The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (1991)

[@Burbzbabe]

This album driving through the Arizona desert at dawn... good times!

[@peggyfranzen6159]

I did.No kidding.😎

[@liverawkstar]

That’s what I’m doing right now

[@butchdixon6365]

Did you see Little Fluffy Clouds in the Arizona desert? Rickie Lee Jones says the go on forever. ☁

[@vrtlhvn]

Over a year ago me and a friend of 10 years heard this song before he passed. I always treasured him and visit the spot everytime. I have a playlist dedicated and this is one of the songs that play

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

I never forget seeing them perform this at Leeds town and country club..Amazing, sorry for the loss of your friend he had great taste in music ❤

[@Njesrah79]

Thank you on a behalf of your gone friend.

[@lefroy1]

If ever there were a song for your lost friend, THIS is it. Great choice and God bless.

[@simongreenthumb6376]

Flashbacks to '93...a warm summer evening with friends and some purple ohms walking over fields with a small stereo playing The Orb...an endless time loop....

[@djcraighampson]

Beautiful

[@bobjackson6524]

Are you my twin??

[@quiverdog]

Me and My mates did exacxtly the same we feel you My friend

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

A right of passage I used to have ohm's with a little speed and go mushroom picking every week for during the summers listening to fsol and the orb

[@hoonaticbloggs5402]

Ohm’s , strawberries,

[@garyg303]

After a rave, coming home and putting this on repeat transporting you to another dimension. Great times….. If you know, you know 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@alieng9989]

Real talk

[@bluejackmedia]

oh I know alright 😎

[@vorpal22]

I remember being in my early 20s and listening to this song... I used to walk around, looking at architecture, and listening to the Orb and Autechre, and that in and of itself was a spiritual experience. Little did I know what the next 20 years of my life would have in store for me.

[@oodles86]

What ended up being in store?

[@vorpal22]

​@@oodles86 Here's a list of some of the standout parts in mostly chronological order: * Three years of alcoholism due to trying to treat my anxiety. I was able to stop for five years, and now can drink in moderation. * Stopping one of my close friends from committing suicide. I was leaving his house and told him that I loved him, and he told me three days later that he had been planning on killing himself that night, and the only thing that stopped him was me telling him that I loved him that day. * Crohn's Disease with four years of constant, extreme illness and intense pain, during which I nearly successfully euthanized myself. Fortunately, I am doing reasonably well now. * Generalized Anxiety Disorder to the point of being housebound for four months, but ultimately mostly fixing it with cognitive behavioural therapy. * A three-month long existential crisis from nitrous oxide and dextromethorphan use that made me question my Christian upbringing, and was only solved when I read the first chapter of the Tao Te Ching. Now, I am an atheist / philosophical Taoist. * Finishing a PhD in math and then moving from Canada to Chile to take on my dream job. * Writing eight novels and winning a literary competition at my university for a novella I wrote. * Being diagnosed with adult ADHD. My life makes so much more sense in hindsight. * My best friend committing suicide, letting me know 10 minutes beforehand that he was going to do it. I was the last person he ever spoke to and I could possibly have stopped him, but I knew he had put a lot of thought into his decision and had suffered for a very long time. This ended up being the catalyst I needed to overcome suicidal ideation (without depression) from the age of 11. * A long-running prescription and research chemical opioid addiction from the Crohn's. It is under control and I only take kratom now. * A fascinating four years of heavy arylcyclohexylamine, phenethylamine, and tryptamine use. I spent three months taking 3-MeO-PCP every evening and doing mindfulness meditation, and it changed my perception on reality, myself, and the nature of consciousness. I do love my dissociatives, but I haven't used them in years now. * Legal issues in Chile due to ordering a research chemical that I didn't think was illegal based on having read Ley 20.000, the drug law, but I missed a small addendum. Nothing thankfully came of it except for six months of intense stress and $4500 in lawyer fees. * Almost dying five times from Crohn's complications requiring emergency surgery, and coming very close to overdosing on the nightmare drug, U-47700. * A polyamorous marriage of 19 years to someone who is very sweet, but ultimately is incredibly unreliable and who developed extreme alcoholism from being not allowed by law to work in Chile. Although he overcame it, I still have a sense of panic when I wake up from a noise during the night, because I have found him in all sorts of bad situations, such as being passed out inside the fridge. * Being stalked for five years by someone who was completely mentally unhinged that my husband made the mistake of befriending in Chile. * Having acute kidney injury, which landed me in the hospital for five days needing dialysis. * Recently finally attaining my lifelong dream of living in the tropics by moving from Chile to Hawaii. * I am in the process of separating now, mostly amicably, and my boyfriend of two years who I met when he messaged me on Facebook as we were in a community together is moving from the midwest to here to be with me in 26 days. I'd say that those are the most significant things. Life has been a pretty wild and crazy journey.

