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William Orbit ( born on 15 December 1956 as William Mark Wainwright in Shoreditch, Hackney) is an English musician and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on 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. In addition, he produced "13" by Blur, and remixed some of the songs on the album. William Orbit 1999 Photo credit: Barry J. Holmes This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, because it is missing information on its source or copyright status. ...
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An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers. ...
is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ...
Ray of Light is the seventh studio album by American pop singer Madonna. ...
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The following is a list of songs recorded by Madonna, but that were chosen not to be used on her Warner Bros. ...
13 is the sixth album by English rock band Blur, first released in 1999. ...
Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ...
He is also a composer and multi-instrumentalist who has specialised in keyboard electronica and much of his work also 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 and Joe Frank,among others. "Water from a Vineleaf" was a chart success from the album Strange Cargo 3. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Strange Cargo was electronic instrumentalist William Orbits second album. ...
Elizabeth Caroline Orton,[1] commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. ...
Laurie Mayer born 1961 - is a composer and songwriter who has spent much of her career working in collaboration with William Orbit. ...
Joe Frank is an American radio personality, known best for his engaging, often philosophical, monologues and radio dramas. ...
Prior to that he formed the group Torch Song, with Laurie Mayer, in the 1980s. At that time the band first developed Guerilla Studios in an abandoned school on the Harrow Road. They shared the premises with a group of Spanish anarchists and it became known as El Centro Iberico. They were later joined by a third member, Rico Conning. A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love. ...
Rico Conning is a producer, songwriter, sound designer, and guitarist. ...
Orbit was the musical force behind Bassomatic in the early 1990s. Their hit of the early 90's was "Fascinating Rhythm". For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
He has also produced and remixed songs by numerous other artists, such as French pop star Étienne Daho along with producer Rico Conning they produced the Pop Satori album , Scottish act One Dove, and Seal. He also remixed Prince's #1 hit song movie tie-in, Batdance, in 1989. Orbit's remixes carry his signature electronic sounds and techniques, making them sought after by fans of his solo work. Orbit also made a remix of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings (the original arrangement of which features as the main theme of the soundtrack to Platoon). Adagio was lifted from the successful album Pieces in a Modern Style which was a compilation of classical re-workings. Orbit's version of the track was itself remixed by Ferry Corsten and became a big club music hit. Étienne Daho (born January 14, 1956 in Oran) is a French singer who has racked up an extensive number of pop hits in the French-speaking world since 1981. ...
One Dove was a Scottish dance music group active in the early 1990s, consisting of Dot Allison, Ian Carmichael and Jim McKinven. ...
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London, England) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning British soul vocalist and songwriter. ...
Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music ranging from orchestral, to opera, choral, and piano music. ...
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Pieces in a Modern Style is the sixth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. ...
Ferry Bostoven Corsten (born December 4, 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch trance producer, DJ and remixer, and was one of the pioneers in the genre. ...
He has worked , with girl groups All Saints ("Pure Shores", "Black Coffee") and Sugababes and Pink (Feel Good Time from Charlie's Angels 2). Some of his remixes include the song "Electrical Storm" by U2 in the album The Best of 1990-2000. His remix is called "Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)". This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
All Saints are an English Pop girl band that released their debut self-titled album in 1997. ...
Pure Shores was the first single released from the All Saintss second album, Saints & Sinners. ...
Black Coffee was the second single released from the Saints & Sinners album of All Saints. ...
The Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning female pop group trio from London, England. ...
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Electrical Storm was the first and only single from U2s second compilation album, The Best of 1990-2000, and one of the two new songs recorded for that album (the other one being The Hands That Built America). The music video for the song prominently features drummer Larry Mullen...
U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. ...
The Best of 1990-2000 is a greatest hits compilation released by Irish rock band U2 in November 2002 (see 2002 in music). ...
Electrical Storm was the first and only single from U2s second compilation album, The Best of 1990-2000, and one of the two new songs recorded for that album (the other one being The Hands That Built America). The music video for the song prominently features drummer Larry Mullen...
Orbit has also created several radio shows. In the late 90's he had a series on Los Angeles based KCRW, called Stereo Odyssey. In 2005, his album Hello Waveforms was released on the Sanctuary label. KCRW (89. ...
