The Orb, Bicycles & Tricycles - 1h 3m 55s

Tracks & Durations

1. Orb Is	4:49
2. Aftermath	4:40
3. The Land of Green Ginger	4:01
4. Hell's Kitchen	5:23
5. Gee Strings	6:41
6. Prime Evil	5:14
7. Abstractions	6:49
8. L.U.C.A.	5:23
9. From a Distance	3:55
10. Tower Twenty Three	6:33
11. Compania	6:19
12. Dilmun	4:01

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Review

Best known as the prime originator of ambient house back in the early 90s, Alex Paterson has always managed to avoid stagnation. With Bicycles & Tricycles he extends his parameters even further. "From a Distance," featuring vocals from the Corporal and a sample of Grace Jones's "Slave to the Rhythm" pulses and stomps like an electro glitter band. The dark, dubby "Prime Evil," with its creepy laughter, dramatic climax, and a portentous, Lovecraftian narration courtesy of Neville Jason, has an impressive Italian horror-movie feel, while "Kompania" has you thinking of Pink Floyd jamming with a crazed campanologist in deep space.

It's impressively ambitious stuff. But there's also plenty of humor, stretching from the CD case, through to "The Land of Green Ginger," with its clattering percussion and cheerful whistling, where Jason somehow keeps a straight face in recounting a tale of wizards and enchantments. This is the way throughout, with Paterson veering between playfulness and serious intent. In this he has much in common with the psychedelic revolutionaries of the mid-60s. --Dominic Wills2003 release from the ambient house pioneers.2004 Album from Dr. Alex Paterson's Longtime Ambient Electronica Collective. The Orb's Current Line-up is Alex Paterson, Simon Phillips (Prayer Box) and John Roome (Witchman), Are Joined on "Bicycles and Tricycles" by Collaborators Thomas Fehlmann (That Swiss Fella), Jimmy Cauty (Custerd, Klf), Fil (Autolump), Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto), Soom-t and Erik.

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