[@jackscourage]

WHAT HAPPENED??!!

[@vorpal22]

@@jackscourage Read my previous comment on this thread... I go into detail there. 😃

[@jackscourage]

@@vorpal22 ok... a lot of people so things like "my life is a crazy story" but you got it! for sure. krohns is AAAWWWWWful.. 😎👍

[@itsderp5410]

this, and acid, changed my life.

[@LoudMountain]

All aboard! Those were the days. Best days of my life

[@NickRowsell]

Through the veil …

[@uv77mc85]

Acid is the most insane experience possible to have. 12 hours of being in another dimension. I have had trips that seemed to span years, there were times when I couldn't imagine coming down from them because reality seemed like another world that was so far away.

[@mister_cjw]

Agreed..And Aphex Twin.

[@clqudy4750]

But mostly the acid.

[@3lullabies]

The Orb....probably the best sounds electronic music has to offer. The Orb, Heavenchord, and Underworld.... ❤THE ELECTRINITY❤

[@sfucapstone]

Heard this for the first time back in '91, peaking with a few friends some time between 1 am and 5 am. The sun hadn't risen yet. My jaw dropped, my brain exploded. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Rushed out to buy the album the next day. Fast forward to a couple of years ago and I got it signed by Alex Patterson and Thomas Fehlmann. That now slightly tattered and life-changing album is just a few feet from me as I write this. :)

[@xylophone897]

good music to have an existential crisis to

[@JulesInfinite888]

Especially right now 💕

[@duncannelson2033]

Had my first serious bad trip while listening to this at the tender age of 20 ….. it was Minnie Riperton that saved me from myself.. 😬

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

The same happened to me but I quickly got snapped out of it ❤

[@duncannelson2033]

@@Rosco-P.Coldchain they were the days 😆….give anything to go back and do it all over

[@frazerpeddle]

Best tune to fall asleep to on a summers night

[@iaintsmeek]

...or dance the night away!

[@Splinkvision]

This is so much more than music, it's life affirming, beautiful, sad, nostalgic, uplifting these guys did this mix from the heart and soul and it says lots about their own personalities, I was lucky enough to see this live when it first came out at the Brixton Academy and I had actually never heard the Orb, that night changed the rest of my life and I never tire of this whole album it's easily as good as a crafted 'played' album like Darkside of the Moon.

[@Splinkvision]

@DPC No of course not, I'm not comparing at all I am saying it's equity as good as a piece of music crafted by people playing instruments, how the hell did you get what you got from my comment ? Erm Darkside is great, Orb are fantastic and the winner is...us music is not competition .......ever

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Awesome!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Me too, I saw them live in Leeds in 91-2 ish, dropped some mushrooms before hand...Magical ✅

[@angelamercedes5136]

In the words of my daughter: "I'm pretty sure this song just unlocked an entire hemisphere of my brain."

[@jasonlaight4712]

It's the orb they do that

[@MrMichaelpeacetoad]

And your daughter is Five months old.....!......x

[@daverockett162]

love that

[@JulesInfinite888]

Same here 💕

[@peggyfranzen6159]

I am left handed.No surprise.Godspeed.

[@whatchamacallit4711]

this, the blue room and KLF´s chill out are definitive must haves. genious works...regards from germany

[@robdcradle]

Sit next to me. :D

[@CuzOfLove]

I come to know of this artist during the 1990’s … had a close friend that was a DJ hobbiest … had introduced me to this and Orbital !!! Some of the koolest & trippiest music 🎶 I ever heard 🎉😅😊

[@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444]

Memories of driving down Boulder Canyon, Colorado in the early 90's

[@granderondeproductions3286]

highway 119?

