The Orb - plateau

[ARMAREDI]

@kristianweston B-cuz all life is experience and all experience is sencesing and sencesing is only posible due to the principlel of contrast. (without darkness(or shadow) there would be no sensing of light.

[ARMAREDI]

@kristianweston Hey man! Martinus was a danish practically unknown also in his homecontry Denamrk. Thinker/philosofer (1890-1981) Martinus.dk (choose language) ((english,spanish,esparanto,ge­rman, french,ect ect)

He is known (as the only one to my information) to defend the darkness/evil/unplesant/coldne­ss/nigth/winter of the universe. Theese are nessesary parts of the whole.

[zippyzee]

wow you ended the song right before it peaked. thumbs down for teasing.

[DJBobu]

@zippyzee sorry, but at this time, youtube allowed only 10 min vids

[ARMAREDI]

I have cried so many times to the beauty of this track . :-)) I remember listening to this album on repeat while reading Martinus great times gret

[ARMAREDI]

I have cried so many times to the beauty of this track . :-)) I remember listening to this album on repeat while reading Martinus

[27bBerkley]

Sitting here enjoying all our loops (mega XLlander) too...first time my husband is listening to the Orb finding great comfort and laughter from us oldies...enjoying the music...great memories...15 years on...making more memories...love it. Nuff said

[vfxmasterorin]

this reminds me of the ODEON music. you know what i mean? no? oh.. well.. i do..

[wickedwetcat]

great music, great times......

are gone :-/

[beebul]

I love the strings in this... sublime

[MegaXLanDer]

thanx orb for teaching me the value of feeding delay lines plus any other effect in my studio rack back onto themselves and also the value of resampling my loops and stems of audio within inches of their lives. experimentation and machines go hand in hand, sometimes you have to let go of the steering wheel to stop driving in the middle of the road. orbus terrarum is very ahead of its time, deeply introspective and original organism of sound

[metronomic1]

Magic

[ThePg45]

Nowadays, music taste´s people are so normative that they forget how this type of music is mind-blowing for the soul, the mind and the body. The Orb is an experience, you have to enter deeply into their music, this is not fast-food shit music, so i´am happy to see that few can appreciate that, it makes me feel special. But who cares, the music is so damm fine.

[Igro1979]

this is the only song which can give me so deep trip. All feelings are there.

[Mikuko]

Amazing video! Did you make this? It really respects the song and brings something to it. Thank you. <3

[TripleTruthRuth]

after 15 years of listening Valley and Plateau still take me on a trip like no other music can

[aaqal]

Album name?

[mikedepreston]

@aaqal Orbus Terrarum - their best by miles in my opinon :-)

[aaqal]

@mikedepreston THANK YOU! SO MUCH!!

[poolryhm]

Orb, my former love... 1995. This was one of the masterpieces in Orbvs Terrarvm... The title was also Plateav as it could've been written hundreds of years ago in Latin (all uppercase of course). I still remember that Mars rock face in a small circle on the cover of this album... Orb has had so much influence on me in the past and I am very thankful for that.

[cultofmao]

Funny that it get me emotional too

[flimflam0069]

boring

[bubul1]

@flimflam0069 fuck you nigger! you're ignorant ass hell!

[flimflam0069]

@bubul1 I'm ignorant ass hell!

Actually, I'm Christopher. Unless you meant to say "You're ignorant as hell."

Which is what I think you meant, but I don't think you're right. I think my feelings about this song are in and of themselves, and not a facet of my intelligence. Now if I thought classical music was boring, then I might be ignorant.

[bubul1]

@flimflam0069 u fucking pussy .... u don't know shit about this! .... are u human fucker?

[flimflam0069]

@bubul1 What don't I know?

[pouderbern]

@flimflam0069 ........ no these guys are right .... if you think this is boring it's because you have no life ..... this music is a soundtrack for an enlightened mind

[flimflam0069]

@pouderbern I think this is boring, therefore I have no life. You're begging the question.

This music is for an enlightened mind. If I don't like it, then I don't have an enlightened mind. Again, a fallacious argument.

