BABBLE ON AN' TING (tpb. 1st. - Signed by Alex Paterson of The ORB)

PATERSON, ALEX : NEEDS, KRIS

ISBN 10: 1787602338 / ISBN 13: 9781787602335

Published by Omnibus Press, London, U.K., 2021

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Trade Paperback - 1st. Print - NEW - Signed by Alex Paterson on tipped in page - The Orb have been long been acknowledged as prime instigators in 1988's acid house revolution who invented "ambient house" and took it to the top of the album charts, always pushing the outer limits of electronic innovation and sonic pioneering in a parallel "Ultraworld" of their own making. Always steering The Orb's anarchic starship with an ever-changing crew of collaborators (which has included Youth, Andrew Weatherall, Jah Wobble, Steve Hillage, Dave Gilmour, and Lee Perry), 2019 saw Alex celebrating over thirty years of visionary mischief-making on a sell-out UK tour attracting younger generations along with seasoned fellow travellers. Yet, as The Orb enters its fifth decade with seventeenth album The Abolition Of The Royal Familia greeted as a late-period masterpiece, Alex's spaced odyssey has not been an easy ride, battered by betrayal and rip-offs punctuating triumphs. Behind the surreal samples, inter-galactic sounds, billowing hash-smoke, and decidedly British humour lies an astonishing life story that's far from ordinary and resounds with the depth of the true survivor following their musical passions. Babble On An' Ting: Alex Paterson's Incredible Journey Beyond The Ultraworld With The Orb is the first full account of one of the last century's most fascinatingly idiosyncratic musical pioneers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BABBLE ON AN' TING (tpb. 1st. - Signed by Alex Paterson of The ORB)
• Publisher: Omnibus Press, London, U.K.
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787602338
• ISBN 13: 9781787602335
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Synopsis

Always steered by Alex Paterson, The Orb were the mischief-making pioneers of the late 80s acid house revolution. Inventing "ambient house", they took it to the top of the charts, before continuing its idiosyncratic flight path through subsequent decades, battling meteor storms en route.

Babble On An' Ting, the first full account of Paterson's life, written by long-time friend Kris Needs in close collaboration with Alex, reveals a frequently astonishing journey from traumatic childhood through punk, Killing Joke and KLF to starting The Orb in 1988, then the five decade roller coaster that followed. Moving, shocking, hilarious and inspiring, at the heart of this story lies a true survivor doggedly following their musical passion.

First-hand interviews include those with Youth, Andrew Weatherall, Primal Scream, Jah Wobble, Jimmy Cauty and a parade of friends, collaborators and starship mechanics.

About the Author

Kris Needs is a British author and music journalist. He started writing for seminal monthly magazine Zigzag in the 70s, becoming editor for five years while writing for NME and Sounds.

He relocated to New York in the 80s, then became a DJ-producer on his UK return in 1990, boosted by his long-time friendship with Alex Paterson. Along with writing for major music magazines, he has written several books, including George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey Of The P-Funk Empire and Dream Baby Dream: Suicide: A New York Story (also for Omnibus Press), and most recently his acclaimed memoir Just A Shot Away: 1969 Revisited.