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| THE ORB |
| Brighton, GB | | * 1989 |
Line-Up (2023):
Alexander Patterson - synths,kb
Michael Rendall
Former Members:
Jimmy Cauty (g, 1989-91); Steve Hillage (g, 1991-cca 1992)
Paul Ferguson (ds, cca 5/94 g.a.)
Kristian Weston (cca 1992-95); Thomas Fehlmann (cca 2/97)
Miquette Giraudy (1991); Andy Falconer (1991); Andy Hughes (cca 1995-cca 5/98)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
(2CD) | 15.04.1991 | Big Life | | 29 | | | 2. | The Peel Sessions | 10/1991 | Strange Fruit | | | | | 3. | Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions | 02.12.1991 | Big Life |  | 44 | | | 4. | Oldfield Versus The Orb: Sentinel (Total Overhaul) | 1992 | Warner Bros | | | | | 5. | U.F.Orb
(2LP) | 07.07.1992 | Big Life | | 1 | | | 6. | Orb Live '93
(2CD/4LP) | 22.11.1993 | Island |  | 23 | | | 7. | Pomme Fritz - The Orb's Little Album
(mini LP) | 13.06.1994 | Island | | 6 | | | 8. | Orbus Terrarum
(2LP) | 20.03.1995 | Island | | 20 | | | 9. | Peel Sessions 92-95 | 08.04.1996 | Strange Fruit | | | | | 10. | Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty
(2CD) | 15.07.1996 | Deviant | | | | | 11. | Orblivion | 24.02.1997 | Island | | 31 | 174 | | 12. | UFOff: The Best Of The Orb
(2CD) | 05.10.1998 | Island |  | 38 | | | 13. | Cydonia | 26.02.2001 | Island | | 83 | | | 14. | Aunty Aubries Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty Pt 2
(2CD) | 28.01.2002 | Deviant | | | | | 15. | Bicycles & Tricycles | 03.05.2004 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | | 16. | Orbsessions Volume One: 10 Ultra-Fi Melodies | 31.10.2005 | Malicious Damage | | | | | 17. | Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt | 07.11.2005 | Kompakt | | | | | 18. | Orbsessions Vol Two - Finest Quality For The Connoisseur | 25.06.2007 | Malicious Damage | | | | | 19. | UFOrb - The 1992 Masterpiece Remastered & Expanded!
(2CD) | 01.10.2007 | Island | | | | | 20. | Art of Chill 4 | 09.10.2007 | Platipus | | | | | 21. | The Dream | 25.02.2008 | Liquid Sound Design | | | | | 22. | BBC Sessions 1991-2001 | 23.09.2008 | Island | | | | | 23. | Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III) | 15.04.2010 | Malicious Damage | | | | | 24. | Metallic Spheres
feat. David Gilmour | 08.10.2010 | Columbia | | 12 | 73 | | 25. | C Batter C | 11.11.2011 | Malicious Damage | | | | | 26. | The Observer in the Star House
& Lee "Scratch" Perry | 28.08.2012 | Cooking Vinyl | | 93 | | | 27. | Golden Clouds
& Lee "Scratch" Perry | 11.09.2012 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | | 28. | More Tales From The Orbservatory
feat. Lee Scratch Perry | 04.06.2013 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | | 29. | A History of the Future
(3CD/DVD) | 04.10.2013 | UMC | | | | | 30. | All We Are | 17.05.2014 | Gotta Run | | | | | 31. | History Of The Future Part 2
(2CD) | 11.02.2015 | Malicious Damage | | | | | 32. | Moonbuilding 2703 AD | 18.06.2015 | Kompakt | | 90 | | | 33. | Alpine | 18.03.2016 | Kompakt | | | | | 34. | Birth | 01.07.2016 | Castle Face | | | | | 35. | Cow - Chill Out, World! | 14.10.2016 | Kompakt | | | | | 36. | The Cow Remixes - Sin In Space, Pt. 3 | 3/2017 | | | | | | 37. | No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds | 6/2018 | Cooking Vinyl | | 51 | | | 38. | Abolition Of The Royal Familia | 3/2020 | Cooking Vinyl | | 62 | | | 39. | Prism | 08.04.2023 | Cooking Vinyl | | 85 | | | 40. | Metallic Spheres In Colour
