- Audio CD (July 20 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Enhanced, Import
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B0002D2MPG
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. ORB IS (SHOPPING REMIX) |
| 2. AFTERMATH (FEAT MC SHOOM T) |
| 3. LAND OF GREEN GINGER (REMIX) |
| 4. HELL'S KITCHEN |
| 5. GEE STRINGS |
| 6. PRIME EVIL |
| 7. ABASTRACTIONS (TRANCE PENNINE) |
| 8. FROM A DISTANCE (BLAST MASTER V CORPRAL) |
| 9. TOWER TWENTY THREE (SPUD V CREATURE) |
| 10. KOMPANIA (GROOVED WARE MIX) |
| 11. DILMUN |
Product Description
Album Description
Bicycles & Tricycles finds the group, masterminded by producer/mixologist Alex Paterson, with one foot planted firmly on its early innovations (which resemble the offspring of Brian Eno and a sleepy Chicago house DJ) and the other on the pulse of contemporary techniques. "Hell's Kitchen," for example, features the lilting melody one expects from the Orb's chill-out ethos, but covered with an almost industrial beat. The dub-influenced "The Land of Green Ginger" and "Tower Twenty Three" give some heady space to the insistent 4/4 that usually dominates the ensemble's tracks. Elsewhere, the Orb is up to its old tricks of techno-touched ambient with floating vocal samples and synth washes, as on the jazzy "Gee Strings." Bicycles & Tricycles proves the knob-twiddling skills of this early electronica act are still significantly up to snuff. Simply VInyl. 2005.
Album Details
2004 Album from Dr. Alex Paterson's Longtime Ambient Electronica Collective. The Orb's Current Line-up is Alex Paterson, Simon Phillips (Prayer Box) and John Roome (Witchman), Are Joined on "Bicycles and Tricycles" by Collaborators Thomas Fehlmann (That Swiss Fella), Jimmy Cauty (Custerd, Klf), Fil (Autolump), Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto), Soom-t and Erik.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The most brash, amazing Orb album yet?,
By "djphun" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bicycles And Tricycles (Audio CD)
OK, so first off... BRASH-Full of fresh raw vitalityNOW! With that said, This is the most awesome Orb album in YEARS! I was unsure of their most recent work, on account I thought it seemed forced... that is until this album came out. It should go down as one of the Orb's finest hours! A whole new and unclassifiable genre of music is, once again, created by the Orb. The album blends Trance, Ambient, borderline Hip-Hop, Acidy beats with masterfully placed samples, to create a once in a lifetime masterpiece. I really tried to find a highlight to this album, but the whole thing is 1) So hard to peg into one category, and thus difficult to say X is better than Y 2) So good that one song can't be picked Any one who has ever been to a party (read as rave) will love it, and for anyone who likes the Orb... You owe it to yourself to get every version of this album you could find. There's just enough remixes on each to make them ALL worth having.
4.0 out of 5 stars
not perfect , but pretty great,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bicycles & Tricycles (Audio CD)
I've only listened to this CD once so far, but it's definitely becoming one of my favorite Orb albums already.The first half is a bit of a mixed bag - it starts out with Orb Is, which sounds like a tribute to the "ultraworld" style, and is pretty cool. Then there's Aftermath, with a rapper who sounds surprisingly young and not all that interesting. Things get better with The Land of Green Ginger, although it's not all that much better than the mix on the Back to Mine compilation. Hell's Kitchen, however, is pretty pleasant and groovy. Prime Evil is also cool, especially if you liked S.A.L.T. on Orblivion. Things just get better in the second half though. Abstractions and LUCA are two of the coolest ambient with beats kind of tracks that the Orb has done. From a Distance amd Tower 23 aren't quite as good (or as long) as A Huge Ever Growing etc. and Towers of Dub, which they remix and imitate, but they're a lot of fun anyway. The album wraps up with a couple fresh, new, distorted ambient tracks. Overall, this is good stuff, and while the Orb's last album might have ended with "Terminus," the Orb clearly didn't stop there. My only real gripe is that it's kinda short at only 63 minutes total. Would've been nice to have some tracks break the 10 minute mark, but hey, what's here is good.
3.0 out of 5 stars
The rapper ruins it,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bicycles & Tricycles (Audio CD)
I've been into the Orb for quite sometime and have hunted down some of their more rare selections. I purchased the Japanese edition last fall and enjoyed it fairly well though the first track, 'From a Distance', is a bit too fluffy. I was passing through the UK and saw the recently released UK version with a different track sequence and mixes (one of those being a great rework of the previously mentioned 'fluffy' track). Track two, 'Aftermath', is horrid. Me Soon T sounds like an infant with a mouthful of something foul. Alex Patterson's production on that track is quite lackluster as well, so there's no hope but skipping to the next track. Fear not, The rest of the disc is fantastic. It is a shame that track two is such a digression from what is otherwise a five star album.
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