Moogfest 2016 will present British act The Orb. This group pioneered a musical genre known as ambient house. Moogfest will take place May 19-22, in Durham, North Carolina.
The Orb pioneered ambient house by decelerating Chicago electronic house music and adding ambient synth atmospheres inspired by Brian Eno and similar artists.
After joining the A&R department of Brian Eno’s label, Dr. Alex Paterson, a veteran of rock band Killing Joke, released the Orb’s first project as a duo with Jimi Cauty, a veteran of Killing Joke side project Brilliant.
In 1989 the Orb released the single “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld” that demonstrated a love of intertwining diverse samples under the oscillation of synth waves.
After Cauty’s departure, and personnel changes, the Orb released its classic first album, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, in 1991. Through several other personnel and even aesthetic fluctuations, the Orb has continued to develop cutting edge electronic music.
Discography:
- The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
- U.F.Orb (1992)
- Pomme Fritz (1994)
- Orbus Terrarum (1995)
- Orblivion (1997)
- Cydonia (2001)
- Bicycles & Tricycles (2004)
- Okie Dokie It’s the Orb on Kompakt (2005)
- The Dream (2007)
- Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III) (2009)
- Metallic Spheres (2010)
- C Batter C (2011)
- The Orbserver in the Star House (2012)
- More Tales from the Orbservatory (2013)
- Moonbuilding 2703 AD (2015)