Snivilisation

It was ok

I don't think this is Orbital's most important album.

How many UK techno albums will you guys force me to listen to?

God was that dull.

Maybe the most interesting techno album from this challenge. Kein Trink Wasser was an insane track. Still a 2, sorry. Too long-winded and boring passages.

Kept listening to it while working and it passes the time nicely but doesn't hook me and allow me to lose myself in the music as I enjoy with other electronic music.

Nah. Too much going on here

wtf fam

I just find this to be tedious background music

Not impressed

Not deep. But you can dance to it. Well, some of it. Minus one star for the final run of songs.

This was pleasant background music for working.

A nice output into ambient techno with a variety of sampling techniques to keep you interested.

Really enjoyed it so different but familiar as well. 8/10

Holds up exceptionally well in my opinion

Good

Soundscape, background music. Very repetitive, but enjoyable in parts. The last piece, "Attached", while very long, and, repetitive, was pleasantly mesmerizing.

Honestly thought this was so good for electronic music. Some of the songs were a bit similar but enough variety where you could put it on in the background and enjoy. I liked this album a lot, especially compared to some other electronic music I’ve listened to.

Too much yet too little. No.

3.45 rym altro idm 2/5

Looked at the genre and length of this record and expected a bit of a slog but, I was pleasantly surprised. Very atmospheric and textured with a good variety too. While it does become a little bloated towards the end of the record it still ends up feeling like a journey throughout the soundscape.

Techno. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Musical. Estaba bien, pero un poco repetitivo. Ambient-techno.

Not bad as background music, but not interesting enough to be more than that.

79

Ik hou best van electronische muziek (ik wil niet opscheppen, maar ik had Safri Duo - Episode II in huis) en ook herhaling in nummers vind ik allemaal niet zo'n ramp, maar dit is wel heel abstracte bliep bloep plinky plonky pieuw pieuw muziek. En wanneer het dat ontstijgt wordt het toch een beetje herrie-achtig. Ik ben hier niet zo van onder de indruk. Misschien als ik stijf van de drugs in een grote hal zou staan wel, maar ik ben een drinker en geen gebruiker. Of als je bent ingeplugd in de matrix misschien. Ik vind dit niet slecht ofzo, maar ik verveel me gewoon de tering. Er zijn genoeg andere artiesten die ik liever aan zou zetten om m'n electronische behoefte te bevredigen. Wat leuke early hardcore geluidjes die we helaas moeten wegstrepen tegen zenuwachtige kutpiano's op track 7 en hyperactieve herrie op track 8. De één na laatste track is huismerk Aphex Twin. Qua kan ik het uitzitten is het een 3, maar qua vermaak ik me ermee hou ik het op een 2.

I think this band should have only gotten one spot on this list and it should have been this album. Much better than the last one!

We get such a strange assortment of European house/techno type albums, I had no idea where this would fall (and this is actually our second from Orbital). This one's great though! Some really bizarre and interesting textures on here, surprised how many of these long songs I really liked. Great album! I'd say nix the previous Orbital album in favor of this one, we really don't need two. Favorite tracks: I Wish I Had Duck Feet, Sad But True, Kein Trink Wasser, Are We Here. Album art: Wasn't keen on this at first glance but it's growing on me already. It's all grey, but looks to be some wires or headphones contorted into the shape of a person? Some little cars driving around the perimiter too, not sure what's going on. This is cool though. 4/5

An album with tracks of various sounds, rain/water dripping, buzzing noise, repetitive musical notes. Very few vocals.**

I think I like this album? I really wasn't expecting that given 1. it's electronic, and 2. over an hour. But the more time that passes with this, the more it branches out in different directions. Plus I like the lil character on the cover.

If I was into dancing and getting fucked up on party drugs, I might love this... but I'm not. This is the soundtrack to my own personal hell. Nope!

Old school.

Ho hum, bleep blop.

Was nice background listening while I did chores. I'm ignorant about techno and it's not really my cuppa tea, but there was a clear level of artistry on display on this album. 3.5

Ah okei annan tälle sen, että levy yllätti parissa kohtaa. Klassiseen musiikkiin jo kääntyvä ote ilahdutti (Kein trink wassen). Kiva ettei ollut tasaista äänimattoa läpeensä ja yhdisteltiin genrejä. Ei siis tylsä! Mutta ei mun makuun siltikään, vika biisi puudutti. Tähdet siis vaihtelusta, todin vahva kakkonen.

Kaksi viimeistä ovat final boss -tason haasteita. Ensimmäinen niistä oli itseasiassa ehkä levyn kiinnostavin biisi. Sitäkään en kokenut tarpeelliseksi sisäistää kokonaisuudessaan.

I actually don't understand what makes this such a low-rated album when all of the other electro albums I've encountered get decent reviews. It sound the same, just slightly different. It uses less sampling and has a more upbeat tone to it, which frankly, I prefer. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you this is decent music, but compared to other albums of its genre, it gets the job done.

