Pieces In A Modern Style

Rolling Stone (3/16/00, p.74) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...sweet and becalming....The pieces drift by, cloudlike, accented by wind chimes, the rush of helicopter blades and other effects....little curios for anyone who's interested in the process of reinvention - or in just chilling out."
Q Magazine (2/00, p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...11 disparate...classical pieces from Beethoven to Henryk Gorecki done in vaguely ambient style....as with all the best indulgences, there's an all-pervading sense of joy and freedom..."
Vibe (3/00, p.206) - "...a hypnotic suite of dreamlike mood pieces that....simply drift along with Orbit's mesmerizing flow....spinning variations on [classical composer's] themes..."
Mojo (3/00, p.106) - "...well-chosen classical pieces....His pieces are mostly drawn from moderns such as Cage, Gorecki, Barber, Satie and Ravel, and work best when mined for their luxuriant melancholy..."
NME (1/15/00, p.27) - 6 out of 10 - "...Orbit's ambitious ambientisation programme works well when it gives this music a sense of space and cinematic visions in your head....[he's] made a richly ambient, evocative record from apparently staid and stale old material..."
Muzik (2/00, p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...modernist lullabies for club babies....quite lovely, often mournful, generally unpretentious sweep of music you've never heard before properly..."
Alternative Press (4/00, p.93) - 4 out of 5 - "...[His] ambient-electronic interpretations of immortal composers...reveal his true roots....His sensitive renditions...are both understated and instructive..."
Magnet (4-5/00, p.86) - "...a new-age take on European art music....The album's best piece is Orbit's interpretation of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto'. [It] is blended with electric guitar, shimmering bells, funky beats and other sounds to create a rich, atmospheric collage..."
CMJ (2/14/00, p.20) - "...paralleling the spacious, sprawling aaspects of classical music with the same characteristics of modern-day electronic/ambient music, Orbit makes a connection that is sublime and powerful..."