because789 Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 Is "The Orb" Psychadelic Ambient music? I was having an argument about this and i want to ask people more expirienced in the genre and know more about the artist. My argument is that they make some tracks resembling psybient (i.e. "Little Fluffy Clouds") but he says they arent psybient in the traditional sense. Can anyone help? Quote
Lamat Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 very simple answer anything can be psychedelic what is experienced as pscychedelic is pure personal so you can find it psychedelic and your friend not and your both right Quote
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 never liked The Orb... Quote
Otto Matta Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 I would tend to say that Orb is psychedelic ambient. It's not the typical tribal, druggie, wannabe Hindu, hippie, massage parlor kind of psy ambient, which I think is at least one thing it has going for it, but anyway... Quote
Guest Astro Cortex Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 I have to agree with Otto here. The Orb definitely make (or rather made?) psychedelic ambient music, but it's not "psybient" by genre I'd say. At the beginning of their career (late 80s/early 90s) they called it "ambient house", the terms "psy trance" or "psy ambient" didn't exist yet. It's still psychedelic music IMO and I'd call The Orb one of the major influences of the typical wannabe Hindu,......psy chill that started to appear about 10 years ago. They also collaborated with Youth for instance, so there's the connection to Dragonfly Records, Simon Posford etc. Quote
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