& David Gilmour | 9/2023 | Sony Music | | 90 | | | 41. | Buddhist Hipsters | 10/2025 | Cooking Vinyl | | 77 | |
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Thomas Fehlmann:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Der Kuß des Tigers
& Inga Humpe | 1988 | | | | | | 2. | Good Fridge, Flowing: 90-98 | 12.10.1998 | Apollo/Rough Trade | | | | | 3. | Visons Of Blah | 07.10.2002 | Kompakt | | | | | 4. | Lowflow | 20.12.2004 | Plug Research | | | | | 5. | Wir Bauen Eine Stadt
& Holger Hiller | 25.12.2006 | Gagarin | | | | | 6. | Honigpumpe | 28.05.2007 | Kompakt | | | | | 7. | Gute Luft | 30.03.2010 | Kompakt |  | | | | 8. | Kollektion 05
& Conrad Schnitzler | 28.07.2015 | Bureau B | | | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Kiss EP
(Kiss Your Love / Kiss Your Love (suck my kiss mix) / Roof Is On Fire - DJ Mr X / Roof Is On Fire (Ambioix Mix)) | 06.06.1989 | Wau! Mr Modo | | | | 2. | A Huge, Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules The World From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Loving You) / Why Is 6 Scared Of 7? | 10/1989 | Wau! Mr Modo | 78 | | | 3. | A Huge Ever Growing Remix | 2/1990 | Big Life | | | | 4. | Little Fluffy Clouds
12",CD + Into The Fourth Dimension | 11/1990 | Big Life | 87 | | | 5. | Perpetual Dawn (solar youth mix) / Star 6 & 7 8 9 (phase ii) | 03.06.1991 | Big Life | 61 | | | 6. | The Blue Room
CD + Towers of Dub (mad professor remix) | 08.06.1992 | Big Life | 8 | | | 7. | Assassin (the oasis of rhythms mix) / U.F.Orb (bandulu remix) | 05.10.1992 | Big Life | 11 | | | 8. | Little Fluffy Clouds | 01.11.1993 | Big Life | 10 | | | 9. | Perpetual Dawn / Towers Of Dub (ambient mix) | 1/1994 | Big Life | 1 | | | 10. | Satellite Serenade
& Suzuki Ki | 7/1994 | AO | | | | 11. | Oxbow Lakes / Oxbow Lakes (Everglades mix) | 15.05.1995 | Island | 38 | | | 12. | Toxygene (Fila Brazillia, Way Out West, Kris Needs mixes) / Delta Mk II (dal vivo a roma) | 27.01.1997 | Island | 4 | | | 13. | Asylum | 05.05.1997 | Island | 20 | | | 14. | Little Fluffy Clouds (Mixes) | 14.12.1998 | Island | | | | 15. | Once More / Little Fluffy Clouds (Danny Tenaglia "Detour" mix) | 08.01.2001 | Island | 38 | | | 16. | Daleth Of Elphame EP
(I Am The Red Worm / Cool Harbour / Outer Space) | 4/2002 | | | | | 17. | Cool Harbour / Barbie Girl (The Orb "The Good The Bad Mit Barby" mix) / Firefly | 05.08.2002 | Shanachie | | | | 18. | Kompassion EP
(Cool Harbour / Gee Strings / Dilmun) | 13.01.2003 | Kompakt | | | | 19. | Speicher 14
(Masterblaster (FAD dub) / X)
& M Mayer | 19.01.2004 | Kompakt Extra | | | | 20. | Aftermath / From A Distance (Hybrid's Meadow Ladies remix) | 17.05.2004 | Simply Vinyl | | | | 21. | Komplott EP
(Lunik / Captain Korma / Falkenbruck) | 01.11.2004 | Kompakt | | | | 22. | Komfort EP
(Ripples / Traumvogel) | 13.06.2005 | Kompakt | | | | 23. | Speicher 33
(God Less America / Gorgeous / For A Penny & Alexis)
& The Rice Twins | 27.02.2006 | Kompakt Extra | | | | 24. | Serious Beats 50 Vinyl 2
(A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Orbital dance mix) / Can You Feel It (in house dub) / Bang The Acid)
& CLS & Damon Wild & Tim Taylor | 03.07.2006 | 541 | | | | 25. | Little Fluffy Clouds