Rather repetitive (I know that's much of electronic music but this is repetitive in the boring way) and dated sounding. 4/10

I’m a fan - this when it came out blew my mind a bit there are some fillers on here but it’s a solid album

Didn't like this kind of music at the time and I don't like it now.

I'm not sure if I would put this on the list of albums you should hear before you die. Is it bad?.........It's not horrible, but it is one long dance party rave. It's not really the type of music that I like to sit down and listen to. It is background party music.

ykw this is really starting to make me hate music. im not talking about just this album but this 1001 list sucks ass tbh. with generations like these makes me wonder how they even made it to the list in the first place. normally id steer clear away from shit i know i wouldnt like at a glance but with these generations as obligations made me realize that i had it good by just listening to shit i know id like before. anyway end of rant; album is so meh and drags on for so long. i wouldnt say its worse than that stinky haunted dancehall album but its real close to it. the length is just so brutal. i get that its to build the atmosphere but this album can really be cut in half and there wouldnt be a difference except for the length. this is like music theyd play when youre put on hold in a phone call and im not talking about the good kind like opus no 1. 2 personal favs: forever

Weird electronic music. Not necessarily bad but not for me.

Big fan but I love this type of music to zone out and work to.

no more Tomorrowland background music I am begging you

I’m probably being inconsistent in my ratings but I don’t know how to handle these albums that I enjoy for background listening but would not seek out to actively listen.

Both electronica and ambient can do something more than just being a background filler. Clearly, they just played safe here, creating such an unremarkable work.

I like the downtempo and ambient parts, for sure. The rest... Well, I didn't find the more inaccessible parts to be as grating as others have. That's all I'm really inspired to say about this album—yes, sadly, I don't have any unrelated stories to tell about nearly having sex in a Joker costume. What a shame.

Never listened to these guys until now, but this is definitely making me consider checking out the rest of their discography.

I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4. Really, the only reason I’m not at a straight 4 is because Attached is such a fucking deflating last track. That was 12 minutes of a glorified loop and it just felt like a really sour note to end a really good album. Regardless, I will not let the final 12 minutes dictate what the first 63 gave to me, which was pretty fucking good. There’s some really fun soundscapes here, and while a lot of it leans into VGM-adjacent territory, I’ve just been listening to a lot of VGM lately, so this sort of soundscape fell right into my recent comfort zone. I think the production choices and sound design for most of this album are really good, and there’s a huge variety of synths to work with, and a lot of it comes together in a pretty harmonious way. The layering that builds up each track to get to something really concrete was well done throughout most of this album, and I found myself just vibing a lot. I do think the final 17 or so minutes of the album fall flat; that’s the final 4 minutes of Are We Here? and the entirety of Attached, but regardless, I found so much of this enjoyable to listen to that I’m completely fine with bumping it up to a 4. This is some quality stuff here, and I’m really glad it’s on this list.

Good electronic album, great beats, no particular highlights.

Although it may have been reasonably relevant in its day, 30 years later, this isn’t very exciting at all. 75mins seems like a long time.

I mean... "I Wish I Had Duck Feet?" Zappa has a penchant for writing songs where the lyrics are meaningless to him. For the most part it was the music itself that was important. But there were songs where the lyrics had a message. So obviously an act that is doing electronic music where there are no lyrics can make titles that don't have to mean anything at all. But still... this just seems like a private joke that we won't get. Driving around in my car, the first few tracks had sound effects that made me wonder if there was a problem with my car. I had to turn the down the volume to check. "Philosophy By Numbers" - Technology... Philisophy... Technology... Philosophy... shut the f*** up, man. Quality Seconds was pretty good, I would have liked some more of that. I get the idea of maximizing the CD space for electronic music. But I would have rather to have the songs be shorter, as opposed to FIFTEEN MINUTE SONGS. It just felt like it went on forever. Next.

Why do these guys get two albums? Orbital 2 was their magnum opus (apparently) so I don't get this inclusion. It's more or less the same to me. Apparently there's a bit of an edge to it and a push-back against UK laws that were anti-rave? I don't hear it. How does one voice criticism without vocals? I heard either samples or cooing from Alison Goldfrapp (lovely, but not thought provoking). I didn't hate the, album but was kind of waiting for it to be over until Kein Trink Wasser hit with some nice piano/keyboard and Quality Seconds followed it with some abrasive rock stylings. Still, 75 minutes is way too long and it's a coin flip between a 2 and a 3. In the end no better than Orbital 2 and I gave that a 2. So there you go.

1. forever - 1 2. duck feet - 0 3. true - 1.5 4. crazh - 1 5. zcienze - 0 6. numberz - 1 7. uuazzer - 0 8. zecondz - 0 9. here - 1.5 10. attached - 1

Some good tunes. But no anthems. Not the best.

