The following review is in the April 1994 edition of "CD Review".  The
ratings are based on a 5 star system.  The reviewer is Ian Christe.

				   ORB
			         Live '93
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		    Island CIDD 8022 * 1993, 141:22 (2 CDs)

		Performance	* * *
		
	      Sound Quality	* * * *

      No matter how good a makeover rave culture and nifty computer graphics
   can give ambient music, so-called futuristic bands like the Orb are still
   the technology-assisted children of Tangerine Dream and the "Music for
   Airports"-era experiments of Brian Eno.  That hasn't slowed the Orb's
   ascent as an international club favorite, but it doesn't make for compel-
   ling listening at home.
      The notion of a live electronic record seems cheeky, as the band's input
   is limited to triggering samples over prerecorded rhythms.  As is maybe
   more true of Laurie Anderson, though, the Orb's intriguing arragements of
   the familiar and the bizarre represent serious effort and a new aesthetic
   for creating music.  It's the mainly uneventful results that cause this
   two-and-a-half hours to tick by at less than warp speed.
      These 12 capsules of electronic placebo are sonically-varied enough,
   with echoey synth tracks and samples layered to trap the mind rather than
   engage the body.  A few cuts even approximate the disorienting jumble of
   sound pranksters Negativland, without the sense of humor.  But the effect
   is a well-designed theatrical set, and leaves observers hungry for some
   action in the foreground.