Electronic Sound Issue 97 2023

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 12.75 MB

It’s taken Orbital more than 30 years to get to their 10th studio album and what a journey it’s been. Right from their 1989 debut single, the gently acidic and effortlessly hypnotic ‘Chime’, Phil and Paul Hartnoll demonstrated a natural talent for matching shiny beats with shimmering melodies. So while the pair were viewed as leading lights of the rapidly expanding UK rave scene, the widescreen wonder of their early records put them in a totally different league to most of the hands-in-the-air brigade. Can you feel it? Oh yes. With bells on.