🪐 The Orbit Dispatch: Issue #3
“I’m wearing dark glasses today, because I am seeing the future… and the future is looking very bright”
The Orbit is back, paying homage to emo culture and the niche film community with a tribute to the one and only: David Lynch. Join us as we dive into the depths of the unconscious, where dreams and nightmares materialize into movies, drawings, and sounds.
📝 Quick Summary:
🖋️ Feature Of The Month: Mysteries of Sound: The Lynch-Badalamenti Collaboration
🦋 Creative Field Trips: A Walk-Through of David Lynch’s Paintings
🛠️ Toolbox Addition of the Month: Essential Videos & Masterclasses
📚 Monthly Editorial Pick: The Body Keeps the Score
📸 Talent Showcase: Niklas Soestmeyer
📣 Orbit News: Podcast Launch
🌟 Bonus Content: Transcedental Meditation
Mysteries of Sound: The Lynch-Badalamenti Collaboration
If you don’t know who Angelo Badalamenti is, it means we can’t be friends, but it also means you need to keep reading.
“Films are 50% visual and 50% sound. Sometimes sound even overpowers the visuals.”
One of the most defining elements of David Lynch’s cinematic universe (along with the red curtains and casting of Kyle MacLachlan) is his long-standing collaboration with composer Angelo Badalamenti. One of the reasons their collaboration was so successful was the organic way in which they worked together. Badalamenti often recounted stories of how Lynch would describe scenes not in technical or musical terms but in emotional and visual metaphors. Lynch would just talk to him, listen to the music and know where it belongs in the film.
David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti didn’t just collaborate, they created entire worlds together. Their partnership shaped some of the most haunting and seductive soundscapes in modern cinema, blurring the lines between dream and nightmare, beauty and unease. When they first met in the mid-1980s, Lynch was already cultivating his signature surrealism, while Badalamenti, with his jazz and pop background, had an instinct for the haunting and the melancholic.
🦋 Creative Field Trips:
A walk-through of David Lynch’s paintings
The iconic film master started his career in the visual arts. He went through various art schools in the US, and even tried to study with the painter Oskar Kokoschka in Europe. The influence of his fine arts background is evident in his films and remains a significant part of his artistic career.
Check them out:
Artsy: Here you can find a collection of Lynch's artworks, including paintings, prints, and sculptures.
Pace Gallery: As one of Lynch's representative galleries, Pace Gallery showcases a selection of his works, offering insight into his extensive career across various art forms.
Sperone Westwater: This gallery showcases a range of Lynch's paintings, drawings, and mixed media pieces, reflecting his incredible artistic vision.
WikiArt: For a broader overview, WikiArt offers a gallery of Lynch's paintings, highlighting his Neo-Surrealist and Neo-Expressionist works.
🛠️ Toolbox Addition of the Month:
You didn’t know that you needed them, but here you have the best and more interesting videos, masterclasses and interviews: From David Lynch to the world.
DAVID LYNCH en España. Encuentro completo
David Lynch Teaches You The Art of Life
David Lynch - Meditation, Creativity, Peace
David Lynch on the Power of Cinema, People, and Creativity
David Lynch on his lifelong devotion to art
And for fun & miscellaneous, his official YouTube accounts:
https://www.youtube.com/c/davidlynchtheater
https://www.youtube.com/user/DAVIDLYNCHSUNDAYBEST
🖇️ Practical Tip:
Use Adobe Color to extract the colour palette of your favourite movie scenes. You can see them in the colour wheel, make gradients and choose your own colours.
https://color.adobe.com/
Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986)
The Straight Story - David Lynch (1999)
📝 Monthly Editorial Pick:
If you’ve ever battled burnout or depression and searched for ways to make sense of it, chances are you’ve come across The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. This New York Times bestseller has become a touchstone for anyone who has turned to introspection while grappling with personal struggles—particularly creatives, for whom burnout and depression are all too common.
Whether you subscribe to “What’s bad for your heart is good for your art” or “You can’t create if you’re stuck in a dark place,” this book—written by a renowned psychiatrist—dives deep into the intricate connection between body and mind. It not only arms you with enough insight to be the sharpest, most self-aware person in the room, but also sheds light on how deeply intertwined the rational and emotional sides of the brain truly are.
For us, this one hits close to home. Our team wasn’t spared this winter, and it felt important to talk about it. “How can so many cool creatives exist in the same space?” quickly turned into “How is it possible that so many of us share the same struggles?”
💥 Missed Headlines You Should Know:
📸Talent Showcase:
Creativity thrives on inspiration, and we’re making more space to celebrate it! Introducing Talent Showcase—a brand-new feature where we spotlight a few outstanding creatives each month, sharing their work not just in this newsletter but across all our social platforms. This is our way of recognizing artistry that moves us, sparks conversation, and pushes boundaries. Stay tuned—your next favorite creator might just be featured.
Niklas Soestmeyer @niklassoestmeyer
Niklas Soestmeyer (b. 1988, Greven, Germany) is a photographer, videographer, and visual artist whose work explores themes of urban decay, subculture, and the moody complexities of modern life. You can browse through his portfolio here.
📣 What’s New:
And speaking of creative conversations… Our podcast is launching! Mark your calendars for March 19th—our first episode drops, and trust us, you won’t want to miss it. Expect thought-provoking discussions, behind-the-scenes insights, and the kind of dialogue that fuels the creative mind. More details coming soon, but for now, let the anticipation build.
Innovation is in the air—are you ready?
🌟 Bonus Content: Transcendental Meditation
Ever wonder how David Lynch tapped into those surreal, otherworldly ideas? His secret weapon wasn’t just a love for the bizarre, it was Transcendental Meditation. Lynch swore by it, claiming it fueled his creativity, sharpened his intuition, and kept his mind wide open to inspiration.
Studies show that TM significantly enhances creativity by allowing the mind to settle into a deeply restful state, where fresh ideas and insights can flow more freely. Regular practitioners have demonstrated higher levels of innovative thinking, problem-solving, and originality compared to non-meditators. Wanna give it a shot? It’s ridiculously simple. You sit comfortably, close your eyes, and silently repeat a personal mantra for 20 minutes, twice a day. No effort, no concentration. Just letting the mind sink into pure awareness.
Lynch once said, “Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.” Transcendental Meditation was his way of diving into the depths. Maybe it could be yours too.
You’ve reached the end: Thanks for reading and being part of this community! We are living through a profoundly dramatic moment in recent history, which has moved us to write a more personal version of The Orbit Dispatch. As the two editors behind this issue, we find it filled with contrasts—much like the Lynch films that inspired it. Here, we explored the forces that spark creativity, the power of collaboration, and the ways we can uplift one another, as well as the struggles we encounter along the way. We hope you liked it 🌿
Take care, and remember to be kind—not just to each other, but to yourself too.
Catch you next time,
The Orbit Crew