Track timestamps: 1. The Box (Untitled Version 1) 0:00 2. The Box (Untitled Version 2) 4:13 3. The Box (Untitled Version 3) 11:59 4. The Box (Untitled Version 4) 20:39
+Adam Power I first heard this back in 2002 on the radio. The station played it in its entirety unbroken during the industrial music programming block. It took me until 2012 to figure out it's title. I'd been chasing it those ten years like a missed connection with a long-lost lover.
I remember I was with my friend when I was 12 (I'm 37 now) and we we were skateboarding at Hamilton University NZ , outside the radio studio and I went up to him and said can you play the box by orbital ,he pumped it live on air and we skated like no tomorrow, awesome,childhood memories from Hamilton NZ👍👍
I'm still trying to figure out how they played that harpsichord. I know Paul and Phil don't really play instruments to that level. Love the piece though. One of my favourites
@@jrock8089 The point of communication is to convey a thought or feeling or opinion in a way that others will understand.... The "rules" you are enforcing are there ONLY to provide a more CONCISE understanding f what a person is trying to convey... Tell me truly: did you or did you NOT understand WHAT this person was conveying with his/her "unacceptable" grammatical form? I THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD JUST FINE. (Please keep your red pen marks for Necessary corrections, as this added not a bit to the conversation)
the radio and In Sides edits of this tune are fun all by themselves. but... I wanted more... I hoped there was more. I searched desperately... and then I found it. I found this wonderful thing that tied it all together in supreme form. oh, so very YES! this is the best Orbital thing ever! this is what all electronic music should aspire to be: taking the calculated rhythms and sounds and turning them into pure driving emotion. the Brothers Hartnoll have proven most adept at that -- and this, for me, is their finest half-hour.
@Liz W I think perhaps it may be the other way around. Many artists are studying contemporary successes and trying to replicate, with variations upon the formulaic theme. Whereas artists whom create truly timeless works may simply be using what they work best with, and with it creating what they believe sounds powerful, pleasing, and moving. Just a theory, but when you mix talent and a good ear, then peel away expectation and let them open your eyes, ears, and soul to something unique, you end up with "The Box" by Orbital.
An abdachloser was playing a Dulcimer, set up outside of the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof area (red light district, almost) I recoginzed the timbre and played this track for him. He started leaning back and forth, nodding, holding my hand with his as I held the headphone to his head. Much love/respect.
Well, I've listened to Orbital since I was a little kid, and the album In Sides was my all time favorite, BUT I don't know how it's possible, but I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS VERSION OF BOX BEFORE!!! After 22 years I discovered a hidden treasure from my childhood. Can you imagine that? I'm so gonna play this to my brother, he will be as surprised as I am.
Because it's hard as hell to get? I bought multiple copies of In Sides, and was annoyed that this version of The Box wasn't on all of them. It was too long to fit on the single-CD version of In Sides. Only the first 30,000 copies of In Sides sold in the U.S. came with a bonus CD that had this 28-minute version of The Box. Later in the U.S. the album was sold with a different bonus CD, which had the single "The Saint" as well as a few live recordings, but not the 28-minute The Box. So sad. The lyrics are utter nonsense but the voices add so much to the music.
@@JorgBrown I found it recently in an "Orbital Discography" torrent. Agreed, though. Very hard to find. Haven't seen it on any of the streaming services, for purchase anywhere, etc. This was actually the version I first purchased back around ~1995-1996. I don't know how my local CD store got that one, but I'm damn glad they did.
Remember hearing this on radio1 with John peel in 96 and still sounds awesome 24yrs later and got my mind off this lockdown! Which reminded me of U LOT another fave track. Orbital forever!!!.. Love forever too!
@@MoontownMoss It's as good as music has ever gotten. Just drop a massive baroque style harpsichord (?) solo in the middle of some electronica and go for a wander. Inside these boys heads something magical exists.
