Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt explained

Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt
Type:Album
Artist:the Orb
Cover:Okiedokie.jpg
Released:8 November 2005
Length:56:15
Label:Kompakt
Prev Title:Bicycles & Tricycles
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:The Dream
Next Year:2007

Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt is the seventh studio album by English electronic music group the Orb, released on 8 November 2005 by Kompakt.[1] It features new material in addition to new versions of their previous Kompakt releases.[2]

Critical reception

The Orb's music on Kompakt featured Thomas Fehlmann as the primary creative figure, "inhibiting Alex Paterson's whimsical impulses".[2] Because of this, the album was considerably more focused, even, and less "goofy" than Cydonia and Bicycles & Tricycles.[2] [3] Fehlmann's trademark hypnotic loops and delays made him the center of Okie Dokie production and, according to Pitchfork Media, made it "difficult to say where [Paterson] is in the picture".[4] Besides Paterson and Fehlmann, Okie Dokie featured Ulf Lohmann as a co-writer on a track as well as Schneider TM performing vocals for another.[5] The Orb's releases with Kompakt gained the Orb back much of their musical credibility with the press and showed that the Orb could "age gracefully".[3] [5]

Track listing

  1. "Komplikation" – 3:55
  2. "Lunik TM" (featuring Schneider TM) – 5:50
  3. "Ripples" – 5:51
  4. "Captain Korma" – 4:13
  5. "Kan Kan" – 4:43
  6. "Rolo" – 2:36
  7. "Beatitude" – 2:43
  8. "Cool Harbour" – 5:11
  9. "Traumvogel" – 6:24
  10. "Because/Before (Sibirische Musik)" (featuring Ulf Lohmann) – 4:40
  11. "Tin Kan" – 4:31
  12. "Kompagna (Zandic Mix)" – 3:53
  13. "Falkenbrück" – 3:29
  14. "Snowbow" – 2:16
  15. "Edelgrun" - 5:52

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt - The Orb | Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. Jun 16, 2019.
  2. Web site: Kellman . Andy. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r807246|pure_url=yes}} Okie Dokie It's the Orb on Kompakt Review ]. . 2006-10-10.
  3. Web site: Beta . Andy . . 2005-11-10 . Okie Dokie Its The Orb on Kompakt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110911165916/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2005-11-10/music/the-orb/ . 2011-09-11 .
  4. Web site: . Sherburne . Philip . 2005-12-02 . Okie Dokie, It's the Orb on Kompakt Review . 2007-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070520140312/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20614/The_Orb_Okie_Dokie_Its_the_Orb_on_Kompakt . 2007-05-20 . dead .
  5. Web site: 365mag . Cybana . Ariel . 2005-11-11 . Okie Dokie Its The Orb on Kompakt . dead . 13 January 2007 . 27 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225557/http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=murw&recnum=2241&Title=The+Orb+%2F+Kompakt+on+365MAG+International+Music+Magazine .