Orange was notably prolific during this period, releasing six albums (including one self-titled triple LP), three EPs and several singles under the name Thanksgiving on various labels.

He also played drums in the instrumental group The Watery Graves of Portland alongside Knapp and Davis Lee Hooker, and toured and recorded with YACHT, Phil Elverum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie) and Geneviève Castrée.

The touring group, featuring members of LAKE, François & the Atlas Mountains and Rozi Plain, recreated older Thanksgiving material with new textures and instrumentation described variously as "rogue West African prison-funk"[2] and "acid-tinged dub-jam nomad blues".

[6] In late 2007 Orange adopted the moniker Lyllyys (and later AOK) and began performing with the greater Portland, OR experimental music scene including members of Rob Walmart, Jackie-O Motherfucker and White Rainbow.

According to the label, Orange had "suffered a near complete mental collapse, triggered by all manners of fatigue" following his most recent world tour and for a time "very few were aware of [his] activities or whereabouts.