All these years; it's one of the greatest electronic music albums of all, along with their "Middle of Nowhere" album. Was very pivotal in my life growing up in this era 😮
Absolutely sublime piece of music. Remember it coming out back in '96 and watching the video on TOTP as a 13 year-old getting into all kinds of different music at the time. This tune remains a standout for me and sounds as perfect now as it did almost a quarter of a century ago!!
Ah it's a harmonium! Thanks man I always wanted to know what that sound was, I thought it was a harpsichord. That part is indeed amazing....it's like it kicks into some kind of medieval EDM. Never heard anything like it.
Ahhh, the memories this brings back! Orbital was the headliner at my first ever rave 🙌 Epic!!!! With none other than the Crystal Method!! And Lo-Fidelity All stars, what a show!! Wish I still had that blinky visor, lol!
The second movement is mathematical perfection starting at 4:34 but picking up at 7:00. From 9:10- 12:04 is what I imagine Johann Sebastian Bach brought to the future in a time machine would make when he goes ham in a modern studio on harpsichord. Absolutely fucking brilliant. Pure Germanic engineering.
Sorry, no comparison to Bach. I wish I knew how to explain why without sounding like an uptight prick... there's almost zero counterpoint here, certainly no inversion or retrograde. These were the raw materials by which JSB wove the fugal tapestry, and the same techniques that composition students struggle through as exercises when studying his work. To ape his style, even badly, is really fucking hard. By contrast, the harpsichord (hammered dulcimer?) at 9:10 serves as just another synthetic keyboard varying & repeating the same chord progressions and melody -- as almost all contemporary "popular" music does. That's something that JSB never EVER did. The basis of Orbital's artistry (I'd argue) is a different kind of tapestry, one of instrumentation. It's basically theme & variation through a system of electronic arrangements, where the combinations of thousands of available virtual instruments IS the groove and the aesthetic content. There's more too, yes. But it's a completely different musical paradigm. It's interesting though to imagine what JSB might come up with in a modern context!
My decking aaaMotger, always SPECOFICALLGLYREQUESTS, that I play zOrbblital InSides,," whenever I'm in the car with her!! & she was born in 1948!!!!!!?
this track just fills my mind, erazes the world around me, repalces everything... and makes me whole if you like intense music, you're gonna love this piece
A few years ago I drove around the What was East Berlin on a Freezing cold Sunday night at the beginning of January with this playing .It took me Back to 1988 Driving in the same streets around the same time when it was East Berln. NO Multi millions spent on a Movie Could ever bring back the Tense Atmosphere of being somewhere we shouldn't have been and all that could have happened to us if we would have been caught by the Vopo - Volkspolizei.
Orbital were truly at their peak here. Snivilisation set the tone and In Sides carried it through, enabling two catastrophic 'remixes' of The Box to be released. Remember playing these from the CD single release and not quite knowing what was going on, but there is so much Out There Somewhere / Girl With The Sun etc going on here. Flawless.
At least that whistler knows how to do it right..most people suck at whistling and are very annoying. The guy at the end of this track had a melodic quality to his whistling..professional level.
listen to this on headphones from start to finish and your mind is going all over the place, masterpiece the whole way through. the production is amazing
I've been looking for the section at 12:30 for 25 sodding years, it was on a mixtape sellotaped to the front of New Musical Express in 1994 and I've never been able to find it since then.......FINALLY! \o/
I got that tape, the version on there was about 9 minutes and it was exclusive to that tape, never released in any other format. Tape is called 'Bleeping With The NME' if I remember rightly and they managed to cram 6 of the hugest electronic artists of all time on to a free tape with 1 track each; Goldie, Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, Underworld, Orbital and DJ Shadow. It would have been 1996 though that's when this came out .. hard to believe it was all new at the time and all those artists stood the test of time, apart from the Chemicals who just sound so dated.
Correction, apparently the untitled version from the original vinyl EP is the same as the tape. Clocks in at 8:40 and someone has uploaded it here on UA-cam titled 'Orbital - The Box 12" (Untitled 3)' if anyone wants to check that out ..
