The Orb's Adventures Beyond the UltraworldArtist: The Orb
Community Score: 8.67
Much like the early Orb-related project recorded as Space, Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld simulates a journey through the outer realms -- progressing from the soaring ambient-pop of "Little Fluffy Clouds" and the stoned "Back Side of the Moon" (a veiled Pink Floyd reference) to "Into the Fourth Dimension" and ending (after more than two hours)...
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Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld ExcursionsArtist: The Orb
Community Score: 6.00
Including reworkings of Ultraworld material by Pal Joey, Kris Needs, Readymade and Youth, among others, Aubrey Mixes is an interesting though hardly essential album. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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ExperienceArtist: The Prodigy
Community Score: 8.80
One of the few noncompilation rave albums of any worth, Experience balances a supply of top-this siren whistles and chipmunk divas with Liam Howlett's surprising flair for constructing track after track of intense breakbeat techno. Almost every song sounds like a potential chart-topper (circa 1992, of course) while the true singles "Your Love,"...
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U.F.OrbArtist: The Orb
Community Score: 7.05
The commercial and artistic peak of the ambient-house movement, U.F.Orb strides past the debut with more periods of free-form ambience and less reliance on a standard 4/4 beat. From the opener "O.O.B.E." through the bass-heavy gait of "Blue Room" and "Towers of Dub," the flow is more natural and ranges farther than most would have expected. The...
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The CollectionArtist: Paul Parker
X-101
Artist: Underground Resistance
The companion release to the six-track X-101 release by Tresor in Europe, Underground Resistance released this two-track EP on its own label in Detroit. The A-side features "G-Force," an experimental track comprised of a strange tone that sounds as if it's being pulled or stretched. It's not necessarily pleasant to listen to and is intended for...
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