& Yasi | 19.03.2007 | Ransack | | | | 26. | Suburban Smog | 07.09.2009 | | | | | 27. | Soulman (Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer remixes)
feat. Lee Scratch Perry | 18.10.2012 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | 28. | Ball Of Fire
feat. Lee Scratch Perry | 09.05.2013 | Cooking Vinyl | | | | 29. | The Deadbeat Remixes EP
(Ball Of Fire (Deadbeat extended Nyah dub) / Fuzzball (Deadbeat Champions League dub))
feat. Lee Scratch Perry | 04.12.2013 | BLKTZ | | | | 30. | Alpine Diskomiks / Sin in Space, Pt. 2
(Diskomiks / Simpler Tool for DJ Fools / Short Yoga Break) | 19.08.2016 | Kompakt | | | | 31. | The Cow Remixes: Sin in Space, Pt. 3
(9 Elms Over River Eno (The Field Remix) / 4am Exhale (Dave DK Accellerator Mix) / 5th Dimensions (Jörg Burger Dschungeloper Mix)) | 24.03.2017 | Kompakt | | | | 32. | Living In Recycled Times | 25.01.2023 | Coking Vinyl | | |
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Thomas Fehlmann:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | The Flow EP | 09.05.1994 | R&S | | | | 2. | Superfruhstuck / Wee Wee Mademoiselle | 17.05.1999 | Apollo | | | | 3. | Overflow Minus One EP
(Crispy Duck / Tuning / Friedrichstrasse) | 31.01.2000 | Apollo | | | | 4. | Meteosound EP
(The Sound / Seerosengiessen / Fear Of Corners (LA Bus mix) / Peru (Moody Bus mix))
& Tikiman & Dntel & D Meteo & TTT | 06.05.2002 | Select Cuts | | | | 5. | Streets Of Blah EP
(Du Fehlst Mir / Streets Of Blah / Rotenfaden) | 02.09.2002 | Kompakt | | | | 6. | System Error
& HRK | 09.12.2002 | Joint | | | | 7. | Emo Pack EP
(The Road / Powdered / Dusted / Pristine) | 13.11.2006 | Kompakt | | | | 8. | Titan One / DFM | 03.02.2011 | Kompakt | | | | 9. | Eye / Tree | 10.10.2013 | Kompakt | | |
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Videos:
1. The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - Patterns And Textures - 8/1992, Big Life
2. U.F.Off - The Best Of The Orb - 05.10.1998
3. C Batter C - 11.11.2011, Malicious Damage
Various:
playtime of SP Blue Room - 39'58"
Compilation Appearances:
"Trippin' On Sunshine" on LP Eternity Project One (3/1988, Wau! Mr Modo/Gee Street)
"Plateau" on Bosna benefit compilation "The Serious Road Trip" (19.9.94, 3CD)
"Hamlet Of Kings" on OST "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" (3.4.00, Island)
Andy Hughes:
produced by SP:
Shed Central: Fung Ku (9.10.00, Shed Central)
Alexander Patterson:
appeared on the LP:
System 7: Seventh Wave (24.1.01, A Wave)
Press References:
| Bang! | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1994 | 4 | 02.02.1994 | 5 | Big Bang! | | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1992 | 20 | 16.05.1992 | 2 | News | | | 1992 | 23 | 06.06.1992 | 12 | | | | 1992 | 24 | 13.06.1992 | 31 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 25 | 20.06.1992 | 12 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 27 | 04.07.1992 | 30 | Albums | album review | | 1992 | 31 | 01.08.1992 | 26 | | | | 1992 | 42 | 17.10.1992 | 2 | News | | | 1992 | 42 | 17.10.1992 | 31 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 43 | 24.10.1992 | 38 | | | | 1992 | 44 | 31.10.1992 | 17 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 46 | 14.11.1992 | 43 | Info Freako | | | 1992 | 49 | 05.12.1992 | 36 | | | | 1992 | 51 | 19.12.1992 | 47 | Review Of 1992 | | | 1993 | 1 | 02.01.1993 | 18 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 10 | 06.03.1993 | 3 | News | | | 1993 | 12 | 20.03.1993 | 2 | News | | | 1993 | 13 | 27.03.1993 | 24 | | | | 1993 | 15 | 10.04.1993 | 39 | Info Freako | | | 1993 | 18 | 01.05.1993 | 14 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 37 | 11.09.1993 | 14 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 41 | 09.10.1993 | 51 | Info Freako | | | 1993 | 45 | 06.11.1993 | 12 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 45 | 06.11.1993 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 46 | 13.11.1993 | 4 | News | | | 1993 | 47 | 20.11.1993 | 34 | Albums | album review | | 1993 | 50 | 11.12.1993 | 12 | Live | gig review | | 1994 | 3 | 22.01.1994 | 3 | News | | | 1994 | 3 | 22.01.1994 | 30 | Singles | single review | | 1994 | 5 | 05.02.1994 | 3 | News | | | 1994 | 9 | 05.03.1994 | 29 | Info Freako | | | 1994 | 17 | 30.04.1994 | 5 | News | | | 1994 | 18 | 07.05.1994 | 3 | News | | | 1994 | 19 | 14.05.1994 | 2 | News | | | 1994 | 20 | 21.05.1994 | 2 | News | | | 1994 | 22 | 04.06.1994 | 16 | Live | gig review | | 1994 | 22 | 04.06.1994 | 35 | Albums | album review | | 1994 | 25 | 25.06.1994 | 34 | | | | 1994 | 26 | 02.07.1994 | 4 | News | | | 1994 | 34 | 03.09.1994 | 59 | Info Freako | | | 1995 | 11 | 18.03.1995 | 35 | Albums | album review | | 1995 | 12 | 25.03.1995 | 12 | | interview | | 1995 | 13 | 01.04.1995 | 17 | Live | gig review | | 1995 | 19 | 13.05.1995 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1996 | 24 | 15.06.1996 | 4 | News | | | 1996 | 28 | 13.07.1996 | 51 | Albums | album review | | 1997 | 2 | 11.01.1997 | 36 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 6 | 08.02.1997 | 3 | News | | | 1997 | 6 | 08.02.1997 | 36 | Live | gig review | | 1997 | 7 | 15.02.1997 | 50 | Albums | album review | | 1997 | 8 | 22.02.1997 | 26 | Orbit | interview | | 1997 | 13 | 29.03.1997 | 32 | Live | gig review | | 1997 | 19 | 10.05.1997 | 54 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 22 | 31.05.1997 | 32 | Live - Dance Day | gig review | | 1997 | 35 | 30.08.1997 | 32 | festival Reding '97 | gig review | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1992 | 19 | 25.09.1992 | 26 | Profily | profile | | 1994 | 6 | 29.03.1994 | 39 | | profile | | 1994 | 14 | 19.07.1994 | 4 | Pelmel - Kraftwerky | | | 1995 | 7 | 11.04.1995 | 28 | Recenze | album review | | 1995 | 8 | 25.04.1995 | 26 | Recenze | album review | | 1995 | 16 | 15.08.1995 | 26 | | profile | | 1997 | 3 | | 107 | Recenze | album review | | 1997 | 4 | | 116 | Dance&Vibes&Grooves | single review | | 1997 | 5 | | 85 | | profile | | 1997 | 6 | | 113 | Recenze - Atd | album review | | 1997 | 11 | | 82 | festival Pukkelpop | gig review | | 1998 | 7 | | 93 | Trance & Dance | gig review | | 1998 | 7 | | 96 | Trance & Dance | interview | | 1998 | 12 | | 107 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 2000 | 12 | | 83 | Trance & Dance | | | 2001 | 2 | | 112 | Recenze - Singly | single review | | 2001 | 3 | | 88 | Trance & Dance | profile, discography | | 2001 | 5 | | 104 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | Rolling Stone | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1999 | 7 | | 60 | Taneční alba 90. let | |
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