[@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444]

@@granderondeproductions3286 and the Peak to Peak highway. I lived in a town called Nederland for 7 years. Too much fun.

[@granderondeproductions3286]

@@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444 I camped up on magnolia road in 2012 when I was hitchhiking around the country. man thats a really beautiful area. Saw a bear too.

[@davidgibbs614]

Big Thompson canyon for me, ha!

[@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444]

@@granderondeproductions3286 I lived in Nederland for 4 years then in the big yellow schoolhouse on the hill in Rollinsville for a few years.

[@Stricko72]

The 2nd most beautiful piece of music ever ever created(after orbital halcyon days)I cry to this(and I don't cry often)

[@gianlucavitale1865]

And don't forget La canzone del Capitano - Francesco Facchinetti. A pupil of Franco Battiato.

[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

Orbital - 'Out There Somewhere (part two)'

[@BlackAlbino2000]

I can’t pinpoint what exactly I just listened to but I do know that every single emotion known to mankind was flowing through my body. An amazing transcendental piece of music

[@ruthdixon7807]

ambient music, for many people, started here.

[@Samousamaster]

Reality is inside a pair of headphones overflowing with The Orb. Life will never be the same again.-

[@jamm1jamm157]

So true

[@marinbah2401]

this is one of the best songs I've ever heard in my entire 32 years of life so far

[@bipbipbopbop]

I feel like I am floating around the universe listening to this. Incredible.

[@xavdex514]

😎😎😙☝👍👌👌👏✌✌

[@romanmilonidi11]

You do. We are all floating around the universe and earth is a spaceship)

[@bipbipbopbop]

@@romanmilonidi11 Good point! Only just seen this comment. Still floating...

[@orbshipp6473]

It will have that affect on a person

[@Splinkvision]

Still listening still in awe of how beautiful this is

[@ryanmcmillan2391]

Temple ball, golf ball, Leb, gold, red seal, anyway you want, let's just reflect on the good old times people (if you've had a superb night. Or nights even. BOTANY 5, CHILL OOT! guys 🙃🙂✌🏻👍🏻

[@danielelston7457]

One of the best masterpieces ever created

[@PeterBrennan-u3x]

Heard this a long time ago and it stuck in my head,now 57 years old today and it still sounds as good as then,it blew my mind and still does,chill out tunes,this is the best,the full album is on another scale of relax and just chill,

[@Devonellah]

To me -- This is the best Ambient song ever created!!!! That snip-it of the zitcom commercial at the beginning is true genius -- You are being pulled away from reality and into transcendental BLISS

[@neviatha]

This and 7614 for me.

[@johngregory5580]

There are a few mixes of this but this is the best as far as I'm concerned. Its also the one I grew up with. Fantastic.

[@holeintheleg]

16 when I first heard this... recorded some tracks off the album onto a C90 cassette and walked around the decks of a ferry to France one evening, early spring. Great way I guess for listening to it.

[@paulwise7206]

I listened years ago tripping, now I listen again, great piece of work, inspiring without boundaries, when nonsense makes sense, shit I'm getting flashbacks

[@martinhodge394]

"88.7 is 89X CIMX Windsor, Detroit, broadcasting live from the State Theatre in Downtown Detroit....This is... Club X....."

[@richardsadler4319]

Remember having a Lemsip and sitting on a chair listening to this

[@tim.iteland.9447]

Funny as fuck , great track . cheers

[@iaintsmeek]

Where do you get your 'lemsips'? :)

[@uv77mc85]

@@iaintsmeek Best "lemsips" are phenergan tablets crushed up, disolved in boiling water and injected into the groin with a 50mm needle.

[@matthewedwards9423]

I've smoked a fair few Lemsips.

[@beauforda.stenberg1280]

This is one of my favorite tracks. Thank you for uploading with the correct, full name. Beautiful.

[@interplanetarymusic7929]

Remember kids, an Orb is for life and not just for Christmas 🤣😂

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Our Orb.

[@interplanetarymusic7929]

@@peggyfranzen6159 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaLTd6l6qtWEm9k ✌

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

😂😂

[@rayhavil9190]

John peel session mix is worth a listen

[@replysoon3216]

Minnie Riperton sent me here! I was looking for older R&B songs to listen to while I smoke. I found this instead. I like it, especially while I smoke 🙂

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Margaret Mead sent me here.

