Orbus Terrarum - The Orb

8.1	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Island
Release date : 4 April 1995
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0731452409928
UPC : 731452409928

Beats (1), Mellow (1), Electronic (1), Electronica (1)

Description

The Orb's third full-length studio album states its intention with its title: where their first two records had explored the outer cosmos of dance music, Terrarum is an earthier, less spacy ambient record, more devoted to mapping the sounds at hand. It goes to extremes to avoid the hooks of their early work, and there's barely even a hint of ... (more)

Performed by

The Orb

Track listing

1. Valley
2. Plateau
3. Oxbow Lakes
4. Montagne d'Or (Der Gute Berg)
5. White River Junction
6. Occidental
7. Slug Dub

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Ratings of Orbus Terrarum

8.1/10
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robelanator

My favorite Orb album

Posted : 3 years, 4 months ago at Jul 4 10:12

It doesn't make you want to get up and dance, nor does it put you to sleep. Instead, Orbus Terrarum makes you dream awake. Rather than simple pop hooks hanging on to a thumping beat, the melodies create a subtley ever-changing sonic landscape. For that matter, the beats, where they appear, are more driven by the melody than vice versa, a nice reversal from what most people think of as electronic music these days.

Rating : 10/10

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