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Eight years since their last album (and 22 years since their first), you can still spot an Orbital tune from the first four bars. Such is “New France,” the latest off the band’s upcoming ninth full-length, Wonky. Even guest vocalist Zola Jesus sounds sampled straight from the duo’s early records. Not to say the brothers Hartnoll haven’t evolved…OK, really they haven’t. But who wants Orbital to change when their patented ringing synths still make the hairs on your arm stand up.
| Jan | 19 |
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Paul Hartnoll, one half of production duo Orbital, explains that “When I’m writing music, if it doesn’t move you emotionally, it’s not working. It has to give me butterflies. I have to make myself cry in the studio.” This vision led to huge success for himself and his brother, Phil, as they dominated the electronic music scene throughout the 90s by releasing some seriously epic play-this-in-outer-space hits like Chime, Style, The Box, and Satan, that proved to the masses that electronic music is neither mechanical nor is it emotionless.
After a 5-year break, they’re back with an entirely new album entitled Wonky, due for release April 3rd. The album is the product of a long time spent, and has continually been refined as the Hartnoll brothers have toured across the world, test-driving the tracks and reworking them until perfection. You can see the video for the new track Never below – and be sure to follow the jump to download it for free, as well as a list of Orbital’s upcoming tour dates.
| Jan | 18 |
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Matt Cutler is a producer that comes too few and far between. From starting his music career with the vastly underrated project Kids In Tracksuits, Cutler was always on the otherworldly hip-hop tip, finding ways to exploit beats into tasty audible pretzel knots. When he took on the moniker of Lone, he twisted the knots even further and threw lush synth sounds to create audible journeys into an ethereal utopia clouded by the selective samples used in his tracks. However, since he’s always making tons of these fantastic tunes, he rarely has time to do a full-fledged interview. Luckily, we got a hold of Lone at the right time: right after his stellar album Ecstasy & Friends came out, and he gave us details on his musical uprooting, his tune-making process and his favorite artists at the moment. All that, plus an exclusive unreleased track down below for download! …MORE
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