People have different tastes man. I'm not saying it's bad music, I'm just saying I don't find it very gripping. Why are you guys coming down on me like I'm evil? Maybe I shouldn't have said it was 'boring', considering it's kind of knee jerk, but all in all I just don't like it

[pouderbern]

@flimflam0069 it's prob cuz this is one of the most popular tracks from a group that has a very dedicated following, you should check out the live version of one of their songs .... fiftyfirstfloorfilms has it .... it's pretty good ..... i hope you don't find it boring, also i am happy to see that you don't respond with the same aggravating comments being leveled at you

[sex6cult9revolution]

@flimflam0069 You're absolutely right. Bringing "enlightenment" into the argument is a bit irrelevant.

However, the Orb is a rare musical project that has the ability to use an original vocabulary of sounds and yet make it sound really pleasant. You "don't find it very gripping" because it's not. That's not the type of music it is. Put this on some day when you feel restful and you may hear it completely differently. Or try "Blue Room" or "A Huge Ever-growing Pulsating Brain..."

[chadwickhjones]

It's mediocre...

[bubul1]

@chadwickhjones dude ... u need to get da fuck out of this habitat ... u must be american bitch..... this is ART fucker

[nmg18ismuzik]

Orb fans hit up the Metallic Spheres website to watch a making of video and pre order the new album featuring David Gilmour of Pink Floyd!!

[CamerOneiric]

sex jams for sure

[keithlegg]

if you have to ask you'll never know ... one of the best songs ever made

[kindzadza134]

Pure Perfection in FLV format... 

[almighty702]

this song sounds like something to listen to when in love

[aulegu]

@almighty702 or when you are very tired

[TRdonkeyshot]

absolute best tune ever for me..

[pmpokorny]

Wow! A warm summer eve night high in the hills, fantastic skies,stars,great view and a bottle of wine....And this song, say no more!

[4isenuf]

@pmpokorny Oh yeah.

[thesuburbanelectric]

I would recommend you all having a listen to The Orb's "Terminus". It's the last track on that awful album Cydonia, but is clearly something written in the style of this album. Beautiful, Beautiful piece of music.

[OrbvsTomarvm]

For quite some time now I have regarded this album as amongst the greatest bodies of work I know of. I can't think of many more now as musically I've kind of switched off since discovering this sonic epiphony, although Bach's 24 preludes & fugues, and Pink Floyd's DSOTM from the Classical and pop genres respectively spring to mind as comparative masterpieces.

Although the whole album "does it for me", this, as an hypnotic earthy trance inducing sonic poem, is a VERY special dreamy highlight.

[wickedwetcat]

music on - world off

[bobbruins]

@wickedwetcat

Yep

[DeepRiver68]

How great and powerful music can be. Timeless, yet invokes so many memories.

[Toni0703]

goodnight sleep tight

[vdoeschaal]

NICE ATMOSPHERIC

[lotec51]

it's sunday,i have a tooth ache,i'm smoking a joint and i'm enjoying this wonderful music

[ericdbq]

Play this album to a movie called Beyond the mind's eye.

[lotec51]

very nice ear candy. thanks its been awhile since i heard this.

[wkfletch]

great fantastic........

[missgattalk21dotcom]

god - i forgot all about this song! i used to play this and the next song on a LOOP! CHOON!

[progrsv]

probably the best track in the world!

[progrsv]

wow i've been loking for this since i first heard it in a mix of dj kira. it's AMAZING.

[TRdonkeyshot]

for me this is the best track ever.

always will be.

[basehead617]

always loved this song.. absolutely gorgeous.. still have my tovrvm orbvs 1995 t-shirt from their '95 US tour..

[evolutionoforage]

this song made me cry the hell out of me

[Toni0703]

is listening to something very beautiful and right chilled out

[gaspunkwars]

Aural escape, escape from the oral. We used to call it wallpaper music. Remember Micheal Hoenig's ''Departure from the Northern Wasteland'', Brian Eno's ''Apollo'', Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Amon Duul and Can? . Now we have Eat Static and Ozric Tentacles. What others might I like?