[@ACGT95448]

Try Chill out by the KLF 👌

[@defconkev]

did some of my best darkroom work while listening to this gem, ahhh memories of freedom

[@Splinkvision]

One of the best pieces of classical composition i have heard in my life, simply wonderful, even if there and loads of samples, the genius is putting this together and being the ones to do it, thank you for enhancing my life The Orb.

[@JoshHumble]

CLASSIC and amazing Orb - as is that incredible Grace Jones sample.

[@saren6538]

what sample ? what track was it taken from ? thanks

[@mragren9853]

Are you thinking of the Minnie Riperton "loving you" bit?

[@JoshHumble]

@@mragren9853 Grace Jones, Slave To The Rythm... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJrUXoaId7yDa6s

[@trashpandaqc]

@@saren6538 the chopped up choral vocals throughout are from the intro to "Slave To The Rhythm"

[@thetoast144]

this song kicks ass... with the perfect buzz its quite eclectic as well.

[@MarcosArandia1]

This pulled me in when I first heard it in 1990

[@portuguesepetrolhead]

That's how I imagine looking back at the entire journey through life, after passing away. Only missing the crying of a baby after the curch bells.

[@catflappo]

Live at Brixton 1992, I think, UNREAL! Fuck me, is that 24 years ago?

[@lushbubble1784]

there used to be uploads of these live shows on youtube 5 years ago they were the greatest pieces of music I've ever listened to no exaggeration

[@bipbipbopbop]

Getting on for 30 years 😱

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

They played Leeds too lol

[@ibelieveicansoar]

Instantly life-changing right from the opening minute or so when I first heard it in July '97. I'm sure tens of thousands of other people have had similar experiences with it.

[@frazerpeddle]

ibelieveicansoar I first heard it about 7 years ago and I often wander why I didn't stumble across it before.

[@SubwooferJeeka]

ibelieveicansoar GTA IV introduced me to it, but I've never connected with a musical piece like this ever.

[@stefieboop]

I heard it first from a tape on december 93, never forgot it and just found it again

[@cloudburst6386]

@@stefieboop I still have this on cassette. Bought it in 1993. I believe this was the first track on side B

[@bradspringer2372]

I can tell I am amongst like minded folk when the best explanation to what we are hearing, is that we are not exactly sure what we are hearing.

[@djcraighampson]

Two words 1) Purple 2) Ohms

[@Raskolnikozz]

Ricardo Villalobos - forever.

[@bg9318]

Jesus this brings back memories of sitting in my room at home listening to this would be great to go back to that time for a day, time is going too fast

[@robdcradle]

One day, in the not too distant future, I see myself blissing everybody out with this at the old folks home.

[@civilizationcommittee6115]

Self Actualization FM

[@krispysback9604]

Grand Theft Auto 4

[@codymcaleer7209]

EFLC

[@aymandc]

thank you luis lopez

[@crushzz]

Emperor habanero gray color+ abs model and this music

[@peggyfranzen6159]

When I was driving through the Southwestern US, and the painted desert.I saw this phenomenon after a rain storm.It was amazing!

[@incal2000]

First time in the West Country. Magical times indeed

[@daverockett162]

This kept me sian after fucked up nights on da jack and jills ! Nothing but good memories with good friends (some who are no longer with us ) and always takes me back to a time i was free

[@MrHugosolano]

Aun escuchando the orb en 2019!!!

[@gaborkrausz5402]

If we could use 100% of our brain, it would probably sound like this

[@ShastaFantastic-bh5qc]

probably, maybe................perhaps

[@MacTheRipper1]

Ahhh memories!! Cheers n beers n spliffs!!

[@az0r22]

So many memories from this one indeed. Happy and stoned with my friends. Lying awake on the floor on a hot summers day and night.

[@mukpartho]

OH..MYY..GODDD!

[@ianpoolton5234]

Loved it heard it on PCRL radio in 1990

[@BJ-in-D-House]

I remember hearing this hanging out and chill out/ambient rooms in the clubs in Miami and

[@Hebe.mcdavid]

Roland sh101 and a nervous brake down brookside save a prayer… oh and close encounters of the 5th kind

[@CrisWhetstone]

Never have I loved chicken clucks so.

