Orbital was an English electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, Kent, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Their career initially ran from 1989 until 2004, but in 2009 they announced that they would be reforming and headlining The Big Chill, in addition to a number of other live shows in 2009. The band's name was taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house. In addition, the cover art on three of their albums features stylised atomic orbitals. Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, and known particularly for their element of live improvisation during shows, a rarity among techno acts. They were initially influenced by early electro and punk rock.
Career
Early years
In 1989 Orbital recorded "Chime" on their father's cassette deck, which they released on Oh Zone Records in December 1989, and then 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. According to Paul Hartnoll, the track was recorded "under the stairs" of their parents' house in "a knocked-through stair cupboard that my dad set up as a home office". The track received its first live airing at a disco in a local Sevenoaks venue called the Grasshopper. Next was a gig at the Town and Country 2 in Islington, performing for the first time under the name Orbital. 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.
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ALBUMS
- Pusher released: 2012
- Wonky released: 2012
- Original Album Series released: 2011
- Orbital 20 released: 2009
- Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004 released: 2007
- Halcyon released: 2006
- Peel Session: Last Gig at BBC Maida Vale Studios 2004 released: 2004
- Blue Album released: 2004
- Octane released: 2003
- Mixmag: Orbital: The Bedroom Sessions released: 2003
- Work 1989-2002 released: 2002
- B-Sides released: 2002
- Back to Mine: Orbital released: 2002
- The Altogether released: 2001
- The Middle of Nowhere released: 1999
- Live at the Dance Factory released: 1998
- Event Horizon: Selections From the Motion Picture Soundtrack released: 1997
- In Sides released: 1997
- TruPak:12 released: 1996
- Snivilisation released: 1994
- Orbital 2 released: 1993
- Orbital released: 1991
- 1996-12-31: Alexandra Palace, London, UK released:
- Electronic Collection released:
- Millenium Hits released:
Pusher
Released 2012- Pusher Theme
- Pay Me the Money
- Driving and Clubbing
- Turkish Tension
- Bridge Deal
- Cutting and Doing
- Chase
- Cell
- Frank Mirror
- Haken Bar
- Serious Pet Shop
- Vvip
- Heroin Bath
- Pet Shop Suicide
- Frank Car Freak
- Kiss
- Coffee Kneecaps
- Cab to Danaka's
- Safe Kitchen
- Party Freak
- Post Nipple
- Go With the Flo
- Guns and Party
- Higher
- The Music (instrumental)
- Beat and the Pulse (Still Going remix)
Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004
Released 2007- Walk Now (1994)
- Are We Here? (1994)
- Attached (1994)
- Kein Trink Wasser (1995)
- Impact (The Earth Is Burning) (1995)
- Remind (1995)
- Halcyon (1999)
- The Box (1999)
- Style / Bagpipe Style (1999)
- The Girl With The Sun In Her Head (2002)
- Funny Break (Weekend Ravers) (2002)
- Belfast (2002)
- Frenetic (2002)
- Satan (2004)
- Dr Who? (2004)
- Chime (2004)
Octane
Released 2003- Octane
- Through The Night
- Strangeness In The Night
- Preacher
- Moment Of Crisis
- Frantic
- Breaking And Entering
- Chasing The Tanker
- Total Paranoia
- Confrontation
- Initiation
- Meet The Father
- Blood Is Thicker
- The Road Ahead
- Frenetic (12 inch mix)
- The Box (Paul Oakenfold remix)
- Funny Break (Plump DJs remix)
- Illuminate (Dark Globe mix)
Back to Mine: Orbital
Released 2002- The Knack
- Justice to the People
- Babaloo
- Spice (J. Saul Kane version)
- Love & Fury
- We Have Come to Bless This House
- Ska'd for Life (instrumental mix)
- Schulmaedchen Report (Title Theme)
- Kamikaze
- Celebrate the Bullet
- No Idea
- Lost Property
- Pal Pal Teri Yaad
- Half Stepper
- Don't Burn Your Bridges
- Living in the Past
- Network Twenty Three
- New Bass Hippo
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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Orbital
by: System ShockFor the lies I've sworn to be true
For the endless nights I thoguht I'd hold as treasure
For all treason and indifference
For your suffering - your one and only refuge
There's just this one thing to say...
All the pain in the world is for you!
All you have earned
Will teach you nothing
About true possessions
You never owned
You only borrowed
What still is mine!
Blend it all
Curse it all
Blame it all - on me
Take it all
Fake it all
Strip it of me!
You can laugh or cry or bleed or die
It won't realy change a thing - the pain is yours
You can't summon what you've killed so many years ago
Better cry for what you'll miss for many years to come
You can't change the course of pain - it's orbit of
hate
You can't change the course of pain exit me, enter you
I'am the black on your hard bruised face
I'am the black on your dead tired bones
I'am the meaning of all that brings you pain
I'am nothing more than what you deserve
Final act to your morbid play
All the pain in the world is for you
All you have earned
Will teach you nothing
About true possessions
You never owned
You only borrowed
What still is mine!
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