It's 1999 again!

[the mongoose]

One of the new Orbital songs pretty much sucks badly in my opinion:

[holden]

Hmm, yeah, that's not great.

the "ohwaoh"'s and cut-up vocals are pretty annoying.

There are some interesting beats and hooks, but it sounds like a few too many ideas crammed into one track - It actually shapes up near the end, but i really could do without the vocal samples

[purlieu]

The "Don't Stop Me" sample is pretty annoying. When it gets to the melodic section with all the layers it sounds more Orbital than they've sounded since The Middle Of Nowhere, though. Quite enjoyed that.

The 'ohwaoah' sample is from Video Killed The Radio Star, isn't it?

[the mongoose]

The lyrics should be... "Ooooh Oh NooooooOOOOOO!!!! Please stop me, stop me"

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by the mongoose

One of the new Orbital songs pretty much sucks badly in my opinion:

I think the first 2 mins are pretty awful but after that the song really gets going and isnt bad at all. give it another go, but skip the first 2 maybe 3 mins. The song is 8m17s after all...

[holden]

Originally Posted by stimpee

I think the first 2 mins are pretty awful but after that the song really gets going and isnt bad at all. give it another go, but skip the first 2 maybe 3 mins. The song is 8m17s after all...

Yes, you're right. The beginning sounds like "oh, no more of 'The altogether' era joking around with vocals and aggro beats". But somewhere in the midle, and especially after 6 mins, the track approaches something more along the lines of "In Sides", reminds me of some part of "Out there Somewhere".

And also, the link above was an earlier version. Apparently (from their fansite) there have been at least 3 versions.

Now, the other new track - "The Gun is Good" - Paul Hartnoll unveils the lyrics here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-11210-Indi...Coachella-2010
Yikes.

[Dunwho]

Going to see Leftfield in Dublin on the 3rd of June, will be nice to see a dedicated gig rather than the festival circuit that they have lined up for the summer. Will be hoping that they still have a policy of pushing the sound system to the max...

... and on that note... remember Faithless have a new album out.. (were they around in 99? maybe? im not sure)

And if you want to think 99 and before... Blur released a new single this year...

[//\/\/]

Originally Posted by purlieu

The 'ohwaoah' sample is from Video Killed The Radio Star, isn't it?

it is indeed. all-in-all, a bit irritating

[Caprice]

shit, only took 10 years.

maybe all the bands from then have finally recovered from partying too much and now they're making material again.

ahh, interesting summer indeed!

[Caprice]

Originally Posted by holden

And for the real deep diggers, i hear there's new Apollo 440 to be released.

no way...