Part 2 with the harpsichord is not available to download though, which is too bad as it's my favorite part of the whole suite, but I do have the CD thank god.
Orbital have been a costant in my life for over 20 years now, they have been with me through good and bad. Listen to one of their songs and they lift me out of the dark places in my mind and point me towards normality. They will have my forever love and gratitude.
I think Justice (the French duo) got their inspiration from this version of The Box for their masterpiece, Planisphere. especially the bass sounds from 5 minutes onwards and the harpsichord at 9 minutes
Is the 'rope sound) in the middle someone hanging himself or being hung? Is the box a coffin? Does the guy survive a suicide attemt? 'indestructible'...or are those his dying thoughts?
this song is epic the box my son was a dj back in the day 1996 lol then had his own show for 2 hours high school radio but how neat was that it was something to do still there and still broadcasting not doing acids music but thats cool still rocking played this often
Remember buying this when it came out and immediately was blown away - it’s like why aren’t the Hartnoll’s commissioned to do more film music - it’s such an epic work is this.
Orbital tended to be so much better than the majority of what some people on the electronic scene used to call somewhat disparagingly "student techno" (ie the type of electronic producers who tried to be like 'bands' gave the kind of interviews the music press liked, went on tour and whose records were sometimes also bought by a rock audience) . But unlike some others of that genre and like Aphex Twin (when he wants to) they made amazingly well-crafted pieces with loads of imagination that didn't need any of the other bullshit and hype. On this lovely tune it's just a pity about the vocal bit at the end - well at least it's at the end so can be just cut off.
Well this is awsome beyond words. I still remember when I first heard it when "IN SIDES" was initially released. I was like, "WTF is this? My God." Something else.
After 25 years I understand that the box has a vocal version and some other versions as well except part 1 and 2... You can imagine the look of my face currently I believe...
Masterpiece!!!I already loved the original pt.I-II from original album..So,when a few years later,I first hear this EP version,my jaw...dropped!Personaly,I connecting this track with Sailor Moon.When In Sides first came out,I was just in love of that anime.Still do.Great was,that I discover Orbital and SM in a same time:-)
Track timestamps:
1. The Box (Untitled Version 1) 0:00
2. The Box (Untitled Version 2) 4:13
3. The Box (Untitled Version 3) 11:59
4. The Box (Untitled Version 4) 20:39
Listening to this tonight. Still epic. Unfortunately not to many really appreciate it. Never made it mainstream.
There's quite a lot of Orbital in films.
Been listening to Orbital for over 25 years!!!!........fuck I'm old.
One of the finest examples of electronic music ever committed to record.
+Adam Power i agree, my internet imaginary friend...there are quite a few out there. we need to catch them all.
+Adam Power This is literally 20 years old and still absolutely unmatched.
MrTridac
Word.
+Adam Power I first heard this back in 2002 on the radio. The station played it in its entirety unbroken during the industrial music programming block. It took me until 2012 to figure out it's title. I'd been chasing it those ten years like a missed connection with a long-lost lover.
agreed:).....still jamming in 2016
I remember I was with my friend when I was 12 (I'm 37 now) and we we were skateboarding at Hamilton University NZ , outside the radio studio and I went up to him and said can you play the box by orbital ,he pumped it live on air and we skated like no tomorrow, awesome,childhood memories from Hamilton NZ👍👍
What a masterpiece. The second part with the harpsichord is just beautiful, brings a tear to my eyes. Thank you Orbital!
I'm still trying to figure out how they played that harpsichord. I know Paul and Phil don't really play instruments to that level. Love the piece though. One of my favourites
@@mas3974 not as difficult as you think, its all multi layered
@@mas3974 session musicians?
@@ManWalksDogs Quite possible. I know they have used them before on drums and keys.
This will always be a work of genius
2022 and still incredible. Always will be, I think. 4:13 onward in particular. There's just nothing else like it.
2024 still one of the finest examples of music to date
❤
I've been listening to Orbital for almost 20 years now and I still love there sound. 100% fantastic and truly one of a kind.
