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4 unusual facts about The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld


Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions

The album consists of seven alternate mixes of their first album, The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.

The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns and Textures

The soundtrack was also included as a bonus disk on a limited edition of the initial UK vinyl pressings of U.F.Orb.

The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns and Textures is a 1992 (see 1992 in music) video by the UK electronic music collective The Orb.

A limited edition of the original UK VHS tape release came with a bonus CD (catalogue number ORBFREECD1) of the soundtrack.


Electric Counterpoint

As with other pieces by Reich, this piece has influenced many modern musical artists, such as the Orb, which sampled the third movement of the Pat Metheny recording as one of the hooks of "Little Fluffy Clouds," and RJD2, who sampled the piece's opening of his song "The Proxy" from his first release, Deadringer. In 2008 Joby Burgess' Powerplant arranged the work for xylosynth, taking influence from Metheny and the Orb.

Federico Fabregat

In addition, he has various artistic musical projects of vanguard, where he has shared the scene with figures such as The Orb and System 7, Nopal Beat Collective among others.

Oxygene 7–13

The Orb's single "Toxygene" was originally intended for release as a remix for the single release of "Oxygène 8", but was rejected by Jarre for being too distant from the original.

RTÉ Chill

It broadcasts mostly chillout and ambient music as well as other low-tempo genres and generally includes cutting edge artists such as Leftfield, The Orb, Sigur Rós and Juanita Molina.

Two Fingers My Friends!

It was released in two forms, a single disc version and a limited edition double disc set and features remixes by various electronic, industrial and hip-hop artists such as The Orb, Hoodlum Priest and Jah Wobble.


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