Orbital - The Box (Part I&II)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- "The Box" is a single by the British electronica duo Orbital. Taken from their 1996 album In Sides, the single was released in 1996 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Orbital claimed in a 2002 sleeve note that the single's video, which starred the Scottish actress Tilda Swinton, was "by common consent, the best video we've ever done". The promotional video won a silver sphere for the best short film at the San Francisco Film Festival and got nominated for the best video award at the 1997 Brit Awards. It also closed the Edinburgh Film Festival and opened the London Film Festival.
Part of the song was used in the Danny Boyle film, A Life Less Ordinary, but was not on the soundtrack.
"The Box" was released in two main versions, each divided into parts. The album version released on In Sides is in two parts, a slow ambient "part 1" and an upbeat "part 2". The longer single version is in four parts, of which the first has a similar arrangement to "part 2" of the album version. On the CD single (but not the 12" vinyl), the first three parts are segued/mixed together, though indexed separately.
The last part on the single contains a vocal version of "The Box", with additional vocals by Grant Fulton and Alison Goldfrapp. The lyrics were written by Fulton, who had also previously made an appearance writing and singing lyrics on an earlier Orbital single, "Belfast"/"Wasted".
One of the best songs ever of all eletcronic music production . It brings back memorys of Lovely Sumer Day's back in the late 90's....
Good and sad times , what a bleek dark video when it came out
Absolutely love this. Man I remember listening to this when I was 17!...hehe.. 35 now.. :) ~Thanks for posting!
Lol same here 17 or so then now 35, love that cimbalom:)
Ahhh Underworld, another one of my absolute favorites. I'll have to check out Faithless. Thanks man! :)
Michelle W
yeah lol remember when i hear push upstairs first time - nice
nic defendis
Bruce lee actually - the laid back style . i always see a female drummer in my minds eye - with a straight back while playing the drums in a sorta relaxed way not hunched over like so many drummers sit. Blond short hair - LOL
CrazyChickenDK I'm also 35 and heard this when i was 17!
everytime i hear this i just think of snow falling at night in a still forest. amazing how an auditory thing such as a song causes such a visual response. simply love this track!
thats one hella piece of art righ there, stuff like that never gets old!
man I saw Orbital in 1992 for the first time with meat beat manifesto and 808 state and they r fucking amazing...its no wonder they have done more sound tracks then anyone!
When my time comes...and I have to lay in the box, I want this song to be played loudly. I want everybody to know I will enjoying my way heaven. Love
I think is music is like painting a picture... this is cool...
R Black it’s why good musicians are called.... artists!
One of my favorite electronica pieces, but I'm disappointed that the transition between parts I and II was flubbed so badly.
I ripped the disc to FLAC, and played it through WiMP on Windows 10 - if you think *this* is bad, try WiMP. It handles tack gaps horribly.
This is it. The one."In Sides" is one of the greatest piece of work ever compiled. I'm confident enough to presume that the album was created AROUND "the box". Any challenges?
Fairuz Urai None, I agree that the rest of the album was the vehicle for these tunes.
Jablicek nice one...
FAdamsXII Good to feel it was worth reaching out.
just really goes to show that in the,"ether" we exist.Too late for anyone to do anything about it...
Fairuz Urai I suppose this is debatable but I always found that Out There Somewhere Part 2, especially as it develops, to be the most sophisticated song on this album. Adnan's is good, especially around the 4 minute point, as well. I really don't like Out There Somewhere Part 2 until it hits 6+20, but from there on, it might be the best music that Orbital has ever recorded. Since this piece comes so late in the album I think it had more influence on their next album, not In Sides.
One of my favourite Ordital tracks, take me back to a long weekend on little Loch Broom. Arrived at 8 00 am finished are first bottle of whisky by 10 00 am and then the party began
Thanks for the upload.....what an amazing tune, best tracks of all time
can't say how many times I've listened to this... I adore the shift from the first part to the second, breaking all the tension that's been building throughout the music-box half of this piece (as I consider the first bit)... and releasing it in a flood of pure desperation. It's a dark and wonderful work, one of my favorite Orbital pieces.
На самом деле, этот трек оооочень прекрасен. Вы только послушайте, какие переходы..... А что будет твориться во второй части....
Если не ошибаюсь 96год? Мне было 8 лет, когда я уже отсекал ширпотреп музло, от качественного репертуара.
Спасибо Бате))))
Stunning! I miss the 90's Orbital !
Beautiful... :)
deeply love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First time I heard this song was in the commercials of the MTV Video Music Awards 96. Back then, m|2 and AMP were where people could go and discover amazing music. I miss those days.
There is something here that is just undefinable. Is this "genious"? Maybe the word is not good enough or far from it...
+Papy Aware It is genius. That's exactly what it is. Bach had it...Beethoven had it..Mozart had it...this has it.
have a look on Drooble.com theres some awesome unsigned artists on there that are very good
Electronical Music is Music for the intellectual Elite from this World! If you think the nerd left from you at school is not a tough guy, then be carefull! It can comes a time in which he is the tough guy, because he can build a computer. You think thats not a big deal? Watch in your Pockets? Whats in there? A Mobilephone!? Did you think the hyperintellectuall Football Star has inventend this? No! It was one Man! A european Serbo-Croat. Thank him! Because America is build on the inventions of this man. Its better for you to realize this, because I hope you are ready, when the machines will not follow you anymore. :)
Back in the old days it was Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) rather than EDM. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_dance_music
TAKE BETTER DRUGS... LIGHTEN UP... TRY SMOKING A JOINT... ARSE!
