ORBITAL (THE GREEN ALBUM)

(2CD)
Genre Electronic & Dance
FormatCD
Cat. noLMS1725116
Label LONDON RECORDS
Artist ORBITAL
Release Date19/04/2023
Carrier2CD
Barcode5061017251163
Following on from the UK Top 20 success of 2022’s 30 Something, and the Top 10 for 2023’s Optical Delusion, London Records launch an extensive 2024 campaign for Orbital, revisiting 1991’s seminal debut Orbital (aka The Green Album).
 
The Green Album heralded a brave new world for the UK musical landscape (DJ Mag would later decry that the album “rewrote the rule book for rave”). Brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll eschewed formulas and clichés, choosing to explore wider textures, rhythms and stranger mind spaces within dance music. Their resulting album would enjoy both chart success and an enduring legacy, influencing and inspiring artists from Björk to Bicep, with the Hartnoll brothers going on to collaborate with artists as diverse as Madonna, Ennio Morricone, Kraftwerk, Sleaford Mods and Professor Brian Cox. 
 
33 years since its original release the album is revisited, from black vinyl , limited colored vinyl and CD editions (long out of print), to special Record Store Day double Splatter Lp. In the digital space ‘Tonight In Belfast’ will be lauched on February 2nd, :a reworking of the band’s seminal track ‘Belfast’, remixed by David Holmes and re-interpolated with new lyrics and vocal by acclaimed street poet Mike Garry.
 
Orbital will be supporting The Green Album with an extensive headline UK tour this April (performing both their Green and Brown albums). Ahead of that they’ve just been announced today for Coachella 2024, as well as Miami’s Ultra Festival and headline shows in New York and Chicago. 

TRACKLIST
CD 1
1 The Moebius
2 Speed Freak
3 Oolaa / Different mix to Vinly (Scream at start)
4 Desert Storm
5 Fahrenheit 303 
6 Steel Cube Idolatry
7 High Rise   
8 Chime (Live) 
9 Midnight (Live)   
10 Belfast   
11 I Think Its Disgusting
                
CD 2
 1 Torpedo town (PKA untitled)   
2 Macrohead   
3 Satan     
4 L.C.1    
5 Belfast / Wasted (Wasted Vocal Mix) 
6 Crime     
7 Fahrenheit 3D3   
8 Open Mind Jam   
9 The Other One   
10 Satan (Rhyme and Reason Vocal Mix)
11 Midnight (Sasha Remix)