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Biography of Orbital
Named after Greater London's own circular autobahn, the M25 -- central to the early Rave scene and party network in the South East during the halcyon 'daze' of Acid House -- Orbital are manned by brothers Phil (b. 09 Jan 64) and Paul Hartnoll (b. 19 May 68). .
From their relatively humble beginnings producing simple but infectious top 20 Pop-Dance tunes to their more recent sophisticated top 5 Pop-Dance tunes, classic albums, film & TV scores and beyond, Orbital have crafted some of the most innovative yet accessible electronic music since their inception in 1989 whilst at the same time retaining great respect for their live work due to their extraordinary shows around the globe which pay as much attention to the live mixing of visuals and choice of imagery, as to the live sound itself. Perhaps, though, one of their greatest achievements is their longevity which is firmly based on a sound that is recognizably their own, coupled with a will to proceed at their own pace and on their own terms with little regard to the industry machinations that surround them or the musical fads and trends that come and go.
Originally from Sevenoaks (a suburban 'commuter reservation' somewhere in deepest Kent) the Hartnolls grew up listening to second generation punk (Crass, Dead Kennedys, Crucifix...), mutant-electro (Severed Heads, Hula, Adrian Sherwood...) and early Hip Hop (Phil went over to New York in the mid-eighties in order to 'find' Hip Hop). By 1988 Paul had contributed two electro pieces (!) to FFrr's 'House Sound Of London Volume 4' under the name D.S.Building Contractors, but it wasn't until the following year that the first true Orbital release emerged: the single 'Chime'.
The original 1,000 copies released through Jazzy M's Oh-Zone label sold out immediately through word of mouth alone and the track was picked up by London Records subsidiary FFrr with whom it soon became a nationwide Dance anthem. This translated into a number 17 singles chart position and gained the Hartnolls a 'Top Of The Pops' appearance where they 'performed' (ie. reluctantly) whilst sporting anti Poll Tax T-shirts. A decade later, the often sampled and bootlegged 'Chime' is still regarded as a classic and has remained one of the highlights of many a live set over the years.
In the period 1990-1991 the burgeoning UK dance scene was still very much perceived as a short-lived phenomena with limited crossover potential and the very idea of a 'dance' artist producing an album as opposed to an endless stream of 12' cuts for club consumption was still a relatively uncommon occurrence, yet when Orbital released their untitled debut long player, or 'green' album, it was to unanimous critical approval and was early proof that dance/electronic music could after all produce albums that would have to be taken as seriously as those produced by conventional Rock acts. Over the coming months remixes carried out by Orbital became further evidence that the Hartnoll brothers had by now established a distinctive sound of their own whilst retaining a characteristically diverse approach to their work.
In the summer of '93 they became instrumental in setting-up and then went on to headline the Midi Circus Tour, a roaming electronic extravaganza which traveled the UK spreading the latest word on live dance music. Next came the release of their second album. Once again an untitled double LP, it became a resident in the upper reaches of the UK Indie album charts for the next few months. The 'brown' album, as it's now generally referred to, bore the now classic Orbital live standards 'Halcyon+on+on', 'Remind' and 'Impact (The Earth Is Burning)', going on to feature highly in most end-of-year Best Album polls. A tour of the US (their second) and two sell-out nights at the Brixton Academy (New Years Eve and New Years Day) finally brought Orbital's hectic year to a close.
March 1994 saw the release of their John Peel session (recorded the previous Autumn) which featured two tracks re-worked from the 'brown' album together with two new compositions. At Glastonbury, Orbital played the coveted final slot on the second stage, previewing some of the new material from their soon to be released third album. The show was a resounding success and sections were broadcast by Channel 4 and John Peel. On its release, 'Snivilisation' entered the album charts at number four, quickly followed by the single 'Are We Here?'. The album broke the hitherto 'no title' rule and sported for the first time a non-graphic cover courtesy of noted painter John Greenwood. Musically, too, it was a departure from their previous collections, the material being far more disparate in style than before. On the accompanying 'Are We Here?' UK tour Orbital played to packed houses throughout the UK where they played 'in the round' from the top of a specially constructed scaffolding tower before heading off to play the Woodstock 2 festival in the US.
1995 saw the release of their remix of Madonna's 'Bedtime Stories', followed by a triumphant headline slot at Tribal Gathering and Main Stage performance at Glastonbury, which many thought even better than that of the previous summer. The year's new material came in the shape of a track recorded for the Sony Play Station game 'WipEout', an untitled EP featuring 'Times Fly' (which proved to be too long to be eligible for chart inclusion) and a track, 'Adnan', donated to the 'Help' compilation.
