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Best known for his production duties on Madonna's Ray Of Light--hauling the diva into the post-electronica world, investing her sound with a tougher, more contemporary edge--Orbit's own music has been overlooked. Apart from being the man who bought Beth Orton (his onetime lover) to attention, he's also released four solo albums--all appearing under the Strange Cargo banner--of which this 1987 effort was the first. If nothing else, it serves as a showcase for his technical proficiency: traditional muso-types who dismiss Orbit as a mere knob-twiddler, lost without his machines, will be astounded by the level of guitar virtuosity on display here. And the production is as immaculate as one would expect. But for all its flawless surface, there's a discernible lack of heart to this album: many tracks ("Fire And Mercy," "Out Of The Ice") seem more like problem-solving exercises than actual compositions, while others ("The Mighty Limpopo", "Theme Dream") sound like nothing so much as factory-installed demos for particularly expensive pieces of software. --Andrew McGuire
Best known for his production duties on Madonna's Ray Of Light--hauling the diva into the post-electronica world, investing her sound with a tougher, more contemporary edge--Orbit's own music has been overlooked. Apart from being the man who bought Beth Orton (his onetime lover) to attention, he's also released four solo albums--all appearing under the Strange Cargo banner--of which this 1987 effort was the first. If nothing else, it serves as a showcase for his technical proficiency: traditional muso-types who dismiss Orbit as a mere knob-twiddler, lost without his machines, will be astounded by the level of guitar virtuosity on display here. And the production is as immaculate as one would expect. But for all its flawless surface, there's a discernible lack of heart to this album: many tracks ("Fire And Mercy," "Out Of The Ice") seem more like problem-solving exercises than actual compositions, while others ("The Mighty Limpopo", "Theme Dream") sound like nothing so much as factory-installed demos for particularly expensive pieces of software. --Andrew McGuire
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