The Orb
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Bicycles & Tricycles...United Kingdom and Sanctuary Records in the United States. To promote the album, The Orb began a UK tour with dub reggae artist Mad Professor, who had remixed The Orb in the past. Though The Orb still pulled in large crowds, The Guardian... In this article: Bicycles & Tricycles, The Orb, The Guardian, JIVE Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Jimmy Cauty, Sanctuary Records, Island Records, and Cooking Vinyl Records |
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Wikipedia | April 30, 2009
U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb
U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb U.F.Off: The Best of the Orb is a greatest hits album by The Orb released in 1998 by Island Records. There is both a double disc and single disc version, the latter being the first disc of the former. The second...
In this article: U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb, Little Fluffy Clouds, A Huge Evergrowing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld, and Island Records
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Pomme Fritz
Pomme Fritz Pomme Fritz is a 1994 EP by The Orb. It was The Orb's first studio production released on Island Records. Pomme Fritz is a chaotic EP which Rolling Stone described as an "aural feast" despite its "lack of cohesion" and direction.
In this article: Pomme Fritz, Island Records, Rolling Stone, Kris Weston, and UK
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Orblivion
...is the fourth studio album by The Orb released by Island Records. The Orb, reunited with Andy Hughes and Steve Hillage, returned to their spacy sounds typical of U.F.Orb. The album reached #19 on the UK Album Chart and #174 on the Billboard...
In this article: Orblivion, Island Records, U.F.Orb, The Village Voice, Asylum, Toxygene, Rolling Stone, Andy Hughes, and Steve Hillage
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Cydonia (album)
Cydonia (album) Cydonia is the fifth studio album by The Orb released on Island Records. Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann, along with usual collaborators Andy Hughes, Nick Burton, and Simon Phillips , wrote and produced Cydonia for a planned...
In this article: Cydonia, Alex Paterson, Universal Music Group, Andy Hughes, Island Records, Orblivion, Bedrock, Once More, and NME
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Orbus Terrarum
Orbus Terrarum Orbus Terrarum is the third studio album of electronic music artist The Orb released on Island Records in 1995. Before leaving The Orb, member Kris Weston had begun work on Orbus Terrarum. However, when he left The Orb,...
In this article: Orbus Terrarum, Alex Paterson, Pomme Fritz, Thomas Fehlmann, Rolling Stone, Kris Needs, Andy Hughes, and Kris Weston
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Live 93
...93 Live 93 is a live album released in 1993 by The Orb on Island Records. Live 93 is a collection of highlights from The Orb's 1993 performances in Europe and Asia. It features The Orb's live performance crew of Alex Paterson, Kris Weston,...
In this article: Live 93, Kris Weston, Alex Paterson, World War II, A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain that Rules from the Center of the Underworld, Andy Hughes, Simon Phillips, and Island Records
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The Orb
...Weston had decided to stop touring. The Orb's first studio production on Island Records was Pomme Fritz, a chaotic EP noted for its heavy use of strange samples and its lack of conventional harmonies. Though Pomme Fritz reached as high as...
In this article: Alex Paterson, Thomas Fehlmann, Jimmy Cauty, Orblivion, Orbus Terrarum, Cydonia, Blue Room, and Martin "Youth" Glover
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The Orb are an English electronic music group known for popularising chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. Founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and KLF member Jimmy Cauty, The Orb began as ambient and dub DJs in London. Their early performances were inspired by ambient and electronic artists of the 1970s and 1980s, most notably Brian Eno and Kraftwerk. Because of their "trippy" sound, The Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. The Orb has maintained their drug-related and science fiction themes despite personnel changes including the departure of Cauty and other Orb members Kris Weston, Simon Phillips, and Andy Hughes. Paterson has been the only permanent member, continuing to work as The Orb with the Swiss-German producer Thomas Fehlmann and later with Martin "Youth" Glover and Tim Bran of Dreadzone.
Alex Paterson prides The Orb on manipulating obscure samples beyond recognition in their albums and concerts; however, his unauthorised use of other artists' works has led to disputes with musicians, most notably with Rickie Lee Jones. During their live shows of the 1990s, The Orb performed using digital audio tape machines optimised for live mixing and sampling before switching to laptops and digital media. Despite changes in their performance method, The Orb have maintained their colourful light shows and psychedelic imagery in concert. These visually intensive performances prompted many critics to compare The Orb to Pink Floyd.
- Name:
- The Orb
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- England
- Years Active:
- 1988–present
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- Ambient house
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- Website:
- http://www.theorb.com/
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