Alex Paterson (the Orb) will perform at Phlegmatic Dog

June 20, 2003 Moscow, Russia. Alex Paterson (The Orb), a pioneer of the ambient music genre, will perform an exclusive DJ set at the Phlegmatic Dog internet pub.
The evening also features DJ Smile, DJ Houzer and DJ Champ.
For more information, call 995-9545.
Internet pub ePhlegmatic Sobakae is located in Manege, in the eOkhotny Ryad shopping center, on the 2nd level. Entrance is from the Alexander Garden.
The Orb
The Orb is a pioneer in the music genre. The group was founded in 1988 by Alex Patterson and Jimmy Cauty. The Orb's first single "Kiss" is out via WAU! in 1989, and then the single “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Center of the Ultraworld (Loving You),” which Patterson still considers the group’s best achievement. In 1990, Cauty left the group to concentrate on his work with the KLF. Jimmy "takes" with him some of the material recorded with Orb, and then publishes the album "Space" based on these recordings. In the same year, the group began to actively release remixes of compositions by other artists - Depeche Mode, Erasure, etc.
The first album included the classics "Loving You" and "Little Fluffy Clouds". The second album, "UFOrb", was released in 1992. This album is often called the band's best work. It is a combination of Orlov's signature sound abstractions with harder than on the first album, dam or sometimes even techno rhythms. A remarkable detail is that the single "Blue Room" from this disc includes a forty-minute (!) version.
In 1993, the Orb album "Live 93" was released - a collection of recordings from the group's live performances. The compositions on this album are very different from the studio recordings, in some places they are simply changed beyond recognition. This disc is interesting as an example of a live performance by a purely electronic group.
In 1994, the album "Pomme Fritz - The Orb's Little Album" was released, somewhat different from other Orb works. The sound on this album is much heavier, overloaded with ear-piercing sounds.
The next disc "Orbus Terrarum" (1995) is a return to the previous sound and perhaps the best work to get acquainted with the work of Orb. Then, in 1996, the group released the double album "The Orb Remix Project (Auntie Aurbey's Excursions Beyond The Call of Duty)" - a collection of remixes made by The Orb on the compositions of other musicians. Most of the remixes are stylistically very similar to Orb's music, but are more rhythmic.
1997 album "Orblivion". Here the musicians once again return to the experiments begun on the album "Pomme Fritz". The music becomes a little more dynamic and rich, and different rhythms are added. The album contains dub and even jungle elements, making the album not very similar to the band's typical work.
A shortened video version has been released for the album "Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld". A huge number of bootlegs have also appeared with recordings of live performances or simply rare compositions.
Orb made several appearances on Radio 1's John Peel program, followed by the release of their Peel Sessions EP. Together with Robert Fripp, Orb recorded the album FFWD>> "FFWD>>".
Latest albums of the group:
U.F. OFF (The Best of The Orb) October 1998
CYDONIA February 2001
AUNTIE AUBREYS EXCURSIONS BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY (The Orb Remix Project) August 2001
BADORB.COM BLESS YOU -- July 2002
While touring The Orb World Tour this summer, the band will release a new album, BICYCLES & TRICYCLES, in June 2003.