Tony Ruegg - Their - belonging to them. There- over there. They’re - they are
@@jrock8089
The point of communication is to convey a thought or feeling or opinion in a way that others will understand.... The "rules" you are enforcing are there ONLY to provide a more CONCISE understanding f what a person is trying to convey... Tell me truly: did you or did you NOT understand WHAT this person was conveying with his/her "unacceptable" grammatical form? I THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD JUST FINE.
(Please keep your red pen marks for Necessary corrections, as this added not a bit to the conversation)
Good
@@lewtaelyr1115 what a fucking takedown! Fuck tha' Grammar Police!🚨
the radio and In Sides edits of this tune are fun all by themselves.
but... I wanted more... I hoped there was more. I searched desperately...
and then I found it. I found this wonderful thing that tied it all together in supreme form.
oh, so very YES! this is the best Orbital thing ever!
this is what all electronic music should aspire to be:
taking the calculated rhythms and sounds and turning them into pure driving emotion.
the Brothers Hartnoll have proven most adept at that -- and this, for me, is their finest half-hour.
Goodness, this song has aged better than a fine wine. And just as intoxicating, too.
@Liz W I think perhaps it may be the other way around. Many artists are studying contemporary successes and trying to replicate, with variations upon the formulaic theme. Whereas artists whom create truly timeless works may simply be using what they work best with, and with it creating what they believe sounds powerful, pleasing, and moving.
Just a theory, but when you mix talent and a good ear, then peel away expectation and let them open your eyes, ears, and soul to something unique, you end up with "The Box" by Orbital.
But didn't we know at the time it came out it would age well? I was overwhelmed by Orbital them and now equally.
it is immense. It should be thought in school!
Yay, I noticed that there are no more ads in the middle of the song - thank you so much for taking care of that!
An abdachloser was playing a Dulcimer, set up outside of the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof area (red light district, almost)
I recoginzed the timbre and played this track for him. He started leaning back and forth, nodding, holding my hand with his as I held the headphone to his head. Much love/respect.
Well, I've listened to Orbital since I was a little kid, and the album In Sides was my all time favorite, BUT I don't know how it's possible, but I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS VERSION OF BOX BEFORE!!! After 22 years I discovered a hidden treasure from my childhood. Can you imagine that? I'm so gonna play this to my brother, he will be as surprised as I am.
zvolencan1 it was on the 2CD US-version of Insides...
@@veedub33 Incorrect. This was from the original 2CD UK version.
Because it's hard as hell to get? I bought multiple copies of In Sides, and was annoyed that this version of The Box wasn't on all of them. It was too long to fit on the single-CD version of In Sides. Only the first 30,000 copies of In Sides sold in the U.S. came with a bonus CD that had this 28-minute version of The Box. Later in the U.S. the album was sold with a different bonus CD, which had the single "The Saint" as well as a few live recordings, but not the 28-minute The Box. So sad. The lyrics are utter nonsense but the voices add so much to the music.
@@JorgBrown I found it recently in an "Orbital Discography" torrent. Agreed, though. Very hard to find. Haven't seen it on any of the streaming services, for purchase anywhere, etc. This was actually the version I first purchased back around ~1995-1996. I don't know how my local CD store got that one, but I'm damn glad they did.
I bought the album in the USA and it was on disc 2
That harpsichord ~9 minutes changed my life.
Is the a story to tell? :-)
1 billion percent
Going to see them in ATX November. A bucket list show for sure. Can’t wait. ❤
Remember hearing this on radio1 with John peel in 96 and still sounds awesome 24yrs later and got my mind off this lockdown! Which reminded me of U LOT another fave track. Orbital forever!!!.. Love forever too!
Absolute genious. So emotional it makes me cry .
That turning point at 9 minutes, 10 secs is one of the greatest moments in electronic music. Still brilliant all these years later.
09:10 jees
@@MoontownMoss It's as good as music has ever gotten. Just drop a massive baroque style harpsichord (?) solo in the middle of some electronica and go for a wander. Inside these boys heads something magical exists.
