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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. 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. 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. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... FFRR Records is a subsidiary of London Records. ... Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). ... Orbital was the first album from Orbital, released in 1991. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

In late 1992 the Radiccio EP barely reached the UK top forty, but it included probably their most well-known song, Halcyon. 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. Halcyon was dedicated to the Hartnolls' mother, who was addicted to the tranquiliser Halcion (Triazolam) for many years. Halcyon is a song written and performed by Orbital. ... Kirsty Hawkshaw is a female dance/electronica/house artist and songwriter who is known for her signature angelic vocals. ... Opus III was a techno and house music group from England who had major success on the UK singles charts and on the US Dance chart. ... Scott Walker is the stage name of the American singer-songwriter Noel Scott Engel (born 9 January 1943 in Hamilton, Ohio). ... Brel on a cover of Les Adieux à lOlympia concert album (1966) Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a respected Belgian French-speaking singer-songwriter, considered by many as a poet as well, given the power of his lyrics. ... A sedative is a substance which depresses the central nervous system (CNS), resulting in calmness, relaxation, reduction of anxiety, sleepiness, slowed breathing, slurred speech, staggering gait, poor judgment, and slow, uncertain reflexes. ... Triazolam (Halcion®, Novodorm®, Songar®) belongs to benzodiazepine group of drugs. ...

The duo's popularity grew rapidly with the release of their second album, titled Orbital 2, in 1993 . The album featured complex arrangements and textures, and opens with the two minute track Time Becomes, which comprises nothing but a repeated sample of a Michael Dorn line from Star Trek: The Next Generation, "...where time becomes a loop". 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 first two albums are commonly known as "the green album" and "the brown album", after the colour of their covers. Orbital 2 is second album from the British electronica duo Orbital. ... Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor known for his role as the Klingon Worf in multiple Star Trek shows and movies. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ...

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. 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.^[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 flashlights behind banks of equipment (although Spanish techno performer Chimo Bayo wore head-mounted flashlights in his shows since 1988,^[2] and in an interview on MTV Spain in 2006 claimed that Orbital started using the same flashlights after him).^[3] Orbital were one of the few electronic acts invited to play at Woodstock '94. Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a populist music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest[1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ... is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Woodstock 94 poster design Woodstock 94 is a rock concert that was held in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock concert of 1969. ...

The third album Snivilisation was released in August 1994 . Alison Goldfrapp provided vocals on a couple of the tracks, including the single Are We Here?. This track also included a sample from Man at C&A by The Specials. 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 other track with Goldfrapp vocals, Sad But True, was remixed for the Times Fly EP, the band's only release in 1995. Snivilisation is the third album by Orbital. ... Photo of Goldfrapp in concert in London, June 26, 2006. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was an act of parliament brought into law by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

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. It revealed a less obviously dance-oriented sound than previously, and had more in common with soundtrack music. As with the previous album, there was a vague theme of ecological disaster and dissatisfaction with society. 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 Box is a single by the British electronica duo Orbital. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... In Sides was the fourth album released by Orbital in 1996. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... 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. Besides the book series which ran until 1983, the character was also featured in a series of Hollywood movies made between 1938... Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film that was directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Philip Eisner (with an uncredited rewrite by Andrew Kevin Walker). ...

Later albums

1998 saw a return to the studio to work on their fifth album The Middle of Nowhere. 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. 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. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Middle of Nowhere was the fifth album released by Orbital. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... The Dubreq Stylophone was a miniature electronic musical instrument invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. ... The Beach is a 2000 film by the Trainspotting team of writer John Hodge and director Danny Boyle based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland. ... Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is a music composer, best known for his movie soundtrack work for surrealist movie director David Lynch. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

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. 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. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Altogether is Orbitals sixth studio album and was released in 2001. ... David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. ... Ian Dury, in a look combining Gene Vincent with a Cockney pearly king. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme (and a 1996 television film) produced by the BBC. The series shows the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space... Work 1989-2002 was a compilation album released by the British electronica duo Orbital in 2002, featuring a selection of singles and rare tracks from their career together. ...

Orbital split up in 2004 . 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. 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 album featured Sparks (on Acid Pants) and Lisa Gerrard (on the final single One Perfect Sunrise). The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest[1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ... T in the Park is a major Scottish music festival, held annually since 1994. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... Oxegen is an annual music festival, the first of which occurred in 2004, sponsored by Heineken. ... Witnness was a music festival sponsored by Guinness which ran in the Republic of Ireland from 2000 to 2003. ... “Peel Sessions” redirects here. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... July 28 is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 gained international renown as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with Irish former partner Brendan Perry. ...

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. He released his first full length solo album, entitled "The Ideal Condition" on the ACP record label in June 2007. The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ...

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. ...

