I was at this show. What you don't get in this recording is that every time you vaguely hear a bass signal, we in the audience were basically frozen in place staring at our hands as the deep frequencies* completely disassociated body-mind unity. If you are thinking this was the result of some kind of substance intoxication, in fact, I had to be the designated driver that night, so I must disagree. Also, earlier in the evening, I encountered by a fascinating man who handed me a tape (had a backpack full) of a Wax Trax compliation. The first track being the first time I ever heard Autechre. Orbital played before Orb this night, along with Meat Beat Manifesto, Chemical Brothers, and Electric Sky Church. Incredible. *We are talking massive walls of speakers. MASSIVE.
i believe it-when I saw the My Bloody Valentine reunion in 2009? (the 1st reunion) the frequencies were so heightened that when the lower octaves would come in-I kept having the sensation of being "lifted" off the ground. Again, yes I was sober at that one. As for this show. You are lucky lucky to see all these bands then. All the best to you!
I was at organic in 96. never knew there was audio of it. I was watching the orb when they came on and I remember fluffy little clouds dropping at like 7am right as the sun rose up. felt like we were amongst Gods. also there, were chemical Brothers loop guru meat beat manifesto and orbital. great party.
I was stationed in the Marines at the time and a few of us went up the hill for our first rave and it was intense. I never really heard techno before that night and I have not stopped listening to it since😉
Line-up also had The Prodigy & Underworld. A buddy of mine drove from South Carolina to this show; I was so broke at the time. Truly regret not getting in that car....:[
@@sunflowereye Actually, the Prodigy wasn't part of the lineup. Full lineup was Electronic Skychurch, Loop Guru, Meat Beat Manifest, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Orbital, and the Orb ended it with this set (which I hated, to be honest, as I was extremely tired at the time and it was putting me to sleep. I still had a 90 minute motorcycle trip home, too!)
This is incredible. Great historical document. Who cares if the radio dj is a dick, places the piece in time and space. The Orb would be proud. Perfect sample. Been listening to The Orb for two decades, first time I heard this. Perfect 90s Orb, trippy as fuck. Thanks for the upload.
I was at this show!!! Entire event INCREDIBLE so many STELLAR acts & diverse MUSIC, cool label booths with music & freebies, the entire thing Magical. Especially grooving to ORB's beauty into dawn, conjuring sunrise colors & "little fluffy clouds" in sky, the sound coursing through our blood... ORGANIC was truly memorable. Thanks for posting this on YT, it's fun hearing KROQ Station IDs!!! Happy times, still have my concert tshirt too🎵💟
This is from the radio broadcast on KROQ-FM in Pasadena. There isn't any video. The DJ is Jed The Fish who was one of their "regular" DJ's. At this time this station was playing mainly alternative music. Jason Bentley hosted a Saturday night show of electronic music named "Metropolis". Believe it usually aired between midnight and 3 a.m. He didn't host the show this night because he was one of the DJ's performing between sets at Organic '96. I have a Japanese bootleg of this Orb set on vinyl. In the States most copies are on cassette. I believe there is also a cassette out there of the Underworld set from earlier in the evening.
Thanks for clarifying. That sounds right. I would love another Organic '96. But at this point I wouldn't be able to stand all night like 22 years ago. I had to miss The Orb last night because they played a standing only venue
Me too, Stephane! (;o)* They are great...also *stealing* bits and pieces from others... Lol! Melody Fox (aka the Princess of Rock) LPM p.s.: writing on internet, working, and listening to this...what a joy to the ear (ears)!
Super appreciate this post man! I was at Live '93 @ The Park Plaza and will never forget rolling balls, puking on the stairs, then walking away only watch someone sit right in it. Not my fault! Haha I also spent half the night hanging out and talking with Perry Farrell. Such an other-worldly night!
Thank You for the kickass upload. I was at this show They were last. They started around 4 am and jammed past sunrise. Hari Krishna's served food for all. Great memories.
@@matthewellis7002 Perry Farrell's ( Jane's Addiction ) Enit Festival. Started around 4pm. Daylight. Around 1am Love and Rockets played. Orb started around 4 am and was wrapping up around 7:30 am when I had to go. I think about 15 or 20 bands played. Just about every genre. Great memories. You could walk right up to the stage any time you felt like it. Really good crowd. I thought this upload was Enit. KROQ had the Orb the year before at the weenie roast. That's what got me into them. I just assumed this was Enit because of the year and relationship with KROQ.
Froze my ass off trying to enjoy The Orb at this festival. I figured it was almost summer, it wouldn't be that cold at night-in the mountains. Really wanted to see all of Dr. Paterson's set but I was done!
Marvin Jones I stumbled on this today and was pleasantly surprised to see your post. I think you drove. We were freezing up there. I was sick from partying in the desert the week before. But the orb performance stands out the most to me from that show.
I just remember Orblivion playing on loop while driving OTR trucking 24-7 and seeing Hale-Bop outta my peripheral vision for 2 or 3 months, believing a Transformation was taking place. Now I know for real, that it was. That's when we jumped.
I was at this show, and I remembering it being bewilderingly manic and off kilter. I don't remember it being this frickin' weird. Thank you so much for posting this. I'm assuming that this was recorded off the radio to tape. I also didn't realize they broadcasted the Organic show on KROQ, much less this Orb set.
This was an awesome show! Managed to be hanging backstage during this set, and just remember there was a dude with giant snake around his neck just kickin it. Damn this brings back memories, thanks!