Ok, nothing special

Cyberpunk-esque electronic music. Not typically a fan but I enjoyed most of it, funny enough

Well, it’s not my favourite genre and sure enough it lost my interest a couple of times, but overall I thought it was decent, with a good variety of sounds. I enjoyed the gentler and more ethereal synths (like on Science Friction) the most. I haven’t seen any evidence to suggest that this particular Orbital album was of great importance, so I’ll score it 2.5 stars, but based on personal enjoyment I’ll charitably round up.

Just found this very disappointing compared to their earlier work. Felt like an AI Musak compilation of some decent Orbital songs.

An interesting album and music style. I liked Crash And Carry, Are We Here? and Sad But True.

Expected to hate this, but loved it.

Kind of ok until the peeing noise. And then the ticking noise. I quit

This got boring quick

Meh

25 years ago, The Box held epic status in my mind. I never pursued further listening from Orbital. Finding this on my list yesterday, made me wonder if I made a mistake. I suspect they have some great albums, but this one never really separated itself from other albums from the genre. A little disappointing, but not awful.

high energy and repetitive. high energy and repetitive. high energy and repetitive.

Not my jam, maaaaaaaan

Cool music to have in morning while i did shit, but it dragged on way too fkn long and got annoying, way too repetitive

I'm struggling to find the reason behind this album being on this list

Most of the songs sound like a kid playing on a Casio keyboard. There’s one cool kinda industrial metal-ish song, but it lasts for about 30 seconds.

no

A horrible album cover and name, but the Orbital folks have delivered another interesting album. The hypnotic beats and music keep me entranced. This will be good for working. 4/5.

I get The Orb and Orbital mixed up, and I sort of groaned when I saw this album pop up on the 1001 list. I was thinking it was a different album by The Orb which I had heard, but this was actually a new one for me. Orbital are a bit more upbeat techno compared to The Orb’s more ambient sound, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much Snivilisation drew me in throughout its runtime. I think it’s actually my favorite of the 3-4 Orbital albums I’ve heard so far.

Another uninspired and boring 90s electronica album

Bleep. Bloop. Bleep. Boop. This was okay but honestly just not really for me.

Nice, dance is not really my thing but this was easy to listen to

Creative, disjointed in a wonderful way, beautiful at times. Really just a fantastic listen.

An interesting listen.

This was always going to be a challenge for me because techno is not really my thing. Track one, Forever, genuinely felt like it was going to last forever. I appreciate the layering and the slow build that electronic fans enjoy, but I struggle with long instrumental passages that do not evolve enough to keep my attention. I Wish I Had Duck Feet is a brilliant track title, but unfortunately not a brilliant track. The whole album felt like being back in Cyberdog in Camden in the mid nineties. All neon lights and relentless beats, but not much emotional connection for me. I can hear the craft in the production and the ambition behind it, but as a listening experience it just is not something I connect with. Favourite song: None stood out for me Least favourite: The overall sound never clicked Album artwork: I actually really like the cover. Bold, colourful and far more engaging than the music for me

hell yea techno

Great focus music

Can't say I hated it, but I didn't love it either.

this was a 75 minute long techno album so it wasn’t really meant to be listened to alone with earbuds in. it was cool at times though which made it less tiring than it could have been

Blorbital

Fine

Bleep bloop

Nice and mellow.

Elevator electronic. It was ok to listen to in the background. Not really sure how it ended up in yhe top 1001

Ahh 90s electronic music - love the random beeps and bloops of analog synthesisers!!

Bleeps and bloops. As far as that goes, it's pleasant.

I get, but it’s boring AF.

Boring repetitive esounds

Orbital is a British electric music duo renown for being an early contributor to the rave scene in England.

Not really my jam

The second song reminded me of a book I read as a kid called "I Wish that I had Duck Feet". This book traumatized me cause they threw the kid in a zoo at the end. Like why would they do that, he's a little boy, don't lock him in zoo jail!! Also this album was fine.

Snivilisation is the third studio album by Orbital, originally released in 1994. I already got the other Orbital album that's on this list, with the brown cover. I believe that was the album released before this one. I definitely found myself vibing with this one a bit more, specifically the track "Science Friction". Now, I'm not very well-versed in electronic music, but I can see how this would've sounded pretty ahead of its time in 1994. Listening in 2024, however, one can see it hasn't aged particularly well. The tracks meander a lot longer than needed. I also don't feel as though the vocal samples add much. If anything, they detract in a lot of cases. Apparently the group moved to a more dnb sound after this record and I can kinda hear them inching towards that sound on these tracks, so that was cool. Probably sounds better off molly.

If I'm ever in the mood for a trippy electronic album I'll go to this one. Unfortunately I'm rarely in that mood

Ten tracks, seventy-five minutes, and an infinite supply of bleeps and bloops, all arranged as if endurance itself were the point. Snivilisation wants to pass off sheer length as profundity, but most of it sounds like studio-bound knob-twiddling in search of a reason—oh right, drugs. The duo’s techno maximalism collapses under its own weight, with ideas stretched so thin they become ambient wallpaper for people who think staring at oscillators counts as enlightenment. “Science Friction” almost works—the tempo perks up, the electronic clutter briefly coheres—but one tolerable track doesn’t justify this much sonic sprawl. Less civilization, more self-indulgence.

