Strange Cargo II
William Orbit
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Dark Eyed Kid | William Orbit | 5:24 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Atom Dream | William Orbit | 4:02 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Ruby Heart | William Orbit | 5:59 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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El Santo | William Orbit | 4:37 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dia del Muerto | William Orbit | 4:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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777 | William Orbit | 3:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Thief and the Serpent | William Orbit | 2:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Last Lagoon | William Orbit | 4:20 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Millenium | William Orbit | 8:18 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Painted Rock | William Orbit | 3:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Album Review
Strange Cargo 2 finds Orbit moving (slowly) away from the synth-horn solos and overall sound of new age/contemporary instrumental. Though there's a bit more electronics on this record, he still seems uncommonly fixated with textural touches like Spanish guitar, and the effect is much more Windham Hill than Warp. Still, the Indian fusion pieces "777" and "The Thief & the Spirit" are highlights, with a series of masked vocal samples creating eerie moods.
Biography
Born: July 30, 1956 in Shoreditch, Hackney, London, Engl
Genre: Electronic
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Ambient pioneer, studio master, and omnipresent dance remixer William Orbit began his musical career in the new wave band Torch Song. Even while the group recorded several albums for IRS, Orbit remained in the studio to learn the ropes and began producing and remixing for artists including Sting, Madonna, Prince, the Human League, Erasure, and Belinda Carlisle. Orbit concurrently recorded his own material, and released his first solo album, Orbit, in 1987. That same year, he inaugurated the ambient...
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Water from a Vine Leaf | The Best of Strange Cargos | 7:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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CleanOptical Illusions (Radio Edit) | Optical Illusions - EP | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Story of Light | The Best of Strange Cargos | 6:15 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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CleanOptical Illusions (Billy Buttons Mix) | Optical Illusions - EP | 5:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Story of Light | Strange Cargo III | 6:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Electronic, Music, Dance, Techno, Jazz, Big Band, House, Ambient, Electronica
- Released: 1990
- ℗ 1991 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Capitol Records Inc
