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Hello Waveforms
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by William Orbit
Sales Rank: 343268
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List Price: $39.99
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on 11-20-2008.
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1. Sea Green
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2. Humming Chorus - William Orbit, Puccini
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3. Surfin
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4. You Know Too Much About Flying Saucers
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5. Spiral
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6. Who Owns the Octopus
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7. Bubble Universe
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8. Fragamosia
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9. Firebrand
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10. They Live in the Sky
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11. Colours from Nowhere
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FOUR & 1/2 STARS, but let me explain why: For the purposes of this review, let's view Mr. Orbit's discography this way: his solo albums ["Orbit", Strange Cargo 1,2,&3 and "Pieces In A Modern Style"] along with Strange Cargo's "Hinterland", Torch Song's albums ["Wish Thing" "Ecstasy" & "Towards The Unknown Region"] and Bassomatic's ["Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Bass" & "Science And Melody"] together as one body of work. It's been six years since 2000's "Pieces In A Modern Style" and while that was a good disc, it still wasn't up to the Strange Cargo, Torch Song & Bassomatic standards. And since they were electronic versions of classical compositions, they needn't be. I jonesed until this album was released and I wasn't disappointed per se, but truthfully, with the exception of the single "Spirals" featuring Sugababes & Kenna - this album sounds more like the follow-up to Torch Song's 1995 Opus "Towards The Unknown Region" than a flat-out William Orbit project. Don't get me wrong, the ethereal arrangements, deep bass, exquisite processing along with his production restraint and prowess are all there - it just doesn't reach the heights of the last 3 Strange Cargo albums or Hinterland, and it doesn't come close to the work of Bassomatic at all. Not that this is a bad thing - this is a GREAT album to chill by and provides very visual and colorful music when the listener closes their eyes - exactly what most ALL William Orbit projects promise. I guess I just wish he would ramp up again and play with my mind the way he did with the Strange Cargo series. When I say this sounds like a follow-up to Torch Song's last album, that is literal since Laurie Mayer and Rico Conning composed 4 out of the 11 tunes and performed on 6. It is very low key, quiet, mysterious and broods just beneath the surface but never breaks through. Perhaps it wasn't meant to, I may be hanging my expectations on it. If you love Mr. Orbit's work, [and I REALLY, REALLY do], you will like this album and it will be an integral part of his discography for the fan. I took off 1/2 a star because I am really ready for a more upbeat and mysterious production from him. If you've been to his website, he has twenty 60-second clips of unreleased songs, an unreleased song from Hello Waveforms "G-155", as well as another 28 or so unreleased tunes. These are wasted just sitting on his site, unreleased. Most of these are EXCELLENT but you cannot download these songs and it would make sense to release these as part of a 'unreleased and b-sides' disc. These songs approach more of what I was hoping Hello Waveforms was going to be. But with all that said, this is a great disc - I just hope he doesn't take another 6 years to release another album and he finally gives his fans an album of the songs he's been teasing them with on his site. If you love Orbit, you'll love this disc but I'm waiting for more... Respectfully submitted William, and anytime you'd like to work with me on my music, in either production or mixing, the door is WIDE OPEN!
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Hello Waveforms
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Price: $39.99
Updated on 11-20-2008.
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