Watch: The Orb x Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Stream 'Hold Me Upsetter' now

Watch a new video for The Orb and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s collaboration ‘Hold Me Upsetter’.

Twin voyagers through the infinite space of dub, The Orb and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry are kindred souls. Collaborating on a full length album, ‘THE ORBSERVER in the star house’ will be released on September 3rd.

Available on Cooking Vinyl, a clip from the album has appeared online. ‘Hold Me Upsetter’ is a bizarre slice of House infused future dub featuring Perry’s inimitable vocals.

Watch the track’s accompanying clip below.

Download the track HERE.

The Orb’s Thomas Fehlman recently reflected on the recording sessions. “I met Lee for the first time during this session and it was pretty touching to see how an unexpected connection and inspirational exchange could so awaken our creative juices” he said. “Alex and I had never made so much new music on the spot before. It was soon pretty clear that we wouldn’t get far with the four backing tracks we pre-produced for the session. Lee was so overwhelmingly creative that it took an afternoon for those to be finished. From then on we were forced to come up with new beats on the spot, to keep him in the flow.”

“He was constantly active, referring to the tunes we were working on and hitting bits of wood or stone to create percussion patterns, so we ended up using field recordings of him banging on bits and pieces.”

We’ll find out the results shortly. ‘THE ORBSERVER in the star house’ will be released on September 3rd.

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