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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”.

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Really enjoying the I'll Be Black compilation!! Rewind !!! :)__

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great @FFF. respect.

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erailo wrote:
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Tonight,17.10.09 Warsaw, Poland, FreeFormFestival << THE ORB >>I can't wait:))

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Listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this wonderfully http://www.lastfm.ru/music/The+Duchess+Jaguar

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piku_79 wrote:
September 2009

Andy Hughes. RIP...

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takks wrote:
September 2009

enough to make a grown man moist...ace new album

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Electrofreaks wrote:
September 2009

The two albums on Kompakt with Fehlmann are the best stuff they have done in the last 10 years.

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Pewp wrote:
September 2009

The new album is way better than The Dream. I guess we give credit to Fehlmann?

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dcdawson wrote:
September 2009

Great 2 hour set. The 2nd is *really* nice. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/6mix/ :)

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sweetyoff wrote:
September 2009

The Orb LIVE at Free Form Festival in Poland http://www.facebook.com/pages/FreeFormFestival/145494931263?ref=ts

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Slimkatmusic wrote:
September 2009

20 microdots and four years lost...It was a magical time!

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GouldTerror wrote:
September 2009

these were the sh*t back in the day !!! When Pills were 100% MDMA .... and fields were were we raved .... TAKE ME BACK ...

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TheDevilsTuna wrote:
August 2009

Check out the Devil's blog featuring the Orb http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2009/08/orb-return.html

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thybbuk wrote:
August 2009

the new album has grown big on me on the 2nd listen, its great!!!

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Terrasidius wrote:
August 2009

Hey guys! Join our new Leftfield group! :D

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August 2009

Music for the blind now available...http://www.last.fm/music/Blind+Foley

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Events

Dec 11 The Orb + Goldierocks + more Lakota, Bristol, United Kingdom
1 shout | 4 attendees
Dec 19 The Orb ДК им. Горбунова, Москва, Moscow, Russian Federation
3 shouts | 32 attendees
Dec 20 The Orb ГлавClub, Санкт-Петербург, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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News

Andy Hughes

25 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/orbisms

ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENGINEER/PRODUCER GENIUS .... ANDY HUGHES OF THE ORB.... SADLY PASSES AWAY ON FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2009Andy Hughes, electronic music producer/DJ who was born 11th November 1965 an. …

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andy hughes
23 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/orbisms
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postponed N american tour 09
2 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/orbisms
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the orb remix contest
26 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/orbisms
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