No sounds are out of bounds

"If not the most focused entry in the project's storied discography, it's a delightfully wide angled glance at what the Orb still have brewing and perhaps a projection of a vital new period of experimentation".

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"Following two relatively streamlined releases for Kompakt (including 2016's COW / Chill Out, World!, the closest they've come to producing a purely ambient album), the Orb decided to make a more ambitious, diverse, collaboration-heavy album in the spirit of some of their earlier works ... No Sounds ends up seeming a bit scattered, even by the Orb's standards, but it's still plenty enjoyable, and enough to distract you from the nightmarish absurdity of current events".

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"The Orb have thrown the revolving door open to some of the usual suspects like producer and Killing Joke bassist Martin "Youth" Glover and ambient musician Roger Eno. Then there are some appearances from less obvious musicians like bassists Jah Wobble and Guy Pratt. The roster keeps rolling with Gaudi, Roney FM, Michael Rendall, Brother Culture, Mary Pearce, Emma Gillespie, Rhinanna, Andy Cain, and Hollie Cook. The resulting album is every bit as terrific as it is daring. Some times it feels very much like an Orb album. Other times it feels as if some alien entity has assumed control of the boards ... No matter who gets credit, No Sounds is one bold and fascinating album. Nothing is on autopilot and even the slow, quiet passages are far from boring".

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