"My real gift is arrangement." William Orbit opens up on his 40-year career. 
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Born in Hackney, London, in 1956, Orbit has been writing, producing and arranging music for four decades. With almost 1,200 credits to his name on Discogs, his vast and varied body of work spans classical, pop and electronic. He produced for some of pop music's most seminal artists—Madonna, All Saints, Blur, Robbie Williams, Pink—as well as being, as his interviewer Matt McDermott explains, "one of the most prolific electronic music remixers of the '90s." He released 11 solo albums and seven collaborative albums—as part of Torch Song, Strange Cargo and Bassomatic—and founded Guerilla Studios in the '80s, working with artists like Cabaret Voltaire and Gary Numan. In 1995, Orbit released the Pieces In A Modern Style LP, which paved the way for musicians like Nils Frahm and Jon Hopkins, who bring together classical arrangements with electronic production in revelatory ways. 

The journalist Kate Hutchinson described Orbit as "the Mark Ronson or Jack Antonoff of his day." But as this conversation with RA highlights, Orbit is once again enjoying his day. Having, in his own words, "spent 20 years becoming disengaged," he has just put out his first solo release in seven years—the Sunbeam EP on Anjunadeep—and things are feeling good. "I know how to have fun," he said. 

In conversation with McDermott, Orbit shares stories about his fascinating career, how to make a great record, working with Madonna and how to stay relevant in a fickle industry.  


Tracklist:
William Orbit - Diso [Anjunadeep]
William Orbit - Wordsworth [Anjunadeep]

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EX.596 William Orbit

Black Loops returned for two hours of deep house, tech house, UKG and breaks with special guest Ruff Stuff.

Black Loops w/ Ruff Stuff - March 2022

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com  

Fuse w/ Ata @ Kiosk Radio 04.11.2022

For our first APECAST back in quite some time we've got the absolute pleasure of presenting a live set from Man Power aka MPX before the legendary Jeff Mills took us on a three hour journey at World Headquarters back in October.

For a joint party between Man Power's label Me Me Me, ourselves and World HQ - we brought the techno originator to Newcastle for a wildly intimate show to headline the club's Black History Month celebrations. Naturally MPX provided the stellar 2 hours before which you're listening to.

MPX is also the next artist to be releasing on Ape-X Records with a 3 track EP called Mainframe, coming later this month!

MPX aka Man Power
@manpower-1
https://www.instagram.com/manpowermusic/
https://twitter.com/man_power_music
https://www.facebook.com/manpowermakesmusic/?fref=ts

Ape-X:
www.ape-x.club
www.instagram.com/apexncl/
www.facebook.com/apexnewcastle
ape-xrecords.bandcamp.com

APECAST042 - MPX - Live before Jeff Mills at World HQ

Satoshi Yamamura promo mix for HEAT x IFM 11.02

Mostly Vinyl 2.5 Hour Live Set @ Housepitality in San Francisco August 6 2014.

Mystic Bill Live @Housepitality SF 8/6/2014

Rinse FM Podcast

Black Wine Club with Mr. Redley and Charles Moon - 24 June 2024

Released by:
HoTL Records
Release date:
3 October
P-line:
℗ 2025 HoTL Records
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© 2025 HoTL Records

Better Than Lex - Jarana

Enjoy the Weekend

Buy track here: https://www.beatport.com/release/minimize-to-maximize-ep/5403204

Release Date: 2025-10-09
Label: NastyGrooves Records
Catalog: NG029
Mastering: Forest People

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Buy tracks here

Rub A Dub - Minimize To Maximize (Original Mix)

May 4th - John Shima @ Eigor Studios, Leeds 
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/593249747688242/

Ahead of our next party, John has put together a superb hour of music to soundtrack the journey to the cosmos. With a singular production style and a detailed knowledge of analogue synthesis, Shima has crafted his own niche in the scene alongside other great producers such as Steve Rutter and Derek Carr. With a production workrate most others could only dream of, he champions a wonderful sound that stylistically sits perfectly between old Sheffield bleep and emotional Detroit techno. His DJ sets cover everything from acid house, dub techno and electro and are a perfect reflection of what we love at On Ro.

Tickets May 4th Leeds

Rotation 011: John Shima

Electronic music party starters since 2008.
Record label since 2019.

Event Enquiries - Apexeventsnewcastle@gmail.com
Label Demos - apexncldemos@gmail.com

Residents - Luke Scott & NORD