In April 1996 Orbital released a new single, the dulcimer-driven 'The Box' (number 11), quickly followed by their fourth long player, 'In Sides'. Perhaps their most adventurous collection up until that point, the album may have been a more studied and sombre affair than 'Snivilisation' yet the Hartnolls' love of film soundtracks revealed some startling results, and though it's well-crafted mixture of beats and cinematics unwittingly opened the floodgates to a stream of largely uninspiring copycat James-Bond-with-a-dance-beat efforts, 'In Sides' was universally acclaimed and entered the album charts at number five on week of release.
By May, the Hartnolls embarked on their first full UK tour for over two years which included a triumphant performance at a filled-to-bursting Royal Albert Hall, proving once and for all that Orbital had finally escaped the limiting definitions of 'Techno', 'Dance' et al, whilst at the same time taking live electronic music even further into previously uncharted territory. By the end of the year 'In Sides' featured highly in most of the 1996 Best Albums polls. On New Years Eve Orbital played to 12,000 people at Alexandra Palace and released a live version of 'Satan'. The track had originally been recorded in 1991, though it had only reached as far as 31 in the charts when it was released that year as a single. This time around it entered at a much more convincing number three.
In April 1997 Orbital went on to release their own version of the theme tune to the 60's cult TV classic 'The Saint' from the soundtrack of the Hollywood remake starring Val Kilmer as Simon Templar. The film itself (understandably) received mixed reviews though the single became their second UK top three success since Christmas, whilst on the live front that year Orbital's main appearances were at Tribal Gathering, two sets at the Phoenix Festival and the closing slot on East coast leg of Lollapalooza in the States.
To mark the first ten years of Hartnoll activity, in April they released their fifth album, 'The Middle of Nowhere', which became their third consecutive Top 5 chart placing, preceded by their most successful UK tour to date.
2000 -- After taking a short and well-earned break the Hartnolls began recording their 6th album, The Altogether. The first track to make its airing was Meltdown when it was supplied for a modern dance project as part of the South Bank Centre's Meltdown Festival which was curated by one of the Hartnolls' all time heroes, Scott Walker. Orbital completed a small world tour in South Africa, Greece, Ireland and Japan. Orbital play a one-off live show at the Hammersmith Palais as part of Q magazine's pre-award ceremony celebrations: one of three new tracks previewed on the night ('Tension') is later broadcast on Channel 4. On New Years Eve they round off the year with a live set at the London Arena in Docklands with Leftfield. The set is broadcast the following day on Radio One.
2001 - Orbital release their sixth studio album ‘The Altogether’ and their first DVD with 5.1 SurroundSound. They headline Homelands and embark on a UK Tour including 2 shows at Brixton Academy.
2002 - ‘Work’ the greatest hits album is released. Orbital close the second stage at Glastonbury on the Saturday night and also play 2 open air concerts at Somerset House on the Strand in London.
2003 - Orbital score the music to the horror film ‘Octane’ directed by Marcus Adams and starring Madeleine Stowe. The score album is released by EMI in October.
They also score the US TV series “Keen Eddie” and begin working on tracks which will become the “Blue Album”
2004 will see the last ever Orbital record and gigs. After 15 years together Phil & Paul will pursue different projects but will be finishing with a Brixton Academy show and closing Glastonbury on the second stage. The 7th studio LP the ‘Blue Album’ will be released on June 21st.
From their relatively humble beginnings producing simple but infectious top 20 Pop-Dance tunes to their more recent sophisticated top 5 Pop-Dance tunes, classic albums, film & TV scores and beyond, Orbital have crafted some of the most innovative yet accessible electronic music since their inception in 1989 whilst at the same time retaining great respect for their live work due to their extraordinary shows around the globe which pay as much attention to the live mixing of visuals and choice of imagery, as to the live sound itself. Perhaps, though, one of their greatest achievements is their longevity which is firmly based on a sound that is recognizably their own, coupled with a will to proceed at their own pace and on their own terms with little regard to the industry machinations that surround them or the musical fads and trends that come and go.
Originally from Sevenoaks (a suburban 'commuter reservation' somewhere in deepest Kent) the Hartnolls grew up listening to second generation punk (Crass, Dead Kennedys, Crucifix...), mutant-electro (Severed Heads, Hula, Adrian Sherwood...) and early Hip Hop (Phil went over to New York in the mid-eighties in order to 'find' Hip Hop). By 1988 Paul had contributed two electro pieces (!) to FFrr's 'House Sound Of London Volume 4' under the name D.S.Building Contractors, but it wasn't until the following year that the first true Orbital release emerged: the single 'Chime'.
