Tagged : The Orb

26 Aug

The Orb Team Up With David Gilmour To Launch ‘Metallic Spheres’

by Christian Nelson

England’s pioneering ambient house group the Orb has joined forces with David Gilmour, the legendary Pink Floyd member and solo artist, to release a new album, Metallic Spheres, on October 12 via Columbia. This fusion of minimal electronica and psychedelic rock was born when the Orb’s Alex Paterson and Gilmour came together to work on [...]

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01 Jul

High Frequency Bandwidth (HFB) – Online Transmissions

by Christian Nelson

High Frequency Bandwidth is online! Heavy Funk Bass, Hairy Fuzzy Balls, Hope Fun Baby, Hippy’s Full Brunch, Heavenly Fried Bananas, Hideous Face Bends, Highlands First Bank, Hydrogen Fart Bomb, Hen’s Breath Fixation, Hitchcock’s First Blunder… Rr a technical term regarding aural expansion developments called High Frequency Bandwidth. These initials are important. ‘All our song titles [...]

23 Apr

The Orb

by Christian Nelson

The Orb The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. The group popularized the genre as well, by appearing on the British chart show Top of the Pops and hitting number one in the [...]