Editorial Product Review: :William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style is an ambient album that rejigs 11 works by classical composers in a particularly tacky fashion. Even though Orbit has proved his mettle as an innovative and exciting producer for others--Blur's 13 and Madonna's Ray of Light--this is an ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd that, frankly, doesn't work. Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings,' Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto,' Henryk Gorecki's 'Piece in the Old Style I,' and Antonio Vivaldi's 'L'Inverno' are four that unfortunately meet their maker in a crude ...
Editorial Product Review: :William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style is an ambient album that rejigs 11 works by classical composers in a particularly tacky fashion. Even though Orbit has proved his mettle as an innovative and exciting producer for others--Blur's 13 and Madonna's Ray of Light--this is an ungainly meeting of the sublime and the absurd that, frankly, doesn't work. Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings,' Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto,' Henryk Gorecki's 'Piece in the Old Style I,' and Antonio Vivaldi's 'L'Inverno' are four that unfortunately meet their maker in a crude ...
Editorial Product Review: :The first of what producer/composer William Orbit has described as his 'binary' recordings for 2006 (this component arriving in February, the altogether different Cellcloud in May), Hello Waveforms is a work of subtle charms, brainy noodlings, and no landmark tracks. It yields understated pleasures to listeners itching to hear smartly conceived chillout electronica that evokes serenity minus lethargy (witness the percolating atmospherics of 'Sea Green' and the richly textured headphone sojourn of 'Who Owns the Octopus'). Yet while the overall experience is inherently enjoyable, some of Orbit's synth voices sound ...
Editorial Product Review: :The first of what producer/composer William Orbit has described as his 'binary' recordings for 2006 (this component arriving in February, the altogether different Cellcloud in May), Hello Waveforms is a work of subtle charms, brainy noodlings, and no landmark tracks. It yields understated pleasures to listeners itching to hear smartly conceived chillout electronica that evokes serenity minus lethargy (witness the percolating atmospherics of 'Sea Green' and the richly textured headphone sojourn of 'Who Owns the Octopus'). Yet while the overall experience is inherently enjoyable, some of Orbit's synth voices sound ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Box set from ambient-house pioneer, master remixer & successful producer (Madonna, Blur). 'Strange Cargo' 1, 2 & 3 represent Orbit's early solo material & were originally released as three seperate albums. 2000 release. 3 standard jewel cases housed together in a slipcase.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Box set from ambient-house pioneer, master remixer & successful producer (Madonna, Blur). 'Strange Cargo' 1, 2 & 3 represent Orbit's early solo material & were originally released as three seperate albums. 2000 release. 3 standard jewel cases housed together in a slipcase.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Box set from ambient-house pioneer, master remixer & successful producer (Madonna, Blur). 'Strange Cargo' 1, 2 & 3 represent Orbit's early solo material & were originally released as three seperate albums. 2000 release. 3 standard jewel cases housed together in a slipcase.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Performed, produced and mixed by William Orbit at Guerilla Studios, London. Features 12 total tracks. EMI. 1997.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:William Orbit may be best known as one of the world's leading producers (with credits including Madonna's multi-platinum album Ray Of Light, Blur's 13 and All Saints No. 1 single Pure Shores), but his solo work has been no less successful, with two top 5 singles and a gold-selling No. 2 album, Pieces In A Modern Style to his name. Throughout his career Orbit has continually maintained a balance between artistry and commercial appeal, with his Strange Cargo releases a perfect example of this. The Strange Cargo series represents ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Performed, produced and mixed by William Orbit at Guerilla Studios, London. Features 12 total tracks. EMI. 1997.
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