Рейв-культура - не моё, но но звучит очень приятно, есть качающие и цепляющие треки классные (как у группы Koop).

A strong electronic album - slightly dated on the production side but doesn’t detract from its quality

Heard one orbital song pretty much heard them all, but it’s a pretty good song.

Just not feeling this one. Had I been on a beach in Ibiza recovering from a monster night out, then maybe I'd have enjoyed it a lot more. As it stands, I was sitting at my desk working. So, yeah, didn't feel it.

ok background music

Super record. Quality seconds indeed

This wasn’t bad or anything, I just couldn’t finish it. It sounded like the music they play during intimate scenes in Lifetime movies

I assume you have to be off your tits to enjoy this, because listening to it sober on a Wednesday morning, it is utter garbage. Couldn't finish it

Lame

Sounded alright but boring. Long songs too.

“Can you turn that stupid music off”-my brother. Usually he’s way out of line but today I think I agree w him. Not really into the electronic techno thing they’ve got going on. Not offensive but most definitely not exciting. I think my reviews have been unduly critical lately and I blame that on my mother so apologies to everyone on her behalf. 4/10

What does God say? Very groovy sometimes. Wacky but interesting. Good background while I worked. 7/10

7/10 - if this album was every other song it might be a 9 or a 10. But if it was only the songs that were excluded in that every other it would be like a 3 or a 4. The last 2 songs however are pretty decent. I can hear so much inspiration was pulled from albums like this. Even in the songs I don’t like it likely inspired other songs I don’t like. The second song reminds me a bit of a few topi songs that I don’t enjoy greatly.

So much of each song was the same and it wasn’t that fun to listen to

Not bad, just got a little annoying to listen to after some time

Some hard hitting techno to ambient trance, this is a super tasteful collection of the electronic scene done well. Really nice tones and movement in the song structures that get you right in the zone. Tracks like "Science Fiction" have a way of feeling floaty and meditative without going full on "Pure Moods" on you. "Kein Trink Wasser", for instance, has that big Chicago house piano energy at first but goes into an unusual chamber direction that you can bop to without even dropping a drum beat. Look for more range on the sprawling final 2 tracks featuring the jungle "Are We Here?" complete with the paper-slap snare over the top of a metallic snare and just about a thousand other drum sounds in between. This stuff is thinking way out of the box and that's why Orbital are legends.

As a huge Brown album convert, I could never get into this album on previous occasions. Something is happening however today, I'm really digging it. Feel like I'm waking up to this record for the first time. Maybe it's something about the hooks, they're less obvious, insistent perhaps, but they're there. I'm loving every track in different ways. Finished very strongly as well with Are we Here and Attached. Going into rotation.

Indie Soundtrack vibes, got a bit seinfeld effect'd

Reminds me of a 90s PS1 racing game soundtrack

Musical. Estaba bien, pero un poco repetitivo. Ambient-techno.

3.75

My toe was tapping and head bobbing at time. Great album to get some shiat done. Some beep some boops

the squishy sounds at the end of Forever made me shrivel inside out, but I was vibing for the rest of the time. Quality Seconds are probably the most quality seconds of the whole thing

Quality Seconds rips and makes me wish the entire album sounded just like that. Then the next song is an unforgivable 16 minutes long.

It's OK - not likely to go back to it

I think this album had all the ingredients to make a super cool, chilled out electronica album that I would've really enjoyed. But given the infancy of the genre as a whole, I think Orbital gets carried away with the experimentation in what they COULD do, neglecting what they SHOULD do.

A few euphoric electronic highs here, but the overall trip is a bit up and down.

At the time, British electronic music had so much more to offer, I'm not surprised I've never heard of these blokes. This feels unfinished.

The evolution of electronic music!

Nice beeps and boops but doesn't leave an impression.

boring electronic music

I didn't make it through. Too much random noise, not enough music.

listening to this album is like feeling sick

This music rather passed me by at the time (I was aware of it, but never engaged with it). This is a pretty fine album, though it's really a bit long and rather overstays its welcome!.

dunno, some basement stuff right here

At first I thought it wasn’t for me but it definitely turned in to a vibe! Felt like doing on beat body rolls while walking through a club. Sounds like a soundtrack to a 90s porno film though but in the best way possible.

I couldn’t listen to this … straight up trash.

This album helped me realize why I don't tend to like albums like this. I'm trying to analyze them rather than just sit back and enjoy the music. I don't need the full 12 minutes to make a general analysis and don't tend to seek out the genre. So I find myself forced to listen to the remainder of the song.

Lotta beeps and boops, good background music, probably could’ve gone without hearing

3/10

While listening to this, there were fleeting moments when I was reminded of ambient music in various video games - but without the joy and excitement of actually playing one. Apparently Orbital DID appear on a few games, so perhaps they should've done a full career change and leaned as far as they could into making soundtracks. Because listening to their music on it's own is not enjoyable. At all.

