[HN Gopher] Orbital's Hartnoll brothers look back
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Orbital's Hartnoll brothers look back
Author : obiefernandez
Score : 20 points
Date : 2024-02-11 13:37 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
| zer00eyz wrote:
| Listening to these guys while reading this brings back ALL the
| memories. 90's east coast rave scene was an eye opener.
|
| I have come to realize in hindsight that much of who I am was
| shaped by Gibson, Thompson, rave culture and all the drugs I
| could get my hands on. Locked up all weekend with friends a pile
| of molly, mushrooms and the first kind bud I ever saw.
|
| So much of early tech is interlaced into drug cluture and I dont
| think we talk about it out in the open as much as we should. That
| however might be a good thing.
| throwway120385 wrote:
| Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.
| PAPPPmAc wrote:
| It is very likely the comment I'm replying to is not being
| obnoxious, but making a very deep cut reference to Orbital's
| song "Planet of the Shapes" from orbital2 that contains sample
| of the phrase in their comment, sampled from the movie
| "Withnail and I." It might also be a commentary on The
| Guardian, but the wording is too specific. (Sorry if I've
| spoiled your fun by clarifying, it was flagged when I read it,
| and shook loose a decades-old memory.)
| dylan604 wrote:
| We could have an absolute field day with samples, but it will
| get downvoted and flagged because this isn't reddit. I'll
| start:
|
| Whatever happens, will happen again.
|
| It twists in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop.
| rpmisms wrote:
| You lot!
| bloopernova wrote:
| God, Orbital has been a part of my life for 30 years now. So many
| times they've been the soundtrack to gaming, coding, chores, or
| just listening.
|
| This triplet of albums will forever be my favourites:
| _Snivilisation_ , _In Sides_ , and _The Middle Of Nowhere_.
| Although the rest of their stuff is also great, those 3 are part
| of my personal soundtrack. _The Girl With The Sun In Her Head_ ,
| _Kein Trink Wasser_ , so many great tracks.
|
| Perhaps my favourite of the later stuff has been the _Satan 30
| something years later mix_ , because it's as the kids say, a
| banger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeVJDJG2mk
|
| Heck I adore their newer album, _Optical Delusion_ , especially
| _Dirty Rat_ , and _Day One_
|
| Sorry, not much great insight to share, or point to be made, just
| a greybeard thankful for the experiences during their brief spark
| of life.
| dylan604 wrote:
| The fact we do not refer to them as Sir Phil and Sir Paul is a
| travesty.
|
| Edit: to add I feel the same way there is no Sir Alex Patterson.
| but I'm just a Yank that doesn't care about some foreign
| monarchy, so what do I know
| rpmisms wrote:
| I adore Orbital, and they have been the soundtrack for much of my
| life. Imagine my shock when Mike Myers made a triumphant return
| in _The Pentavirate_ , and the whole series was scored by
| Orbital! Sent me on a weeklong kick/trance.
|
| Also, if you have not listened on some sort of mind-altering
| substance, you are seriously depriving yourself of the experience
| of both the music and the substance. Even a couple drinks will
| get you into the right spot, if your tolerance is low.
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