William Orbit-Opitcal Illusions-(Promo EP)-2009-DV8

Artist: William Orbit

Title: Opitcal Illusions

Label: Kobalt

Genre: Electronic

Bitrate: 176kbit av.

Time: 00:24:42

Size: 33.06 mb

Rip Date: 2009-03-19

Str Date: 2009-04-20



1. Optical Illusions (Radio Edit) 3:05

2. Optical Illusions (Aaron Jerome Remix) 4:19

3. Optical Illusions (Trenchman Remix) 4:23

4. Optical Illusions (Dr Meaker Remix) 7:05

5. Optical Illusions (Billy Buttons Remix) 5:50



Release Notes:



On 20 April 2009 William Orbit is to release the 'Optical

Illusions' EP. Taken from his forthcoming eighth studio album

under his own name, 'My Oracle Lives Uptown' (out May 4th),

the downloadable five track ep features four exciting remixes

and a radio edit. (This is a promo CD of it)



Although his music is largely instrumental, Orbit loves to

work with singers. The placement of vocals within the track

icomes via a remixer's ear for shifts of perspective, taking

peripheral elements and forefronting them so they become the

focus of the track. On "Optical Illusions", vocalist Karen

Poole's contribution is one vocodered line, "Call my name",

which could have been the hook of a dance tune, but set

amongst acoustic guitar chords and melancholic, layered

keyboards it takes on a peculiar poignancy.



Kicking off with the radio edit, the EP features remixes from

hot new dubstep / jazz breaks DJ Aaron Jerome, who has gained

critical acclaim for his debut album 'Time To Rearrange' and

remixed artists include Gotan Project, Future Loop Foundation,

Roy Davis Jnr and Little Dragon. Next is a take on the song

from dubstep remixer Trenchman, who came to prominence with

his remix of Lil Wayne 'A Milli'. The EP also boasts mixes by

Bristol's Dr Meaker, a well know face on the drum and bass

scene, and a more subtle rearrangement of the vocals and

atmospherics by William Orbit himself in the Billy Buttons mix

- so called because it ties in with some of the sound effects

'buttons' on William's blog (www.williamorbit.com).



William Orbit has been in high demand as a producer and

remixer for well over a decade, most famously working with

Madonna on her 1998 album Ray Of Light, as well as Blur,

Britney Spears, Sugababes, Pink and scores of other artists.

Although My Oracle Lives Uptown is probably William Orbit's

most immediate album, it's so subtly layered that it only

reveals itself fully after a number of plays. And like his

other solo albums, it will surely be resistant to the ageing

process. His vision is idiosyncratic and original enough to

not to have to try to play catch-up with anyone else, giving

his music a curiously timeless feel.





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