The Orb 'Okie Dokie It’s The Orb On Kompakt' (20th anniversary reissue)

New Vinyl - Pew Order

Released 14/2/25

2xLP

“Okie Dokie It´s The Orb On Kompakt“ is already the 13th album of one of Bri an's 
most prized cult bands. We feel it's be er that way, because the music of The Orb 
only has an intensive effect when taken in as a long playing full length. And it proves 
with this lovingly conjured collec on of songs brought together like a collage.  
The first half of Okie Dokie showcase The Orb´s love for minimal Techno and 
Schaffel/Shuffle as it is so obviously present in the foreground, while the second half 
is only reserved to the classic Orb-ish ancestral domain. There are wonderful guest 
appearances by Schneider TM and Kompakt´s ambient-guru Ulf Lohmann. 
As many of you know, there is so much history about The Orb you could write a book. 
Since Jimmy Cauty and Alex Paterson, in the flush of euphoria invented Chill Out and 
Ambient House in the first summer of love 1988, an incredible amount of things have 
occurred. The following meline should give you a rough idea. - Alex Paterson gives 
up his job as roadie for Killing Joke. - “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsa ng Brain That Rules 
From The Centre Of The Ultraworld” is not only the record with the longest tle of 
the world, but it also marks the departure into the new sonic worlds of post-Rave 
Ambient. - While Cauty goes different ways with The KLF, The Orb re-form themselves 
and have a big hit with Li le Fluffy Clouds in 1990. - The debut album “The Orb´s 
Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld“ hits the Top 30 in England. - The Orb produce 
“Higher Than the Sun“ for Primal Scream. - The Orb perform “Blue Room“ as chess
playing aliens at Top Of The Pops. Everything goes. - “Blue Room“ clocking in at 39:58 
minutes goes into music-history as the longest me for a chart single ever. - The Orb 
achieve great success in Glastonbury '92 + '93. - The Copenhagen double concert “to 
the sunrise and sunset” is eternalized on record: “Live 93“ - Previously a floa ng 
member of The Orb, Thomas Felmann becomes a fixed member in 1997 - No joke: 
Robbie Williams takes part of The Orb for a short me. 
 
The collabora on “I started A Joke“ is released on a benefit compila on - A er 2002 
The Orb found with Kompakt a new ambient-loving partner and release a row of 
singles and play live, as the trimmed-down version as Le Pe t Orb. And one more for 
the extra hush-hush: The Orbs first album “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsa ng Brain...” 
was actually a Kompakt release. You can check it out. Besides the actual label Wau! 
Mr. Modo you can read... Kompakt Discos. Ha!!