[@awakening69]

i LURVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE this tune.

[@codedlAnguage]

Really good. 💓💓💓💓💓 😬. 💓💓💓💖💝💝💖💓💓💓. 😬

[@MichaelMunn-sd3eb]

My brain isn't always mashed potato

[@sped2338]

...additional 'footage' (voices - the cure's 'love-cats' sounds...) inside? ...layering different sounds...

[@GediKnight22]

Still Loving It :-D

[@Disco_Breakin]

this is snoopy your bionic beagle... coming from the land of inspiration, innovation

[@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444]

I'm back for afternoon meditation.

[@juanfernandocardonaosorio114]

Escuche al gallo 🐓 ,; buenos comentarios 👍💫✨

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

The Orb live in Leeds 91 🎧

[@sequoyadestroya]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.

[@crushzz]

8:29 11:33 and 14:12 my best part

[@CobaltTetris]

this was my nickname in high school

[@jonblaze3154]

The music just turns meee on! Oh i love this tuna ! My friend for life this album smiles forever and beyond

[@Faerie_Kim]

Maybe weird of me, but it feels to me a bit like a near death experience

[@Faerie_Kim]

becoming one with the universe or something

[@Splinkvision]

not weird at all I think this is just a perfect piece of music that tells a story of life around us ....wonderful

[@blueburro9226]

A "near life experience" don't cha mean?

[@marsfuture]

Nice analogy. Or a very relaxed summer weekend's afternoon, where you're drifting in and out of sleep, possibly a bit high.

[@mragren9853]

A bit of acid....🌅🎆🌌

[@SparaSeHaiLePalle]

i'm born again

[@petarruzevic3401]

Me 2! Right now, I've just got reincarnated!

[@petarruzevic3401]

But, in the form of an orb.

[@MrTommy4000]

Just pretend you're the mouse, and the music is the Cat toying with you.

[@peggyfranzen6159]

The mouse is leading the scientist toward the cheese.

[@MarkSmith-tp6zc]

Let’s bring outside free parties where we belong, I’m up for it

[@Gimodon]

The song title makes me think of Azathoth. Maybe it's the song the Old Ones play to keep him asleep?

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Radio waves are universal.Uhura" Captain, I am receiving a hail, from Thugs in 21st century American .Their sun is too dark, and , not about freedom!"

[@DrHerbical-q6f]

It's like your first trip on acid 🫠

[@cybertenshi]

yeaaaahhhh buddy

[@BJ-in-D-House]

I have the vinyl

[@codymcaleer7209]

Driving down the ol 34 windows down while a blizzard is going on, good times

[@robbiethepict2783]

This and KLF Chillout on acid. Happy Days!

[@tkytoi6013]

Parfait pour une descente en douceur :p

[@MielStapel]

The Orb....making you questioning things...not questioning things...questioning feelings...questioning sentiments....that's christianity

[@thecapricorn11]

doing acid in miami when this came out

[@Tigerjasper]

4:27 5:42 5:58 7:23 6:44 2:57 3:08 4:29 8:43 9:43 7:50

[@cloud9savagehenry]

classic

[@shar6970]

YMO brought me here

[@akira5952]

Meet in Babylon

[@LaFleurLabs]

Ibiza a la bonne époque

[@stephenbell2113]

Please bury me to this

[@kathykeith9757]

published on my ex's birthday … makes complete sense now .. lol

[@emanuelesuella9938]

Nice!

[@WHATISREAL]

lol

[@peggyfranzen6159]

The 0 zero always clocks back to 1.

[@FatherFractal]

🙌

[@Mick-h7i]

Turn On Tune In Drop Out 🙃

[@Striker_Z7]

GTA IV anyone?

[@AspieTrips]

YES

[@mimikari4463]

GTA 4 Anyone?

[@Tigerjasper]

1:49

[@finnnelson12345]

It's easy cos you're beautiful.................

[@Hebe.mcdavid]

Oh me god

[@gaborkrausz5402]

What's up with the "animals" factory in the back?

[@joblo497]

Lee Perry was in the studio next door 👊

[@bladonski]

@@joblo497 haha!