This is one of the best releases from The Orb, spanning across 2 wonderful LPs stacked inside a see through jacked - this "map pack" is just the icing on the cake!

They really pushed their own sound with this record, long lush tracks that hold your imagination. Lots of samples thrown in as usual. I dont know if I would reccomend this as a starter for someone who is new to The Orb, but more for the seasoned listener of ambient or "chilled" music. Once into the mind set you will probably be likst most who enjoy The Orb and hear this wonderful album, it is one of my all time favourite ambient type albums. Abstract drums and sounds layered overtop sounds that seem to come alive. A nice bit of variation leads this release away from mediocrity. Enjoy!

A tour de force! I was so excited when this album came out, because it was the first Orb album I was able to get on vinyl. This album is really the first album where you can appreciate the level of mastery that the guys had achieved in the studio. The album cover should clue you in to the sonic abstraction that lies within. I believe the object is called a Penrose square, named for the British mathematician Roger Penrose. You'll recall that an earlier Orb album quoted the British philosopher Sir Karl Popper. Intellectual references are always appreciated by Orb listeners. The album is wonderful and a necessary purchase for those who understand, but don't take my word for it, read Marijus' last sentence above. That's some of the funniest shit I've ever read!!....peace

I'd name it as the most serious work of The Orb. This album was one of a few that pushed me into the world of electronics. And it completely doesn't matter that more than five years have already passed - it doesn't loose its strength. Because it simply can't. Up till today I find and find new and new things in that music each time I listen.
And that's just a one side. The most easily seen one. There is also another side of the coin...And that is what astonished me completely. But that is a secret surprise for the ones that were born to hear... A MUST for those who can't live without MUSIC.

In the trajectory of the Orb and the concept behind the albums this is where the Orb find earth & a cow pasture, some things that grow in cow manure and they go hang out with slugs.

Hugely underrated album from Alex Patterson and co. Following the release of Pommes Fritz, everyone expected a return to the quirky ambient dance of Perpetual Dawn and ittle Fluffy Clouds. What they got was something darker and deeper. Fewer people got it (in both senses) but it's both interesting and absorbing.