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- Summary: The latest full-length release from ambient house duo The Orb features contributions from Leandro Fresco, Gaudi, David Harrow, David Lofts, Jono Podmore, Violeta Vicci, and Youth.
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- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Genre(s): Electronic
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May 2, 2023Prism gives The Orb a youthful complexion, its heady brew of musical ambience, songwriting substance and sample-based humour bringing a hefty dose of positivity. Strongly recommended.
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May 2, 2023The LP falls just short of the Orb’s most essential work. ... This is one of those Orb releases that pleasantly bides its time, waiting for that rush of inspiration that turns out to be only a parade of pretty neat ideas.
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May 2, 2023Ultimately, Prism ends up faring much like the previous two Orb albums -- another eclectic mixed bag that has some amusing ideas but doesn't feel as focused as the group's best work.
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MojoMay 2, 2023Lashes panoramic drum'n'bass rollers (Living In Recycled Times) to pulsing deep house (The Beginning Of The End) and amniotic ambient (Prism). [Jun 2023, p.95]
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The WireMay 17, 2023The closing title track is a full ten minutes of ethereal synth drift. Tucked between these are a couple of neat facsimiles of the kind of mellow handclap bounce heard on Dance Floor Corporation’s scene-setting 1990 Ambient House compilation. But there are some clunkers too. [May 2023, p.54]
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UncutMay 2, 2023Ultimately, too much easy-listening stoner-tronica makes Prism yet another pleasant but inessential late-career Orb album. [Jun 2023, p.35]