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The first track to be released off
the 5th Album. This track incorporates sounds/samples from the
Stylophone made famous by that wonderful hairy beast - Rolf Harris.
The additional tracks on the release include "Big Pipe Style"
which crosses Bagpipes with the Stylophone and brings Orbital
as close as they will probably ever get to a Big Beat. The track
"An Fhomhair" which features on the first 12 Inch Promo and the
2nd CD is a remix of the album track "Ontaņo" but with a up beat
/ sub bass feel to it. The track reached number thirteen in the
Uk charts.
The 'classic' stylophone is a simple monophonic instrument that
is played by bringing the electrical contact on the end of the
stylus into contact with a pictorial representation of a standard
20 note (A - E) keyboard. The 'keyboard' is actually part of the
main, single-sided, circuit board exposed by a hole in the plastic
case. There was 3 different colour schemes - black, white and
woodgrain. Their wasnt many controls...There are two switches
to the left of the keyboard, organ on / off (vital!), and vibrato
on / off (optional). The 'woodgrain' version also has the added
advantage of a volume control. There is also a tuning control
on the bottom and a line out on the left hand end. To complete
the package there is an internal 2" diameter speaker. Internally
there seems to have been many versions (some transistors, some
with IC's) and as a result there is a lot of variation in how
they sound.
There have been a few artists that have used the stylophone including
David Bowie "Space Oddity", Pulp and the cheesey Two Little Boys
track "Stylophonia".
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Track
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Cd1
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1.
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Style |
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Cd1
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2.
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Mock
Tudor |
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Cd1
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3.
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Old
Style |
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Cd2
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4.
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Big
Pipe Style |
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Cd2
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5.
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An
Fhomhair |
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Cd2
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6.
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New
Style |
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Acetate
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Style - 12 Inch Acetate
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A) Bigpipe Style (incorrectly
labelled as Bagpipe Style on actual Acetate)
B) An Fhomhair
Very Rare - Less than 10 copies
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Acetate
12 Inch
(Very Rare)
10th December 1998
London Records
Date on Acetate is 10/12/99
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Promos
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Style Cd Promo
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1) Style
(Radio Edit)
2) Bigpipe Style (Radio Edit)
Quite Rare - Limited to less than 500
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UK
Cd Promo
18th January 1999
FFRR
12 Inch Promo -
FCDJ 358
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Style 12 Inch Promo
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A) Big
Pipe Style
B) An Fhomhair
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UK
12 Inch Promo
Christmas 1998
London Records
12 Inch Promo -
ORBX1
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Style Promo Video (Special)
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Style
(4'15)
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UK
Promo Video
February 1999
Internal / FFRR
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Style Promo Video
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Style
(4'15)
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UK
Promo Video
January 1999
Internal / FFRR
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General
Release
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Style
Cd One - Louise Kelly / Orbital
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Written and produced by Orbital.
Produced by Mickey Mann
Cover Photograph: Louise Kelly and Orbital.
Farrow Design
Constructed using samples from the Stylophone Synth.
Style
Mock Tudor
Old Style
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UK
General Release - March 8th 1999
Internal / FFRR
CD One - FCD358
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Style
Cd Two - Louise Kelly / Orbital
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Written and produced by Orbital.
Produced by Mickey Mann
Track 2 - Vocals by Pukka.
Track 3 - Bass by Andy James
Cover Photograph: Louise Kelly and Orbital.
Farrow Design
Constructed using samples from the Stylophone Synth.
Big Pipe Style
An Fhomhair
New Style
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UK
General Release - March 8th 1999
Internal / FFRR
CD Two - FCDP 358
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Written and produced by Orbital.
Produced by Mickey Mann
Track 3 - Bass by Andy James
Cover Photograph: Louise Kelly and Orbital.
Farrow Design
Constructed using samples from the Stylophone Synth.
Style
Old Style
Big Pipe Style
New Style
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UK
General Release - March 8th 1999
Internal / FFRR
12 Inch - FX 358
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Media
Reviews
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'Style's
winning decorum - which uplifts and seperates the techno pretenders.....'
- NME (06/03/99)
'the whole track contains a typical Orbital build which sounds spooky
and slightly mysterious' - Loopz Issue 6
'The first taste from the upcoming album The Middle Of Nowhere.
"Style" is a pretty majestic, almost epic thing where the Brothers
Hartnoll sound almost optimistic... earlier they've always had an
odd, conspiracy-theoretic undertone that has given the techno music
a cinematically phat nerve' - Harald Grenne, Natt&Dag, March
1999 |
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