I was there!!!! This is the first I have seen video.....any of the other acts Underworld Chemical Brothers??? This was great and blessings for posting LOVE LOVE LOVE
Wait!! The Orb, Underworld and The Chemical Brothers.. Live, at the same place, at the same time..? That's my sort of gig!! Seen them all many times but on the same night.. Might have blown my mind 🧠
LOVE!!! I was there too & wondering if other acts were recorded -- would LOVE to hear them. This was SUCH a wild MAGICAL rave, overnight so frigid had to dance to stay warm, get something to munch or drink in the "chalet", remember the port-a-potties? I remember as Orb played into dawn it was as if the music conjured the sunrise sky colors, warmth returned -- it was AMAZING!!! Happy times.
@@lunacatfish LOVE BACK ACHA!!!! YES, I remember. I was there with people from a hostel from San Diego a whole international contingent. In particular I was with a Japanese girl Tomomi and I came prepared, she got cold as she was in sandles, and I kept pulling things out of my backpack like a magician :) Wool socks, wooly caps, gloves, I had seriously everything in there, and every time I pulled something out she would laugh and laugh. We went on an adventure to get water - and when we arrived they ran out. I thought she was joking so I started apologizing (candyflipped out so no idea why I was apologizing) finally the water arrived. We bought 3 two liter bottles, and started back --- and I remember the beer tents were fool of - those people - you know? And we had to get away from there so fast...then we went to the porta potties and she got sick....She came out pouring water from the bottle over her hands (very Japanese) ....and now she was hungry......A line like a mile long for a hotdog...and I asked this guy in line if he could just buy one hotdog for this girl --- and he said no -- stand in line. I tried to explain she was sick - and he still said no...I just jumped right in front of him - and heard a million people grumbling (sort of like trailing grumbling you know? LIke light) but I stayed and to be nice I only bought ONE HOTDOG for her....and then back down....and it was Underworld --- and at one point - I raised my left arm and --- a million left arms raised all around in a line and waved all the way back to me on my right arm - at least it seemed so, and Tomomi asked me are we in L*D land? Yes I said we are in L*D land for sure!!!!!! And Underworld was going off: Everything everything everything everything everything everything...boom boom boom!!!!!!
IIRC lineup for event was Electric Sky Church, Meat Beat Manifesto, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, then The Orb. It ran from 6 p.m. til 6 a.m. on the side of the mountain. Speaker columns formed a ring around the crowd so I swear some performances had sound flowing all around us, before what we call "surround sound" became a thing. There was no beer or alcohol sold. Didn't Underworld also play this show, or am I just imagining that?
Nice one man... :) Its a small world lol..Done a few pures...:) Mainly the Barras...very special events... One of the reasons a put it up was so people could listen to it ANYWHERE..... :) Thailand..Nice. :) Were leavin scotland for morocco in a couple of weeks..:) In a massive truck with a sound system. :) Then onto Spain/Portugal..where-ever lol technonomads.wordpress.com/
I've got a really special place in Thailand if you want to come out and fuck shit up wi the hand bag house people. Comes with a bamboo bungalow and that 😎
Just reconfirms how outside the box this is for the BRO-JAYS at KROQ. Why put The Justfied Ancients on-air if all you're going to do is complain how "weird" it is?
WHAT WERE THE MICRO DOT'S LIKE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG ? THEY WERE RED, GREEN, OR PURPLE ! THEY WENT ON FOREVER, THERE WERE LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUD'S, THAT WAS GOOD LSD, YOU DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE
The Orb is dead.... LONG LIVE THE ORB! Legendary! Charting our ascension process same same but different to Orbital : The Pentaverate / You Lot. Thanks for the wake up call. Come on you other sleepy heads. Who's joining me in 5D? Did you just think these bands were playing pretty sounds. Dark 2 Light > The Great Awakening >>> NCSWIC.
If you "don't get" this music its probably because you've never been to a 3 day festival in 1996 with three 19 year olds in schoolgirl skirts and candy necklaces who look like Nalalie Portman in Closer only better. Indeed, if you'd had this experience you might just "get it".
There is no video currently for this ONLY AUDIO. Please fix to show video content of concert as well, or is this in fact meant to only be audio and not a video as well?
The DJ calls this "techno". This is not techno. He describes what he's doing as an "all night rave". This is NOT rave music (and rave is 100% dead, anyway). He talks about this being trippy music and then discusses snorting cocaine. The DJ *HAS NO IDEA WTF HE'S TALKING ABOUT*.
Sure, it's not techno - but this was a rave (in 1996). It's CERTAINLY trippy music. Yes, the DJ is obnoxious. I had no idea that KROQ did a broadcast at the time. I was too busy having my mind thoroughly blown at the event.
This is definitely techno, just because its different from your usual flavors of techno doesnt mean it isnt. Like you can CLEARLY tell that is electronic & definitely techno what else would you even call it. Who cares if this dude did hella drugs too, it was the fuckin 90s. You'd have so much money if you had a dollar for every gurning jaw or super wide & dialated pair of eyes in the audience.
Did someone try to join various bits together? There are serious train wrecks in here. LX can sometimes have some wonky mixes - but I was there for this and he did not let two tracks of wildly different tempos go for 30+ seconds together. Plus you cut the jackass saying he needed to do blow in twice.
From 41:50 on is NOT from the Organic show. Be warned, everything from that point on is a horrible attempt at collaging their work together with no regard for tempo.
lmao..uv just been orbed..lol....yeah he just doesnt get it. hes not playin the music its a live feed from a festival that has stole his usual airtime, proper commercial american radio dj..
By 1996, KROQ in Los Angeles was only playing Seattle grunge and alternative rock. Why they got the rights to air this who knows. Some of their best djs left that station in the early 90s and went to MARRS-fm/GROOVE radio, which were amazing but short-lived radio stations that focused on electronic music.
Seattle Grunge and Alternative Rock were dead by this point. The Orb was on the Lollapalooza tour the following year so that probably had something to do with them getting airtime on KROQ.
