What a treat, this interview. #recordnerds

I can't help thinking there's an avoidance of the Bassomatic period.  I love these recordings and have clamored for deluxe remasters for years.  Was it not considered a fruitful time?

so true. same as a dj who's not only playing one style but capable to do both e.g. full on housemusic sets as well as proper ambient or drum'n'bass shows. if folks cannot put you into one specific drawer they tend to get confused.

"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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Live recording of Joe & Scott at last years Paranoid London (LIVE) party - PART 1
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Scott Fraser & Joe Hart live at Bodyhammer X Paranoid London (LIVE) November 2021 (PART I)

Slow & Low that is the tempo mix recorded 16th June 2023.

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Stay left and take a trip with Macca's Saturday breakfast show on NTS. Weekend musings and eclectic cuts from all over the place, it's a low-key affair and you're all invited. ONE GLOVE!!!

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The One Glove Breakfast Show w/ Macca & Phat Phil Cooper 290723

Guest mix; Christopher Tubbs - September 6th 2023

Interview with @christopher-rau:

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High-octane house and techno from a Smallville favourite. 

"I was just playing the new stuff that i bought and some recently bought second hand records. And then there are some unreleased tracks from 777 recordings.. Ron Wilson's label, Qnete!!! and a record that should be mentioned is the 60 Miles one.. Persian Moon!!! Amazing track. 60 Miles .. always in the bag. Plus an extra copy."

MDC.151 Christopher Rau

Eric Duncan live from the beach stage at Love International 2017.


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2. Albrecht La'Brooy - Sean's Lullaby - Apollo
3. Carmen Villain - Are You For Real - Smalltown Supersound
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5. Cop Envy - Cotton - Hypercolour
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7. DiSKOP - Piton - Blackloops
8. Yohei S. - Windmill (Tribal Dub) - Unreleased
9. Lady Blacktronika - Aboriginal Rave Baby - Allergy Season
10. Mik Poynter - Cygnus Loop - Ugly Music
11. Unknown Artist - B1 - Powerpill 1
12. Adam Pits - Spooka Troopa - Unreleased
13. Seb Zito - The Source - Fuse London
14. DiSKOP - Disclose - Whiteloops
15. Kinky Toys - Hit 'Em Hard - Natural Records
16. Basic Bastard 3 - Signals - Spiritual Records
17. Bushwacka! - 11 - Holding Hands
18. Hagan x Gafacci - Yenkor - Push & Run
19. Chavinski - By My Side - Sneaker Social Club 
20. Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long

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keep on loving - schatrax
follow your dreams pursue your nightmares (lauer remix) - river & pheonix
my thing - kyodai
follow the step (trikk mix) - rachel row
i want you you you - waze & odyssey
find shelter - jack dixon
every inch - george fitzgerald
algarve (tigerskin's cosmic remix) - johnwaynes
love break - tube & berger, milan euringer
through darkness ft. shaun j. wright (dub mix) - kiki
on a clear day - kevin reynolds
still serious - san soda
go through me - tom ellis
so good to me - chris malinchak
it's only (dj koze remix) - herbert

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This is the final show by one of the most important figures in underground dance music...RIP maestro

NTS Radio - Andrew Weatherall - 30th January 2020 - last show - RIP maestro

DJ Gilb'R from Versatile Records Paris troubles up with Sex Tags Mania's DJ Fett Burger & DJ Sotofett for a tuff house mix session. With pleasure we present deep, sweet and bashing house tunes, unreleased remixes and just-around-the-corner-12's. Stay tuned for upcoming inches of wax!

Trushmix 41: DJ Gilb'R w. DJ Fett Burger & DJ Sotofett

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