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█▀░░ PsyCZ group was formed in spring 2001 by its first three members ... ░░▀█
█▀░ But as every group grows and gets new members, new people joined PsyCZ ░▀█
█▀░ to help us in our mission. Our main common loved genere was psychedelic ░▀█
█▀░ ... of course, but everone of us likes several more genres. This caused, ░▀█
█▀░ that several members began to demand releasing other music styles such ░▀█
█▀░ as ambient, drum&bass and few more ... So we realized, that our original ░▀█
█▀░ name PsyCZ is a little uncomfortable, because it highlights our psy - ░▀█
█▀░ sight. After few days of debates we decided to found new sub-group ... ░▀█
█▀░ and here we are ... PsyCZ_NP will bring you plenty of non psychedelic ░▀█
█▀░ music ... especially ambient, but some other genres are planned too. ░▀█
█▀░ Why did we decide for non-psy? Changing of the group name isn't possible ░▀█
█▀░ so possibilities we had was only adding a suffix to current group name ░▀█
█▀░░ ... so have chosen non-psy, because it's clearest and most fluent ... ░░▀█
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█▀║ the Orb - Assassin ║▀█
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█▀║ Artist: The Orb ║▀█
█▀║ Album: Assassin ║▀█
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█▀║ Ripper........: psyG ║▀█
█▀║ Supplier......: psyG ║▀█
█▀║ Genre.........: Electronic ║▀█
█▀║ Style.........: Ambient House ║▀█
█▀║ Ripp.With.....: EAC 0.9 Beta 2 ║▀█
█▀║ Encode.With...: Lame 3.92 ║▀█
█▀║ Quality.......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo ║▀█
█▀║ Company(Label): Big Life ║▀█
█▀║ CatalogNr.....: BLRDA 81 / 863875-2 ║▀█
█▀║ Url...........: http://www.theorb.com/ ║▀█
█▀║ Date..........: 01.08.2002 ║▀█
█▀║ StreetDate....: 05.10.1992 ║▀█
█▀║ Type..........: Single ║▀█
█▀║ Source........: CDDA ║▀█
█▀║ Tracks........: 02 ║▀█
█▀║ Playtime......: 23:02 min ║▀█
█▀║ Size..........: 31,7 MB ║▀█
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█▀║ I think there is no need to tell you about the ORB !!! This is kind of ║▀█
█▀║ old, but it still sounds fresh. The Orb were far beyond their time ║▀█
█▀║ when they made this. This is definitely a beautiful peace of music ║▀█
█▀║ which should be hard to get anywhere... Enjoy, and grab the album if ║▀█
█▀║ you are so lucky to find it in the corner of an old record store :-] ║▀█
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█▀║ Artist Info: ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient ║▀█
█▀║ house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a ║▀█
█▀║ soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. ║▀█
█▀║ The group popularized the genre as well, by appearing on the British ║▀█
█▀║ chart show "Top of the Pops" and hitting number one in the U.K. with ║▀█
█▀║ the 1992 album "U.F.Orb". Frontman Dr. Alex Paterson's formula was ║▀█
█▀║ quite simple: he slowed down the rhythms of classic Chicago house and ║▀█
█▀║ added synthwork and effects inspired by '70s ambient pioneers Brian ║▀█
█▀║ Eno and Tangerine Dream. To make the whole a bit more listenable - as ║▀█
█▀║ opposed to danceable - obscure vocal samples were looped, usually ║▀█
█▀║ providing a theme for tracks which lacked singing. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Paterson had worked as a roadie for Killing Joke during the '80s, and ║▀█
█▀║ began to be influenced by the explosion of Chicago house music in ║▀█
█▀║ England during the mid- to late '80s. He joined the A&R department of ║▀█
█▀║ EG Records - the home of Brian Eno himself - and first recorded as the ║▀█
█▀║ Orb with Jimi Cauty (who had played in the Killing Joke side project ║▀█
█▀║ Brilliant and later gained fame as one half of the KLF). The duo's ║▀█
█▀║ first release as the Orb, a failed acid house anthem named "Tripping ║▀█
█▀║ on Sunshine," appeared on the 1988 compilation album "Eternity Project ║▀█
█▀║ One". In May 1989, the Orb released the "Kiss" EP, a four-tracker ║▀█
█▀║ dedicated to - and heavily sampled from - New York's KISS-FM. Paterson ║▀█