All these years; it's one of the greatest electronic music albums of all, along with their "Middle of Nowhere" album.
Was very pivotal in my life growing up in this era 😮
I get chills every single time.
F ing incredible.
That harpsichord solo tho!
I imagine a ballroom dance for werewolves every time I hear it!
tori amos would swoon!
Adds another element to the song. Love it.
This. My favorite part.
Absolutely sublime piece of music. Remember it coming out back in '96 and watching the video on TOTP as a 13 year-old getting into all kinds of different music at the time. This tune remains a standout for me and sounds as perfect now as it did almost a quarter of a century ago!!
I am still jamming it on june 17h 2016
epic song, reminds me of exploring the countryside in Scotland int car brilliant driving song too.
A true masterpiece. Astounding and imo, will be a timeless classic.
Masters at work.
Between dead can dance and fsol... memories
1996, feels like yesterday. Anyone got a time machine I can borrow?
Even A Stopped Clock Gives The RIght Time Twice A Day: PaakSolutions
PaakSolutions I had one but the military took it back.
read "green futures of tycho" by william sleator. and some pern. :P
PaakSolutions ....if you did I could score with loads of girls .
dr. who might have an extra tardis laying around somewhere...
my first listen of electro. wow! still love it nearly 20 years later!!
So few in here. Great people know great music and the are few.!!!
Anybody else here from after watching the Pentaverate?
This record is as chilling as it is beautiful. What a creation.
This was a HUGE influence on my burgeoning teenage mind!! Never left me. Thank you Orbital. Genius work.
Timeless, electronic masterpiece. I like the tension which builds up from the creaking sound at 5.02 and results in the harmonium kicking in at 9.11.
05:02 09:11
Ah it's a harmonium! Thanks man I always wanted to know what that sound was, I thought it was a harpsichord. That part is indeed amazing....it's like it kicks into some kind of medieval EDM. Never heard anything like it.
@@FiveSigma72Yeah thought the same. Sounds like a hell of a medieval party with bards going ham.
Ahhh, the memories this brings back! Orbital was the headliner at my first ever rave 🙌 Epic!!!! With none other than the Crystal Method!! And Lo-Fidelity All stars, what a show!! Wish I still had that blinky visor, lol!
did the lo-fis take overrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr??!!
For those who don't know Orbital check out Snivilisation from 1994 fantastic record!!
+ Eggert Þór Águstsson it's on here
Just the most amazing piece of electronic music I’ve ever heard. Dream building
The second movement is mathematical perfection starting at 4:34 but picking up at 7:00. From 9:10- 12:04 is what I imagine Johann Sebastian Bach brought to the future in a time machine would make when he goes ham in a modern studio on harpsichord. Absolutely fucking brilliant. Pure Germanic engineering.
Agreed. Could not have said it any better.
Sorry, no comparison to Bach. I wish I knew how to explain why without sounding like an uptight prick... there's almost zero counterpoint here, certainly no inversion or retrograde. These were the raw materials by which JSB wove the fugal tapestry, and the same techniques that composition students struggle through as exercises when studying his work. To ape his style, even badly, is really fucking hard. By contrast, the harpsichord (hammered dulcimer?) at 9:10 serves as just another synthetic keyboard varying & repeating the same chord progressions and melody -- as almost all contemporary "popular" music does. That's something that JSB never EVER did. The basis of Orbital's artistry (I'd argue) is a different kind of tapestry, one of instrumentation. It's basically theme & variation through a system of electronic arrangements, where the combinations of thousands of available virtual instruments IS the groove and the aesthetic content. There's more too, yes. But it's a completely different musical paradigm. It's interesting though to imagine what JSB might come up with in a modern context!
My decking aaaMotger, always SPECOFICALLGLYREQUESTS, that I play zOrbblital InSides,," whenever I'm in the car with her!! & she was born in 1948!!!!!!?
