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The Orb--aka Dr Alex Paterson--is a likely candidate to host an installment of DMC's eclectic Back to Mine series. A former roadie for Killing Joke and an original acid house/ambient stalwart, his musical tastes are notoriously wide and often surprising. Given a blank slate to work with, there was always a good chance he would fill it with intriguing and diverse sounds. And indeed he has. He begins with Aphex Twin's swirling, mystical breakbeat monster "Polynominal-C," before dipping into slow-mo territory with Charles Webster's languid jazz lullaby "Be No One." After these contrasting openers, we get the dri
The Orb--aka Dr Alex Paterson--is a likely candidate to host an installment of DMC's eclectic Back to Mine series. A former roadie for Killing Joke and an original acid house/ambient stalwart, his musical tastes are notoriously wide and often surprising. Given a blank slate to work with, there was always a good chance he would fill it with intriguing and diverse sounds. And indeed he has. He begins with Aphex Twin's swirling, mystical breakbeat monster "Polynominal-C," before dipping into slow-mo territory with Charles Webster's languid jazz lullaby "Be No One." After these contrasting openers, we get the driven ethno-house of Juno Reactor's driven "Nitrogen Part 1," the epic ambient workout of B12's "Interim," humorous hip-hop with Creatures's "Ow Much!," and soaring soul beauty from the Chi-Lites classic "Have You Seen Her?" Add to this Thomas Fehlmann's aquatically strange "I Wanna Be a Fishy," the breathy beauty of Julee Cruise's "Falling," and the Orb's own "The Land of Green Ginger" and you have one varied and entertaining compilation--something not too common these days. --Paul Sullivan
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Manufacturer: Dmc
Release date: 10 February 2009
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5029418023123
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