Not bad but not my style I like lyrics

Orbital just aren't my type of dance music. If I was pulled up in a field I'd probably love it but as I'm not, I don't.

first listen not that diverse in production but i found it meditative and nice

Wierd men også chill

Before listening: I guess with 1001 albums there's going to be a lot of artists I don't know. Snivilisation is another one. Released in 1994, it looks like a pop rock alt album to me, based on the cover. I don't even know what to expect here. After listening: Electronic instrumental. I got the hell out of there pretty fast.

Genre: IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), techno, ambient techno, downtempo Standouts: Are We Here? Others: Sad But True, Crash and Carry, Science Friction, Kein Trink Wasser, Quality Seconds 3.5

Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Forever, Sad but true, Crash and carry, Kein trink wasser, Quality seconds, Are we here?

Quite cool actually

pretty rad but some loops get old. 1 hour album but feels like 5 hours

I think I understand why people like this music. The songs each have a different vibe, more so than most EDM. Not all of them are good. The songs are repetitive, but they still manage to build tension. The last 2 songs are way too long. Favorite song: Kein Trinkwasser

Ahh another mediocre techno album. So much of the electronic music stuff on here, it ages poorly and doesn't sound exceptionally amazing. I live in the techno capital of the world so even if it's a genre I really dislike, I hear better versions walking down the street. I do like Alison Goldfrapp but even she can't save this. Also too damn long.

I think this is the second Orbital album I’ve been generated. The first was one of their self titled albums (the brown one) and I loved it. I have high hopes for today of some low-fi IDM that works like Ritalin. Let’s go! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: I Wish I Had Duck Feet, Are We Here This is just what I was hoping for. I had this playing while I was working today and it was great to have on while focusing on something. It isn’t overly technical, so never gets distracting, but is still interesting enough that it doesn’t feel boring in any way. As cliche as it may be, chill beats to study to are pretty great. And I never would have imagined I’d have said that before starting these daily reviews.

I don't know if I need to say again that I don't like Orbital, but I must say that album looks like a courageous release. They were really trying to say something with their songs; it's me who doesn't get it. I enjoyed the (unexpected) "Quality Seconds."

2.5

Some songs are pretty boring and repetitive. Overall it sounds pretty archaic. Some beats were pretty good and would be pretty hype coked up on a dancefloor. Others had some sounds that caused mysophonia and were torture.

More noise than music to me

Техно - вообще не моë. Могу это слушать только фоном, пока в доту шпилю

Album # 48

I wanted to give it a 1 because I have given such good albums a 2. But I just can't give it a 1. It was too good for that. We need a better rating system

Listened to this while making breakfast for my kids. When it was in the background it was fine. When my attention shifted to the music and I actually listened, it was 90's techno hold music. Not horrible, but will not seek it out.

Not a 4 but not a 2

Was close between a 3 or 4 star for me, I’ve gone 4, few tracks went on for a little too long

Mechanical music is not for me.

Maybe not the most "essential" Orbital album, *Snivilisation* documents a transitional phase between the iconic *Orbital 2" and the bouncy and sonically more adventurous *In Sides* within the British band's discography--with more drum'n'bass rhythms, and less orthodox techno flourishes. The thing is, "transitions" can sometimes lead to an interesting offer that surprisingly ages better than expected (as witnessed in many key moments of this record: "Forever", " Sad But True", "Science Friction"...). The record loses the thread a little as it delves into increasingly grating dada experimental shenanigans (a tendency also found in *In Sides*, but probably better executed there). Yet the two last 10-minutes-plus epics "Are We here?" and "Attached" makes listening to this album until the end worthwhile. Aging well is not so easy in electronic genres. So I might revisit this album later on to confirm my suddenly large benevolent feelings here.   3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential albums" (rounded up to 4)Which translates to a 8.5/10 grade for more general purposes (5+3).  Number of albums left to review: less than 300, approximately (I've temporarily lost count here) Number of albums I'll include in my own list: half so far, approximately Number of albums I *might*  include: a quarter, approximately (including this one) Number of albums I'll never include: another quarter (many others are more important to me)

I made pancakes and listened to this. It worked. Would definitely cook to this again.

Orbital has a new fan.

This was classic 90s raver music. I cant say I would know which band this was, let alone name a song, but it is instantly recognizable. Also my wife is a big fan.

Dug most of this for sure.

Was the list hacked?

classic of the chill out tent 2.6

Heeeel nice. Orbital 4 life.

really good

So weird and trippy, loved it!

Nope

Terrible!

good ambient album

Yeahhh no

Weirdly this album really helped me focus while I was working. Other than that it was just okay.

This entire album is full of wet farts. It's gross.

