Live 93

Live 93
Live 93
Live album by The Orb
Released	22 November 1993
Genre	Ambient house
Length	140:57
Label	Island
Producer	Alex Paterson, Kris Weston
The Orb chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Live 93 is a live album by English electronic music group The Orb, released in November 1993 through Island Records.^[1] Live 93 is a collection of highlights from The Orb's 1993 performances in Europe and Asia. It features The Orb's live performance crew of Alex Paterson, Kris Weston, producers Nick Burton and Simon Phillips, as well as audio engineer Andy Hughes, who had stepped in when Weston decided to stop touring.^[3] The album cover of a sheep over a power station is a parody of the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals, an album cover they had previously parodied on the cover of Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions.^[4] The album reached #23 on the UK Album Chart.

Track listing[edit]

Island – 5300703:^[5]

CD 1
No.	Title	Live recording	Length
1.	"Plateau"	Tokyo, July 2, 1993	11:52
2.	"O. O. B. E."	Copenhagen, August 29, 1993	11:58
3.	"Little Fluffy Clouds"	Tokyo, July 2, 1993	10:55
4.	"Star 6 & 7 8 9"	Glastonbury Festival, June 26, 1993	9:59
5.	"Towers of Dub"	Live Orbient, September 3, 1993	12:33
6.	"Blue Room"	Copenhagen, August 28, 1993	14:58

CD 2
No.	Title	Live recording	Length
1.	"Valley"	Glastonbury Festival, June 26, 1993	10:07
2.	"Perpetual Dawn"	Copenhagen, August 29, 1993	9:00
3.	"Assassin"	Live Orbient, September 6, 1993	11:48
4.	"Outlands"	Glastonbury Festival, June 26, 1993	9:06
5.	"Spanish Castles in Space"	Glastonbury Festival, June 26, 1993	10:40
6.	"A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (Loving U)"	Copenhagen, August 28, 1993	18:52
Total length:			2:20:48

"Valley (Glastonbury 26.6.93)" (1993)

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References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Island Records (20 November 1993). "Orb: Live 93". New Musical Express. London. p. 60. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023.
^ Allmusic review
^ Doerschuck, Robert (June 1995). "Inside the Ambient Techno Ultraworld". Keyboard Magazine.
^ "Alex Paterson Interview". JAM (Florida Music Magazine). 26 April 1995.
^ "The Orb - Live 93". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

External links[edit]

Live 93 at Discogs

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[NMEnov93-1] Island Records (20 November 1993). "Orb: Live 93". New Musical Express. London. p. 60. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023.

[2] Allmusic review

[keyboard-3] Doerschuck, Robert (June 1995). "Inside the Ambient Techno Ultraworld". Keyboard Magazine.

[JAM-4] "Alex Paterson Interview". JAM (Florida Music Magazine). 26 April 1995.

[5] "The Orb - Live 93". Discogs. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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v t e The Orb
Alex Paterson Thomas Fehlmann Jimmy Cauty Kris Weston Simon Phillips Andy Hughes John Roome
Studio albums	The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld U.F.Orb Orbus Terrarum Orblivion Cydonia Bicycles & Tricycles Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt The Dream Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III) Metallic Spheres The Orbserver in the Star House More Tales from the Orbservatory Moonbuilding 2703 AD COW / Chill Out, World! No Sounds Are Out of Bounds Abolition of the Royal Familia Prism
Live and session albums	Live 93
Compilations	U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb
Remix and mix albums	Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Part 2 Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Part 3
EPs	Kiss EP Pomme Fritz Daleth of Elphame EP Battersea Shield
Singles	"A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld" "Little Fluffy Clouds" "Perpetual Dawn" "Blue Room" "Assassin" "Oxbow Lakes" "Toxygene" "Asylum" "Once More"
Video albums	The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns and Textures C Batter C
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