William Orbit
Posted by: John Channing on 18 August 2000
Since the arrival of my CDX a few months ago I have spent a fair bit of time rediscovering some of my older CDs. One that has come under the puck a fair bit recently is Bassomatic's - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass. This is a great album and stills sounds fresh some 10 years on. I know that Orbit released quite a lot of material in the 90s is the rest of it any good? I saw a triple pack recently of the Cargo albums (1,2, and 3 I think) are they any good?
John
John
I still rate Set the controls for the heart of the bass very highly. Stumbled on it in a sale during my student days having heard it once on the local student radio station. Bassomatic didn't make much of a dent in NZ. A finely crafted album, particularly funky, cool samples. I'll go out on a limb here and suggest that a some of it predates Propellorheads by a good 7-8 years.
Don't know much else about Orbit's works (I guess everyone has heard Ray of Light by Madonna**), but would love to hear more... if you discover more do post.
** seen her new video with Ali G? Kickin' innit 
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