No

A very pleasant techno/electronica album. Fitting for listening to as background, but some of the tracks straigh up ball. My favorite so far is "Sad but True" with the cool rhythmic beeps and the Moby-esque and Massive Attack-esque vocals throughout. Though it stays loyal to its overall theme the album in my opinion doesn't lack diversity either. It could be a little boring to listen when you're not feeling the vibe, but if you do it's definitely a good choice. Way better than Daft Punk imo. Thumbs up 7.5/10

Might have found one of my best studying albums. It's just busy enough to keep your mind satisfied and prevent you from falling asleep, and just calm enough as to stay in the background and not interrupt your thoughts. But couldn't imagine happily strutting down the street while having this playful plethora of beep boops injected into my pair of precious ear canals. That'd just make me sad:(

It was nice to work to but didn't push the needle much

Not really my kind of thing, but makes good background music while working.

Gillar elektronisk musik men det här är ju skit.

This was pleasant enough at first, but quickly wore out its welcome. Way too long, and it started to get irritating. Would’ve been better without the vocal samples. Best track: Kein Trink Wasser 2.5 rounded up

Not for me.

Fun background music

Goes on for a long time. Not bad but not awesomeness to zone out with on in the background. Probably not setbreak material

Not my cup of tea.

Yeahhh

Would like to give it 4 stars but it's just too long and blends into the background too much.

Two albums from these guys on this list? I have questions Robert Dimery...

Interesting album

When I started listening, I thought this might have potential to go somewhere. Unfortunately, for my taste, it got worse instead of getting better. Not offensive or bad, but feels pretty generic.

I have a soft spot for 90s British dance music

Some interesting songs and some very annoying ones. Overall there are better 90s electronic albums

Wow. The. Repetitive. Nature. Of. EDM/House Music. Is. Not. My Jam. Sorry, Orbital - I am definitely not your target audience so I'm rating this one as such. I'd never revisit this. There are a couple of positives I did take away from this album that I will never listen to willingly again: the first 4 "songs" didn't grate on me. This earlier portion of the record was fairly easy to do some "deep work" to as it played in the background. Some of the tracks, like Crash and Carry, had some melodic spots. And then things completely traversed into noisy EDM repetition, including "songs" more than 15 minutes long that made me want to jump off the closest bridge. Memory unlocked: I do recall there being an Orbital song on the EDM/electronica-heavy soundtrack for the forgettable 90s movie "The Saint," though - why I bought that as a teen, I do not remember. Certainly not because of Orbital (sorry, Orbital). Interesting factoid (only one this time) from Wikipedia: *The band released the album at the time of the launch of the Criminal Justice Act, the legislation that gave British Police greater legal powers to break up unlicensed raves that gave Orbital its name. The Are We Here? single featured the track "Are We Here? (Criminal Justice Bill?)", which consists of four minutes of complete silence. Standouts: Forever, Crash and Carry

I enjoy a bunch of electronic music. Thought this one was just fine. Not my favorite.

Reminded me of the SNL skit featuring the Sprockets. “Do you want to touch my monkey?” Don’t love techno and did not love this. Spent most of my time looking forward to the end of the album.

I do not like them on a boat, I do not like them with a goat. I do not like them, Sam I Am.

So that's two Orbital albums and zero They Might Be Giants. We're in the last 200 albums of this experiment now. No Lemonade. No Breeders, Ween, Whitney Houston. Two Orbital albums, though. I mean I get maybe putting one on here to represent this corner of the music world. But what can two Orbital albums do for us that a single The End of the Tour cannot?

Every now and then an interesting idea pushes through the cracks, but this mostly sounds like PlayStation 1 loading screen music. That's not an original observation, I've made it before on this app. That said, I don't think this album warrants too much brainpower.

Fuzzy, zippy, excellent to run to, great electronic beats very 90s, very UK and actually very very enjoyable

Extremely good album. Together with Insides, Dubnobasswithmyheadman and Exit Planet Dust, probably my favourite 4 electronic albums from the 90s.

Fantastic album, arguably Orbital's best work.

The kind of electronic albums I can appreciate. It's too long for me to stay focused but still a very nice listening experience.

All I got from this was an image of a bunny bashing a set of drums and wishing I has bought the cheap brand.

Repetitive shite.

Not my jam.

Not for me

Weird electronica. Definitely has its place - on a very late night/early morning in a dark room with strobes flashing... can see how its influential

Haven’t heard of this. Electronic album from 1994 so am curious. Interesting - not great but not bad either. A solid 3.

Too long, but the vibes are pretty cool. These albums can feel kinda boring, but this mostly avoids that.

En base a la crítica que hace el álbum al sistema judicial de Reino Unido sobre los raves, se plasma correctamente el concepto del mismo. La intención de los autores se denota en las melodías plasmadas en el disco acompañados de patrones rítimicos repetitivos.