The whistling at the end completes it so well!
this track just fills my mind, erazes the world around me, repalces everything... and makes me whole
if you like intense music, you're gonna love this piece
PERFECTION
Who else could pull off with such perfection the use of a HARPSICHORD in an IDM track!!! - Only Orbital!
I think it's a hammered dulcimer...
Johann Sebastian Bach could do it Phased Spaces
duncan goddard - Yes the First section & overlaying plucked harmonies are a Dulcimer,
However 9:09+ is a Harpsichord.
You might also like Future Sound of london - "Dying while being held" and Autechre - "known(1)"
This is incredible, haven't heard the full version till now.
who still jamming this in 2016
How about 2017? And for many years to come ;)
Madeleine Brouwer still jamming in 2017! right now!
2017! This CD was stolen from me in 1999/2000. I've only just re-discovered it.
its 2018 get real.
J L 2018 and beyond!
I was 10 when this came out. This and 97 Crystal Method - Vegas, changed my life.
I always loved the harpsichord section. I've still got the original CD 💿 single. ✌️
Only thing this better would having the box part 1 in this but that is because its one of my favourites
14:40 that is my jam! I hadn't heard this in years. Thank you
Brilliance by far the box puts me in mind of the Randall and Hopkirk them. Love to hear Orbital do a rework of that classic.
Thank you! This track always gave me a vague late 60's detective vibe and you've nailed it.
@@stuartmcculloch4672 Brilliant still love this track and still a classic to this day. And the remix.
25th Anniversary of this sprawling multi movement electronic music masterpiece
Orbital was who got me into the electronic rave scene. The original Mortal Kombat soundtrack. I heard Halcyon and it was on.
At 9:10 absolutely thunderous, experimental beautiful and traveler ❤️❤️❤️
stil jamming in 2017 ... one of the best track of electronic music made ... those years ....
A few years ago I drove around the What was East Berlin on a Freezing cold Sunday night at the beginning of January with this playing .It took me Back to 1988
Driving in the same streets around the same time when it was East Berln. NO Multi millions spent on a Movie Could ever bring back the Tense Atmosphere of being somewhere we shouldn't have been and all that could have happened to us if we would have been caught by the Vopo -
Volkspolizei.
This raises my soul still to this day
I remember first time listening to the full version. I was tripping on Timothy Leary acid and it was one of the best trips ever.
Sounds perfect
I won that CD in local Polish radio like ~20 years ago. Still kicking ass.
Wonderful music!
Orbital were truly at their peak here. Snivilisation set the tone and In Sides carried it through, enabling two catastrophic 'remixes' of The Box to be released. Remember playing these from the CD single release and not quite knowing what was going on, but there is so much Out There Somewhere / Girl With The Sun etc going on here. Flawless.
Good times and man does time fly
9:11 - Uh, yeah... Classic Orbital.
At least that whistler knows how to do it right..most people suck at whistling and are very annoying. The guy at the end of this track had a melodic quality to his whistling..professional level.
listen to this on headphones from start to finish and your mind is going all over the place, masterpiece the whole way through. the production is amazing
still gives me goosebumps on all tracks....harpsichord solo FTW
I still listening watching the black Sky comming down at the top of the swiss alp montains though my window ...always a pleasure
I've been looking for the section at 12:30 for 25 sodding years,
it was on a mixtape sellotaped to the front of New Musical Express in 1994 and I've never been able to find it since then.......FINALLY! \o/
I got that tape, the version on there was about 9 minutes and it was exclusive to that tape, never released in any other format. Tape is called 'Bleeping With The NME' if I remember rightly and they managed to cram 6 of the hugest electronic artists of all time on to a free tape with 1 track each; Goldie, Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, Underworld, Orbital and DJ Shadow. It would have been 1996 though that's when this came out .. hard to believe it was all new at the time and all those artists stood the test of time, apart from the Chemicals who just sound so dated.
Correction, apparently the untitled version from the original vinyl EP is the same as the tape. Clocks in at 8:40 and someone has uploaded it here on UA-cam titled 'Orbital - The Box 12" (Untitled 3)' if anyone wants to check that out ..
