Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Brown Album – Orbital – 1993

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Orbital 2 (aka The Brown Album) – Orbital – Various – Released 24th May 1993, FFRR   Known to Orbital fans as the Browm Album, Orbital 2 is the follow-up to their 1991 debut,  Orbital 1, aka The Green Album. Both albums were released on FFRR Records. Since I imagine that first sentence was as painful … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Green Album – Orbital – 1991

Orbital Green Album 1991

The Green Album – Orbital – Released 30th September 1991, FFRR Commonly referred to as the Green Album due to its distinctive lime green cover, the debut album from Orbital was first released on Pete Tong’s FFRR label back in 1991. Though clearly showing its age in places, its rendered timeless thanks to the inclusion … Read more

Album Review: Optical Delusion – Orbital – Released 17 Feb 2023

Orbital - Optical Delusion February 2023

Optical Delusion – Orbital – Released February 2023 – London Records / Orbital Recordings Ireland hates Orbital apparently. Not the Irish people I should point out. No, we love them as much as anybody, but the Hartnoll brothers claim they’re cursed whenever they come here. It was certainly the case when my longest-suffering friend and … Read more

Snivilisation – Orbital – Internal Records – Released August 1994 

Snivilisaton is the third album from Orbital, the first of theirs I bought and probably the one I love most, with In Sides a close second. I was familiar with Orbital already, the usual suspects as you can imagine, Chime, Lush, Halcyon and Belfast, but having read an interview in Mixmag around the time of … Read more