Slave Til U Die’, reworked by early nineties Orb comrade Andy Falconer, brings the speed down to chill-out levels before The Lost Stoned Pandas – aka Sendelica’s spacerocker Pete Bingham and legendary writer/musician Kris Needs – drop a pumping take on ‘Hawk Kings’. Elsewhere, Paul ‘Metamono’ Conboy, shifts direction with the balearic monster ‘Honey Moonies’, before we’re treated to another banger from Kris Needs (fresh from finishing a book on The Orb) and Pink Floyd/Orb side- project HFB cohort Dom Beken, who join forces on the sun-drenched ’Weekend’.

Furthermore, violinist Violeta Vicci takes ‘Pervitin’ and ‘AAA’ in to deeper, ambient territories, followed by Orb stalwart and Killing Joke bassist Youth, who teases out the metronomic ‘Shape Shifting Pt. 1’. The LP concludes with a brand new Orb track – the digital-only bonus ‘Off The Beaten Trax’ (Knee Splitter) – a prolific trip through deep and melodic techno.  Track-list 1. ‘Daze’ – David Harrow Remix (BLM Remix23)2. ‘Queen of Hearts’ – Moody Boys Remix (Duck or Drown)3. ‘Ital Orb’ – Gaudi Remix (Iron Chair)4. ‘Narcotics’ – David Harrow Remix 2 (Head Crusher)5. ‘Slave Til U Die’ – Andy Falconer Remix (Water Boarding)6. ‘Hawk Kings’ – Lost Stoned Pandas Remix (Pear of Anguish)7. ‘Honey Moonies’ – Paul Metamono Remix (Burnt at The Stake)8. ‘Weekend’ – Dom Beken & Kris Needs Remix (The Judas Triangle)9. ‘Pervitin’ – Violeta Vicci Remix (The Saw Torture)10. ‘AAA’ – Violeta Vicci Remix (Hung, Drawn and Quartered)11. ‘Shape Shifting Pt. 1’ – Youth Bring in The Clown Remix12. ‘Off The Beaten Trax’ (Knee Splitter).

The critics on ‘Abolition of The Royal Familia’ (2020):

“Still delightful after all these years” DJ “Dub-infused rhythms, sunny grooves and dreamy New Age moodscapes, all sprinkled with very British stoner humour” Uncut “Achieves the tricky balance of looking forwards while keeping one eye on their celestial beginnings” Electronic Sound “A 17th sprawling set from ambient dub pioneers still gazing at clouds while fomenting revolution” Louder Than War “Glorious fun” Record Collector “Full of little surprises” Classic Pop

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