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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 Kraftwerk, Nitzer Ebb, The Cure, U2 and P!nk. 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 Kraftwerk, Nitzer Ebb, The Cure, U2 and P!nk. 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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Krumbumbes wrote:
great man. This is music for children too )
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8GotH8 wrote:
fukin' a
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kIRa_aj wrote:
sooo good))
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IkkBinVarg wrote:
Pieces in a Modern Style 2 - How correctly to register the name of compositions and other?
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gotawesome wrote:
Nice :) Here's a mix he's done for testpressing.org too, it's brilliant: http://testpressing.org/2010/06/18/producers-series-6-william-orbit/
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benharris16 wrote:
Looks like i chose a good time to view this page seeing as i last posted a year ago and got an answer this week :P Cheers mate, shall check them out. Water from a Vine Leaf is a big favourite of mine, just need to get into some albums now!
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gotawesome wrote:
@benharris16 try the Strange Cargo discs for good 90's dance, there's some gems on each of them. Hello Waveforms is great too.
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IkkBinVarg wrote:
СУПЕР
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Mattius91 wrote:
Agadio For Strings and Clavier <3 Both original and Ferry Corsten remixes are great.
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Mattius91 wrote:
Agadio For Strings and Clavier <3 Both original and Ferry Corsten remixes are great.
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Emerson_Olaf wrote:
This is the new disc of Epic Church (electro, gothic, medieval) http://www.last.fm/music/Epic+Church/Epic+Church+2.0
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MusicLoars wrote:
Goddamn, one of the best artists i know. His own stuff is as good as the stuff he made with Madonna or Blur. Even today a legend.
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GrayTwilight wrote:
His music makes everything seem beautiful and all right.
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special_user wrote:
Pieces In A Modern Style 2 WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Jens33 wrote:
Unbeatable!:)The Orbitstyle is brilliant!!!
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Cola_Season wrote:
интересно сделано
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practicebusines wrote:
отличная обработка вечного произведения Барбера (человека которого не признали при жизни и после)...
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MinisterZdrowia wrote:
Here's short review of compilation by William Orbit http://www.infomusic.pl/recenzje/recenzja/2341,william_orbit_-_odyssey Cheers!
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Looping-Zoolouf wrote:
I love this music ! Best artist
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chocobooo wrote:
he's a genius. I love everything he produces
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4 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/williamorbit
This Thursday night (May 6th), pop impresario Guy
Chambers is having a music night at Favela Chic in Shoreditch. It
should be fun, the last one that he did was great. I'm going to be
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