█▀║ had begun to DJ in London around this time, and Paul Oakenfold ║▀█
█▀║ recruited him to man Land of Oz, the chill-out room at his club ║▀█
█▀║ Heaven. ║▀█
█▀║ ║▀█
█▀║ Paterson's ambient sets incorporated a wide array of samples and sound ║▀█
█▀║ effects, ranging from BBC nature recordings to NASA space broadcasts ║▀█
█▀║ and special effects. With those samples mixed underneath the music of ║▀█
█▀║ ambient pioneers such as Eno and Steve Hillage, his sets became ║▀█
█▀║ popular alternatives for dancefloor victims and worn-out club kids. ║▀█
█▀║ Hillage happened to be in the room one night when Paterson sampled his ║▀█
█▀║ "Rainbow Dome Musick" album. The two became friends and later recorded ║▀█
█▀║ together, Hillage contributing guitar to the Orb's "Blue Room" single ║▀█
█▀║ and Paterson working on the debut album by Hillage's System 7 project ║▀█
█▀║ (or 777, as it is known in the States due to copyright problems with ║▀█
█▀║ Macintosh). ║▀█
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█▀║ The Orb's first actual foray into ambient house appeared in October ║▀█
█▀║ 1989 on Paterson's WAU!/Mr. Modo label. The 22-minute single "A Huge ║▀█
█▀║ Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the ║▀█
█▀║ Ultraworld," which sampled ocean noises and Minnie Riperton's "Loving ║▀█
█▀║ You," actually hit the U.K. charts that year. The single became ║▀█
█▀║ popular with indie kids as well as club DJs, and earned Paterson and ║▀█
█▀║ Cauty the chance to re-record the song in December 1989 for a John ║▀█
█▀║ Peel session. (That version was released two years later, alongside ║▀█
█▀║ their second session, on the Orb's "Peel Sessions" album.) ║▀█
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█▀║ In early 1990, Dave Stewart asked Paterson and Cauty to remix his ║▀█
█▀║ single "Lilly Was Here"; the track hit the U.K.'s Top 20, and the ║▀█
█▀║ Orb's remix work soon became just as popular as their original ║▀█
█▀║ material. Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yello, Primal Scream, and more than ║▀█
█▀║ 20 other bands eventually received the remix treatment before Paterson ║▀█
█▀║ began to cut back his remixing work in 1992. (One of the only outside ║▀█
█▀║ remixes of Orb material occurred around this time when breakbeat ║▀█
█▀║ pioneers Coldcut remixed the "Kiss" EP for a U.S.-only single.) ║▀█
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█▀║ Alex Paterson and Jimi Cauty had been recording an album during the ║▀█
█▀║ turn of 1989-1990, but the two split in April 1990 - a result of ║▀█
█▀║ Paterson's fear that the Orb had become known more as a KLF side ║▀█
█▀║ project than an original act. Cauty stripped Paterson's contribution ║▀█
█▀║ to the recordings and released the eponymous album - credited simply ║▀█
█▀║ as Space - later that year. (Cauty released another ambient album that ║▀█
█▀║ year: "Chill Out", this time with his KLF partner Bill Drummond.) ║▀█
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█▀║ In the meantime, Alex Paterson had been working with Youth (from ║▀█
█▀║ Killing Joke) on the new track "Little Fluffy Clouds," with a melody ║▀█
█▀║ incorporated from composer Steve Reich. The single appeared in ║▀█
█▀║ November 1990, sparking the wrath of the sampled Rickie Lee Jones, ║▀█
█▀║ whose dialogue with Levar Burton - from the PBS-TV children's program ║▀█
█▀║ "Reading Rainbow" - was sampled for the chorus and title of the track; ║▀█
█▀║ Big Life later settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Though the ║▀█
█▀║ single failed to place in the charts, its laid-back vibe made it a big ║▀█
█▀║ hit on the dancefloor. ║▀█
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█▀║ Youth's other commitments made it impossible for him to become a ║▀█
█▀║ permanent member of the Orb, so Paterson decided to recruit Kris ║▀█
█▀║ Weston (nicknamed Thrash for his punk/metal roots), a young studio ║▀█
█▀║ engineer who worked on "Little Fluffy Clouds" and had recently left ║▀█
█▀║ his previous band, Fortran 5. The Orb performed live for the first ║▀█