The original 1,000 copies released through Jazzy M's Oh-Zone label sold out immediately through word of mouth alone and the track was picked up by London Records subsidiary FFrr with whom it soon became a nationwide Dance anthem. This translated into a number 17 singles chart position and gained the Hartnolls a 'Top Of The Pops' appearance where they 'performed' (ie. reluctantly) whilst sporting anti Poll Tax T-shirts. A decade later, the often sampled and bootlegged 'Chime' is still regarded as a classic and has remained one of the highlights of many a live set over the years.
In the period 1990-1991 the burgeoning UK dance scene was still very much perceived as a short-lived phenomena with limited crossover potential and the very idea of a 'dance' artist producing an album as opposed to an endless stream of 12' cuts for club consumption was still a relatively uncommon occurrence, yet when Orbital released their untitled debut long player, or 'green' album, it was to unanimous critical approval and was early proof that dance/electronic music could after all produce albums that would have to be taken as seriously as those produced by conventional Rock acts. Over the coming months remixes carried out by Orbital became further evidence that the Hartnoll brothers had by now established a distinctive sound of their own whilst retaining a characteristically diverse approach to their work.
In the summer of '93 they became instrumental in setting-up and then went on to headline the Midi Circus Tour, a roaming electronic extravaganza which traveled the UK spreading the latest word on live dance music. Next came the release of their second album. Once again an untitled double LP, it became a resident in the upper reaches of the UK Indie album charts for the next few months. The 'brown' album, as it's now generally referred to, bore the now classic Orbital live standards 'Halcyon+on+on', 'Remind' and 'Impact (The Earth Is Burning)', going on to feature highly in most end-of-year Best Album polls. A tour of the US (their second) and two sell-out nights at the Brixton Academy (New Years Eve and New Years Day) finally brought Orbital's hectic year to a close.
March 1994 saw the release of their John Peel session (recorded the previous Autumn) which featured two tracks re-worked from the 'brown' album together with two new compositions. At Glastonbury, Orbital played the coveted final slot on the second stage, previewing some of the new material from their soon to be released third album. The show was a resounding success and sections were broadcast by Channel 4 and John Peel. On its release, 'Snivilisation' entered the album charts at number four, quickly followed by the single 'Are We Here?'. The album broke the hitherto 'no title' rule and sported for the first time a non-graphic cover courtesy of noted painter John Greenwood. Musically, too, it was a departure from their previous collections, the material being far more disparate in style than before. On the accompanying 'Are We Here?' UK tour Orbital played to packed houses throughout the UK where they played 'in the round' from the top of a specially constructed scaffolding tower before heading off to play the Woodstock 2 festival in the US.
1995 saw the release of their remix of Madonna's 'Bedtime Stories', followed by a triumphant headline slot at Tribal Gathering and Main Stage performance at Glastonbury, which many thought even better than that of the previous summer. The year's new material came in the shape of a track recorded for the Sony Play Station game 'WipEout', an untitled EP featuring 'Times Fly' (which proved to be too long to be eligible for chart inclusion) and a track, 'Adnan', donated to the 'Help' compilation.
In April 1996 Orbital released a new single, the dulcimer-driven 'The Box' (number 11), quickly followed by their fourth long player, 'In Sides'. Perhaps their most adventurous collection up until that point, the album may have been a more studied and sombre affair than 'Snivilisation' yet the Hartnolls' love of film soundtracks revealed some startling results, and though it's well-crafted mixture of beats and cinematics unwittingly opened the floodgates to a stream of largely uninspiring copycat James-Bond-with-a-dance-beat efforts, 'In Sides' was universally acclaimed and entered the album charts at number five on week of release.
By May, the Hartnolls embarked on their first full UK tour for over two years which included a triumphant performance at a filled-to-bursting Royal Albert Hall, proving once and for all that Orbital had finally escaped the limiting definitions of 'Techno', 'Dance' et al, whilst at the same time taking live electronic music even further into previously uncharted territory. By the end of the year 'In Sides' featured highly in most of the 1996 Best Albums polls. On New Years Eve Orbital played to 12,000 people at Alexandra Palace and released a live version of 'Satan'. The track had originally been recorded in 1991, though it had only reached as far as 31 in the charts when it was released that year as a single. This time around it entered at a much more convincing number three.
In April 1997 Orbital went on to release their own version of the theme tune to the 60's cult TV classic 'The Saint' from the soundtrack of the Hollywood remake starring Val Kilmer as Simon Templar. The film itself (understandably) received mixed reviews though the single became their second UK top three success since Christmas, whilst on the live front that year Orbital's main appearances were at Tribal Gathering, two sets at the Phoenix Festival and the closing slot on East coast leg of Lollapalooza in the States.
To mark the first ten years of Hartnoll activity, in April they released their fifth album, 'The Middle of Nowhere', which became their third consecutive Top 5 chart placing, preceded by their most successful UK tour to date.
