As founder (And permanent member) of ambient legends The Orb, Dr. Alex Paterson needs little introduction, as he was instrumental in bringing chill out and ambient house to the nations attention with no.1 records such as ‘The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Underworld‘ and ‘U.F Orb‘, finding a winning formula by slowing down Chicago house and adding influences from science fiction, imagery and drugs in addition to music by the likes of King Tubby, Cluster, Brian Eno and Kraftwerk, using obscure vocal samples that had ravers yearning for an early morning soundtrack for much of the early 90′s.
Having worked as roadie for Killing Joke to taking charge of Artist and Repertoire for EG Records it’s safe to say he is a true British electronic legend…
The Orb’s ninth studio album sees the reunification of Paterson and long term collaborator Thomas Fehlmann on ‘Baghdad Batteries‘ which was released on Malicious Damage Records (Ran by members of Killing Joke) and is available now. You can also catch The Orb playing live at the following locations (Click to buy tickets):
- 12th October – Digital, Brighton
- 14th October – Academy 2, Manchester
- 15th October – Heaven, London
- 30th October – Club Kovak (Ocean Rooms), Brighton
To celebrate, we were lucky enough to getta hold of this live mix from Alex himself. Enjoy!
Alex Paterson – Cosmic Disco Mix
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