.O.rang
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.O.rang is a band led by Lee Harris
and Paul Webb
, formerly of Talk Talk
. The group's first album, Herd of Instinct (1994), was recorded similarly to Talk Talk's later albums: guest musicians played hours of improvisational material, then the performances were edited down and pieced together. However, in contrast to Talk Talk, the song structures were not planned before being recorded. As Paul Webb explains, "it was recorded before it was written." Fields and Waves (1996), after experiencing several false starts, was recorded with more control.
.O.rang's music exhibits more culturally diverse influences than Talk Talk. Webb notes, "We used to be in a reggae
band when we were younger . . . The Talk Talk thing was always very Westernised, and we were listening to other kinds of world music."
A newer album (working title: Loudhailer No. 19) was projected for release in 2001, but the album remains unreleased.
Lee Harris (musician)
Lee David Harris is an English drummer and musician. Harris attended secondary school with Paul Webb, and the two became good friends. They played in the reggae band Eskalator before being recruited to form Talk Talk in 1981. Harris played drums for Talk Talk until 1991. In the early 1990s he and...
and Paul Webb
Paul Webb
Paul Douglas Webb is an English musician.Webb attended secondary school with Lee Harris, and the two became good friends. They played in the reggae band Eskalator before being recruited to form Talk Talk in 1981. Webb played bass for Talk Talk until 1988.In the early 1990s he and Harris formed...
, formerly of Talk Talk
Talk Talk
Talk Talk were an English musical group, active from 1981 to 1991. The group had a string of international hit singles including "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World"....
. The group's first album, Herd of Instinct (1994), was recorded similarly to Talk Talk's later albums: guest musicians played hours of improvisational material, then the performances were edited down and pieced together. However, in contrast to Talk Talk, the song structures were not planned before being recorded. As Paul Webb explains, "it was recorded before it was written." Fields and Waves (1996), after experiencing several false starts, was recorded with more control.
.O.rang's music exhibits more culturally diverse influences than Talk Talk. Webb notes, "We used to be in a reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
band when we were younger . . . The Talk Talk thing was always very Westernised, and we were listening to other kinds of world music."
A newer album (working title: Loudhailer No. 19) was projected for release in 2001, but the album remains unreleased.