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The Orbserver in the Star House Image
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  • Artist(s): Lee "Scratch" Perry
  • Summary: Electronic producers, The Orb teams up with reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry on this release.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
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  1. Oct 31, 2012
    80
    For a collaboration that could've easily become a Cocoon of styles and persons past, The Orbserver in the Star House plays surprisingly spry.
  2. Aug 28, 2012
    80
    Overall, The Orbserver… is lots of fun for late-period Perry fans, and will appeal to Orbologists, too.
  3. Oct 8, 2012
    80
    The Orb and Lee "Scratch" Perry recording in Berlin could have been a disaster but this is anything but.
  4. Uncut
    Aug 28, 2012
    60
    [Perry] rambles--incomprehensibly, as ever--over various trippy soundscapes from Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann. [Sep 2012, p.82]
  5. 60
    This 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.
  6. Aug 29, 2012
    60
    Everyone 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.
  7. Aug 28, 2012
    40
    Paterson's deep respect for Perry's improvised vocals ultimately handicapping the eccentricities of each man's production prowess.

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