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Orbital
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) Dance
Techno
Years active 1989 - 2004
Label(s) FFRR Records
Internal Records
Associated acts Long Range
Website loopz.co.uk
Members
Phil Hartnoll
Paul Hartnoll

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Career

Early years

In 1989, Orbital recorded a track called Chime on their father's cassette deck. It was released on Oh Zone Records in December 1989, and re-released on FFRR Records a few months later. FFRR Records was a subsidiary of London Records. It was founded and run by English DJ Pete Tong. The track became a rave anthem, reaching number 17 in the UK charts, and earning them an appearance on Top of the Pops, during which they wore anti-Poll Tax t-shirts. Rave music consists of forms of Electronic dance music that are associated with the rave scene. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a Tax of a uniform fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income [2]. A few singles and EPs followed, and their first self-titled album, a collection of tracks recorded at various times, was released in late 1991. Orbital is the first album from Orbital, released in 1991 It is often referred to as the "Green Album" to differentiate it from the band's second

In late 1992, the Radiccio EP barely reached the UK top forty, but it included probably their most well-known song, Halcyon. " Halcyon " is a song written and performed by Orbital. The song featured a backwards sample of Kirsty Hawkshaw from It's a Fine Day (a chart hit for Opus III earlier that year), and B-side The Naked and the Dead was similarly based on a line from Scott Walker's rendition of Jacques Brel's song Next. Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969, London) is a British female dance / Electronica / house / trance Opus III were a Techno and House music group from England who had major success on the UK singles charts and on the U Scott Walker is the Stage name of the American Singer-songwriter Noel Scott Engel (born 9 January 1943 in Hamilton Jacques Romain Georges Brel (ʒak bʀɛl in French (8 April 1929 &ndash 9 October 1978 was a Belgian Singer-songwriter. Halcyon was dedicated to the Hartnolls' mother, who was addicted to the tranquiliser Halcion (Triazolam) for many years. A sedative, or more specifically a sedative-hypnotic, is a substance that depresses the Central nervous system (CNS resulting in calmness relaxation sleepiness Triazolam (marketed under brand names Halcion, Novodorm, Songar) is a Benzodiazepine derivative drug [3].

The duo's popularity grew rapidly with the release of their second album, titled Orbital 2, in 1993. Orbital is the second album from the British Electronica duo Orbital. The album featured complex arrangements and textures, and opens with the two minute track Time Becomes, which comprises nothing more than 2 slightly detuned, looped samples of a Michael Dorn line from Star Trek: The Next Generation, ". Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American Actor known for his role as the Klingon Worf in multiple Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry . . where time becomes a loop" being played simultaneously through the left and right channels, respectively (until 1 cycle of phase difference has happened). This very same sample was used at the beginning of The Mobius, the second track in the previous album. The album reached #28 on the UK album charts, staying in the top chart for fifteen weeks. Halcyon was remixed for the album, as Halcyon + On + On. The version played live has also gained notoriety amongst fans for containing a complete mashup of diverse samples including You give love a bad name by the band Bon Jovi, Heaven is a place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle, and most recently I believe in a thing called love by the band The Darkness. Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey. Belinda Carlisle (born on August 17, 1958 in Hollywood California) is an American Singer-songwriter, as well as the lead vocalist The Darkness were a multi- BRIT Award -winning British Hard rock / Glam rock band The first two albums are commonly known as "the green album" and "the brown album", after the colour of their covers. [4].

1994 breakthrough

Orbital won a NME award for Vibes Best Dance Act early in 1994, but it was their headline appearance at the Glastonbury Festival on 25 June 1994 that brought them most attention. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Q magazine classed it as one of the top 50 gigs of all time, and in 2002 included Orbital in their list of 50 Bands to See Before You Die. Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 [1] Orbital gave an improvisational element to live electronic music as the brothers mixed and sequenced their tracks on the fly, wearing their trademark head-mounted torches behind banks of equipment. Orbital were one of the few electronic acts invited to play at Woodstock '94. Woodstock '94 was a Music festival organized in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969.

The third album Snivilisation was released in August 1994 . Snivilisation is the third album and the first named album by Orbital. Alison Goldfrapp provided vocals on a couple of the tracks, including the single Are We Here?. Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English Singer This track also included a sample from Man at C&A by The Specials. The Specials (sometimes called The Special AKA) are an English 2 Tone Ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Among the remixes of Are We Here? was Criminal Justice Bill? - four minutes of silence, a reference to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which was in part intended to clamp down on the rave scene which had given birth to Orbital. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was an Act of Parliament brought into law by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The other track with Goldfrapp vocals, Sad But True, was remixed for the Times Fly EP, the band's only release in 1995. [5].

The single The Box was released in April 1996, reaching #11 in the UK, and its parent album In Sides, released in May 1996, became their second top five album. " The Box " is a single by the British Electronica duo Orbital. In Sides is the fourth album recorded by Orbital, released in 1996 It revealed a less obviously dance-oriented sound than previously, and had more in common with soundtrack music. In Sides has since come to be considered one of their most critically well-regarded works. As with the previous album, there was a vague theme of ecological disaster and dissatisfaction with society. [6].

