Snivilisation

Dis music pretty groovy. I'd listen to in the background in the future.

This really is the definition of background music for me. Even if I sit down with the express intention of concentrating on it, it almost immediately slips into the background while I think about tidying the garage or vacuuming. And it's nice. Completely unchallenging and inoffensive to the point that it's barely noticeable. There was a slightly discordant edge in tracks like Sad But True that piqued my interest a little, but I'm more likely to reach for some Squarepusher or Aphex Twin if ever that itch needs scratching. It's fine though. It's got its place.

A lot of these more niche albums essentially come down to whether you understand what you’re listening to or not. I can’t say I fully do, but I recognize some influential parts and techniques that make this not nonsense. However, if I didn’t have that precedent, I’d can imagine that this wouldn’t make any sense to me, as I see in some of the reviews.

Pretty cool listen. Not really my cup of tea but some cool sounds and it's good background music

Day1023 - i got nothing from this except a headache

the length of this album was fucking diabolical

I very much enjoy this album, but it's a little hit and miss. I believe I recall the artists even said they were playing around and experimenting a little. Not that any of it's bad, but it's a little uneven. At least a 7 out of 10, maybe even 7.5, but I'm rounding down.

Some of these songs were fine, others were terrible, but there is that one….that one song on there…. And it is absolutely unlistenable.

fun! 3/5

Electronic chill, trancy. Not something I would listen to again also not something I would be upset with if it were on in the background. The songs are a bit long but the experimental and melodic concepts are intriguing.

Somewhat enjoyable, I’ll listen again. 2.6

Gjorde inget större intryck mer än att det funkade bra som bakgrundsmusik.de sista spåren var lite roligare.Det blir en 2a. Bäst är Quality seconds, Are se here, Attaced

Solid 1 ✅✅✅✅✅

Aivan älyttömän hyvä. Tunsin olevani videopelissä. Kuuntelen useasti toistekin.

Tässä oli paljon hyvää, mut kokonaisuutena vähän turhan sakea ainakin tähän päivään. Etenkin lopun pitkien biisien kanssa oisin toivonu joko sitä että jäädään jumittaan pidemmäksi sikaa, tai että oltais napsastu vähän tavaraa pois (tai molempia).

Outo ja jotenkin vähän häiritsevä kansi :D Ihan suht harmitonta taustajumitusta. Ja 75 laatusekuntia! Are We Here? -vokaaliosuus herätti koomasta et kyl mä näköjään aika kovasti usein kaipaan myös ihmisääntä musaani.

Ei lähtenyt. Liian toisteista ja tylsää. Paras biisi oli se loppupuolen menevä ralli joka kesti jonkun minsan. Ehkä oikeanlaiseen fokukseen toimisi, nyt ei sellaista ollut ja siihenkin löydän varmaan toimivampaa toisteisuutta.

Wow, maybe it’s just the weird Monday morning I’m having, but this is HITTING. This one might be a must-listen. I actually did end up revisiting this one later in the day. It’s got some real hypnotic tracks. Very cool, ML 421.

Had I listened to all of this while working on something, it would be a 4. But not great to listen in isolation. Enjoyed it at times.

Me gustó para pintar

not sure if this level of electronica is my jam.

This album isn't full of banger songs, but it's full of banger moments, and I don't know how to react to it. Maybe with listening to much more Orbital.

Pretty uninspired ambient techno music, felt more like a soundtrack to a video game or movie than a full album. I realised this was the second album by Orbit we have had. The last got a weak 3 so going to give this a strong 2 to balance it out.

Hell has hold music and it will be this

Beep boop beep bop boop

I wanted to like this more but I just… couldn’t get into it. Too repetitive and pretty boring. I assume this was early in the genre

not my thing

Not my thing

I didn't like it and it bored me, the looping 4 minute electronic loop song a can get with it's really monotonous

Beep beep, beep, beep, meep, squeak, beep, beep, beep, whee!

Techno, es un álbum y ya.

I thought this was pleasant enough. Vocals weren’t at the forefront and that’s a-ok for me in this project

An hour and 15 minutes of this was insane. There are some genuinely good tracks, but so much of it is mediocre or flat out boring, that I tuned out most of it. Not sure how anyone thought it should be included on this list, outside of Brit bias.

This one starts out pretty accessibly but does drive into some pretty hardcore dance. I don’t mind it but it’s a bit full on for me personally.

Meh

easy listening, und ich bleib dabei: im hintergrund. gefällt, ohne riesen-highlight.

kinda loud and noisy, of its time, killer bean music

Chilled

det er bare den kedelige udgave af elektronisk musik. Jeg kunne meget godt lide nummeret der boblede lidt ligesom en psykadelisk kilden i kroppen (I Wish I Had Duck Feet), men jeg kunne ellers ikke lide nummeret.

