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Style

The first track to be released off the 5th Album. This track incorporates sounds/samples from the Stylophone made famous by that wonderful hairy beast - Rolf Harris (pictured below with his trusty stylophone). The additional tracks on the release include "Big Pipe Style" which crosses Bagpipes with the Stylophone and brings Orbital as close as they will probably ever get to a Big Beat. The track "An Fhomhair" which features on the first 12 Inch Promo and the 2nd CD is a remix of the album track "Ontaño" but with a up beat / sub bass feel to it.

Reached number 13 in the Uk Charts.

'Style's winning decorum - which uplifts and seperates the techno pretenders.....' - NME (06/03/99)

'the whole track contains a typical Orbital build which sounds spooky and slightly mysterious' - Loopz Issue 6

'The first taste from the upcoming album The Middle Of Nowhere. "Style" is a pretty majestic, almost epic thing where the Brothers Hartnoll sound almost optimistic... earlier they've always had an odd, conspiracy-theoretic undertone that has given the techno music a cinematically phat nerve' - Harald Grenne, Natt&Dag, March 1999

The video for STYLE is directed by Luke Losey and Jonathon Charles. Below are some screen shots from the dark and eerie video. The full 4 minutes 20 seconds of the video can be found on the Video page.
"Style" - Directed by Luke Losey and Jonathon Charles.

 

The 'classic' stylophone is a simple monophonic instrument that is played by bringing the electrical contact on the end of the stylus into contact with a pictorial representation of a standard 20 note (A - E) keyboard. The 'keyboard' is actually part of the main, single-sided, circuit board exposed by a hole in the plastic case. There was 3 different colour schemes - black, white and woodgrain. Their wasnt many controls...There are two switches to the left of the keyboard, organ on / off (vital!), and vibrato on / off (optional). The 'woodgrain' version also has the added advantage of a volume control. There is also a tuning control on the bottom and a line out on the left hand end. To complete the package there is an internal 2" diameter speaker. Internally there seems to have been many versions (some transistors, some with IC's) and as a result there is a lot of variation in how they sound
MP3 Stylophonia Sample - Two Little Boys
There have been a few artists that have used the stylophone including David Bowie "Space Oddity", Pulp and the cheesey Two Little Boys track "Stylophonia". There is a MP3 sample (83K) of the Stylophone as it appeared on "Stylophonia".

 

Photograph : Louise Kelly. Farrow Design
[UNTITLED II (BROWN ALBUM)]

Photograph : Louise Kelly. Farrow Design
[UNTITLED II (BROWN ALBUM)]

Style

UK (General) Release

(Constructed using samples from the Stylophone Synth. Produced by Mickey Mann)

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CD1

Style To view the streamed version of Style (28.8 Modem)To view the streamed version of Style (56.6 Modem)To download the sample MP3 version of Style To hear Style

Mock TudorTo download the sample MP3 version of Mock TudorTo hear Mock Tudor

Old StyleTo download the sample MP3 version of Old StyleTo hear Old Style

March 8th 1999

Internal/FFRR

( FCD358)

1st Cd

UK (General) Release

(Constructed using samples from the Stylophone Synth. Produced by Mickey Mann. Track 2 - vocals by Pukka. Track 3 - bass Andy James)

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CD2

Big Pipe StyleTo download the sample MP3 version of Big Pipe StyleTo hear Bigpipe Style

An FhomhairTo download the sample MP3 version of An FhomhairTo hear An Fhomhair

New StyleTo download the sample MP3 version of New StyleTo hear New Style

 March 8th 1999

Internal/FFRR

( FCDP358)

2nd Cd

UK (General) Release

(Constructed using samples from the Stylophone Synth. Produced by Mickey Mann. Track 4 - bass Andy James)

Style To view the streamed version of Style (28.8 Modem)To view the streamed version of Style (56.6 Modem)To download the sample MP3 version of Style To hear Style

Old Style To download the sample MP3 version of Old StyleTo hear Old Style

Big Pipe StyleTo download the sample MP3 version of Big Pipe StyleTo hear Bigpipe Style

New StyleTo download the sample MP3 version of New StyleTo hear New Style

 March 8th 1999

Internal/FFRR

( FX358)

12 Inch

Style UK CD Promo
[IN SIDES]

UK (Promo) Release

(Red sleeve with grey / silver stylophone in the center)

Style (radio edit) To view the streamed version of Style (28.8 Modem)To view the streamed version of Style (56.6 Modem)To download the sample MP3 version of Style To hear Style

Bigpipe Style (radio edit)To download the sample MP3 version of Big Pipe StyleTo hear Bigpipe Style

 

 18th January 1999

FFRR

(FCDJ358 )

CD

Its that logo again

UK (ACETATE Promo) Release

(RARE - only 5 copies)

(Red sleeve with white words "Tape to Tape Mastering". Track 2 - vocals by Pukka.)

Big Pipe (Orbital remix of Style)To download the sample MP3 version of Big Pipe StyleTo hear Bigpipe Style (incorrectly labelled as "Bagpipe Style")

An Fhomhair (Orbital remix of Autumn)To download the sample MP3 version of An FhomhairTo hear An Fhomhair

 

 10th December 1998

Internal

(No Cat No)

12 Inch ACETATE

Big Pipe Style UK 12 Inch Promo

UK (Promo) Release

(Black and White cover with a Black Circle on the record label (white). Tartan Black and White on the back record label. Track 2 - vocals by Pukka.)

(RARE - Limited to less than 300 copies)

Big Pipe (Orbital remix of Style)To download the sample MP3 version of Big Pipe StyleTo hear Bigpipe Style

An Fhomhair (Orbital remix of Autumn)To download the sample MP3 version of An FhomhairTo hear An Fhomhair

 

 Xmas 1998

Internal

(ORBX1)

12 Inch

 

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