This ten-track album continues The Orb's Kompakt connection, after last year's Moonbuilding 2703 AD LP (and this March's Alpine EP) on the Cologne label. But while Moonbuilding 2703 AD took six years before it finally came together, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann needed just six months to produce COW / Chill Out, World!.
The process was moved along by Paterson collecting field recordings while the duo were out on tour, which allowed for “valuable moments of spontaneous creative laptop productivity” while on the road. Paterson describes COW / Chill Out, World! as “our most ambient album yet” and “a protest album in reverse.”
Once more, THE ORB's trademark playfulness is on full display on COW / CHILL OUT, WORLD!, and it doesn't limit itself to the multi-layered sampling and psychedelic sound composites that the duo has become known for – you'll find it in the album title as well.