Troede at jeg kunne lokkes op på 2. Endte med at blive syg i roen af det.

* 41 Nogle gange tror jeg, at albums på listen er valget ved tilfælde.

Bleepy bloopy bip bop bub bib bleep blub bibidububi Svært at have noget imod, men det er så ligegyldigt. Og så er det virkelig ikke okay at slutte pladen af med to numre, der varer 15 og 12 minutter. 1.7

det er helt fint. Det er ikke noget, jeg kommer tilbage til foreløbigt, men der er alligevel en del interessante numre og idéer påpladen. Bliver måske lidt for ambient til at skille sig nok ud og trække flere stjerner til sig. Og så er det lidt overvurdering af egne evner at placere to numre på over 10 minutter hver til sidst på pladen - især når de nok snildt kunne have været skåret ned til det 1/3 uden, at der var nogen, der ville have savnet noget nævneværdigt.

Seventy-five minutes of soulless, tedious synthesizer noodling that bears little resemblance to the kind of music I usually enjoy. I do not categorically oppose the use of technology in music; it simply needs to be done in good taste - and on this album, the exact opposite has been done. The tracks are instrumental, save for the occasional burst of random spoken lines from sampled voices. Alison Goldfrapp makes guest appearances on a couple of tracks, though she does little to improve them. Almost all the tracks are far too long for their actual content and after half an hour of this ordeal, I was completely fed up and ready to shove the whole thing into the deepest crevice nearby.

Feels like I am waiting for a magic show to start. It is fine as an EDM record, not very danceable though unless you have a head full. It was fine background music until the end, really disliked the last few songs. This is not something I consider must hear and will probably never hear it again.

No fav song

These guys were huge in the 90s, and obviously very important to rave culture, so context for listening is important. As an album, listening on a sunny afternoon, it's some very pleasant EDM. Loses half a point for one long, indulgent track near the end - Are We Here. Not much else to say. 3.5*

props for among a song “i wish i had duck feet.” i totally forgot about that book!

Why do people make electronic music? To hell with this shit!!

Grabbed me straight away and kept me listening throughout, despite it being longer than ideal in terms of album length. This is the sort of thing I'd have hated when I was a teenager but have grown to enjoy just for the general vibe. It's not a fantastic album that I'll play on repeat, but enjoyable enough and with a fair bit of interest. Certainly better than its rating suggests.

Nice! Meer Orbital, yes please! Hou van de stijl muziek die ze maken, super spacey en traag. Forever is wat dat betreft een echte Orbital productie. Maar eigenlijk gaat dit album redelijk alle kanten op, je hebt een soort geluidsexplosie op Crash and Carry maar ook andere nummers die klein beginnen en van daar uit alle mogelijke kanten op kunnen en dat ook doen. Ik snap altijd volledig dat mensen dit niets vinden, maar voor mij is goede elektronische muziek zo ontzettend gaaf. Er komt daar echt niets bij in de buurt, zie het als een progrocker die een uur op een gitaar loopt te pielen. Voor sommigen dodelijk saai, voor anderen pure kunst. Philosophy by numbers vind ik persoonlijk niet goed werken en ik begrijp ook de kritiek dat sommige nummers te lang doorlopen. Heb me er zelf niet aan geirriteerd, ik vind het juist toevoegen aan de trippy spacey soundscape die Orbital creëert. Quality seconds is echt verschrikkelijk. Haalt me volkomen uit het album en had echt als allereerste geschrapt mogen worden. FAVO: Forever, Sad but true, Crash and carry, Kein Trink wasser, Attached

Thought beginning and the end were meh, really liked the middle.

710/1001 2026.09.25 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

Enjoyed this. Lost a little interest around the 40 minute mark, but found it enjoyable. When I’m in the mood, I like this kind of stuff. Solid 3.

I've realised whilst listening to this list that I really do tend to like the electronic albums, which has somewhat surprised me. This album is very nice and I could happily listen to this type of music for hours. I'm definitely learning a lot about myself. Favourites: Science Friction Kein Trink Wasser Are We Here?

Fantastic ambient dance that points to various modes of Edm at the time.

Beautiful!

Incredible work. It's occupying just the right level between ambience and activity. Something about having vocal samples from speeches used in songs is just catnip to me and there's lots of really great uses on this record of exactly that. I don't know that I'd recommend it to anyone since it feels tuned very specifically to my taste, but it nails it for me.

