Orb* – Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty Part 2 / The Orb Remix Project

Oh, why?! Why wasn't this pressed on tangarine/mandarin vinyl?? Could it be done gracefully in 2024 or sooner than Now? This is a worthy sequal to part 1.
I don't judge them against each other cause I love them both (OK, this one is even better!!)
Some of these remixes are unbelievably staggering material and showcases The Orb as supreme remixers,

I love this version of this project. There was a review under the Orb's main discog page where a review dished out that the Orb haven't done anything good since 1994. Utter rubbish.

This album of remixes, far superior to part 1 mind you, is a great illustration of the Orb at their best. Tracks like Higher then the Sun and Wendy & Lisa's Staring at the Sun are absolutely amazing works of art.

There is a problem in modern psychedelic electronic music in that it has nothing to say, instead it meanderings around like a stoned teenager walking the aisles of their local convenience store at 3am in search of something to consume to fill the emptiness.

The Orb's Auntie Aubreys Excurision Beyond the Call of Duty Part 2 on the other hand initially sounds utterly strange to the ear, almost corny, melodramatic, a bit campish. It has phrases that seem almost commercial but before you can get a hold of these thoughts they fall away as you are quickly taken on a journey not unlike sitting in a massive water slide tube. You slide through this tunnel, getting faster and faster whilst the walls, even the liquid you are sitting change, swirling, disolving. One moment you are in a bright green tube and then the next moment you are in the dead of night and you see the sparks and glow of a distant fire. At one point about half way through you realise that you're no longer wet and sitting in a tunnel. Instead you're lying in the long grasses of Serengeti at night. The album, using other peoples words and thoughts takes you through the journey of disillusionment of losing dreams and to death, sex, foolishness, depression, drug addiction, sexuality and so many other themes and thoughts.

The Orb reminds us that the false bravado of so many who pretend that they're not afraid to die when in fact the opposite is true.

But the Orb doesn't let you stop for long. You're back in that tunnel. It reminds me of Space Mountain at Disney but instead of
military space star war air traffic control radio calls you find yourself drifting through the universe whilst simultanously someone changes the frequency on your radio set. You hear strange sounds, President Regan, children laughing, bells ringing. You're reminded of childhood, watching the quiant commercialism of the 80s and beyond whilst simultaneously layers of different events rain over you. As you try to find firm ground you realise that you were never in a water ride in the first place. Instead are riding a horse (and that's just the first track the 3 AM KLF classic).

This album has just some amazing tracks on it, its range is so far and wide. And it doesn't just restrain itself with the normal psychedelic fair. With tracks like Lisa Stansfield Time to Make you Mine, a sexy piece of music that you can put on with the SO (try to time it if you know what i mean).

This is a great work that is well worth the asking price and then some. Compared to the mountains of crap being pushed this album is one that you'll be able to go back for your entire life and still find and hear parts hat you've utterly missed. Every note, sound subtle as it maybe is there for a point.

I'll leave with a final remark. People often ask what is it like when you have LSD. Its so terribly difficult to describe. Imagine trying to describe an experience that is so rich as LSD.

This album probably comes as close as any in trying to describe that wonderful experience.

I bought this on Amazon a few years back and always thought it was the US Version even though when I looked at the track listing on the album and on the internet & they were different.

I finally surmised that it was the UK Version when I looked at the track listing on here. Wonder where I can get the US Version...