ANDY HUGHES 1965-2009 RIP
we're really really sorry to announce that andy passed away on 12th june

we worked together recently when andy mastered baghdad batteries and we were both really looking forward to a few beers together after the summer when the album is released and both our workloads had lightened a bit

sadly that won't happen now and he'll be sorely missed by all who knew him

anyone wishing to make a donation on andy's behalf to the Liver Intensive Therapy Unit, Kings College Hospital can do so HERE


ORBSESSIONS VOLUME TWO
at last the second volume of the orbsessions trilogy has been compiled and mastered and designed... it's another manic dip into the archives and ranges from spherical bliss to orbular madness... featuring paterson, fehlmann, roedelius, hughes, vin100 and youth... and of course the regular luscious malicious packaging...

tracklisting: D.A.D.O.E.S?, ralph’s cupboard, 2026, shem, shem version, it’s a small world, the giant bolster, ba’albeck, jam on your honey, kidnap, angel 4 matrix...
turtle running time 1:15:58

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orbsessions volume one
this is the glorious first volume of previously unreleased orb treasures from alex paterson’s spherical archives, covering fifteen years of conspiracy and collaboration with some of the biggest names in electronic music including
j cauty, a hughes, t fehlmann, n walsh,
f le gonidec, v mcdonald, g pratt, d beken,
a omori and j roome all beautifully packaged in the usual malicious stylee with holographic printing, bright and colourful inserts and four unique badges unavailable anywhere else in the world and at this price you can afford two!! mummie don’t/sail/yungle/chromatik [orbzone]/eurofen/sun of/73.5 feat. nitram/steel horse/something like/pluto calling [twinkle]... total running time 57m 49s
MD603 £11+p&p

orbsessions on vinyl!!
this is a chunky see through vinyl double album in a beautiful sleeve but because of its weight we've had to fiddle about with the price and add a supplement as the postage calculates automatically by percentage...
so it works out as follows:
MDV604
uk: £12 + £1 + £1.95p&p = £14.95
europe: £12 +£2 + £2.80p&p = £16.80
world: £12 +£4 + £4.00&p = £20.00

battersea shield
the orb v meat beat manifesto
this sonic trip to insanity and beyond sees alex 'orb' paterson in cahoots with jack dangers
& lynn farmer of meat beat manifesto
- one of the most influential and experimental set-ups ever to hit the dance floor - in an audio explosion of spherical-industrial-dub-electro-techno-funk delights

and it's all beautifully presented in an embossed round tin based on the celtic design of the original battersea shield

this is the only place you can get the gold edition [the shop one's are silver]

the independent said:
..matron blends brittle drum with subterranean bass, cycling synth arpeggios and a collage of vocal sounds from whispers to laughter... on 1855 vocal fragments spread over a bricolage of percussive sounds and electronic noise with a dub-reggae mood... insane builds to a climax ofpounding backbeat, wriggling synth-lines and screams of "i'm insane!!"…

MD600 £10+p&p
matron/1855bc/insane
total running time: 32m 24s