Orboretum: The Orb Collection CD

A careerspanning, 2CD amp limitededition quadruple vinyl octagonal set including new and rare mixes, compiled by Dr. Alex Paterson.Orboretum The Orb Collection goes way back, but also focusses on recent highlights from albums such as Abolition Of The Royal Familia 2020 and Prism 2023 which were cited by the media as some of their greatest work up there with the bonafide gold of yesteryear.The limited edition 4lp set is uniquely packaged in a beautiful octagonshaped set, which folds out into a huge flower. Each disc will be pressed on a different colour, green, lilac, orange and blue, with sleeve notes by Kris Needs. Each side of vinyl is grouped by Alex to represent the 4 seasons, hence its botanical title. The comps roots and more recent shoots traverses their work for Universal across discs A and B, whilst discs C and D explore their music for indie labels Cooking Vinyl, Kompakt, Malicious Damage, and Liquid Sound Design. In addition, Orboretum will also be available on a 6 panel 2CD with 20 page booklet.I dont want The Orb to end up milking it like Roxy Music, who were always cranking out another bestof, although we did release the History Of The Future bestof in 2013, and its part 2 in 2015 to be fair. We have such a gigantic catalogue though, that sometimes even I need a reminder of what Ive done, especially these days. This is a sort of directors cut, reframing our output, making new neuro pathways, and new juxtapositions. Some of these tracks are 30 years apart, but there are clear through lines, a continuum. Alex Paterson