More recently he produced two tracks - Louise, and Summertime - for Robbie Williams 2006 album, Rudebox. At this time he also mixed several tracks on Laurie Mayer's latest album, Black Lining.
In the fall of 2006, Purdy, a track Orbit co-composed with Laurie Mayer and Rico Conning, was used as the soundtrack in a television ad campaign for H&M, which was directed by and starred Madonna.
William is currently composing his first orchestral suite for a full orchestra. The composition will be performed for the first time on July 8, 2007 by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in the Bridgwater Hall at the Manchester International Festival.
Discography
More complete discographies can be found when endeavouring external links. William Orbit ( born on 15 December 1956 as William Mark Wainwright in Shoreditch, Hackney) is an English musician and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonnas album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards. ...
Torch Song - Wish Thing
- Ecstasy
- Exhibit A
- Toward the Unknown Region
Wish Thing was Torch Songs first album, released in 1984. ...
Bassomatic - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass
- Science & Melody
Solo Orbit is the first album by William Orbit. ...
Strange Cargo was electronic instrumentalist William Orbits second album. ...
Strange Cargo II is the third album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. ...
SuperPinkyMandy is the debut of British singer Beth Orton. ...
Elizabeth Caroline Orton,[1] commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. ...
Strange Cargo III is the fourth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. ...
Strange Cargo Hinterland is the fifth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. ...
Pieces in a Modern Style is the sixth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. ...
Hello Waveforms is an album by British musician and record producer, William Orbit. ...
Equipment Used Used on Madonna's Ray of Light: Has Used: The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. ...
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The Roland JP-8000 is an analog modeling synthesizer released by the Roland Corporation in 1997. ...
The Yamaha DX7 was a synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1986, based on FM synthesis developed by John Chowning. ...
Novation Digital Music Systems Ltd. ...
Korg MS-20 The Korg MS-20 is a patchable semi-modular monophonic synthesizer which Korg released in 1978. ...
Akai () was a Japanese consumer electronics producer founded in 1929. ...
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ...
Cubase is a series of MIDI, music sequencer and digital audio editing computer applications (commonly known as a DAW - Digital Audio Workstation), originally created by the German firm Steinberg in 1989. ...
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation which integrates hardware and software, widely used by professionals in music production, post production, TV and film scoring. ...
- Trident 80A Mixing Desk
- Roland Dimension D Chorus
- Yamaha SY-99 (on Torch Song's Into The Unknown Region)
- Roland SH-101
Used with Torch Song/Guerilla Studio: Roland SH-101 grey model Roland SH-101 is a synthesizer from the early 1980s, manufactured by Roland. ...
Used in Torch Song's live performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1995: Roger Linn is a musical instrument designer, mainly of electronic drum machines, and has recently branched out into guitar effects pedals. ...
The LinnDrum is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics. ...
The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by David van Koevering and Robert Moog. ...
The Jupiter-8, Rolands flagship analog synthesizer of the early 1980s is an eight-voice polyphonic synth which is still quite popular today. ...
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines (TR serving as an acronym for Transistor Rhythm). Introduced by the Roland Corporation in late 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. ...
Roland TR-909 The TR-909 was a partially analog, partially sample-based drum machine built by Roland Corporation in 1984. ...
Roland RE201 SpaceEcho. ...
The Prophet-5 was an analog synthesizer manufactured by Sequential Circuits in San Jose, California between 1978 and 1984. ...
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The Yamaha DX7 was a synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1986, based on FM synthesis developed by John Chowning. ...
- Yamaha SY-99 (played by William Orbit)
- Roland Juno-106(played by William Orbit)
- Roland JD-800(played by William Orbit)
- Akai S-3000 series samplers
- Atari ST computer
- Yamaha KX88 (controller played by Laurie Mayer)
- Yamaha SY-77 (played by Rico Conning)
- Roland MKB-1000 (controller keyboard played by Rico Conning)
unknown other keyboard played by Rico Conning, possibly *Roland D-70 or Roland JV-90 The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially popular from 1985 to the early 1990s. ...
See Also
External links Recent Interview Links - Financial Times, June 22nd 2007
- BBC, June 2007
- Guardian, May 23rd 2007
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