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The Orb

Electronic from United Kingdom

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About The Orb

The Orb is an English electronic music group known for popularizing chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. Founded in 1988 by former Killing Joke roadie Alex Paterson and KLF member Jimmy Cauty, The Orb DJed ambient and dub music with heavy amount of sampling in the "Chill Out" room at the London nightclub Heaven.[1] Their work was mainly inspired by ambient producers, most notably Brian Eno, and German artists such as Kraftwerk and Cluster. The Orb began producing original tracks and remixes as well, though they often featured a large number of unlicensed sam...

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