Van Santos

There was a time, way back when, hearing about an Orb show would have gotten me all hot and bothered.  I am still a HUGE fan of their work, but I fear nothing can live up to the lives shows of the past.  I recall seeing them play with Sun Electric years back… it was pure magic.

Well, The Orb is playing on a Wednesday evening (6/24) at a decent sized venue call the Bottom Lounge, but the place is more of a… um… hybrid club/bar/restaurant…  For example, when they played at the Metro or at The Riv the venue “fit”.  They places were dark, large enough for roughly 1000 people and seemed to be appropriate for the music.  Bottom Lounge seems more…  yuppie.

Don’t get me wrong, the place is really nice but I don’t know if it is the right location for the show. The cost isn’t an issue… or may it’s just that I am getting old, longing for the rave days of past…  who knows.

Welcome to day 5 of the 31 days of music!  Today is a really, really rare recording - The Orb Live at Glastonbury back in 1993.  Finding this one really triggered some memories for me.

I hope you enjoy.

The tracklisting:

1. A Morphine Drip
2. Little Fluffy Clouds
3. Sunburst
4. Blue Room
5. Towers of Dub

Here are three live DJ sets…

• Matt Darey - Nocturnal Radio Session 164
• Paul Van Dyk - Vonyc Sessions 11-27-2008
• Armin Van Buuren - A State of Trace 377

As always, I have no connection to these mix sets. They were all found via Google.

Now *THIS* is a rare treat.  

What we have here is (not a failure to communicate) but a live Orb show from 1997 recorded at The Avalon in Boston.  God, the last time I heard this was almost a decade ago.  

I do not believe this is a soundboard recording, one can hear too many comments in the crowd, but the quality of the songs themselves is outstanding.  The recording is in stereo and centered quite well and includes a number of tracks I’ve never heard live before.  A must have for any fan of The Orb.

The track listing is:

1. A Huge Ever Growing…
2. Bedouin
3. Blue Room
4. Delta MK II
5. Little Fluffy Clouds
6. Outlands
7. S.A.L.T
8. Spanish Castles in Space
9. Terminus
10. Toxygene