The Orb

Although they didn't invent ambient - Brian Eno had already done that - The Orb turned it into a mainstream genre, taking advantage of the electro explosion of the early 1990s. More than a real band, The Orb is the entity created by Alex Paterson in 1988. Since 1991's groundbreaking The Orb's Adventure Beyond the Ultraworld, The Orb has varied in its configuration, but not in the excellence of its releases. U.F. Orb (1992), Orblivion (1997) and The Dream (2007) are a treat for lovers of smooth electro. In 2010, Metallic Spheres is an unmistakable success, with contributions from David Gilmour and Youth, as well as a CD of remixes available exclusively via iTunes. Subsequent albums, 'C Batter C' (2011), 'The Orbserver in the Star House'(2012) and its companion ' More Tales from the Orbservatory ' (2013), enrich the sonic universe of a band committed to the long term. In 2015, Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann join forces at the helm of Moonbuilding 2703 AD. In 2018, Michael Rendall joins the project, producing the trio album No Sounds Are Out of Bounds (2018), before Fehlmann's departure. Patterson and Rendall continue as a duo on the following album Abolition of the Royal Familia (2020), followed by Prism (2023) and Metallic Spheres in Colour (2023), a collaboration with David Gilmour. In 2025, Buddhist Hipsters is released, featuring Steve Hillage and his wife Miquette Giraudy (formerly of the band Gong), Youth (Martin Glover) and Roger Eno.

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