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The Orb (sometimes credited as simply Orb) is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. The Orb is heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their later output has been in the electronic dub category, more so than ambient house.
The group was formed in 1988 by Dr. Alex Paterson (full name Duncan Robert Alex Paterson) and Jimmy Cauty (one half of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and later The KLF). The Orb’s first release was the acid house anthem “Tripping on Sunshine”.
In May 1989, the Orb released the “Kiss EP”, which was heavily influenced by New York’s KISS FM. Paterson began DJing around London, England at this time when he met Paul Oakenfold. At Oakenfold’s behest, Paterson began DJing at Land of Oz, the chill-out room at Heaven.
Paterson mixed samples of BBC nature recordings, NASA space broadcasts and everything in between into the music of ambient pioneers such as Brian Eno. Around this time, Paterson met Steve Hillage and Hillage later contributed guitar to the Orb’s “Blue Room” single. In return Paterson worked on Hillage’s System 7 project.
In October 1989 the Orb released the 22-minute single “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld”, which contains large chunks of Minnie Riperton’s “Loving You”. The single managed to reach the lower end of the UK chart. Although Paterson and Cauty had been working on a debut album, the two split in April 1990. Cauty removed Paterson’s contributions to the album and released the remainder as “Space”.
The group was formed in 1988 by Dr. Alex Paterson (full name Duncan Robert Alex Paterson) and Jimmy Cauty (one half of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and later The KLF). The Orb’s first release was the acid house anthem “Tripping on Sunshine”.
In May 1989, the Orb released the “Kiss EP”, which was heavily influenced by New York’s KISS FM. Paterson began DJing around London, England at this time when he met Paul Oakenfold. At Oakenfold’s behest, Paterson began DJing at Land of Oz, the chill-out room at Heaven.
Paterson mixed samples of BBC nature recordings, NASA space broadcasts and everything in between into the music of ambient pioneers such as Brian Eno. Around this time, Paterson met Steve Hillage and Hillage later contributed guitar to the Orb’s “Blue Room” single. In return Paterson worked on Hillage’s System 7 project.
In October 1989 the Orb released the 22-minute single “
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld”, which contains large chunks of Minnie Riperton’s “Loving You”. The single managed to reach the lower end of the UK chart. Although Paterson and Cauty had been working on a debut album, the two split in April 1990. Cauty removed Paterson’s contributions to the album and released the remainder as “Space”.
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piku_79 wrote:
my mix, enjoy: http://soundcloud.com/piku_79/a-long-way-to-party-mood
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Shponglation wrote:
This music is so soothing, and at the same time trippy?:))))) My kind of stuff:)))
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VK1990 wrote:
Back Side Of The Moon
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robbyb0t wrote:
comparing the Orb to Orbital is like comparing Techno Animal to Underworld. there is no parallel other than the time period
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KatUnionJack wrote:
speechless
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Mayo86 wrote:
Nigga please, they are completely different, and I love both bands ^_^
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K1ngSh0t wrote:
The Orb > Orbital
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Xylvanya wrote:
If you like ambitious and relaxing music, maybe it´s possible you like XYLVANYA: „Anxious“; „Beach II“; Regenbogen; „SA RIERA part I“, "Imperial Crown" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many many more.....(all in all 6 hours of music, all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya
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FakePlasticDick wrote:
The metallic spheres is weasome
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Gordonflesher wrote:
"C Batter C" It is simply magnificent
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tcallahan wrote:
peel sessions are pretty tite.
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piku_79 wrote:
Subscribed and received an excellent album Drc Music Kinshasa One Two. Project run by Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, Blur, etc. supporting Oxfam organization. Good way to spend yr money
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slidein wrote:
nO words,JUST love!!!
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Check out my newest collection of free downloadable high quality ambient music on my profile site and have a good time.
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Orange-1 wrote:
Excellent Music!:-)
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knusperquark wrote:
I love you! Please be there!
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kpthedude wrote:
So much love. Just makes me want to dance for days.
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m-saIami wrote:
I always saw them as dinausaurs... I love their music btw
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xmattj916x wrote:
pretty funny that that one newspaper referred 2 them as "AMBIENT DINOSAURS" lol
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- Feb 17 Fringe World Festival The Treasure Chest, Perth, Australia
- Feb 18 Audio Visual Feast Karma Beach Batu Belig, Bali, Indonesia
- Feb 19 Alex Paterson DJ set, Karma Kandara Karma Kandara, Bali, Indonesia
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Metallic Spheres Top 10 from Word Magazine
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