I took a few days off from this challenge because it was starting to feel like work. I came back hoping for something that would remind me why I enjoy doing this, and instead I got 68 minutes of 90s electronic music. What makes it worse is that the 90s are usually my safe zone, but my last two albums from the decade have been Stereolab and now Orbital. Meanwhile, when I'm not getting experimental 90s stuff, the app seems determined to bury me in late-70s albums that all start blending together. I know the whole point of this challenge is to hear music outside of my comfort zone, and discoveries like Calexico and The Beta Band are exactly why I keep doing it. But there's a difference between expanding my taste and making listening to music feel like homework. This did absolutely nothing for me. I already know electronic music is a tough sell unless there's something really dynamic or memorable to grab me, and this wasn't it. Welcome back, I guess. 1 star

Okay, I might be a little bit of a slut for electronic music. 01. Forever Reminds me a lot of Aphex Twin, who I love! Not a second is wasted! 02. I Wish I Had Duck Feet A really weird bass line. Weird sounds throughout the entirety of it, mattery of fact. And in a rare case, not to the songs benefit. 03. Sad But True Really fuckin' cool!!!! Especially the second half. It's like an electronic metal song!!! 04. Crash And Carry Only complaint is that it's not long enough! This goes really hard, then just ends. Wish it had another minute or two. 05. Science Friction I didn't care for this one at first, but it really grew on me! The second half is insane! 06. Philosophy By Numbers I honestly didn't care for this one for most of its run-time. But the last two minutes absolutely stole the show. Was really cool. 07. Kein Trink Wasser It's not necessarily a bad song, but just really boring this far in on the album. 08. Quality Seconds HOLY. FUCK. For just a minute and a half, you can get an absolutely INCREDIBLE track! MUST listen. 09. Are We Here? Runs its length perfectly. No complains. The drums are awesome, the synth is awesome, and the vocals half-way through are heavenly. Love it all. My favorite. 10. Attached Kind of went out on a weak fart. Is my least favorite. Not bad, but SUPER underwhelming. Especially after 'Are We Here?'. I really want to give this five stars, I do. But there are a few duds that leave me wanting more. Is this a perfect album? Hell no, not even close. But if doesn't want to make you dance, you have bigger fish to fry.

Different but not a bad listen.

Space aged journey riding a synthesizer riff. Definitely a Crystal Method feel. Whether it's the upbeat pop of "Forever," the peculiar bacon frying sound of "Wish I had Duck Feet," or the trash can thumping of "Crash and Carry" Orbital takes listeners on a journey. The album is like an inward journey into our minds with the electrical pulses of our mind getting a chance to be heard.

I liked the other Orbital album on this list more, but this one is fine I guess. It made passable background music while I: 1. Woke up / got out of bed 2. Played my daily NYT games 3. Played chess 4. Texted with friends 5. Made lunch 6. Ate lunch and then there was still 10 minutes left in this album. What I am trying to say is that this album is too long. Low 3.

Blago sam impresionirana ovim, nisam očekivala ni da će brzo proći 75 minuta ni da će nešto kategorisano pod ambient biti ovako dinamično.

There’s a lot of snarky things I could say about this album but I’ll keep it positive and say that I didn’t hate this album like I did with “orbital 2”. This album had actual songs on it even if they were very repetitive like the other album. But my biggest compliment is that the three songs I saved from this album I actually REALLY LOVE. And I don’t say that lightly, I really loved the three songs, they each had their own thing going on and wasn’t this ethereal vibe experience like the last album. They had some real grit to them. The first one I’ll mention is “quality seconds” which is like dance punk song that’s super infectious and fun. Makes me feel like driving a double decker bus at full speed through an abandoned building smashing into shit and wrecking the place! Has super rowdy vibes. Then there’s “sad but true” which is like a fancy bjork song. It’s almost the best song on the album. But the BEST song on this album, which is a 5/5 on its own, is this song called “Kein Trink Wasser” (which my phones spell check just couldn’t comprehend and fought me the whole way). It’s just absolutely brilliant and beautiful. It has this repeating fast piano keys as the main driving force and it just gets crazier and wilder as it goes, just constant escalation. It’s really heavenly though and doesn’t feel overwhelming like I’m describing it to be. Honestly, if I could remove every other song on this album til it’s just these three songs, this album would be a HUGE 5/5. I do think as a whole the album gets dragged down with the other tracks that just didn’t land for me. But this is easily my favorite Orbital album and I’m actually going to add this one to my wantlist.