The following year, the duo contributed to film soundtracks (The Saint, Event Horizon) and enjoyed the biggest singles of their career, with a live version of Satan and their reworking of the aforementioned The Saint theme both reaching #3 in the UK. The Saint is a 1997 film based on the character of Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in 1928 for a series of books published as "The Saint Event Horizon is a 1997 Science fiction Horror film. The principal story was written by Philip Eisner (with an uncredited rewrite 1997 also saw the inclusion of the In Sides track "Out There Somewhere (Part 2)" in the long-awaited game series relaunch Test Drive 4. Test Drive is a Cross-platform Racing game in 1987. It is the first entry in the ''Test Drive'' series of Video games. [7]

Later albums

1998 saw a return to the studio to work on their fifth album The Middle of Nowhere. The Middle of Nowhere is the fifth album released by Orbital. This was released in 1999, becoming their third top five album, and was a return to a more upbeat style, with Alison Goldfrapp returning on vocals, and included the single Style featuring the stylophone. Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English Singer The Dubreq Stylophone is a miniature Stylus operated synthesizer invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. [8]. In 2000 the single Beached was released from the soundtrack to the film The Beach, mixing the brothers' musical style with a melody by Angelo Badalamenti and the words of Leonardo DiCaprio from the film. The Beach is a 2000 Drama film by the Trainspotting team of writer John Hodge, producer Andrew Macdonald and Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22 1937 is an Italian-American Composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for movie director David Lynch, notably Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor.

2001's The Altogether featured guest vocals by the Hartnolls' brother-in-law David Gray, a sampled Ian Dury, and a version of the Doctor Who theme. The Altogether is Orbital 's sixth studio album and was released in 2001 David Gray (born June 13, 1968 in Sale Greater Manchester) is an English Singer-songwriter. Ian Robins Dury ( 12 May 1942 &ndash 27 March 2000) was an English Rock and roll singer songwriter and Bandleader Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. It was to be their last album for FFRR, and had a mixed critical reception. The following year, Work 1989-2002 collected various singles from Chime onwards.

Orbital split up in 2004[9]. They played a final series of gigs from June through July 2004 at the Glastonbury Festival, the T in the Park Festival in Scotland, the Oxegen festival (formerly known as Witnness) in Ireland, and the Wire Festival in Japan] concluding with a live Peel Session gig at Maida Vale Studios in London] on 28 July 2004. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The T in the Park is a major Music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994 Oxegen is an annual Music festival, held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. Witnness was an Irish Music festival, sponsored by Guinness, which ran for four consecutive summers from 2000 to 2003 John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The release of their seventh and last original album, The Blue Album (which, unlike the untitled previous green and brown albums, was actually named The Blue Album), coincided with this final wave of shows. The Blue Album (released 21 June 2004) is the seventh studio album from the British Electronica duo Orbital. The album featured Sparks (on Acid Pants) and Lisa Gerrard (on the final single One Perfect Sunrise). Sparks is an American rock and Pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron (keyboards and Russell Mael (vocals Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian Musician, Singer and Composer who rose to prominence as part of

Following the break up

Paul Hartnoll continues to record music under his own name, including tracks for the new Wipeout Pure game for the PSP. Wipeout Pure is a 2005 Video game in the Wipeout series for the PlayStation Portable. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. [10]. He released his first full length solo album, entitled "The Ideal Condition" on the ACP record label in June 2007. [11]. Phil Hartnoll formed a new electronica duo, Long Range, with Nick Smith. Long Range is an English Techno band formed in September 2005 featuring Phil Hartnoll and Nick Smith Their debut album, "Madness and Me", was released on their own label, Long Range Recordings, on August 6

In 2008 as Long Range, they signed to commercial management company Angel Artists* [12] who additionally represent the likes of Dave Ball (of Soft Cell), The Grid, Paul Dakeyne & Icehouse Project

2007. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. David or Dave Ball may refer to David Ball (musician (born 1959 English electronic musician (usually known as Dave Dave Ball (musician Soft Cell are an English Synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s For other uses of the title The Grid see The Grid (disambiguation. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [13]. He lives in Brighton with his three sons, Louis, Milo and Conrad. Orbital released a 2 CD/DVD compilation Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004 on 11 June 2007. Orbital Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004 is a collection of rare live recordings containing over two hours of music and video recorded from Orbital's performances Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The collection contains over 2 hours of music recorded from the group's performances at the festival over the course of a decade of appearances there.

