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William Orbit (born on 15 December 1956, as William Mark Wainwright) is a British musician and record producer, best known to the public for producing Madonna’s album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums that were never used. Also, he produced “13” by Blur, and remixed some of the songs on the album.
His speciality is atmospheric keyboard electronica although much of his work features accomplished guitar playing. He has also recorded several largely instrumental solo albums under the name Strange Cargo which features vocals by Beth Orton, Laurie Mayer, Joe Frank among others. He was the musical force behind Bassomatic in the early 1990s, and formed the band Torch Song together with Mayer and Rico Conning in the 1980s. He has also produced and remixed numerous other artists, like Nitzer Ebb and The Cure. Orbit’s remixes carry his signature electronic sounds and techniques, making them sought after by fans of his solo work. He also worked with pop girl trio Sugababes.
His newest work has involved writing an orchestral piece, which was performed by the BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester International Festival in July 2007.
He also has a new album due out in 2009 - This has now been released (8th June 2009) “My Oracle Lives Uptown”
His speciality is atmospheric keyboard electronica although much of his work features accomplished guitar playing. He has also recorded several largely instrumental solo albums under the name Strange Cargo which features vocals by Beth Orton, Laurie Mayer, Joe Frank among others. He was the musical force behind Bassomatic in the early 1990s, and formed the band Torch Song together with Mayer and Rico Conning in the 1980s. He has also produced and remixed numerous other artists, like Nitzer Ebb and The Cure. Orbit’s remixes carry his signature electronic sounds and techniques, making them sought after by fans of his solo work. He also worked with pop girl trio Sugababes.
His newest work has involved writing an orchestral piece, which was performed by the BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester International Festival in July 2007.
He also has a new album due out in 2009 - This has now been released (8th June 2009) “My Oracle Lives Uptown”
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Hello Waveforms
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Strange Cargo III
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Classical Chillout (Disc 1)
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Pieces in a Modern Style
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ofgriding wrote:
Wow, this vid is amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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_Nevim_ wrote:
,,This is why I love last fm - you discover new amazing music all the time!!!" +1
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retimaria wrote:
Genius!
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wowgrungegurl wrote:
This is why I love last fm - you discover new amazing music all the time!!!
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FluidMantis wrote:
I thought My Oracle Lives Uptown was nice, but strayed a bit from Orbit's usual styles. Then again, I thought Hello Waveforms was pretty awesome.
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amin4d wrote:
^^
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OCVfan wrote:
givea listen to my favourite-band! www.myspace.com/ourceasingvoice
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deafdawg wrote:
check out the classic William Orbit video "Barber’s Adagio For Strings" in HD! http://r.fm/artist/william-orbit /Love from Stockholm
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lesleyjl21 wrote:
great session this morning with jason bentley on kcrw.com. first u.s. radio appearance, i believe. i know jason was beside himself with joy... interview was awesome.
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kanetoad wrote:
<3
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alin1 wrote:
Love how he produced Ray of Light. [3] & his own albums
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darkenlight wrote:
Love how he produced Ray of Light. [2]
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RaditAndrogyny wrote:
He is the new Brian Eno...
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matthewgregory wrote:
Did My Oracle Lives Uptown give anyone else a raging boner?
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sudden_rush wrote:
New album is so good. He keeps getting better and better.
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aCId_aka_Mike wrote:
<3
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gipers16 wrote:
My oracle lives uptown is awesome!
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joiletblog wrote:
Polish support his 10th album: http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Orbit-udal-sie-do-wyroczni.html - Polish; http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Orbit-went-up-to-an-oracle.html - English; cheers
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Psychari wrote:
Optical Illusions EP - great!
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Kanishi wrote:
Во по русски шпарит http://twitter.com/WilliamOrbit/statuses/1594445713
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