[thesuburbanelectric]

Harold Budd's "The Pearl", Global Communication's "76:14", Tetsu Inoue's "Zenith" and "Ambiant Otaku" should keep you going for awhile.

[JohnFotios]

what shit is this

[mrfuzzywuzzykins]

@JohnFotios good shit

[JohnFotios]

I'm not feeling it you know

[mrfuzzywuzzykins]

@JohnFotios i know what ye mean actually it wudn't be my favourite style of ambient the sudden loud sounds in random places i dunno... doesn't let me meditate haha

[JohnFotios]

exactly; it's too full on for ambiance you know what i am saying

[mtrucco]

that means you should turn your speakers down, so that when the sound peaks, it'll be at a lower volume.

be yer own eq. the cd version is very bright. the vinyl version has wonderfully warm lows, and few extra noise squelches.

[pixiewilson42]

Nice one ...i was going to type in exactly the same thing,,,some people hey!

[zippyzee]

not even close, old man.

[zcxhcrjvkbnpnm]

No, I think she just finds it done in a similar mood.

[booshbaby666]

very Oxygene

[jagozjagolandu]

this one is clamming me down - great sounds

[tabbyaboutroots]

A truly inspirational song.

[arlindu]

perfect for my night studying :)

[limamusicuk]

fantastic

[Ricardo281077]

is this plateau because someone else has posted the same video but under the song title valley?

[meatymouldia]

yes it is.

[conradragzoff]

My favorite track on this CD-- that, of course, and Montagne... I miss this so much! Thanks!

[fleshofdanny]

I adore this song very much. Excellent job on the vid

:)

[BUBBLESMcCOY11]

mons is a penis bladder..

[upuautiii]

BTW, is this the original? the one i know of is 11+ minutes

[indiasrainbow]

no it s not the original ( which was compose by genius Kris Weston ) this is off 'orbus terrarum' Another awesome genius assisted mix by the sadly late andy hughes RIP 2009.

[meatymouldia]

im a genius !! i keep telling my mate but he tells me to fuckoff everytime i say it. mebbe you can tell him hes called phillipsadcom heheh... anyway im not sure what andy did on that album apart from fuck it right up. if i had edited it - it would have been much better but the wankers took my tunes and fucked em right up - you should have heard the edits if you think it turned out ok - i was very disappointed. anyway long time ago now fuck it !

[fusionfreq]

Phillipsadcom is a donkey with a small nob for not agreeing with you!! Don't let this negativity ruin your focus!

[zippyzee]

fuck, when you gonna get over it?? just-a-blip? nah... just a. douhe.

[upuautiii]

"And now folks for an old familiar favorite.." it is my favorite. I love your video work on this.. bewitching.

[TripleTruthRuth]

I have had a serious obsession with this album ever since its release - nothing has come close to matching its genius

[meatymouldia]

wow thanks!

[cultofmao]

Somehow i missed this Albums brilliance, then i was just sitting there with my mind open and it just got inside me, its all great, but The Oxbow Lakes is impossible to put into words, its just on a different level.

[ae92guy]

possibly the best ambient album ever written in the history of man. i find it to be fluid, vivid, imaginative, and beautifully packed full of ever-interesting aural landscapes. i used to play civilization II and smoke kind bud all night long listening to this album 11 years ago, and its still good today.

[SteamMachine]

all what you described there, listening to Orbus Terrarum, playing Civ2... I hope to be doing that when I'm old and grey and retired. I'd be so content :)

[peletonkambing]

Ahh the orb, indescribable aural goodness. A big endorphin rush whenever I listen.

[divinesoma01]

its so beautiful

[S1eep1ess]

it just made me cry for the first time in 5 years.

Im a bit drunk......

[abchirk]

welcome :)

[pouderbern]

@S1eep1ess HELL YES DUDE!!!!! The ORB is awesome....... emotion abounds with these tones present........ INATE TALENT  AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lotec51]

@S1eep1ess add some weed with that drink,it only gets better

[elektr0bi]

@S1eep1ess THAT'S OK, CHEERS

[bryce46]

Tripped balls to this song on acid at least 4 separate times, and it's always an amazing journey. Fucking amazing song.

