William Orbit
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William Orbit (sometimes written as William Ørbit, born on 30 July, 1956, as William Wainwright) is a British musician and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums that were never used. Also, he produced "13" by Blur, and remixed some of the songs on the album.
His speciality is atmospheric keyboard electronica although much of his work features accomplished guitar playing. He has also recorded several largely instrumental solo albums under the name Strange Cargo which features vocals by Beth Orton, Laurie Mayer and Cleo Torres among others. He was the musical force behind Bassomatic in the early 1990s, and formed the band Torch Song together with Mayer, Grant Gilbert and Rico Conning in the 1980s. He has also produced and remixed numerous other artists. Orbit's remixes carry his signature electronic sounds and techniques, making them sought after by fans of his solo work. He also worked with pop girl trio Sugababes.
Discography
Torch Song
- Wish Thing
- Ecstasy
- Exhibit A
- Toward the Unknown Region
Bassomatic
- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass
- Science & Melody
Solo
- Orbit
- Strange Cargo I
- Strange Cargo II
- Superpinkymandy (Released in Japan only as a Beth Orton album, but the sound was characteristically Orbit, making this possibly his most sought after rarity.)
- Strange Cargo III
- Strange Cargo Hinterland
- Pieces in a Modern Style (Original release, withdrawn)
- * Pieces in a Modern Style (altered re-release, minus uncleared tracks from first release, although with additional tracks in their place)
- Hello Waveforms (released on Sanctuary records, 20th February in UK, and February 21st 2006 for USA).
- Cellcloud (Follow up album to Hello Waveforms, due on Sanctuary records, Sept 2006).
more complete discography at: http://www.williamorbit.com and http://www.discogs.com/artist/William+Orbit
Equipment Used
Used on Madonna's Ray of Light:- Roland Juno-106
- Roland JD-800
- Roland JP-8000
- Yamaha DX-7
- Novation BassStation
- Korg MS-20
- Akai S3200 sampler
- Sherman Filterbank
- Atari ST Computer running Cubase II
- Pro Tools TDM
- Trident 80A Mixing Desk
- Roland Dimension D Chorus
- Yamaha SY99 (on Torch Song's Into The Unknown Region)
- Roland SH-101
- AMS Digital Reverb
- AMS Digital Delay
- Linn Linndrum
- Minimoog
- Movement II Drum Computer
- Otari 24-track recorder
- Roland CSQ600 Sequencer
- Roland CSQ600 Sequencer
- Roland Jupiter-8
- Roland SH-2
- Roland TR-808
- Roland TR-909
- Roland Space Echo
- Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
- Simmons SD5 Drum Brain
- Yamaha DX-7
External links
- http://www.williamorbit.com/
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