Cydonia

Cydonia

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Debut release on Metal Blade Records. Produced by Olaf Thors en of Labyrinth. Cydonia will appeal directly to fans of classic metal and progressive music like Helloween, Symphony X, Iced Earth, Dream Theatre and Hammerfall. The band are heavily influenced by science fiction and write songs primarily about space exploration and the human imagination. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Tracks:

Once More
Promis
Ghostdancing
Turn It Down
Egnable
Firestar
A Mile Long Lump Of Lard
Centuries
Plum Island
Hamlet Of Kings
1.1.1
Thursday's Keeper
Terminus

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Back in the mid-1990s, the release of a new Orb album would have been something of an event. By 2001, most people had probably forgotten that they still existed (their previous album, Orblivion, was released three years before that, an eternity in the world of modern electronic music). Some music critics even questioned the band's relevance in the 21st century. In an age of sophisticated chill-out tastes, could the Orb still cut it? From the evidence on Cydonia, the answer is a resounding yes. The album sees mainman Alex Paterson fusing rolling dub bass lines and classic Orb ambiance with crisp breaks, shimmering synths, and off-kilter electronics. There are spacious vocal numbers (singers Aki and Nina Walsh sound remarkably like Björk); short, dub-house instrumentals; and spooky, other-worldly drum & bass pieces. It's like rave-era ambient house given a new millennium makeover. It's hardly revolutionary, but that's not the point. As far as space-age chill-out music goes, the Orb are still in a class of their own. --Matt Anniss

Customer Reviews:

Orbtastically brilliant.......2004-07-27

Astonishing and beautiful, while being almost a 180 change from earlier works. Especially attractive are the standout female vocalists, Paterson seems to be a musical genius. Looping through this entire beautiful cd are the Orb trademarks we've come to know and love, palpable yet ethereal bass and drums which register somewhere between squishy funkiness and haunting fade. Sigh. Wish more people could get things this right. The world might be a better place.

We have a pope! And his name is..........2004-07-03

Of the four Orb albums I have (the others being "Ultraworld", "Orbus Terrarum", and "Orblivion"), this is almost certainly my favorite. Somehow filling a happy medium between the dark, thumping grooves of "Orblivion" and the often aimless (though sometimes beautiful) ambience of "Ultraworld", "Cydonia" is a beautiful cut of low-key electronica that usually hovers just on the edge of consciousness but sometimes ("Ghostdancing", "Hamlet of Kings", and especially the haunting -- yet strangely upbeat -- repeating arpeggios of "Terminus") shines forth as a little slice of electronic brilliance. "Terminus", in particular, is a wickedly addictive track that always seems to end about ten minutes too soon... but then that's why we have the "back" button, right?

Nice one, Dr. Patterson.

Bonus track on Import version.......2003-02-26

Another great album from Orb! Just wanted to mention that the UK import version has an extra track inserted at #12 (EDM) which (IMO) is easily worth the extra cost.

Still Orb, yet not Orb.......2003-01-23

I can understand why some people didn't like this Orb album. At first, I didnt like it much either. But, I kept listening to it every now and then, because no CD should be judged just on one listen through. Gradually I came to like most of this album. I can safely say that the first 7 tracks, through "a mile long lump of lard", sound great.They flow together and have mixed sounds that combine for that same great Orb feel. Conversly, the last 5 or so tracks seem to be a lot worse, some even pointless. I still can't quite put my figner on what this album is supposed to be, but its still a quality buy for Orb fans. This one gets about an 83 percent...for now.

Fantastic, as usual........2002-10-28

First off, I must let you know, dear reader, that the four years that passed between the Orb's last album and this album were not spent idly and without lots of other releases ... they're just not "albums" and after all to be taken seriously one must be judged by "albums" .

If you want your Orb to be stagnate, unchanging, and eventually boring and dated, this isn't the album for you. Stick with "2001: A Space Orbessey" which has plenty of those 15-minute-plus tracks you love so much. Or keep up with the DJ sets performed online, grab those and stick with those. If you'd gotten your way, the Orb would have been a joke by now.

If you like your Orb to change, just like you've changed as a person in the last 13 years, then this CD should keep you happy. As an entirely different direction for the Orb from previous albums, it's not an easy first listen, and there's no reason why it should be (Alex doesn't make music for you-individually-per-se). Put it on, relax, listen to it, and hit repeat on the remote when you get to the end so you can listen to it again. And *learn* it inside and out before you make up your mind whether you like it. And appreciate that each Orb release is different from the last one. Pretty soon you'll be clamoring for the next one, wondering what new direction *it's* going to take.

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Just thought I would set the record straight.

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