[utek11]

possibly the best track off the best orb albumn.... so fucking beautiful

[davidsan01]

Reminds me of lazy summer afternoons.

[54spiritedwill54]

to my ears one of the best songs ever

[mattnemski]

The slugs song from Orbus Terrarum, can't remember it's actual name but...funny as fuck!

[davidsan01]

SLUGDUB!

[jc1200jc1200]

lol i hope i still have this cd..

[abchirk]

Slug Dub

[slackdave]

I've loved this song from the first time I heard it.

[mikeasss]

woww... i can hear rain falling.. breathing...

[nigcot]

one of my favourite tracks of all time, clears the mind -man

[FriedOnFormaldehyde]

i love this track...really blows my mind

[bkf192MarekNowinski]

Bliss.Old Orb back please!

[TRODDHIU]

excuse me, where could i find the lyrics, the words of the voice insode this orbus terrarum? thx

[elusiveweirdo]

Nice ambient soundscape, liquid, bubbly, yet also ethereal.

[custardypants]

Nice font on the titles...what is that?

Great choon from a great album!

[solarlogos]

love this tune hammerdsvile lol

[zephyrusthedog]

huh

[CaptiveRiticuli]

I feel like hook claws rusting spikes and concivted attacks of effectiveness all bashing away at me. But, their always exists in short, the inner peace,,, What is this mind oblivion of sorts, cant say iv ever wanted too return from it back too then. That old world so false and flatten, they spilled their lies with certainty. We live to dream but now we are trully AWAKE

[iamjohnyboy]

you took to much man, to much to much

[LSDCoatedBrain]

And then you notice about six huge hairy tits swollen up on your back

[peletonkambing]

hah from fear and loathing?

[iamjohnyboy]

great film

[Eldritchard]

What the fuck does he smoke out of the lightbulb in the film, with you mentoining fear and loathing.

It doesnt say in the book

[94EglVisionTSI]

wasnt it meth? it wasnt really mentioned but thats what id assume

[Eldritchard]

It was more like a DMT trip, but i dont know how much was going about in the seventies.....

[LSDCoatedBrain]

I'm positive it was meth. If you consider the context; Dr. Gonzo just tried to kill him, and is going crazy in the bathroom. It would make sense that he smoked meth so that he wouldn't fall asleep (although if I remember correctly he ended up falling asleep anyway).

[7lartceps]

Blissed out stuff,orbus could be my favourite orb album.Thanks for this.

[stealthtime007]

Heard from good friends the new 2 hour show is "dubbin" awesome.....Will b at Irish shows...C y"all there....peace

[plunder23]

This is it.

Bring it back Alex...

[MyceliaProductions42]

Exactly. THIS is the Orb I remember, miss & will praise always. :-)

[egdoh]

9 May ....Belfast.....dont wear them out in Dub...they are old there days (as is anyone who saw them originally...lol)

[holbrookprieto]

lovely... going to see them 8 May in Dublin.. sweet...

[thestuzilla]

I once ate an ice cream on the shores of infinity. As I stepped across the stones of mind to cross the stream of dream, I slipped upon a knot of thougtht to the land of Frater Paterson et al

[malscott]

i can relate :)

[oceanic1]

yeah. me too.

[prosurv123]

A moonlit beach on the east coast of South Africa... this takes me right back...

[No1knowall]

(( d[-_-]b )) enjoyed that ...

[Montag80]

this is beautiful

[cpdavngr]

This is one of my favorite Orb songs. Sooo great to chill out to. :)

[absoluteshower]

the whole album is a favourite of mine, used to listen to it late if i couldn`t sleep, always sent me off before the cd ended, lol. love it.

[reemlsilkworm]

LastlyT, wipe your ears for christs sake!!

[mtrucco]

it's so rich & lush

it carries you away to

it's own planet of pure sound

dream, dream, dream

[LastlyT]

My ears just orgasmed.

[peletonkambing]

hahaha an eargasm, yeah the orbs like that hey. Classic music.

