Tagged: Dr. Alex Paterson

High Frequency Bandwidth – Hell Fire and Brimstone

Electronic duo High Frequency Bandwidth are set to release their debut full-length, Hell Fire and Brimstone, on the British label Malicious Damage. HFB is the most recent project of Dr Alex Paterson, the brain behind the The Orb and all around electronic music guru. The duo’s other half is Dom Beken, a jack of all [...]

Baghdad Batteries – An Illustrated Handbook with Stereo Sound

SOME INTERESTING FACTS The Baghdad Battery was first described by German archaeologist Wilhelm Konig in 1938 after it was found, with several others, at Khujut Rabu, just outside Baghdad. The jars are thought to be about 2,000 years old and consist of an earthenware shell, with a stopper of asphalt. Sticking through the top of [...]

The Orb – The BBC Sessions 1989-2001

NEW RELEASE: The Orb – The BBC Sessions 1991-2001. Despite me having the Strange Fruit Peel Session CD from 1991 in my Orb-Collection, this new repackaged and remastered 2CD offering has brought together a large slice of the Orb’s BBC sessions into one easy to listen package. I might be a little cynical about The [...]

The Orb – Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions

The Orb – Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions Aubrey Mixes mixes is my favorite orb album and one of my top 10 album cover designs as well. This is a scan from my CD version of the Cumulus Nimbus press. I have worked with the colors and made it as clean and true to the [...]