This just didn't engage me on any level. 75 minutes long and I felt every second of it. This stays in the background and doesn't do much to force you to start paying more attention. Starting off as inoffensive electronic music, it started to feel like an endurance test as I got deeper into album. The pace abruptly picks up on the thankfully brief "Quality Seconds". This switch up felt very jarring and feels like it was inserted into the record to check that you were still attention before going back to the dull techno found on the rest of the record.

Ridiculously long, ridiculously dull. There's nothing here.

I think I just struggle to engage with predominantly instrumental albums. Without some sense of lyrics or narrative to latch onto, I think my attention just wanders and the music just becomes pleasant background noise. This seemed to have a bit of bounce and liveliness to it, but I still just tuned it out and I would struggle to recognise any track as a high point.

My favourite was Kein Trink Wasser. My least favourite was Quality Seconds. I was glad that was short.

It's soundscapes rather than songs in a typical sense. All those voice samples are very annoying, nothing I could enjoy

Yeah. Maybe on a second listen I will appreciate this more. Today it’s relegated to the background and gets a 3. 3 Boolean: —— not sure ——- null

I really enjoyed this one. Had ambient elements fused with trip-hop elements pieced together with societal issues that were being faced at the time as well as keeping a solid style and form through and through. Really cool stuff.

Music should be heard in context; sitting at my desk or doing a jigsaw is categorically not the appropriate context for listening to this. Still, it's not to say I didn't enjoy it. I'm a fan of minimalism, and that is at the core of this album just as much as dance beats and samples are. It's clever and well done; I can see why it's so highly regarded, even if it's not really something I'd reach for under, well, any circumstances, to be honest.

It felt like a chore getting through this album, and nothing really popped to me except like one song

Interesting, even getting some Ninja Tune vibes here

Well, it finally happened. Took till the final 100 albums, but I got the same band on back-to-back days. I’ve had a couple times where the same band or artist is split up by one album between their entries, but this is actually the first time I’ve gotten the same band on consecutive days. And of all bands, it’s fucking Orbital. Why the fuck are there TWO Orbital albums on this list? Dimery, dude. Come the fuck on. Here’s the thing - if I’m being honest, I think I liked this Orbital album a smidge more than yesterday’s. But I’m sorry, one of them need to be punished as a one-star album, if for no other reason than punishment for there being two Orbital albums on this list, when in all seriousness, there should probably be zero. Absurd the oversights there are on this list, and I get TWO fucking Orbital albums back to back (I’m not annoyed at all, I’m sure you can tell).

They pulled out all the stops and it works. The last 3 tunes make it a special record.

Bien Mais je crois qu‘il faut ecouter plusieurs fois

It was decent background music. Calm and soothing.

Okay for what it is.

The first couple of songs, you're like "okay I can dig this" and then the third and fourth roll on and it's time to move to something more compelling

Just repetitive noise to me.

I like this. Sends you into a bit of a robotic trance. Beep boop.

I liked it, but it could have probably been half the length without missing out anything.

I have mixed reviews on this one. As someone who has listened to plenty of Orbital, this one didn't quite do it for me. While I enjoyed hearing Alison on a couple songs, the overall vibe didn't quite hit the mark for me.

So great. I oddly thought that Orbital - despite having known various songs from them before this - were going to provide me with the copious use of a high filter and a sudden baseline. To say the stupidest thing possible, this was surprisingly and pleasingly musical. Oddly almost Balearic in spots with how chill it was, but much less commercial and more interesting. It's always a pleasure to be surprised.

Strange and not super interesting.

I kind of vibed with this but it really creeped me out listening to it while walking around at night. Also lets be real not a single song on here needs to be longer than 5 minutes.

3/10 was probably big for the time but today this seems generic as heck

Okay instrumentals. I liked Science Friction

Nothing bad here, and is the kind of thing that for me works well as just background music, but nothing really grabbed me or made me want to listen again.

Never heard of these guys before. One of the coolest things I've heard so far. Would make a great soundtrack.

I mean, this was fine. It's nineties electronic music. It was all over the place at the time, and this is just an example of it. Nothing stood out to me, other than maybe it was a bit too long. Guess that didn't matter when you were rolling.

pretty good!

Liked it but never loved it. Mid 3.

Hypnotic and crafted, but a little too down beat at times

It hooks me and draws me in. I don't care how long the tracks are, they could just keep going

I particularly like Orbital’s manipulation of rain sounds and the piano frenzy that is Kein Trink Wasser. The beats and production are fantastic but Snivilisation is missing the big tunes of the Brown album, so it pales in comparison.

This Orbital record comes in at a strong 3, two or three great tracks in the second half and everything sounds mint, but too much of it is a bit lifeless

I bet this shit hits so hard if you're the type of person who listens to video game soundtracks... 1.5/5