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Political commentary

Orbital sometimes incorporate 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 by Orbital. ... Graham Crowden (born 30 November 1922) is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles in BBC comedy-dramas. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Lindsay Anderson (April 17, 1923 - August 30, 1994), English film and documentary director. ... Britannia Hospital is a cult film by British director Lindsay Anderson, released in 1982. ... The Blue Album (released 21 June 2004) was the final album from the British electronica duo Orbital. ... A vocoder (name derived from voice encoder, formerly also called voder) is a speech analyzer and synthesizer. ... An iconic image of genetic engineering; this autoluminograph from 1986 of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene, illustrating the possibilities of genetic engineering. ... Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and for other television roles, as well as for his roles in several high-profile low-budget films. ... The opening titles of The Second Coming. ... Russell T. Davies, pictured in 2003. ...

They recorded The Girl With The Sun In Her Head from In Sides using Greenpeace's mobile solar power generator CYRUS. They named an early record Belfast after playing live in the city of Belfast at the height of The Troubles in 1990.^[4] 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.E.T.R.O.L. from In Sides. Greenpeace protest against Esso / Exxon Mobil. ... For other uses, see The Troubles (disambiguation). ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...

Videos

Orbital have put much effort into the videos accompanying their music. Tilda Swinton starred in the video for The Box; and they released a DVD version of The Altogether with a video for every track, with Brian Cant starring in the track Waving not Drowning. Katherine Mathilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960), better known as Tilda Swinton, is a Golden Globe Award-nominated British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. ... Brian Cant (Born 12 July 1933 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England) is an actor, television presenter and writer. ...

Selected discography

Albums

• Orbital (aka the Green Album) (1991) #71 UK
• Orbital (aka the Brown Album) (May 1993) #28 UK
• Snivilisation (1994) #4 UK
• In Sides (1996) #5 UK
• Event Horizon (1997) • with Michael Kamen #83 UK
• The Middle of Nowhere (1999) #4 UK, #191 US
• The Altogether (2001) #11 UK
• Work 1989-2002 (Singles/Rarities Collection) (2002) #36 UK
• Octane (OST) (October 2003)
• Blue Album (June 2004) #44 UK
• Halcyon (Best Of) (2005)
• Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004 (2007)

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Singles/EPs

• Chime (1990) #17 UK
• Omen (1990) #46 UK
• Satan (III EP) (1991) #31 UK
• Midnight/Choice (1991)
• Mutations EP (1992) #24 UK
• Radiccio EP (1992) #37 UK
• Lush (1993) #43 UK
• Peel Session/Diversions (1994)
• Are We Here? (1994) #33 UK
• Belfast/Wasted (1995) #53 UK
• Times Fly (1995)
• The Box (1996) #11 UK
• Satan Live (1996) #3 UK
• The Saint (1997) #3 WK
• Style (1999) #13 UK
• Nothing Left (1999) #32 UK
• Beached (In collaboration with Angelo Badalamenti) (2000) #36 UK
• Funny Break (One is Enough) (2001) #21 UK
• Illuminate 12" Only (2001)
• Rest/Play EP (2002) #33 UK
• One Perfect Sunrise/You Lot (2004) #29 UK

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Compilations

• The Bedroom Sessions (Various Artists, selected by Orbital, released with the April 2002 issue of Mixmag.) (2002) UK
• Back to Mine (DJ Mix album) (2002)

Orbital are sometimes confused with The Orb, a similarly named band that has also been very influential in the realm of electronic music. 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. The Orb stopped this practice after Orbital became popular, hoping not to cause any more confusion. Mixmag is the worlds biggest selling dance music and clubbing magazine Mixmag began in the mid 1980s following the best in the worlds dance music, from covering dance events to reviewing CDs and new acts. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Back to Mine is a series of mix albums, usually (though not always) mixed by renowned DJs or composers of electronic music. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ...

Featured songs

• Hackers (1995) • Halcyon + On + On (shortened version) • used as the film's theme
• Mortal Kombat (1995) • Halcyon + On + On
• Groove (2000) • Halcyon + On + On
• CKY2K (2001) • Halcyon + On + On
• Mean Girls (2004) • Halcyon + On + On
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995) • Sad But True
• The Saint (1997) • The Box
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997) • The Box and Dŵr Budr
• Spawn (1997) • Satan (with Kirk Hammett)
• π (1998) • P.E.T.R.O.L
• Human Traffic (1999) • Belfast • Played when the ravers are driving back from the house party
• The Beach (2000) • Beached
• xXx (2002) • Technologicque Park (original to this film) • Orbital appear in the film during the night club/rave sequence
• BBC 40th anniversary celebration of Doctor Who (2003)• Doctor?
• Keen Eddie • (original to this programme) score for first episode (2003)
• Wipeout • various
• Forza Motorsport 2 • Left Behind

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Notes

External links

• loopz.co.uk - official web site
• Orbital at MusicBrainz
• Orbital discography
• DMoz.org category on Orbital
• Orbital - profile with band bio, discography and album reviews.
• Orbital at Discogs
• Orbital at Last.fm
• Orbital Gear List
• Long Range Myspace page