@@futuremoves99gwe never called in it this back when this track was new
one of the most outstanding tracks and incredibly gorgeous sounds ever put on record regardless of genre ..... orbital minted amazing sound so often its a shame they don't get more recognition
They're widely regarded across Europe as some of the pioneers of electric music
For me this song always reminded me of those classic 70's progressive rock artists like Mike Oldfield and Jean Michel Jarre. 20 years later and this track still sounds incredibly fresh.
I was 10 when i heard it the first time this magnificient track and I already loved it. I love it now... when i'm 20
All time favourites. Epic!!!
Heard these guys were amazing live.
Saw them live at the Leeds Met in 1998 and, believe me, they have been the best live act I've seen so far. And I've seen a lot!
ORBITAL IS GOOD
I find this to be one of the most uplifting tracks in electronica that I have ever come across. The way it builds reeks with optimism and energy.
Always test any new hi-fi equipment with this.
This is fuckin incredible on so many levels
Quite magnificent.
this song is absolutely timeless!
❤❤✌🏼
i heard this recently on Pandora, awesome song , i play it while driving
when they put my in the last box. I want an ipod buried with me with this track forever looping.
What's an ipod ?..
Excellent audio quality. Thank you. This is from the 2 disc album In Sides. Listen to the whole album, you won't be disappointed.
Albums brilliant
Kind of sounds like a '60s spy thriller theme tune with bang up to date rhythm going on. All kinds of awesome.
I just discovered the Box thanks to the incredible performance of the Spanish National Ballet look up Flamenco Najarro on youtube if you've never seen it. Mind-blowing!
bloody mmmmmmmmarvellous! ;)
BLOODY MMMMMAGIC! X
I cam here because the 2018 concert from Belfast, which I just listened to, didn't have either part I or part II of The Box. Honestly, I have always loved their stuff, but these 2 songs, taken together, and especially part II, have been my absolute favorites from the brothers. I actually used them in a video project when I was learning Adobe, and attached Part I to a daylight scene and Part II to a night time scene. After editing, the transition was smooth, and it kinda epitomized, to me, the duality of the two parts.
This is in my permanent playlist, as well as the entire album being regularly played on my devices. I will never stop listening to them.
this should be a horror game song
Garnet the gem I used to listen to this while I walked around Toronto late at night in the snow. Sufficiently creepy. Drugs not required.
+personM4N Lets walk around together sometime. Im in toronto too
+personM4N Never trust anyone who claims "drugs not required" in any context. Sorry.
phil an paul - thank you!
orbital + pills = this is it:)
VERY... X
this track hypnotizes me..Love it!
Monsters Exist
Timeless
Wonderful track. Pure genius.
this their best track .. IMO
2 persons....fuck this. Orbital for ever!
Holy FRICK this is so good, i am so hecckin late to the party.
Have loved this track since first hearing it. Still ione of my favourites and the video for Pt2 is sublime.
Tras during the next, fifteen mins , or cinc somewhere. Too, speand it
unforgettable brilliant song
….Monsters exists !!!! ;J
This isnt fuckin music!!!!!!!!!!!! Its art.
AND... MUSIC! X
thank you Orbital
always perfect :-)
Polska gurom
KlaaaaaSIC!!!!!!
This is crap
This song is my safe place
C9H13N
Perfect!!!
This song always makes me think of the Cybermen, particularly in World Enoguh and Time/The Doctor Falls and Spare Parts. There’s something equally mysterious and horrifying about it. I’m sure the Hartnolls themselves would appreciate the thought being massive Whovians themselves
Wake up....I see you all again my friends....let's have fun again, like we used to do...join me...in the box!
don't forget about one of their other masterpieces: ruclips.net/video/XXX9EOGYvKc/видео.html
This first intro Tibetan chimes fucking class !!!
If Mike Oldfield did the soundtrack for Silent Hill
I’ve known this tune for ever and only now has it hit me that I have a desire to hear la villa strangiato by rush. Some things take time
Man, Orbital with MBM and 808 state sounds legendary. I'm sorta jealous you got to see that when you did.
Right on. :D
I don't know why I think of a rotating warning light when I hear the start of part 2.
had the cd stolen from me 3 times. Apparently its a well like cd...both of them.
Crying out for a steel drum cover version!
Way to balls up the transition btw the parts :(
Why doesn't anyone have a recording of this from a great CD player that doesn't leave a gap between 6:27 and 6:29 when changing tracks, the album recording has no gaps when combined digitally! Did you use CD rips downloaded?
There was always a gap between 1 & 2
@@stevenporteous6895 There was never a gap between 1 & 2 on the original CD ..
Best hypnoses music ever
Reminds me of Goldeneye on N64
Makes getting up in the morning worth it
Lets ihis feeling just glove.. its..
THAT SNARE DRUM MAKES ME ALIVE
mmmm! como una canción de cuna!!
Absolute genius is Paul
i like orbital but i can see a lot of their influences come from john barry ( and there is nothing wrong with that)
They admitted that he was an influence on this track. When John Barry heard The Box he was claimed to say ,
"I'm sorry, but I don't hear that at all."
Really John? I call bullshit on that one. I always assumed it was snobbery, anti-electronica sentiments or maybe he really couldn't hear it, but even my missus calls this tune "that spy movie track".
Love it! Gamelan-y!
oh tilda so stunning
I know exactly what you're talking about! It's perfect for that.
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remind my fav
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ovo razbija!!
fak jea
Chef d'œuvre !
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+ivica eres Hey, I love Warp records!
+Captain Stingray me too...
Could you guys make this available to mobile devices?