Orchestra of Bubbles

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Orchestra of Bubbles
Ellen-Allien-and-Apparat-Orchestra-of-Bubbles.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 April 2006 (2006-04-17)
Recorded2005
StudioThe Panic Room
Genre
Length57:25
Label BPitch Control
Producer
Ellen Allien chronology
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(2005)
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(2006)
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(2008)
Apparat chronology
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(2003)
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(2006)
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(2007)

Orchestra of Bubbles is a collaborative studio album by Ellen Allien and Apparat. It was released through BPitch Control on 17 April 2006. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [4]
Resident Advisor Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "For anyone sincerely interested in the open territory of electronic music and its possible futures, this is not only a microscope to examine the new bacteria with, it's the pulsing life form beneath it." [3] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork gave the album an 8.5 out of 10, calling it "an impressive record" and "a remarkable feat of engineering." [4]

Resident Advisor named it the 48th best album of the 2000s. [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ellen Allien and Sascha Ring.

No.TitleLength
1."Turbo Dreams"4:10
2."Way Out"3:43
3."Retina"4:03
4."Rotary"4:24
5."Jet"6:34
6."Sleepless"3:36
7."Metric"3:31
8."Floating Points"5:13
9."Under"4:54
10."Do Not Break"5:13
11."Leave Me Alone"3:17
12."Edison"3:48
13."Bubbles"4:58
Total length:57:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 61
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 188

References

  1. Vice Staff (14 July 2015). "The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time". Vice . Retrieved 19 June 2025. Apparat's glitch love is balanced by Allien's bass fetish and somehow their individual strands of esoteria collide in the dark for a rare techno masterpiece...
  2. "Orchestra Of Bubbles - Ellen Allien & Apparat". BPitch Control . Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Ellen Allien / Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 Sherburne, Philip (3 May 2006). "Ellen Allien: Orchestra of Bubbles". Pitchfork . Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  5. Eeles, Cameron (18 May 2006). "Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  6. "RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor . 25 January 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Ellen Allien & Apparat – Orchestra Of Bubbles" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Ellen Allien & Apparat – Orchestra Of Bubbles". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2022.