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russellk 
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Joined: February 28 2005
Location: New Zealand
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 Topic: Here’s one from left field ...
Posted: June 23 2005 at 15:49 |
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... I happen to be a fan of IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) as exemplified by
Orbital. Has anyone here listened to In Sides, their seminal album? Or The
Box, their 27-minute single from that album? Reviewers criticised it for
being too progressive.
Is it?
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 18:16 |
I've have only heard one song: Pants. And the only reason i did, was because it was named pants. 
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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russellk
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 28 2005
Location: New Zealand
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 20:46 |
 Nice track, but came after their progressive period (1995-1999).
Well, I'll just sit and watch the tumbleweeds roll by.
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Logos
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Joined: March 08 2005
Location: Finland
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 05:27 |
In Sides. 
Great album. Haven't heard their other albums though.
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Jim Garten
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Retired Admin & Razor Guru
Joined: February 02 2004
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 07:43 |
 russellk wrote:
... I happen to be a fan of IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) as exemplified by
Orbital. |
You're not alone here; I'm very much into IDM - I haven't heard the Orbital album you mention, but I do know 'Snivilisation'.
Personally, I'm more likely to listen to some of the Psy-Trance coming out these days, plus a great deal of the good chillout sounds being produced by the likes of Harold Budd, Peter Merneger, Hoopy Frood et al.
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Syzygy
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Joined: December 16 2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: June 28 2005 at 06:15 |
I have a couple of Orbital's early albums - one has a green cover and the other is brown and both have the same title. The brown album contains Halcyon, a superb piece with some captivating wordless female vocals, and the green album has a stunning track called Belfast which is beautiful and impossible to dance to. I also had a copy of Snivilisation, but I loaned it to somebody (along with FSOL's Life Forms) and never saw it again  . I'm surprised that more fans of Tangerine Dream and similar acts aren't into IDM.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Posted: June 28 2005 at 12:27 |
russellk wrote:
Nice track, but came after their progressive period (1995-1999).
Well, I'll just sit and watch the tumbleweeds roll by. |
If you like that one, you should love ACID PANTS
Haven't actually heard this one though.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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