█▀║ time just after the pairing, early in 1991 at London's Town & Country ║▀█
█▀║ 2 with Steve Hillage on guitar. The group's live dates soon became ║▀█
█▀║ their forte, breaking down the boundaries which had previously ║▀█
█▀║ separated electronic music from rock. An Orb show encompassed the best ║▀█
█▀║ elements of performance hall and club, with colorful light shows and ║▀█
█▀║ visuals, and a relaxed, positive groove rarely found in electronic ║▀█
█▀║ circles. ║▀█
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█▀║ All this was fine and good, but the Orb had not yet released an album, ║▀█
█▀║ the vehicle which virtually all modern musicians use to make artistic ║▀█
█▀║ statements. Finally, in April 1991, "The Orb's Adventures Beyond the ║▀█
█▀║ Ultraworld" was released in England to considerable critical acclaim. ║▀█
█▀║ Its popularity extended to the general public as well, pushing the ║▀█
█▀║ double-album into Great Britain's Top 30 LP charts. ║▀█
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█▀║ By mid-1991, the Orb had signed a deal to release "Ultraworld" in the ║▀█
█▀║ States, but were forced to edit the album down to one disc. (The full ║▀█
█▀║ double-disc version was later released in the U.S. by Island.) ║▀█
█▀║ Paterson and Thrash toured Europe during 1991, and compiled the Orb's ║▀█
█▀║ first two "Peel Sessions" in November 1991. One month later, the duo ║▀█
█▀║ released "The Aubrey Mixes" as a Christmas special. The album, a remix ║▀█
█▀║ compilation with reworkings by Steve Hillage, Youth, and Jimi Cauty, ║▀█
█▀║ was deleted on the day of its release, but still managed to place in ║▀█
█▀║ the U.K. Top 50. ║▀█
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█▀║ In June 1992, the new single "Blue Room" hit the British Top Ten. The ║▀█
█▀║ longest single in chart history at just under 40 minutes, it earned ║▀█
█▀║ the Orb a spot on "Top of the Pops," where they ruminated over a chess ║▀█
█▀║ game and waved at the camera while a three-minute edit of the single ║▀█
█▀║ played in the background. Released in July, the album "U.F.Orb" ║▀█
█▀║ concentrated not on space, but the beings that inhabit it. (The actual ║▀█
█▀║ "Blue Room" is an installation where the U.S. government allegedly ║▀█
█▀║ keeps the relics of a 1947 saucer crash outside Roswell, NM.) It hit ║▀█
█▀║ number one on the British album charts, and also did well with ║▀█
█▀║ critics, who praised it and the duo's sold-out tour of England. ║▀█
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█▀║ The non-album single "Assassin" - originally slated to feature vocals ║▀█
█▀║ from Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie - followed in October, and it ║▀█
█▀║ reached number 12 on the British charts. The U.S. release of "U.F.Orb" ║▀█
█▀║ appeared two months later, with initial copies including a second disc ║▀█
█▀║ with the full version of "Blue Room" plus mixes of "Assassin." A ║▀█
█▀║ limited LP release of "U.F.Orb" in England included a live recording ║▀█
█▀║ of the Orb's appearance at London's Brixton Academy in 1991. (The date ║▀█
█▀║ was later released on video with an added CD soundtrack as "Adventures ║▀█
█▀║ Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns and Textures".) ║▀█
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█▀║ 01. Assassin (the Oasis of Rhythms Mix) 15:16 ║▀█
█▀║ 02. U.F.Orb (Bandulu Remix) 07:46 ║▀█
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█▀║ to get best PsyCZ quality (more than 192 kbps mp3) releases, just fell ║▀█
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█▀║ Responsible rippers needed also: If you can supply us original CD/vinyl ║▀█
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█▀║ Our main goal isn't to produce large quantities of mp3 releases... ║▀█
█▀║ what you can expect are rare releases ... from limited music series ║▀█
█▀║ to the occasional unreleased tracks... ║▀█
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█▀║ PsyCZ releases for gouremets mp3 FTP are encoded in 256kbps or VBR ║▀█
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