After a barnstorming live reunion which saw them play to ecstatic audiences across Europe throughout 2017, Britain’s giants of electronic music Orbital are back for good - with new music and an upgrade of the legendary live show that transformed festivals across the world.
Throughout 2018 they played a string of high-profile festival dates and headline shows, featuring new material alongside classics like "Chime", "Belfast" and "Impact". This surge of creativity shows how reunited brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll have rebuilt one of electronic music’s best-loved partnerships after Orbital’s surprisingly bitter break-up in 2012. They’ve been onstage with Stephen Hawking at the Paralympics, in front of the whole world. They’ve remixed Madonna. They’ve played Glastonbury many times and travelled the world - yet were driven apart by music’s strange and infamous brother-vs-brother dynamic (that I'm sure the brothers Gallagher know absolutely nothing about... - ed). But now the brothers have a pact: whatever happens, Orbital does not stop. They’ve learned to talk and accept each other. As Paul says, 'If we were both the same, then it wouldn’t be Orbital.'
Anyway, forget all that, the most important thing to note here is that mother fu**iiiing Brian Cox is all up in the area! Today's spokesperson for all things Science, the ex-D-Ream keyboardist graces "There Will Come A Time" with the kind of gentle, enthusiastic and wonder-struck delivery that only he is really capable of. Ellie Wyatt and Philipa Alexander provide a good chunk of voice on tracks "Monsters Exist", The Raid" and "The End Is Nigh" also.
But will it cut the mustard with old school and cult fans? The simple answer is - yes! More than proficient at writing hits that transcend the dancefloor into general consciousness, the trancelike and sprawling arrangements of the nineties have been tightened up somewhat for current audiences; and with a sharper, more direct sound palette to boot. The kicks in particularly hit hard, and there's a full-frequency aesthetic to most of the tracks - making them as suitable for main stage stadium play as much as they'll be soundtracking midnight drives down motorways, freeways and autobahns across the world. Orbital are back and we love it!
TRACK LISTING
CD:
Monsters Exist
Hoo Hoo Ha Ha
The Raid
P.H.U.K.
Tiny Foldable Cities
Buried Deep Within
Vision OnE
The End Is Nigh
There Will Come A Time Feat. Prof Brian Cox
CD 2 (Deluxe Version Only):
Kaiju
A Long Way From Home
Analogue Test
Oct 16
Fun With The System
Dressing Up In Other People’s Clothes
To Dream Again
There Will Come A Time (Instrumental)
Tiny Foldable Cities (Kareful Remix)
LP 1:
Monsters Exist
Hoo Hoo Ha Ha
The Raid
P.H.U.K.
Tiny Foldable Cities
LP 2:
Buried Deep Within
Vision OnE
The End Is Nigh
There Will Come A Time Feat. Prof. Brian Cox
