Trainspotting: The Orb 'Perpetual Dawn' remixes/versions

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can anyone confirm the existence of a version of The Orb's 'Perpetual Dawn' that i'm positive i heard on Annie Nightingale's show once...this was over 11 years ago though. it starts off with a ragga MC with a quite high voice toastin' over some Renegade Soundwave style broken breakbeat, dipping sub bass and pitched down record scratch type noise...over the next 3 minutes more and more elements of the Ultrabass version drift in but there are no other vocals, just the whistling sounds and the dubby/housey piano loop, the bassdrum cuts out towards the end and its totally special! i've never managed to locate this version in all the time since...its possible what i heard at the start was another track that The Orb was being mixed into but i dont think so cos it fitted so well and matched The Orb sound anyway...and i do remember Annie just sayin it was 'Perpetual Dawn' by The Orb but its not the version of their album...help! its not the Solar Youth mix, not the January 3 mix and not the Ultrabass II mix - what else is there?

― blueski, Friday, 25 October 2002 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Perhaps obvious, but either the Andrew Weatherall Ultrabass I Mix or Solar Flare Extended Mix?

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 25 October 2002 21:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't know if we're thinking of the same thing but I've got a wonderful reggaefied version. I'll root it out in the morning when I'm a bit more compus mentis.

― Daniel (dancity), Friday, 25 October 2002 23:22 (twenty-three years ago)

cool, as long as its not the one with the actual singing of 'perpetu-al daaaaaaawn' on it and the girl goin 'special request to the dj alex and you timothy' - thats the solar youth mix i believe

― blueski, Saturday, 26 October 2002 09:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I also think it might be the Ultrabass I version.

― Stewart, Monday, 28 October 2002 09:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Does anyone know the name of the version on the Orb video? Someone taffed it from me years ago, but I remember it being one of the best versions. Anyone know anywhere I can download the video from?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 29 October 2002 03:43 (twenty-three years ago)

godammit it was the Ultrabass I version all along! i cant believe i was not able to work this out until finally downloading the correct track (lots are just listed as Ultrabass or Ultrabass II)...shocking really

― blueski, Tuesday, 5 November 2002 21:22 (twenty-three years ago)

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