The Orb - Cow / chill out, world!

Demon Cleaner

11.08.2016 - 15:05

Neues Album kommt am 14.10.

Tracklist:

01 First, Consider the Lillys
02 Wireless MK2
03 Siren 33 (Orphee Mirror)
04 4am Exhale (Chill Out World!)
05. 5th Dimensions
06 Sex (Panoramic Sex Heal)
07 7 Oaks
08 Just Because I Really Really Luv Ya
09 9 Elms Over River Eno (Channel 9)
10 The 10 Sultans Of Rudyard (Moo Moo Mix)

plinkyplonk

11.08.2016 - 21:00

Soll ja ihr "ambientest" album ever sein. Bin gespannt, Fehlmann und Paterson liefern eigentlich immer, die Moonbuilding war jedenfalls grossartig.

Armin

15.08.2016 - 12:14

THE ORB To Release New Album
COW / CHILL OUT, WORLD! on October 14

+ Stream brand-new track '5th Dimensions' +

https://soundcloud.com/kompakt/the-orb-5th-dimensions/s-H0MFw

PRESS RELEASE:
On October 14th Kompakt present The Orb’s 16th album, COW / Chill Out, World!, which marks a creative renewal for the duo. It also features contributions from Youth and Roger Eno, and is encased in minimal ‘ambient cover art’ courtesy of The Designers Republic.

Despite apparently clear connotations to their history, influences and peers (like Alex Paterson’s uncredited role in the KLF’s ‘Chill Out’ album, or the cover cows of Pink Floyds ‘Atom Heart Mother’), the album’s title is actually an instruction, or at least a friendly suggestion. Whilst Alex calls it “a protest album in reverse”, Thomas Fehlmann further explains, “we didn’t intend to rehash old chill out vibes. On the contrary. It’s the 21st century and it seems like a good idea for people to sit back and chill the fuck out, before continuing to act destructively. To chill out is to act consciously, guided from a calm centre.”

Featuring only the occasional presence of buoyant, gently rhythmic pulses and loops, Alex Paterson describes COW as “our most ambient album yet”. Sounds bubble, flutter and float through various atmospheres and moods, from bucolic and picturesque, childlike wonderment, the texture of bygone memories, to the universe’s infinite depth.

COW’s creation came together in different circumstances with a different working method to their last album. As Moonbuilding 2703 AD was originally commissioned by the English National Opera, the duo immersed themselves in that new world and maintained a close, continuous dialogue with the opera’s orchestrator and technicians. The production fell through due to budget cuts and the recordings were then adapted for album format, hence its 6 year gestation period.

COW on the other hand, took just 6 months to make. One of main reasons for its speedy completion was Alex’s recording of sounds whilst touring the world, straight to Ableton, using his iPhone. Field recordings were easily captured, whilst the countless hours of ‘downtime’ travelling, or at sound-checks became valuable moments for spontaneous creative laptop productivity.

Fehlmann also sees the duo's relentless live schedule as a formative influence. "The countless gigs we've played in recent years - probably up to 300 - have brought us closer as a musical unit. Our concerts consist mostly of non-verbal communication and improvisation - a fertile process that we’ve brought to the studio, where we operate with very simple rules of engagement (in this case ‘ambient’) and go wherever the flow takes us." It's an approach that one might expect from traditional acoustic instrumentation, not necessarily an electronic set-up, but for The Orb it works wonders. "We're quite happy and a little bit proud that we've reached this level of unscripted levity with purely electronic means. We're finessing ourselves, sort of, always looking for the next sonic surprise that leaves us rubbing our eyes about how the heck we got there.”

“COW / Chill Out, World! is an off the cuff, immediate album”, adds Thomas. “We produced it in the span of half a year, trusted our first instincts and allowed the ideas flow freely. We’ve gained self confidence in our continuous search for surprises, and in many ways it’s a naivety we’ve found again, that lets us treat each tune as if it were the first.”

To highlight Fehlmann’s point, the modern ambience of 4AM Exhale (Chill Out, World!) has an innocently optimistic mood, with distant fragmented soul samples also creating a warmly reassuring sense of nostalgia. A weightless J Dilla orbits from afar too, his influence like the flickering light from a distant star, on both this track and the subsequent 5th Dimensions.

