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Oct 31, 2012For a collaboration that could've easily become a Cocoon of styles and persons past, The Orbserver in the Star House plays surprisingly spry.
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Oct 8, 2012The Orb and Lee "Scratch" Perry recording in Berlin could have been a disaster but this is anything but.
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Aug 28, 2012Overall, The Orbserver… is lots of fun for late-period Perry fans, and will appeal to Orbologists, too.
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Aug 28, 2012The approach is dubwise, but the result is unique -- it simultaneously pushes familiar musical buttons and sounds like nothing else that has come before.
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Sep 7, 2012It is satisfying--almost a relief--see potential in this record for something more from the group.
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Aug 28, 2012This is a fine record and an overall cheery record that would be equally comfortable at a patio BBQ, in a dark post-party Grotto or bubbling pleasantly out of your headphones.
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Sep 5, 2012Rather than embalming past glories or forcing a big statement, the Orb sound like they're having fun on these jams, recorded quickly in Berlin, with pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry.
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Aug 31, 2012This alliance with The Orb is positive for both parties, Perry providing a tighter rein on their tendency to meander, while they furnish him with a different terrain to his usual dub skanks.
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Aug 29, 2012Everyone involved on this slab of hertz has brought far too much to the table over the years to dismiss this and the record really works.
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UncutAug 28, 2012[Perry] rambles--incomprehensibly, as ever--over various trippy soundscapes from Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann. [Sep 2012, p.82]
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MagnetOct 1, 2012Orbserver is the latest chapter in that legend's [Lee Perry's] ever-lengthening history, and it works ok in that sense. But it's barely an Orb album. [No.91 p.58]
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Aug 28, 2012Scratch dances merrily over the electronics, but the two parties rarely connect in a cohesive way.
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Q MagazineSep 6, 2012A missed opportunity. [Oct 2012, p.107]
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MojoAug 28, 2012The orb's Dr. Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann conduct themselves as if overawed by their hero. They allow Perry to prattle away unchecked. [Sep 2012, p.88]
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Aug 28, 2012Paterson's deep respect for Perry's improvised vocals ultimately handicapping the eccentricities of each man's production prowess.