Moonbuilding 2703 AD
Rather than drift off into irrelevance in the 21st century, the Orb have become sturdy and workmanlike. Moonbuilding is, incredibly, the Orb's 10th album in the new century, and it occasionally reminds you of what once made them great.
A decade after they delivered Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt on...Kompakt, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann return to the stalwart Cologne label with an album bearing a less sportive title and it sounds like serious sci-fi business.
The Orb have been prolific of late, releasing four LPs over the past six years. But what makes this artistic stretch so fascinating is just...
The Orb’s 13th album quickly establishes that their talent for arch ambient techno is undimmed
Alex Patterson and Thomas Fehlmann prove, once again, that space is the place. CD new music review by Barney Harsent