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2023 - Prism
2020 - Abolition of the Royal Familia
2018 - No Sounds Are Out of Bounds
2017 - The Orb's Further Adventures: Live 2016
2016 - COW / Chill Out, World!
2015 - Moonbuilding 2703 AD
2015 - History of the Future, Part 2
2015 - History of the Future, Pt. 2
2013 - More Tales From the Orbservatory
2013 - Orbserving the Star House in Dub
2013 - History of the Future
2012 - The Orbserver in the Star House
2011 - C Batter C
2010 - Metallic Spheres
2010 - Impossible Oddities: The Story of WAU! Mr. Modo
2009 - Orbsessions, Volume 3: Baghdad Batteries
2008 - The BBC Sessions 1989-2001
2007 - The Dream
2007 - Orbsessions, Volume Two
2006 - Speicher 33
2005 - Orbsessions, Volume One
2005 - Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt
2004 - Battersea Shield
2003 - Back to Mine: The Orb
2003 - Bicycles & Tricycles
1999 - Cydonia
1998 - U.F.Off: The Best of the Orb
1997 - Orbscure Trax: The Rare Excursions
1997 - Orblivion
1996 - The Peel Sessions
1996 - Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty
1995 - Orbus Terrarum
1994 - Mirror Image 2
1994 - Pomme Fritz
1994 - Pomme Fritz
1994 - Anthology 2
1994 - Ultra Rare Trax
1993 - Morphology
1993 - Anthology
1993 - Live 93
1992 - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns & Textu
1992 - U.F.Orb
1991 - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
1991 - Peel Sessions
1991 - Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions
view 2023 - Prism 2020 - Abolition of the Royal Familia 2018 - No Sounds Are Out of Bounds 2017 - The Orb's Further Adventures: Live 2016 2016 - COW / Chill Out, World! 2015 - Moonbuilding 2703 AD 2015 - History of the Future, Part 2 2015 - History of the Future, Pt. 2 2013 - More Tales From the Orbservatory 2013 - Orbserving the Star House in Dub 2013 - History of the Future 2012 - The Orbserver in the Star House 2011 - C Batter C 2010 - Metallic Spheres 2010 - Impossible Oddities: The Story of WAU! Mr. Modo 2009 - Orbsessions, Volume 3: Baghdad Batteries 2008 - The BBC Sessions 1989-2001 2007 - The Dream 2007 - Orbsessions, Volume Two 2006 - Speicher 33 2005 - Orbsessions, Volume One 2005 - Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt 2004 - Battersea Shield 2003 - Back to Mine: The Orb 2003 - Bicycles & Tricycles 1999 - Cydonia 1998 - U.F.Off: The Best of the Orb 1997 - Orbscure Trax: The Rare Excursions 1997 - Orblivion 1996 - The Peel Sessions 1996 - Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty 1995 - Orbus Terrarum 1994 - Mirror Image 2 1994 - Pomme Fritz 1994 - Pomme Fritz 1994 - Anthology 2 1994 - Ultra Rare Trax 1993 - Morphology 1993 - Anthology 1993 - Live 93 1992 - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns & Textu 1992 - U.F.Orb 1991 - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 1991 - Peel Sessions 1991 - Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld ExcursionsMembers
2 Male
Origin
London, England, UK
Genre
Electronic
Style
Electronic
Mood
Quirky
Born
2 Male
Origin
London, England, UKGenre
ElectronicStyle
Electronic
Mood
Quirky
Born
1988 to Present...
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The Orb are an English electronic music group known for 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. Its early performances were inspired by ambient and electronic artists of the 1970s and 1980s, most notably Brian Eno and Kraftwerk. Because of its trippy sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. The Orb has maintained its drug-related and science fiction themes despite personnel changes, including the departure of Cauty and other Orb members Kris Weston, Andy Falconer, 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 Killing Joke's Martin "Youth" Glover and Tim Bran of Dreadzone.
Alex Paterson prides the Orb on manipulating obscure samples beyond recognition on its albums and during its concerts; his unauthorised use of other artists' works has led to disputes with musicians, most notably with Rickie Lee Jones. During its 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 performance method, the Orb maintained its colourful light shows and psychedelic imagery in concert. These visually intensive performances prompted critics to compare the group to Pink Floyd.
The Orb's critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom peaked in the early 1990s with the albums The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld and U.F.Orb, the latter of which reached #1 on the British album charts in 1992. This success led to its infamous appearance on Top of the Pops, where the group showcased its quirky style by playing chess (an interest of Paterson's since his early youth) while the group's single "Blue Room" ran in the background. The Orb's mid-1990s albums were met with mixed reactions from British critics; however, its work received praise from American publications such as Rolling Stone. The group experimented with vocalists on its next two albums, which critics generally described as bland and uninspired. The Orb then shifted gears to a minimal techno style spearheaded by member Thomas Fehlmann, releasing its new material on the record label Kompakt.
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