2000 -- After taking a short and well-earned break the Hartnolls began recording their 6th album, The Altogether. The first track to make its airing was Meltdown when it was supplied for a modern dance project as part of the South Bank Centre's Meltdown Festival which was curated by one of the Hartnolls' all time heroes, Scott Walker. Orbital completed a small world tour in South Africa, Greece, Ireland and Japan. Orbital play a one-off live show at the Hammersmith Palais as part of Q magazine's pre-award ceremony celebrations: one of three new tracks previewed on the night ('Tension') is later broadcast on Channel 4. On New Years Eve they round off the year with a live set at the London Arena in Docklands with Leftfield. The set is broadcast the following day on Radio One.
2001 - Orbital release their sixth studio album ‘The Altogether’ and their first DVD with 5.1 SurroundSound. They headline Homelands and embark on a UK Tour including 2 shows at Brixton Academy.
2002 - ‘Work’ the greatest hits album is released. Orbital close the second stage at Glastonbury on the Saturday night and also play 2 open air concerts at Somerset House on the Strand in London.
2003 - Orbital score the music to the horror film ‘Octane’ directed by Marcus Adams and starring Madeleine Stowe. The score album is released by EMI in October.
They also score the US TV series “Keen Eddie” and begin working on tracks which will become the “Blue Album”
2004 will see the last ever Orbital record and gigs. After 15 years together Phil & Paul will pursue different projects but will be finishing with a Brixton Academy show and closing Glastonbury on the second stage. The 7th studio LP the ‘Blue Album’ will be released on June 21st.
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Rating: 
(10)
Jun 29, 2006
Comment: great last live performance of the duo that influenced in any term electronic music!! need to say more --> just listen to this!! i can just feel the energy here in front of my PC!! i would like more of this but 2 bad these boys are not in the business any more!! "i love you as well even if you do smoke" 
Rating: (10)
Oct 18, 2006
Comment: these guys are fukcing great! if you like orbital, youll love it.
Rating: 
(7)
Nov 06, 2006
Comment: sorry.i didn't like it. i thought it would be better :-?
Rating: (9)
Dec 21, 2006
Comment: What a wickid set! You can really feel the atmosphere of the party and there's a nice mix of old and new(er) tunes played. Definitely worth a download for any serious Orbital fan!
Rating: (10)
Dec 30, 2006
Comment: Wow, now this is what i've been looking for, a top top show, Orbital are one of the bands that made me fall in love with electronic music, all of there music was top class, i have got all there albums and ep's and its so good to hear this live set.
A very good mix of tracks from old school orbital to some tracks from the blue album.
If you love Orbital you will love this set as i do.
A very good mix of tracks from old school orbital to some tracks from the blue album.
If you love Orbital you will love this set as i do.
Rating: (8)
Jan 15, 2007
Comment: Great last performance by this duo. I love their music and this download is a must have for every fan.
Rating: (9)
Feb 18, 2007
Comment: Great stuff ... very interesting samples and
atmospheric souds. A very big recommendation ...
Download it before it is down ....
atmospheric souds. A very big recommendation ...
Download it before it is down ....
Rating: (9)
Feb 28, 2007
Comment: Definately a big name in the industry, and this set is a nice closing summary even though I would have preferred some more older tracks. Though I think you indeed 'had to be there' to appreciate what a smashing set it was.
Rating: (10)
Mar 14, 2007
Comment: like every other orbital fan,this set amaze me.whoever love electro music orbital is the key.another thing,this is the last set live played by them.....so colect it before it too late....
Rating: (9)
Jun 13, 2007
Comment: ORBITAL, our great long lost ancestors of dance music. They're pioneers in the world of electronic music and are quite simply f*cking marvelous. In this set, they're playing a lot of stuff we've heard before but it's the the best of "the best of" if you know what i mean. It still sounds really fresh and lively, especially with the crowd cheering them on after each tune. Pay your respect for the boys and use a point. It's a classic.
Rating: (10)
Aug 01, 2007
Comment: This is a truly great live performance from Orbital, and the perfect way for them to bow out. Despite there only being 40 people there, the crowd are totally psyched; cheering them on after every record. They were undoubtedly a great duo that pioneered the electronic music genre -- paving the way for new things to come -- and this set certainly stands testament to that.
Rating: (10)
Jan 18, 2008
Comment: i can only say that this set ROCks and as a last performance for Orbtilal i am impressed and amazed!they play most of the their top tracks,but when The BOx starts i go crazy and i think my adrenaline starts to rise up and my climax is when ONE PERFECT SUNRISE starts to play,then i cant feel my body,only my soul!!!very energetic and wicked set that only Orbirtal fans can understand the meaning!:):):):))))
Rating:
(9)
May 07, 2006