[BluIdBrad]

Take a drive to Navajo Bridge and Camp at Lee's Ferry, on the full Moon in May. Be cool. stay quiet, and stay out of the water. Listen for the thousand helicopters by the river. Listen for snakes on the way back to your tent.

[swisscottagelondon]

i love

[sunset99999]

yes, i agree too prob one of the best albums ever released ... in the ambiant sound great when driving in the desert or anywhere really numero uno.something i found to b similar energy level "meld(stone in focus)" on utube.

[mrkush03]

i agree with you all orbvs terrarvm finest album the orb ever did all the rest are class just not a classy as this its luuuuuush

[izvratforever]

I just mad about Subject Compositions like Slug Dub, and other atmospheric stuff.

[izvratforever]

Plateau is absolute perfect.

I think that The Orb isn't The Orb without Kris Weston. Experimental sounds/architecture of songs are gone without him.

Orbus Terrarum is the greatest Orb album ever. And it is the last "True Orb" album for me.(

[TripleTruthRuth]

I have listened to this tune more times than I can remember - holds so many memories.

Nothing has ever come close to the utter genius of Orbvs Terrarvm

[No1knowall]

Have 2 agree!

[mikeyelvin]

to my ears one of the best songs ever

[trofai]

nice trip... thx 10/10

[peletonkambing]

Ah the orb, they can do no wrong. Thanks for uploading.

[djrubus]

beautiful tune ORBUS TERRARUM

[lottopluslotto]

Two things changed my life utterly for the highest possible plateau in 89 or 90??...A big sheet of very pure unpreforated L.S.D. and a record of the Orbs' Ultraworld......I'm still tripping and still blissing out to them....As far as I'm concerned The Orb are really the only group from the early 90's that create music which is truly mind expanding... ......start small and trust nature...(",)

[No1knowall]

Good on you...I was there!

[judybob123]

i was knocked out by ORB in 1990 still hanging on th ropes 2007

[Neotropic2023]

Chemical Brothers came late in the game, AKA Dust Brothers. It was actually The Orb, FSOL, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Meat Beat Manifesto that made many changes. As these groups have been around the longest out of all of this genre.

[Neotropic2023]

Other pioneers in ambient is Pete Namlook, Bill Lasswell and William Orbit being a couple of the first to produce such sounds.

[loristarsus]

with this song I dream I'm flying (need no wings) all over a virgin earth like planet, with no humans, only me and large oceans, virgin rainforests, high mountains, deserts and long rivers, all the animal species living with no human interference, and I can see them all from above. I don't know wether this is the intention of this, but it makes that effect on me. Orbus terrarum, the whole album is great, but this song is specially beautiful.

[CHARLEYCHARLES71]

Pioneers since the early 90's AMAZING and still are........ Can Simon Cowell make this.. NO....

The Orb, Prodigy, Chemicals, Orbital own at making music.

[lipssmear19]

'89,London till & still 2007 !!!!Rave & B Loved B Loved

anywhere but at least go to a chill out partay...

[stepstepdance]

Very Nice!

[djventosa]

las ideas surgen de la nada: pero con terrarum las ideas e imagenes brotan y brotan: nunca un lp me deliro tanto

[xeniastarchild]

ooh this is nice:)

[fusionfreq]

this is 'plateau' created by kris weston.

[Pauluk33]

nice and relaxing

[alisterbrown88]

i love the orb and this album is amazin and the vibe as well is so arcane

[kamakazialex]

very beautiful tune

[KingOwnian]

Original video and the best tune from the album.

[doctorbombay]

one of my favorites tunes from the Orb

[ittakesalittlebitmor]

amazingly beautiful and eloquent...easily one of the best electronic albums of all time, case closed

[burhanb]

A video for this is kind of unecessary, no? Maybe just watch the inside of your eyelids?

[chrisman1444]

ha good point these boys dont need clips

[0rb4life]

beautiful

[RabbitEleven]

Orbus Terrarum is one of the greatest electronic albums ever recorded IMHO.

[ZeeKat]

That's not "Valley", that's "Plateau".

I love "Orbus Terrarum", brilliant record. Sea of warm tranquility on one tiny CD.