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William Orbit
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William Orbit (born on 30 July 1956, as William Mark Wainwright aka Billy Bubbles) is a British musician and record producer, best known to the public for producing Madonna’s album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums that were never used. Also, he produced “13” by Blur, and remixed some of the songs on the album.
His speciality is atmospheric keyboard electronica although much of his work features accomplished guitar playing. He has also recorded several largely instrumental solo albums under the name Strange Cargo which features vocals by Beth Orton, Laurie Mayer, Joe Frank among others. He was the musical force behind Bassomatic in the early 1990s, and formed the band Torch Song together with Mayer and Rico Conning in the 1980s. He has also produced and remixed numerous other artists, like Nitzer Ebb and The Cure. Orbit’s remixes carry his signature electronic sounds and techniques, making them sought after by fans of his solo work. He also worked with pop girl trio Sugababes.
His newest work has involved writing an orchestral piece, which will be performed by the BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester International Festival in July 2007.
He also has a new Strange Cargo album, Cellcloud, due out on the Theomorph label in fall 2007.
His speciality is atmospheric keyboard electronica although much of his work features accomplished guitar playing. He has also recorded several largely instrumental solo albums under the name Strange Cargo which features vocals by Beth Orton, Laurie Mayer, Joe Frank among others. He was the musical force behind Bassomatic in the early 1990s, and formed the band Torch Song together with Mayer and Rico Conning in the 1980s. He has also produced and remixed numerous other artists, like Nitzer Ebb and The Cure. Orbit’s remixes carry his signature electronic sounds and techniques, making them sought after by fans of his solo work. He also worked with pop girl trio Sugababes.
His newest work has involved writing an orchestral piece, which will be performed by the BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester International Festival in July 2007.
He also has a new Strange Cargo album, Cellcloud, due out on the Theomorph label in fall 2007.
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William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (F. Corsten Rmx)
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Psychari wrote:
William Orbit - Purdy (from the Madonna H&M Commercial): http://www.zshare.net/audio/17091136bc5141df/ ; http://www.zshare.net/audio/170841202474b32b/
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DJYAHEL wrote:
Either way you spell it he is a master.
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Semitemos wrote:
Ørbit or Orbit? My cd cover says Ørbit
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cream_pie69 wrote:
genius.lovely music
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manderley wrote:
William Orbit's Barber's Adagio is hardly trance. You are thinking of that trance-cracker remix.
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LilTheater wrote:
Er, no, Orbit became famous for producing the Ray of Light album.
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uf_on wrote:
The Orb and FSOL among top similars are funny as well as there are no trance artists - AFAIK Orbit became famous with trance songs like Barbers Adagio and Ravelos Pavane. In contrast to the acts mentioned above, Orbit produces easy listening chillout music. That's not a complaint, Hello Waveforms were very nice for my actual mood!
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macias9 wrote:
oh gosh i wanted so much SPIRAL 2 be released... wish mutya didn't quit or quit after releasing this song... <3
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Domino_dei wrote:
NEW GROUP!!! http://www.lastfm.pl/group/William+Orbit
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kobitch wrote:
Does anyone know Ravel's Pavane (Ferry Corsten mix)? Can't see anywhere in William's charts, despite it's great song :-)
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rillian wrote:
nice stuff
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O-lee wrote:
Listened to Sea Green from random play on chillout tag radio. Loved it.
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manderley wrote:
Is anyone interested in trading rare William Orbit remixes? I have his mixes of: Radioactivity (Kraftwerk), Captivate (Nitzer Ebb), Killer and Crazy (Seal), Walking In My Shoes (Depeche Mode), Mercy Street (Peter Gabriel), Supernature and Star (Erasure), Black (Sarah McLachlan), Erotica (Madonna), I'm Free (Morgan King), and, of course, Electrical Storm (U2). I also have some other rare tracks...
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RichardRedman wrote:
It's great!
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Psychari wrote:
i love his music...
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Orbit is coolaboola
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FallenGuard wrote:
SC4: Hinterland is genius!
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afroEARTH wrote:
awesome
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s_e_a wrote:
good man
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DjRenigade wrote:
Water From A Vine Leaf is still one of the best tracsk he has ever done.
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