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Hello Waveforms
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0060768477223
Label: Sanctuary Records
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sanctuary Records
Release Date: 2006-02-21
Studio: Sanctuary Records
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Customer reviews of Hello Waveforms
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: A sonic swim...
Comment: Producer William Orbit was responsible for most of Madonna's "Ray of light" album, as well as All Saints (UK #1 "Pure shores" among them), Blur ("13"), Pink ("Feel good time"), Robbie Williams (a couple of his "Rudebox" tracks), and Sugababes (on their new CD "Change") to mention a few.
"Hello waveforms" is a collection of largely instrumental slow or midtempo Chillout songs featuring the swirling electronic effects he's known for, a few hummed ethereal harmonies here and there ("Surfin", "Who owns the octopus"), acoustic guitar ("You know too much about flying saucers"), and loads of piano, giving a floaty, dreamy feel to the music, in keeping with the album's aquatic theme. Never having heard his previous solo efforts (unlike loads of reviewers here), I had nothing to compare it to and just (pardon the pun) went with the flow.
A few tracks have actual singing, "Spiral" featuring Sugababes and kenna is an ambient number with a faintly Middle eastern feel, and slightly distorted vocals. The Madonna-sounding slowed down "Bubble universe" features Laurie Mayer singing sparse lyrics (with a deep bassline under all those undulating electronic effects). This was apparently previously recorded by Madonna as the unreleased "Liquid love" but having heard that song, I don't see too much similarity. Her "Future love" from "Confessions on a dancefloor" sounds closer to it in parts (though Orbit wasn't involved in that).
"They live in the sky" features Annette and Paulette Morris is definitely the standout; ethereal vocals, against gently pulsing beats, softly jangling guitars, and a chilled underwater soundscape full of tinkling effects.
Now that there's gear to waterproof iPods so you can go swimming with them, this would be the perfect soundtrack to go drifting away to with not a care in the world!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hypnotically grows on you!
Comment: At first I was "meh" then I grew to like it, then love it, and now it rarely leaves my shuffle. Maybe not quite the minimalist perfection of Pieces in a Modern Style, but has the advantage of being able to be played anywhere, whereas "Pieces" needs quiet. Some vocal tracks, ambient 'pop songs' like Moby's Hotel as well. Brilliant.
Customer Rating:
Summary: one fantastic CD
Comment: Some of these reviews make my head spin... I'm not familiar with all the genres and subgenres, and I don't own all of William Orbit's work, but this is one fantastic CD. I liked it from the first time I put it on, and it only sounds better with every repeat listen. Of the Orbit CDs I do own, I place this one right up there with Strange Cargo III as my two favorites (above "Pieces" and "Hinterland.") My favorite track right now has got to be "They Live in the Sky." Gorgeous vocals, dreamy music - a perfect song. Check out the video on youtube. "Spiral" and "Bubble Universe" are excellent as well and, even though I don't know the instrumental tracks by name yet, I do find them all very enjoyable.
If you love beautiful, unhurried electronica, get your hands on Hello Waveforms. You won't be disappointed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautiful, etheral, ambient...
Comment: I think this CD is phenomenal. I absolutely love the ethereal, smooth harmonics and the singing. Its sorta hard to describe but I believe anyone who likes ambient or smooth electronic, sorta chillout music would enjoy it. Don't expect anything groundbreaking but expect nice mood music.
Customer Rating:
Summary: William is Orbitesque as ever
Comment: William Orbit - Hello waveforms (Sanctuary)
STARS: 9 of 10
Almost 11 years after his previous soloalbum, the superproducer and
-remixer William Orbit is back with a proper collection of his own
songs. ("Pieces in a modern style" from 2000 doesn't 'really' count,
because it's a slightly altered reissue of the 1995-album.)
In many ways, Orbit dominated most of the 90's; he produced three of
his own electronic albums and also Beth Orton's debut album
"Superpinkymandy", Madonna's "Ray of light" and Blur's "13". Also, he
did a bunch of legendary remixes for i.e. Wendy & Lisa, One Dove, Peter
Gabriel, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Seal, Prince, The Cure - and
he was the first "external" person to ever remix Kraftwerk. Why do I
mention all this? Just to show the influence Orbit has had on his own
contemporaries and other artists.
Having done several big productions in the early 2000's, he's back solo
with a new collection of largely instrumental electronic goodies,
packed with his signature sounds and -harmonies. As usual, the songs
are extremely melodic, quite calm and downtempo, and almost modularly
built; they consist of repetitive riffs, melody lines and chords that
are added and subtracted. This gives the music an effect of
daydreaming, which is a good thing that has long been a part of the
attraction with William Orbit's music.
And for those who like great popsongs, here you'll find the best
Sugababes song ("Spiral") in ages, a pure pearl of pop in the same
sonic landscape as All Saints' "Pure shores" (that Orbit produced).
We can't fail to mention that old collaborators are still with us, such
as Laurie Mayer and Rico Conning - with whom Orbit formed Torch Song -
plus Caroline Lavelle and a host of others, but it still sounds 100%
Orbit.
Hence, this album is recommended warmly by Orbit-fans, including yours
truly, and if you like this calm and ambient record, you can look
forward to an uptempo-album coming later. Orbit says this will be the
antithesis to "Hello waveforms".
P.S. Weeks before the record came out, Orbit made all the songs from
the album (plus several others) available on his website in 8-track
versions. This means that anyone can download all the songs and make
their own remixes and alternative versions by i.e. removing the vocals
or other parts of the music. This is exceptional so far in music
history, and one can only hope that other major artists follow Orbit's
example and share their music in the same fashion.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The first of what producer/composer William Orbit has described as his "binary" recordings for 2006 (this component arriving in February, the altogether different Cellcloud in May), Hello Waveforms is a work of subtle charms, brainy noodlings, and no landmark tracks. It yields understated pleasures to listeners itching to hear smartly conceived chillout electronica that evokes serenity minus lethargy (witness the percolating atmospherics of "Sea Green" and the richly textured headphone sojourn of "Who Owns the Octopus"). Yet while the overall experience is inherently enjoyable, some of Orbit's synth voices sound weirdly dated, as though an analog Moog (or Casio keyboard) had been revived to create some of the textures that swirl through his otherwise sophisticated sound fields. At such moments fans might envision this much-respected self-described "knob-twiddling producer chap" wearing an throwback athletic jersey as he injects Atari music into a PlayStation world, then packaging it all quite appropriately with a semi-psychedelic go-go fairy on the disc's cover. Often lovely, occasionally tepid, with nine instrumentals and two vocal tracks that more often float and meander rather than pulse and evolve, the slow-tempo Hello Waveforms stands as an intriguing project that has the ability to both engage and perplex fans of this sagacious studio wizard. --Terry Wood
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