Part 2 with the harpsichord is not available to download though, which is too bad as it's my favorite part of the whole suite, but I do have the CD thank god.
even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day
Orbital have been a costant in my life for over 20 years now, they have been with me through good and bad. Listen to one of their songs and they lift me out of the dark places in my mind and point me towards normality. They will have my forever love and gratitude.
I have never traveled this far inside The Box before.
The first time I'd heard this was in a Test Drive game. Nearly 20 years before.
I think Justice (the French duo) got their inspiration from this version of The Box for their masterpiece, Planisphere. especially the bass sounds from 5 minutes onwards and the harpsichord at 9 minutes
Definitely! 😀
Is the 'rope sound) in the middle someone hanging himself or being hung? Is the box a coffin? Does the guy survive a suicide attemt? 'indestructible'...or are those his dying thoughts?
This is bliss, harpsichord is so lovely
this song is epic the box my son was a dj back in the day 1996 lol then had his own show for 2 hours high school radio but how neat was that it was something to do still there and still broadcasting not doing acids music but thats cool still rocking played this often
5.02 onwards - mayhem
Paul and Phil Hartnol are legends
Remember buying this when it came out and immediately was blown away - it’s like why aren’t the Hartnoll’s commissioned to do more film music - it’s such an epic work is this.
Me too.
Still got it, and will never sell!
Such a great upload! Thanks :)
Sometimes, I think i've remained constant in the fabric of time while everyone else has changed..........
me too*
The only constant is change.
Orbital tended to be so much better than the majority of what some people on the electronic scene used to call somewhat disparagingly "student techno" (ie the type of electronic producers who tried to be like 'bands' gave the kind of interviews the music press liked, went on tour and whose records were sometimes also bought by a rock audience) . But unlike some others of that genre and like Aphex Twin (when he wants to) they made amazingly well-crafted pieces with loads of imagination that didn't need any of the other bullshit and hype.
On this lovely tune it's just a pity about the vocal bit at the end - well at least it's at the end so can be just cut off.
Just gave you a thumbs up - but you need to take the rough with the smooth.
Been a while 😁👊
I haven't heard this in sooooo long. Thank you for sharing it!
voice of Peter Burke of Dead can Dance 23:48
Actually it’s Grant Fulton.
So that's what the title meant. After watching the Tilda Swinton video, it seems so right. Wow.
the title means we live in a Box,.the world is a Box. there is no sun system or endless Universe. the world is a room (Box)
this feels good
Well this is awsome beyond words. I still remember when I first heard it when "IN SIDES" was initially released. I was like, "WTF is this? My God." Something else.
Who still jaming this in 2018 ?
2019
2019, and Soon 2020
Still going in 2020 oh yes 😁
There a full live version jus dropped on their official channel. From a french gig many years ago. Love this track.
Best track ever. Period
After 25 years I understand that the box has a vocal version and some other versions as well except part 1 and 2... You can imagine the look of my face currently I believe...
Brilliant! Feels like a crossover between Orbital and Future Sound of London. Wish I found this version earlier.
The entire version is great to listen to
the second track on this cd is immense
tf this isnt roddy ricch ?????????
I used to own the cd copy of this that i bought from a second hand music stall around 2000. At some point got rid of it for some reason. Dick.
oh shit lol That hurts...that really hurts.
My fav song from the master of the electronic music.
Sweet God this is so superior.
this song bums me out inside
thank you for this!
4:16 9:10 really great part.
Masterpiece!!!I already loved the original pt.I-II from original album..So,when a few years later,I first hear this EP version,my jaw...dropped!Personaly,I connecting this track with Sailor Moon.When In Sides first came out,I was just in love of that anime.Still do.Great was,that I discover Orbital and SM in a same time:-)
2020 gets a bit better with this masterpiece.
i wish an edited down version of this made its way onto In Sides instead of The Box Part 1
I got this as a cassette single.