The Orb – The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (Patterns & Textures) (The Video)

The Orb was on a roll in 1992:

May 1992: Peel Sessions (OOBE & No Fun)
June 1992: Blue Room
July 1992: UF.Orb
Aug 1992: Patterns & Textures
Sept 1992: Oldfield VS The Orb: Sentinel (Total Overhaul)
Oct 1992: Assassin

Sound quality of this VHS it's just amazing !!! !!!

Honestly, the "Patterns And Textures" version of the album is utterly brilliant. I can listen to this on repeat, it's very evocative at high volumes.

Amazing live recording of The Orb (during their early days of massive success after the debut album) synched to psychedelic, colorful images of nature and seemingly alien landscapes, often using mirroring effects and overlayed, intermingling of imagery. The music is perfection. The live version of "Perpetual Dawn" is so much dubbier, a great melding of elements of the standard version and the dubbier mixes, with tight and evocative rootsy reggae vocals. The use of sound effects and dialogue throughout the show is truly playful, the group was obviously having an amazing time, and it really shines through on listening. This should be on DVD! Why isn't it?

Woah! how come no-one has commented on this classic video!? This really captures the spirit of 1992; whether you were around the world in Thailand or Ibiza, raving back in the UK, or just chilling at home with all the latest tunes coming out of the scene, this encapsulates everything that was good back then. This was a synthesis of house, techno, dub, breakbeat, new age and who-knows-what-else influences in the music, combined with what was cutting-edge video editing techniques (overlays, mirror images, solarization etc). It might look a bit basic to todays eyes but anyone that was there will be transported back even if they have never seen this before.

1992 really was a year where everything converged and a whole host of new scenes exploded from the acid house/rave scene- and the "lie down and be counted" ambient scene drew in people from all walks of life. The UK was emerging from the Thatcher years and although it saw the coming of progressive house, the birth of jungle from hardcore rave, the morphing of techno back towards its european and US roots, and even the birth of Trance, it was a year where the collective party spirit was perhaps the most important element. And if one video encapsulates it all then maybe this is the one.