Ureleased version of 'Space' on PMT

Interesting info from sosstortford - on last PMT (Paterson Music Time) you can hear whole 'Space' (1990) album in it's unreleased form (with Alex' participation). You can listen to it here.

New orb album out on June 3rd: More Tales from the Orbservatory

Info from Aaron Miles:

Tracklisting:

1. Fussball
2. Africa
3. Tight Interlude
4. Making Love In Dub
5. No Ice Age
6. Don't Rush I
7. Fussball (Instrumental)
8. Africa (Instrumental)
9. Making Love In Dub (Instrumental)
10. No Ice Age (Instrumental)
11. Don't Rush I (Instrumental)

Last year's stellar collaboration between The Orb and Lee Scratch Perry unsurprisingly produced more music than one album could handle, so Scratch, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann are returning in fine style with 'More Tales From The Orbservatory'. 2012's The ORBSERVER In The Starhouse' was rightfully acclaimed as a colossal meeting of like minds and souls, sparking with rare magic as Alex Paterson and long-time Orb member Thomas Fehlmann provided the perfect backdrops for the Upsetter's inimitable pronouncements, righteous declarations and sweet vocals. If anything, the follow-up stretches further into the cosmos, the backings more heavily rooted in the basic but infinite principles of rhythm and dub. The new tracks continue the full-blooded immersion in reggae's infinite studio universe which characterised the first set; shards of old songs loom like aural ghosts while rhythms resurface, morphing into something fresh and new. For decades, all three artists have shared a common quest to push out the sound barriers. Each one also knows that journey is never over, which makes the appearance of this fresh batch of tunes and dubs all the more exciting. The mouth-watering potential of a legendary master working with long-time acolytes who tuned into his unique wavelength long ago continues to blossom and explodes again on More Tales From The Orbservatory. 

Also Orb website has been updated. And they mention free album - coming soon. And when you click download link, you can download the following compilation:

Once again, thanks to Aaron Miles for info!!

Alex Paterson Top 11 albums

At Neoclassical.

Interesting interview with Alex

Sent by theORBscureDDJ. Check it out!!

More new releases from High Frequency Bandwidth

At long last the Original Soundtrack Recordings from HFB's score to the PixelJunk® Shooter series is available to buy. Every track has been lovingly re-created from the dynamic score prepared for the Playstation games.

Shooter 1 garnered a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Soundtrack (Shooter 2 will be eligible for next year's awards.)

Malicious Damage Records have released the album as a DRM-Free Download in iTunes and all good MP3 stores as of now. Priced at £7.99 for the UK, the full iTunes version includes a digital booklet featuring exclusive artwork, original concept art from Shooter 1 & 2 and liner notes from Q Games' studio director Shouichi Tominaga and HFB.The album will also be available on your Playstation via the Playstation Store and Playstation Network very shortly.For those of you who found HFB listening to the PixelJunk games, we've reason to be optimistic that Shooter 2 isn't the end of the story, but like us, you'll have to wait and see.

We've just finished a remix for Russian label Ketama Records (who hosted HFB's debut in Moscow)of the delightful "Sirtaki on Mars". Keep your eyes pealed here for a preview.

Juliet Russell (vocals on "High Five Brother") just released her debut solo single which she co-produced with Dom Beken. Watch the video, buy the single or give a thumbs up to her Facebook site all via www.julietrussell.com

Dynamax (vocals on several HFB favourites) has been collaborating with Dom on a new project known as Years of the Canine. Guests include Afrika Bambaata, Mike "Clip" Payne (Parliament/Funkadelic), Kris Needs and Guy Pratt. Check it all out at www.yearsofthecanine.com

Keep an ear out for Alex's new project with Gaudi and Chester... codename ScreeN.

Thanks to Aaron Miles for info

New Malicious Project

From Malicious Damage mailing list:

SCREEN: BRAND NEW MALICIOUS PROJECT
this is a very exciting new project from alex paterson, gaudi & chester, there'll be a new album out after the summer and some downloads available before then - if you like spaced out ambient dubness you'll love it, if you like gaudi's unique synthesis of dub and electronica you'll love it, and if you like the orb you'll love it... watch this space...

Thanks to Rachel Roth for info.

Metallic Spheres Burn Interview 24-09-2010

A Burns Studio interview with LX back in September is up on youtube….

Thanks to Dave and Ros Booth for info.

Le Gran Orb Soundsystem

"tune in to www.FNOOBradio.com
next week, the 11th Lx Paterson's Chewy Chewsday session with DJ Gaudi
... & on the 18th Lx announced (on today's Chilled Chewy Choosedays session) The Orb Soundsystem will be live (sounds like a tour rehersal!)"

Thanks to Giuseppe Eisonhawk for info.

Interesting article about The Orb + some news about band's future

"Jimmy Cauty, the original other member who left to concentrate on the KLF, has asked to come back to the fold and we're going to re-record what should have been our first album but never got released. I'm also doing an opera - the Royal Opera House has commissioned one from The Orb for 2012. And I'm going to be working with Lee 'Scratch' Perry who, like Dave, was an original hero of mine. One by one, I'm knocking them off."

Whole article here.

Thanks to Bytesizenun for the info.

Alex Paterson Of The Orb Chooses His Favourite 13 Albums

"You can find the entire article and 13 album choices from LX Paterson on this link:

http://thequietus.com/articles/05233-bakers-dozen-alex-paterson-chooses-his-favourite-13-albums."

Info from The Orb's myspace blog

Battersea Bunches trailer

Check it out here - the trailer to Battersea Bunches - a movie by Alex Paterson and Mike Coles.

Premiere of Alex' film

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17TH 2010
premiere of alex paterson & mike coles' film "battersea bunches" with live music by a. paterson and t. fehlmann + accompanying exhibition of artwork, at the redgate gallery in brixton - full details on here soon

Info from Malicious Damage website.

Ambient Masterclass

"This month's issue of UK music technology magazine Computer Music (Issue 153, July 2010) contains a feature entitled Ambient Masterclass, which features Dr Alex Patterson of the Orb, Gier Jenssen - better known as Biosphere - and FSOL's own Garry Cobain giving their tips and advice on creating ambient music."

Info from FSOL site.

Alex Paterson live

Alex will play on Malicious Night, Thursday, April 2, London, UK. Details.

Detailed Orb discography

I like text-based discographies. Since 2001 I was constantly updating The Orb discography based on old Lazlo Nibble's work. And now I want to share my work with you. The file (270 kB big) contains all Orb releases, remixes and compilation appearances every Alex Paterson collaboration & dj mix, Andy Hughes, Andy Falconer & Kris Weston discographies and much more. Take it from here. It is rough text, so it includes some mistakes, my comments etc. See it in a text editor and do not wrap lines (some are quite long).