{"id":85968,"date":"2012-04-06T10:48:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/85968\/orbital\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:44:53","slug":"orbital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/85968\/orbital\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW ORBITAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Orbital officially split in 2004 &#8211; and then reunited five years later.\u00a0 A double-disc compilation was released, twenty years after the first single (Chime).\u00a0 The Hartnoll brothers have just released a new album.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s go back to the beginning.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orbital - LC 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CLJhfHVlfFA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Spurred on by the success of Chime, the brothers began working on more material.\u00a0 An untitled album (generally called Green Album) was finally released in 1991.\u00a0 It is rave music, but different; compared with the other rave acts of the era (hardly any of which remain today).\u00a0 The US version contains a remix by Moby, and a couple of extra tracks (Satan and Choice).\u00a0 Following the release of the Radiccio EP, featuring a sample of It&#8217;s A Fine Day by Opus 3, the second album was released.\u00a0 Brown Album was a leap forward, and remains a pivotal nineties dance album.\u00a0 Orbital was developing a unique and exciting sound.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Snivelisation was a step backwards.\u00a0 It lacks focus, and contains few highlights.\u00a0 Was it the sound of Orbital running out of ideas?\u00a0 Fortunately, the next few albums proved the duo still had plenty of originality.\u00a0 The fourth album (In Sides) is Orbital&#8217;s finest hour (or finest seventy two minutes).\u00a0 It is about as close to perfection as electronic music gets.\u00a0 Over the next few years, Orbital performed stunning live sets all over the world.\u00a0 After a bit of soundtrack work (for The Saint and Event Horizon), and a re-release of Satan (as a triple single; each disc featuring live material), the brothers began working on album number five.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Strangely, The Middle Of Nowhere was released after it was toured around the UK.\u00a0 For me, it is almost on a par with In Sides.\u00a0 It is well-crafted and funkier than Orbital&#8217;s previous output.\u00a0 Following some more soundtrack work (with Angelo Badalamenti, for The Beach), the sixth album appeared.\u00a0 The fun factor was notched up a bit, on The Altogether.\u00a0 A DVD featuring videos for each track, plus some bonus material, was released shortly thereafter.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ORBITAL - LAST THING\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zlso8r35N88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\"><br \/>\nWork 1989-2002 features a few exclusive tracks and alternate versions.\u00a0 Two EPs (Play and Rest) were released simultaneously.\u00a0 They also contain exclusive tracks.\u00a0 Orbital produced the entire Octane soundtrack.\u00a0 It is very dark (similar to the Event Horizon material).\u00a0 The &#8216;final&#8217; album was released in 2004.\u00a0 Blue Album sounds like a collection of off-cuts, from previous albums.\u00a0 It certainly doesn&#8217;t match the standard of previous Orbital albums, although it does have its moments (eg. Tunnel Vision and Lost).\u00a0 It is basically an album of filler, interspersed with a few decent tracks.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">As the title indicates, Live At Glastonbury 1994-2004 features the best of the duo&#8217;s Glastonbury performances &#8211; over a period of ten years.\u00a0 The Hartnoll brothers disbanded amicably.\u00a0 Three years ago, they decided they wanted to make at least one more album together.\u00a0 A download (and vinyl) single was released in 2010.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not particularly impressive.\u00a0 Fortunately, the new album appears to be more exciting.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wonky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85969\" title=\"Wonky\" src=\"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wonky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wonky.jpg 400w, https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wonky-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Wonky-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">I haven&#8217;t heard the whole album yet, but the YouTube promos sound pretty good.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nOGM1V6lCgM&amp;ob=av2e <font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">(this is the first single from Wonky)<\/font><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q9675nvyses&amp;ob=av3e <font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">(guessing this may be another single &#8211; or maybe a vinyl-only release)<\/font><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E9USCcjfNm8&amp;feature=related <font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">(an album track)<\/font><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ktgznOFpXeY&amp;feature=relmfu <font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">(another album track)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Ten more essential Orbital tracks<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Lush 3.1 (available on Work 1989-2002)<br \/>\nOmen (available on 20)<br \/>\nDwr Budr (available on In Sides)<br \/>\nKnow Where To Run (available on The Middle Of Nowhere)<br \/>\nOtono (available on The Middle Of Nowhere)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orbital - Otono [feat Pooka]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSyNN5cbqHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Adnan&#8217;s (available on In Sides)<br \/>\nHalcyon (available on Work 1989-2002)<br \/>\nBelfast (available on Work 1989-2002)<br \/>\nDoctor? (available on The Altogether)<br \/>\nInitiation (available on Octane soundtrack)<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RiQHd2kBgL8<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Five cool remixes<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Frenetic (12&#8243; Mix) &#8211; available on Play<br \/>\nNothing Left (Tsunami One Remix) &#8211; available on Nothing Left single<br \/>\nLush 3-3 (Underworld) &#8211; available on Diversions<br \/>\nIlluminate (Orbital 12&#8243; Mix) &#8211; available on Rest<br \/>\nFunny Break (Weekend Ravers Mix) &#8211; available on Funny Break single<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orbital Funny Break Weekend Ravers Mix\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Ypai4exl1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sGRuuVVFiZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitalofficial.com\/\">Homepage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cHomepage\u201d \u2014 Orbital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitalofficial.com\/embed\/#?secret=rBJWslwV6T#?secret=sGRuuVVFiZ\" data-secret=\"sGRuuVVFiZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orbital officially split in 2004 &#8211; and then reunited five years later.\u00a0 A double-disc compilation was released, twenty years after the first single (Chime).\u00a0 The Hartnoll brothers have just released a new album.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s go back to the beginning. Spurred on by the success of Chime, the brothers began working on more material.\u00a0 An untitled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[108,5003],"class_list":["post-85968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-music-2","tag-orbital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116588,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85968\/revisions\/116588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}