Orbital – Style

Have one that id sell but no idea what its worth.

I tend to forget how excellent this release is, a tribute to all things good of the early 70's: Stylophones, Suzi Quatro, and they even use the Autobahn bassline to good measure. No doubt a disc that needs to be played more often!

"Style" is a track made almost completely with a Stylophone (as used by Rolf Harris!). Even the drum sounds and high hats were made with the clicks and from the machine. The vocals aren't made from it though, they're not that clever. Clever enough though, I think you'll agree. Those vocals, by the way, are from Dollar's pop hit "Oh L'Amour".
"Mock Tudor" contains one of the most brilliant bits of acid wibbliness I have ever heard, and is a sort of medieval theme with interesting beats.
"Old Style" is chunky as hell, and gets really quite agressive in places.
Ah, don't ya just love b-sides?

This is possibly my most precious disc, as this was what first got me into Orbital. I'll never forget hearing "Bigpipe Style" for the second time. The first time blew my mind, but the second time was a very weird experience. I was watching a nature documentary about seals, and then on the track came, seemed to last the entire length of the documentary (about an hour). Very trippy business, with no drugs or anything like that. It was just a lovely, if strange, experience.
The second track on here, "An Fhomhair", is similar to "Otono", featured on the album "The Middle Of Nowhere". Both track titles mean "Autumn" - Otono being Spanish, and An Fhomhair being Gaelic. But don't quote me on that. Anyway, it's very nice, and features very weird vocal manipulation.
"New Style" is a bit different, probably something that some smartarse journo idiot would label "folktronica". I doubt many fans of the classic Orbital sound will be into this, but I like it. Or, more accurately, I can't decide whether I do or don't like it.
Also note the small picture on the back of the cover, which when combined with CD/12" one, and the two Nothing Left discs, forms a sequence of of some buildings being demolished. What this means is anyone's guess...