Political commentary

Orbital sometimes incorporated political and environmental commentary into their music. The track Forever on Snivilisation samples a speech by Graham Crowden from the 1982 Lindsay Anderson film Britannia Hospital, in which he lambasts humankind for its destructive ways; and the track You Lot on the Blue Album, features a confrontational, partially vocoded anti-genetic engineering sample from Christopher Eccleston, originally from the TV two-part series The Second Coming written by Russell T Davies. Snivilisation is the third album and the first named album by Orbital. Graham Crowden (born 30 November 1922) is a Scottish Actor. Biography Crowden was born in Edinburgh, the son of Anne Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Lindsay Gordon Anderson ( April 17 1923 — August 30 1994) was an Indian born English Feature film, Theatre Britannia Hospital is a 1982 Feature film by British director Lindsay Anderson. The Blue Album (released 21 June 2004) is the seventh studio album from the British Electronica duo Orbital. A vocoder, ˈvoʊkoʊdər (a Portmanteau of vox/voc ( voice) and encoder) is an analysis / synthesis system mostly used for speech in which the input is Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct Christopher Eccleston (krɪstəfə ˈɛkəlstən born 16 February 1964 is an award-winning English stage, Film and Television Actor The Second Coming is a two-part British Television drama first screened on ITV in the UK in February 2003. Russell T Davies, OBE (born Stephen Russell Davies, 27 April, 1963) is a critically acclaimed British Television producer

They recorded The Girl With The Sun In Her Head from In Sides using Greenpeace's mobile solar power generator CYRUS. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 They named an early record Belfast after playing live in the city of Belfast at the height of The Troubles in 1990. [2] Other album track titles suggest environmental concern such as Kein Trink Wasser ("no drinking water" in German) from Snivilisaton and Dŵr Budr ("dirty water" in Welsh) and P. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic E. T. R. O. L. from In Sides.

Selected discography

Albums

Title Release
date
U.K. Album Chart U.S. Billboard 200 U.S. Electronic Albums U.S. Heat- seekers
Orbital (aka the Green Album) 1991 72 - - -
Orbital (aka the Brown Album) May 1993 28 - - -
Peel Session 1994 32 - - -
Snivilisation 1994 4 - - -
In Sides 1996 5 - - 47
Satan Live 1997 48 - - -
Event Horizon (OST) with Michael Kamen 1997 83 - - -
The Middle of Nowhere 1999 4 191 - 11
The Altogether 2001 11 - 8 24
Work 1989-2002 (Singles/Rarities Collection) 2002 36 - - -
Octane (OST) October 2003 - - - -
Blue Album June 2004 44 - 9 -
Halcyon (Best of compilation) 2005 - - - -
Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004 2007 - - - -

Singles/EPs

Title Year U.K Singles Chart U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Club Play
"Chime" 1990 17 - 23
"Omen" 46 - -
"Satan" 1991 31 - -
"Midnight" / "Choice" - - -
Mutations EP 1992 24 - -
Radiccio EP 37 - -
"Halcyon" - - 33
"Lush" 1993 43 - -
"Are We Here?" 1994 33 - 38
"Belfast" 1995 53 - -
"Times Fly" - - -
"The Box" 1996 11 - -
"Satan" (re-recording) 3 - -
"The Saint" 1997 3 104 -
"Style" 1999 13 - -
"Nothing Left" 32 - -
"Beached"
(In collaboration with Angelo Badalamenti)
2000 36 - -
"Funny Break (One is Enough)" 2001 21 - -
"Illuminate" (12" Only) - - -
Rest/Play EP 2002 33 - -
"One Perfect Sunrise" / "You Lot" 2004 29 - -

Compilations

Orbital are sometimes confused with The Orb, a similarly named band that has also been very influential in the realm of electronic music. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Back to Mine is a series of Mix albums usually (though not always mixed by renowned DJs or composers of Electronic music. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Orb are an English Electronic music group known for popularising Chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of Ambient house. In its early days, The Orb often did remixes of other artists' songs and called the result an "Orbital Mix", but these remixes have nothing to do with the band Orbital. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version The Orb stopped this practice after Orbital became popular, hoping not to cause any more confusion.

Featured songs

Notes

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  2. ^ Belfast: the war against cliché BBC, 24 January 2003, accessed 29 May 2007. Human Traffic is a 1999 Film written and directed by Justin Kerrigan. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Beach is a 2000 Drama film by the Trainspotting team of writer John Hodge, producer Andrew Macdonald and 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Groove is a movie released in the year 2000 it portrays one night in the San Francisco underground Rave scene The CKY video series is a series of Skate videos produced by West Chester Pennsylvania residents and Jackass stars Bam Margera and Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Frequency is a Music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by SCEI. XXX may refer to XXX an identifier for Pornography, especially X-rated movies 30 (number, XXX in Roman numerals See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on The following is a list of episodes for the long-running Peabody and Emmy Award-winning U Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Keen Eddie is an action / Comedy-drama Television series first aired in 2003, about a brash American Police Haggard is a 2003 independent comedy film based on the true story of how Ryan Dunn 's promiscuous girlfriend cheated on him Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen Comedy film, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " It's All Gone Pete Tong is a 2004 Fictional independent Mockumentary about Frankie Wilde ( Paul Kaye) a DJ who Wipeout is the title of a series of futuristic Anti-gravity Racing games originally produced by Psygnosis for the PlayStation video Forza Motorsport 2 is a Racing simulator Video game developed by Turn 10 Studios, and the sequel to the original Forza Motorsport

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