Nope

Annoying electro, babble

A whole lot of beeps and boops. Not really my thing

This album unfortunately peaks with the very first song. That song is so good that it is a shame no others really come close in terms of me wanting to listen to them again. There are a few other tracks that might be worth revisiting, but I'd really only stick with just a small handful

I don't have a lot to say about this, but much like the first Orbital album that I got on here, this is really good 90s techno. It manages to be repetitive dance music without feeling repetitive 4/5

Before I listen: I've never heard of this group and have no clue what to expect. I see that its 1hr20min in duration. Could be in for a good time or a bad time. Its rainy and slow day at work so ill listen while I do some cleaning and organizing. Released in 1993 is insane. They were ahead of their time. I have been an electronic music enjoyer for about a decade. Daft Punk is my #1 artist of all time and I also enjoy Mezerg. I believe the two groups drew a lot of inspiration from Snivilisation. I love that this album is included in the 1001 albums to listen to before i die.

Not my style of music but if it was I would like this album.

Very Gimes-y; synth

Better than the other Orbital album on this list but still a bit dated

Albumnamn till trots faktiskt rätt bra

Good background music.

I'm pretty picky when it comes to electronic music. This was fine, but didn't really stand out to me at all. It all plays like soundscapes to me, which I'm sure some people love. I find it sort of long-winded and boring for the most part. It's fine, but doesn't move me.

The first half is some nice chill electronic music, had chill vibes and the vocal blips are fun and fitting. The second sounds way worse though, weird production decisions, I suppose. It’s ok.

Fun

Favorite Tracks: Kein Trink Wasser Are We Here?

Está bien para tenerlo de fondo, aunque no me interesa demasiado. 3

Oh my God, weirdness out of control.

Not bad. I actually appreciated some of their other top songs over this album in particular though.

When this came out, I was already deep into Autechre, Aphex Twin/Polygon Window and Coil. This as wimpy compared to that. Still is.

Ambient breakbeats. Not bad if that's what you're looking for.

I happened to listen to it whilst I was in the gym. As gym music it was great...but I think I would have got bored of it mid-album in any other environment.

This is becoming a trend. Random band random album and its not even their consensus best work. I mean, this group has two albums rated higher than this one, so how can this be a 1001 need to hear record?

Very good electronic album, sounds ahead of it's time. Nothing really stands out but overall a nice listen

Nice background music, higher energy. Not really my thing but I get it.

Drugs necessary.

Very interesting and enjoyable.

One of the most engaging electronic albums I've heard from this list! Great production, catchy beats and melodies. I really liked the main keyboard part on "Kein Trink Wasser." Record felt a little long though, especially with the last two songs being over 10 minutes each but other than that, I really enjoyed this listen.

This was a rather unobtrusive techno album. It's notable for its ambient techno but other than that I'm not sure why it's here. That's not a judgement on its merit, I just don't have the background in electronic music to confidently say whether or not it's a good record. It's overlong but I didn't feel mired down by it like I have for other British electronica albums from the 90s. The beats and loops were occasionally mesmerizing and it had some incredible moments, but on the whole, the album fell into the background for me.

Schrulliges Hardcore Techno mi Acid Elementen. Sehr unruhige Techno Platte ohne Highlights und Wiederekennungswert. Auch für jemanden der Techno ganz gerne hört, hat kein Song begeistert - Schade -.

Just not my thing.

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Another listener put it as succinctly as I ever could: “Excellent background music, but not much that drives it into the foreground for me.” The sad thing is I like this as much as a lot of the ‘true’ classics that have come my way. Guess I’m just not that deep.

Als Soundtrack fürs Arbeiten im Homeoffice ok. Bewusstes Hören? Nein!

2.5

Good, but too long. I do not need 15 minute 'ok' songs in my life. Shame, because i really liked what heard, it just draggsd on and on.

good overall album.

Nope. Nope nope nope.

I don't know how I went this long without ever hearing of this band. I'm not that knowledgable about EDM but still, these seem to be the OGs. If you told me this came out yesterday instead of 30 years ago I would believe you, it's so fresh. A whole lot of fun.

Loving this proto ambient techno

8/10 yeah I dig Orbital’s stuff it’s fun

туц-туц-туц алкоальбом: пиво на утро после рейва

Artistic but not my jam

Wieder eine Band, die ich nicht kenne und wo ich mich nur wundern kann, wie es diese Platte auf die Liste mit 1001 Alben... Ok, das ist also Techno. Hier wird mir wieder vor Augen geführt: Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß. Es bleibt spannend.

yay, early-90s electronica. woo hoo

Mixed bag, a few positives surprises, but also some … strange ones.

Heck yeah, give me more of this! Not the most interesting album if I was focusing just on it, but in the background as I'm doing some work it's great. A bit of variety, good grooves throughout

Pretty repetitive. Might be good in the right mood though

not had time yet but I know orbital'w work

First time listening to this album. I loved later Orbital back in the ought dickities. This feels like the threads that led to that. Enjoyable and worth a relisten.

It's fine. If you like this kind of electronica, It's what you'd expect. Bang on 3 stars.

Boring.

Orbital returns with "Snivilisation", an eclectic album that embarks the listener in a multi-layered sonic journey. Surprisingly engaging, Snivilisation explores the limits of Orbital's musical footprint. Some tracks make good use of warmth synth lines to summon a digital trance. Others appeal to dense loops to wake euphoria. Although elegantly explosive, I cannot discern its legacy clearly. Surely a group of 90s European kids vibed to this, but who took their baton? (I am asking this question from my most honest ignorance since it's quite possible that Orbital cemented the foundations of the IDM genre as we know it.) Final verdict: a good electronic album that could be improved by cutting about 20% of its final length.

