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Orbital
Orbital is a techno artist from Sevenoaks, England, UK formed in 1989. 73 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Techno · Sevenoaks, England, UK · Best techno albums
- 73
- Releases
- 1990–2025
- Active years
- 1989
- Formed
Discography
24
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Orbital 2
1993 · 10 tracks
Monsters Exist
2018
In Sides
1996
Orbital
1991
Optical Delusion
2023
Snivilisation
1994
Blue Album
2004
The Altogether
2001
The Middle of Nowhere
1999
Orbital 2 (The Brown Album Expanded)
2025
A Beginner's Guide (Best Of)
2024
Omen (Remastered)
2024
Orbital (The Green Album Expanded)
2024
30 Something
2022
The Pentaverate (Original Soundtrack From The Netflix Series)
2022
Pusher (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013
20
2009
Orbital 20
2009
Live at Glastonbury 1994-2004
2007
Live At Glastonbury
2007
Octane Original Soundtrack
2005
Work 1989-2002
2002
B-Sides
2002
Belfast
1991
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Singles & EPs
49
Wonky
EP · 2012
Re-lush
Single · 2025
Radio Sessions: 1993
EP · 2025
Lush (2025)
EP · 2025
Radiccio (2025)
EP · 2025
Deepest
Single · 2025
Tonight In Belfast
Single · 2024
III (2024 Remaster)
EP · 2024
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Oxygène (Are You Alive?) [feat. Clou]
Single · 2023
The Crane (feat. Dina Ipavic)
Single · 2023
Home (feat. Anna B Savage) (The Hottest Day on Record Mix)
Single · 2023
Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (Breakage Remix)
Single · 2023
Are You Alive?
EP · 2023
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Oxygène (Are You Alive?) [feat. Clou] (Club Mix)
Single · 2023
Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) [feat. Mediaeval Baebes]
Single · 2022
Dirty Rat
Single · 2022
Chime (Eli Brown Remix)
Single · 2022
The Box (Joris Voorn out of the Box Mix)
Single · 2022
Where Is It Going? (feat. Stephen Hawking)
Single · 2022
Smiley
Single · 2022
Halcyon (30 Something) (Remixes)
Single · 2022
Belfast (Yotto Remix)
Single · 2022
The Box (30 Something Years Later Mix)
Single · 2022
Are We Here? (30 Something) (Remixes)
Single · 2022
Belfast (30 Something) (ANNA Remixes)
Single · 2021
Satan (30 Something Years Later Mix)
Single · 2021
Trance Experience
EP · 2019
There Will Come a Time (We Will Die Remix)
Single · 2018
Tiny Foldable Cities
Single · 2018
P.H.U.K. (Edit)
Single · 2018
Tiny Foldable Cities (Kareful Remix)
Single · 2018
P.H.U.K.U.
Single · 2018
Kinetic 2017
Single · 2017
Copenhagen
Single · 2017
Cambios
Single · 2016
Where Is It Going?
Single · 2012
Wonky (Krowne Mix)
Single · 2012
New France
EP · 2012
Beelzedub (Danny Briottet Mix)
Single · 2012
Don't Stop Me / The Gun Is Good
Single · 2010
Lush (Radio Edit)
Single · 2009
Halycyon (Again)
Single · 2008
Nation
Single · 2001
Beached
Single · 2000
Diversions
EP · 2000
The Box
Single · 1996
Radiccio
EP · 1992
Midnight / Choice (Remastered)
Single · 1991
Chime
Single · 1990
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Orbital are a British electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England 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. One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, 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.
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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. 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. In late 1992, the Radiccio EP barely reached the UK top 40, but it included one of their most popular songs, "Halcyon". This song featured a 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. The duo's popularity grew rapidly with the release of their second self-titled album, in 1993. The album featured complex arrangements and textures, and opens with the two-minute track "Time Becomes", consisting of nothing more than two slightly detuned, looped samples of a Michael Dorn line from Star Trek: The Next Generation, "...where time becomes a loop" being played simultaneously through the left and right channels, respectively (until one cycle of phase difference has happened). This same sample was used at the beginning of "the Mobius", the opening track in the previous album. This audio pun was intended to make listeners believe that they had bought a mis-pressed album (Orbital 1 packaged as Orbital 2). The album reached #28 on the UK album charts, staying in the top chart for 15 weeks. "Halcyon" was remixed for the album, as "Halcyon + On + On". Versions of this song played live by the band have incorporated diverse samples, including "You Give Love a Bad Name" by the band Bon Jovi, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle, and most recently "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by the band The Darkness. The first two albums are commonly known as "The Green Album" and "The Brown Album", after the colours of their covers.
Orbital in brief
- How many Orbital releases are on Riffiter?
- 73 releases are catalogued, spanning 1990 to 2025.
- When was Orbital formed?
- Orbital formed in 1989, in Sevenoaks, England, UK.
- What genre is Orbital?
- Orbital is catalogued under Techno.
- What is the most recent Orbital release on Riffiter?
- Re-lush, released in 2025.