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Orbit makes these compositions so much his own that "Pieces" doesn't seem like much of a departure from Orbit's "Strange Cargo" series of solo ambient albums.... beyond the whiff of new-agey preciousness that hangs over the project, the record is beautiful and moving.
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A beautifully seamless ambient work full of lullabies and dreamscapes?
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A deeply contemplative album...
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Orbit tackles the classics with a reverence that occasionally calls to mind the original work of Vangelis with it's sparse and delicate blips that are more refined than you would expect even from the most devout music historian.
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Checkout.comThe translations that work best are the more modern pieces... The chief fault with Pieces is that, at times, it veers dangerously close to Muzak.
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Walking a thin line in a stylistic minefield, Orbit has successfully reached his goal. Classical purists may be appalled by the concept, but even they may have to admit that he's done a better job than anybody could have expected.
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yaroslavmDec 31, 2002Simply the best
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JonM.Sep 10, 2001Pure brilliance.