“Making the album became so natural for us that a track like 9 Elms Over River Eno (Channel 9) consisted only of material collected at North Carolina's Moogfest in May – second-hand records from local stores, found sounds, live samples from gigs that we liked, and of course an excursion to the Eno river, which actually exists”, recalls Alex. “I discovered it on Google maps, whilst looking for somewhere to chill out. The name stood out, for orbvious reasons! This geographic intimacy and spontaneity are among the top reasons why we love this album."

Paterson and Thomas’ ability to work in a simple, efficient and simpatico way was then used as a strong creative base upon which they added additional colouration by bringing occasional Orb member Youth on board, who then hooked the pair up with acclaimed composer Roger ‘Reverend’ Eno.

Laden with samples played backwards, a planet sized bass tone and piano, Eno’s first appearance is on The Satie-esque Wireless MK2 which is, Alex explains “a nod to my dad, who worked for Cable and Wireless and helped build the Telstar satellite”, whilst the track’s “jazzy trumpet” Paterson adds, “is a reference to the jazz bar in Fulham where my Mum and Dad met.”

Eno appears again on The 10 Sultans Of Rudyard (Moo Moo Mix), which plays with familiar, ambient staples and new ‘post classical’ elements. Sounding refreshed but classic, innocent but deep and extemporaneous, but beautifully crafted, COW finds The Orb at their most stunning and transcendent peak to date.

Tracklisting:
01/A1. First, Consider The Lillys
02/A2. Wireless MK2
03/A3. Siren 33 (Orphee Mirror)
04/A4. 4am Exhale (Chill Out, World!)
05/B1. 5th Dimensions
06/B2. Sex (Panoramic Sex Heal)
07/B3. 7 Oaks
08/B4. Just Because I Really Really Luv Ya
09/B5. 9 Elms Over River Eno (Channel 9)
10/B6. The 10 Sultans Of Rudyard (Moo Moo Mix)

Greylight

30.10.2016 - 13:47

Höre hier gerade die "Moonbuilding" und bin mal wieder voll überzeugt. The Orb sind schon richtige Koryphäen, was verträumte, offene, abgespacete Elektrolandschaften betrifft. Ziemlich vielschichtig sind die Arrangements auch meist, so dass man wirklich das Gefühl hat, es mit einem ganzen Klangkosmos zu tun zu haben.

Plinkyplonk

30.10.2016 - 21:23

Yo, die Neue ist echt nice geworden. Die Alben mit Fehlmann sind auf eigentlich alle empfehlenswert. In den letzten Jahren haben die aber auch viel Schrott veröffentlicht, die Collabs mit David Gilmour und Lee Perry waren ja leider nicht so dolle und The Dream würde ich nachträglich sogar als das wahrscheinlich beschissenste Orb-Album bezeichnen, jedenfalls die erste Hälfte.
Aber als Duo Paterson/Fehlmann kann das gerne so weitergehen.

Plinkyplonk

30.10.2016 - 21:24

-auf

Erdkundelehrer

30.10.2016 - 21:28

Kennt jemand die Kleinstadt Bad Orb in Hessen?

Greylight

31.10.2016 - 00:23

Stimmt, die Zusammenarbeit mit David Gilmour habe ich mir damals besorgt, weil ich mir Einiges davon versprach. Die war aber leider ziemlich langweilig und das von allen Beteiligten.

Analog Kid

05.05.2018 - 11:10

Neues Album am 22.06. Also wenn diese Nummer hier repräsentativ für das Album ist, dann gute Nacht.

https://youtu.be/9SD7SHwYAw4

Da will wohl jemand krampfhaft ne Chartplatzierung, ohne das Talent (oder das Geld) für sowas zu haben. Schade, schade. Dabei war Chill out World nochmal ein echt starkes Album auf ihre alten Tage. Naja, vielleicht kommt ja mal wieder was Neues von Thomas Fehlmann. Sein letztes Solo-Album ist ja auch schon ein Weilchen her.

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