RELEASE:

artist_ Orbital
album_ Wonky (JAP Import)
label_ Beat Records
cat.nr_ BRC-323LTD

genre_ Electronic
rip.date_ 16/01/2018
rel.date_ 28/03/2012
# tracks_ 15
size_ 774,75 MB
time_ 114:46min

grabber_ EAC
encoder_ FLAC 1.3.2
quality_ -8 -V

URL_ http://www.orbitalofficial.com/

TRACKS:

CD1

01  06:17  One Big Moment
02  05:29  Straight Sun
03  04:44  Never
04  04:48  New France (feat. Zola Jesus)
05  07:05  Distractions
06  05:20  Stringy Acid
07  04:55  Beelzedub
08  06:14  Wonky (feat. Lady Leshurr)
09  05:55  Where Is It Going?
10  05:00  P.E.T.R.O.L. (Final Drop Mix)

CD2

01  10:22  Lush (Live In Australia)
02  19:18  Impact (Live In Australia)
03  08:38  Satan (Live In Australia)
04  07:38  Belfast (Live In Australia)
05  13:03  Chime/Crime (Live In Australia)

iNFO:

It would seem that with their Star Trek-sampling track Time
Becomes, from their self-titled LP of 1993 - "...where time
becomes a loop," repeats actor Michael Dorn - Orbital were already
seeing into the future of a perpetual forever, locked into a
pattern of repetition.

Now, nearly 20 years on from the 'brown album', nearly all of what
passed for pop culture back then is with us again now. Yet a new
album from Orbital wasn't a guarantee for 2012 - Phil and Paul
would only enter the studio again, after a five-year hiatus from
2004, if their efforts were worthwhile. But public reaction to the
pair's 2009 live comeback confirmed they'd been much missed. As
one of the first proper dance acts to transcend the rave scene and
grow into festival headliners, some time before the likes of
Leftfield and The Prodigy followed similar paths, Orbital's
audience has been sizeable for some time. Crucially, it's also
remained committed - and that loyalty has been rewarded with a set
possessed by a new vigour, more spectacular than it perhaps has
any right to be.

Wonky is loosely based around the concept of a journey. Phil and
Paul actually drew a map of how they wanted the album to progress,
with opener One Big Moment the sound of re-entering the Earth's
atmosphere, announcing their arrival, leading to Straight Sun's
establishing beat that sets a defining tone. Distractions, with
its burbling acid backing and mucked-about-with vocals, calls to
mind moments from the 'brown album' era, as does the amazing
Stringy Acid - although the latter is based on an old tune they
found when rifling through early tapes. Elsewhere, Beezledub is
the sound of Skrillex being hunted down by dubstep wolves; Zola
Jesus screeches a bit of nu-gothery over New France; and the
title-track gives Brummie MC Lady Leshurr the opportunity to have
at it like a domestic Minaj, with just the right amount of builds
to send a crowd into convulsions of pleasure.

Nobody would expect an eighth album by a band 20-plus years into
its career to sound this fantastic, but time away has obviously
helped re-energise the brothers into crafting this triumphantly
grand return. It will leave middle-aged ravers ecstatic, and
should allow a new generation to understand what their folks have
been banging on about all these years.

--Ian Wade

http://www.discogs.com/release/3506787