Pink Floyd meets The Orb

MakiSupaStar · #1 09-15-2010, 10:34 AM

In the past the Orb released some unofficial underground remixes of the Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Meddle, which were really good, but I always felt they could have done more with them if they spent more time with them. It always seemed like it was more a project of passion. So now I just heard David Gilmour is working with The Orb on new material. I gotta say I'm really looking forward to this. Having seen both The Orb and Pink Floyd live I hope there are plans for some live gigs supporting this release.

http://www.metallicspheres.com/

MatticusMania · #2 09-15-2010, 10:39 AM

Link is blocked for me. Is this kind of like KISS saves Santa?

ggunn · #3 09-15-2010, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Link is blocked for me.

Here ya go (text from the website):

The Orb, the visionary UK 'ambient/house' collective, came to collaborate with David Gilmour after working together on a version of Graham Nash's Chicago for a charity project. Youth (aka Martin Glover), a frequent Orb accomplice, was invited to create a remix, and he and Alex Paterson, as The Orb, were so energized by the task that they continued working until it was an album-length entity. Having asked Gilmour to bring his guitars to Youth's studio in South London to prolong and enrich their new creation, the trio worked up a sonic mixture in a range of styles. Thus, the Metallic Spheres project was born.

Metallic Spheres is designed to be heard in two parts – 'Metallic Side' (24'48"), and 'Spheres Side' (25'09"). Each track, or side, consists of five movements. The album uniquely utilizes David Gilmour's electric guitar and lap steel guitar, Alex Paterson's sound manipulation, keyboards and turntables, and Youth's bass guitar and keyboards. The album will be available in three formats: standard and 2-disc deluxe versions on CD; digital download; and 180-gram vinyl. The deluxe 2-CD version includes an extra disc, featuring the new 3D60™ process, which allows a 360-degree sound experience on stereo tracks without any special equipment.

Dr D · #4 09-15-2010, 10:54 AM

Funny I'm listening to Blue Room right now. Never heard of these Pink Floyd remixes. Time to use my google-fu. This will be interesting.

MakiSupaStar · #5 09-15-2010, 01:22 PM

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Funny I'm listening to Blue Room right now. Never heard of these Pink Floyd remixes. Time to use my google-fu. This will be interesting.

They're pretty rare and hard to come by. Most exist only on vinyl as they are mostly used by DJ's. I happened to have copies of the albums handed to me by a DJ buddy of mine. They're pretty good, but not as earth shattering as they could be. Some of the Animals material seemed kind of phoned in, and or it just didn't translate well. Welcome to the Machine is pretty killer though.

Deluge Of Sound · #6 09-15-2010, 01:53 PM

Any chance you could post 'em online?

I'm interested to hear this.

Tampabass · #7 09-15-2010, 01:58 PM

Side note: Have you heard the Easy Star All-Stars' "Dub Side of the Moon," complete remake of that album, dub/reggae-style?

Here's "Time" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mzAGRY7uo

MakiSupaStar · #8 09-15-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tampabass

Side note: Have you heard the Easy Star All-Stars' "Dub Side of the Moon," complete remake of that album, dub/reggae-style?

Here's "Time" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mzAGRY7uo

I sure have. I have everything they've ever done. Including Radiodread, Sgt. Peppers Loney Hearts Dub band and a killer little EP.

Tampabass · #9 09-15-2010, 02:05 PM

Great stuff (Easy Star). I REALLY wish that I could have seen their show when they played in Tampa. Not only would they have been great, but I have friends in the local band that opened (Rocksteady@8, a roots-reggae group). But I had a gig that night.

knumbskull · #10 09-15-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ggunn

Here ya go (text from the website):

The Orb, the visionary UK 'ambient/house' collective, came to collaborate with David Gilmour after working together on a version of Graham Nash's Chicago for a charity project. Youth (aka Martin Glover), a frequent Orb accomplice, was invited to create a remix, and he and Alex Paterson, as The Orb, were so energized by the task that they continued working until it was an album-length entity. Having asked Gilmour to bring his guitars to Youth's studio in South London to prolong and enrich their new creation, the trio worked up a sonic mixture in a range of styles. Thus, the Metallic Spheres project was born.

Metallic Spheres is designed to be heard in two parts – 'Metallic Side' (24'48"), and 'Spheres Side' (25'09"). Each track, or side, consists of five movements. The album uniquely utilizes David Gilmour's electric guitar and lap steel guitar, Alex Paterson's sound manipulation, keyboards and turntables, and Youth's bass guitar and keyboards. The album will be available in three formats: standard and 2-disc deluxe versions on CD; digital download; and 180-gram vinyl. The deluxe 2-CD version includes an extra disc, featuring the new 3D60™ process, which allows a 360-degree sound experience on stereo tracks without any special equipment.

ah Youth's on it

i play drums for him from time to time. next gig is in a month or so, i'll ask him about it

i LOVED the Orb as a teenager... listened to U.F.Orb to death...

Tampabass · #11 09-15-2010, 02:17 PM

and then there's the immortal Dread Zeppelin, a reggae band playing Led Zep covers and fronted by an Elvis imitator (Tortelvis) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5rHrD9eja0
But I digress ...

MakiSupaStar · #12 09-15-2010, 09:06 PM

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ah Youth's on it

i play drums for him from time to time. next gig is in a month or so, i'll ask him about it

i LOVED the Orb as a teenager... listened to U.F.Orb to death...

Wow. That's pretty cool. Ask him about the Pink Floyd stuff. It sounds like they just didn't have access to the tracks so they did a lot of mixing of beats with loops made from the songs between the singing. I'd love to hear about it.

chrisisnotevil · #13 09-16-2010, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

Any chance you could post 'em online?

I'm interested to hear this.

Yeah that'd be pretty awesome. +1 on the Easy All-Stars too!

Has anyone else heard the Flaming Lips cover of Dark Side?

MakiSupaStar · #14 09-16-2010, 05:00 PM

I'm on my iphone. I'll see if I can post a couple tracks tomorrow. I only seem to have Dark Side, and Wish You Were Here.

Deluge Of Sound · #15 09-16-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tampabass

and then there's the immortal Dread Zeppelin, a reggae band playing Led Zep covers and fronted by an Elvis imitator (Tortelvis) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5rHrD9eja0
But I digress ...

I don't remember his username, but their bassist posts on TB.

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Originally Posted by chrisisnotevil

Yeah that'd be pretty awesome. +1 on the Easy All-Stars too!

Has anyone else heard the Flaming Lips cover of Dark Side?

Not yet, but their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody is pretty sweet.

MakiSupaStar · #16 09-17-2010, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound

I don't remember his username, but their bassist posts on TB.

Not yet, but their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody is pretty sweet.

Yeah. He's a nice guy. I was talking to him about synths for awhile. Really knowledgable and a ripping player. I think Knarleybass or something like that is his TB name. Haven't seen him posting in awhile.

Marley's Ghost · #17 10-07-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tampabass

and then there's the immortal Dread Zeppelin, a reggae band playing Led Zep covers and fronted by an Elvis imitator (Tortelvis) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5rHrD9eja0
But I digress ...

I was just on the floor laughing after watching Brick House (Of The Holy)! Epic cover mashup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvr6...eature=related