The Month of Mauz...Circling the Square

Rounding out Jimmy Cauty’s sphere of music with some of The Orb. 

 

Brought together by their love of ambient music, Dub, soundscapes, & science fiction, Cauty teamed up with musical genius Alex Paterson in 1988 to form the Orb. Paterson had worked as a roadie for Killing Joke during the 80s. He began to be influenced by Chicago house music during the mid-to-late 80s. He joined the A&R department of E.G. Records Ltd., home to Brian Eno himself. Alex & Jimmy Cauty had been recording an album during the turn of 1989-90, but the two split in April 1990 due to Paterson's fear that the Orb had become known more as a The KLF side-project than an original act. While Cauty continued on with the KLF, Paterson went on to create a tremendous catalog of music as the Orb. The group's lineup has shifted over the years, with Alex being the only consistent member. Notable members include Thrash & Thomas Fehlmann. Although never officially a member, Youth (a.k.a. Martin Glover) has been instrumental throughout the group's existence (he co-owned the label WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings with Alex). The two had known each other since they were young, working together since Alex was a roadie for the group Killing Joke, in which Youth played bass.

Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld was originally released as 2xCDs in 1991 by Big Life. This is the 2006 deluxe edition with the added Peel Sessions & Aubrey mixes. 

 

The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 3xCD, Universal Deluxe Edition, 2006.
all decryption codes in comments

CD1: Orbit -
Little Fluffy Clouds (Ambient mix)    
Earth (Gaia)    
Super Nova at the End of the Universe    
Back Side of the Moon    
Spanish Castles in Space

 

 

 

CD2: Ultraworld -
Perpetual Dawn    
Into the Fourth Dimension    
Outlands (album version)
Star 6 & 7 8 9    8:10
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain that Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (live) 

 

 

 

CD3: Peel Sessions & Aubrey mixes -
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain that Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (Peel Session)    
Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass II)    
Little Fluffy Clouds (Cumulo Nimbus mix by Pal Joey)
Back Side of the Moon (Under Water Deep Space mix by Steve Hillage)
Outlands (Fountains of Elisha mix by Ready Made)
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain that Rules from the Centre of he Ultraworld (Aubrey mix Mk 11 by Jimmy Cauty & Dr Alex Paterson)
Spanish Castles in Space (Castles in Goa extended Youth mix)

 

 

 

 

 

Early this month I shared Meat Beat Manifesto joining up with the Orb for a few tunes. Seems like this is the natural place to have come back around to sharing at the close of the month. Round & round it goes... 

 

 

The Orb - ORBsessions Volume One, Malicious Damage MD603, 2005.

Mummie Don't    
Sail    
Yungle    
Chromatik (Orbzone)    
Eurofen    
Sun Of    
73.5 (featuring Martin Paterson)
Steel Horse
Something Like    
Pluto Calling (Twinkle)

 

 

 

 

The Orb - ORBsessions Volume Two, Malicious Damage MD624, 2007.

D.A.D.O.E.S?    
Ralph's Cupboard    
2026    
Shem    
Shem Version    
It's a Small World    
The Giant Bolster    
Ba'albeck    
Jam on Your Honey    
Kidnap    
Angel 4 Matrix

 

 

 

Sweet dreams until another time, dear mauz.
NØ