Ahead of its time it would seem

Int kanske helt min grej, för mycket på en gång

This album is so cool! Can’t believe it wasn’t on my radar before now. Right up my alley.

This could make a nice video game soundtrack; it is pleasant and not distracting. But a standalone album of chill electronic music only made sense before the modern state of the internet. I could not tell the difference between this stuff and a random track on one of the numerous "music for studying" playlists. And I'm sure Orbital's contribution was significant for the development of electronic music, but now that the genre is no longer novel and interesting, the only people who will care about this album are the ones who owned a copy back in the '90s and listened to it many times.

Electronic music is really not my thing, but I enjoyed this well enough, for the most part. Kein Trink Wasser was a particular standout. Kind of a krautrocky, Steve Reich vibe.

So generic sounding. It had all the generic beats and chanting overlay that all the early to mid-90s artists had when trying to break into the electronica scene. Soooo boring.

Incredible

Trippy

This is a video game soundtrack type beat.

Was hoping for something more trip hoppy

Didn't love it, Didn't hate it

insufferable: i wish i could give it 0.

1994 was a pretty big year for techno music in the U.K. A multitude of large 90’s techno artists released albums this year, mostly in response to the Criminal Justice Act that banned raves in the country. Orbital was one of those artists, but if you didn’t know that beforehand, you wouldn’t be able to tell just by listening to this record. Like many techno records, this album’s antithesis is built on these long songs with really complex and winding instrumentals. Sometimes it takes a while for it to get to the good parts, which makes the album feel a little bloated and drawn out. But when those good parts do eventually come, they are pretty good. This is relatively run of the mill techno. The last two songs are both over 10 minutes. And given what I had heard on the rest of the album, I was a little worried this would be the worst of the bloat and slog. But surprisingly, Are We Here? was actually a pretty solid song that is paced well. But the closing track definitely falls more into the bloated category. The difficulty with this album is that there are just better electronic records from the same period I would rather listen to. Rating: 7/10

Decent electronic record. Takes some interesting turns (Quality Seconds). Really liked Kein Trink Wasser, that piano riff reminded me of All My Friends. The Alison Goldfrapp led Are We Here? is also great. I think there is some social commentary weaved into the samples, but I’m not well versed enough in early 90s UK issues to connect with that.

You can tell they were experimenting a bit more on this album compared to their other one on this list. Still found it very enjoyable though, some great beats and sounds throughout, the last two epic songs I thought were especially pretty, the vocals on 'Are We Here?' are gorgeous. You wouldn't think these two songs are nearly 30 minutes combined, they go by without you really noticing. Also loved 'Crash and Carry' in the middle, that one was a real banger. Maybe I preferred the straightforward danceability of the last album, but will be looking into the rest of their work after these 2.

A neat listening experience. A little bit dub step, sort of reminiscent of The Art of Noise, but more industrial in sound.

early IDM really hits different.

This was painful to put myself through. I like electronic music. But man, this one just went on and on and on, it was so repetitive with nothing interesting going on. Half the time the thing that was being repeated is just annoying to listen to anyway. I was so relieved at one point when I noticed there were only two songs left to listen to. But you can imagine my disappointment when I realized that those two were 15 minutes and 11 minutes long respectively. Nearly 30 more minutes of uninteresting and sometimes unbearable music. Awful. Absolutely awful. But at least it was *sometimes* good. Very rarely. 2/10 Top 2: 1. Forever 2. Quality Seconds

Meh. Didn't really care for this. I didn't hate it by any means just didn't really care for it either.

Nothing memorable for me about this one.

its ok...wondering why orbital 2 isnt the choice ( as wikipedia says that is their most acclaimed record) Kraftwerk did this 10 times better.

it's so bloopy and blorpy. This is why I wanted to do this project, to hear weird experimental music. Despite enjoying it for it's uniqueness, and I'm glad I listened to it because it was so different, I'm still giving it 3 stars.

Great example of 90s UK electronic. Not everything was trying to be The Prodigy, some people were making thoughtful, patient tracks you're meant to sit with.

Musical. Estaba bien, pero un poco repetitivo. Ambient-techno.

Good

Not my kind of music.

Different album. I suppose if in the right frame of mind it could be great.

As with many of the DnB and electronic records on this list, it's pretty long, but this one wore on me a bit quicker than some of the others. I think it's how dated it sounds: it's definitely easy to pinpoint when this came out. Allison Goldfrapp saves this from the one star graveyard. Favorite tracks: "Sad But True"

Not for me

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The budget of a lot of countries couldn't afford the amount of acid necessary to make this an enjoyable experience.

Y'all are tryna make me hate electronic music or something and I do not appreciate it. Put this one back in the 90s.

It was alright, 3*