EX.596 William Orbit by RA Exchange published on 2022-02-02T13:06:10Z "My real gift is arrangement." William Orbit opens up on his 40-year career. Share Born in Hackney, London, in 1956, Orbit has been writing, producing and arranging music for four decades. With almost 1,200 credits to his name on Discogs, his vast and varied body of work spans classical, pop and electronic. He produced for some of pop music's most seminal artists—Madonna, All Saints, Blur, Robbie Williams, Pink—as well as being, as his interviewer Matt McDermott explains, "one of the most prolific electronic music remixers of the '90s." He released 11 solo albums and seven collaborative albums—as part of Torch Song, Strange Cargo and Bassomatic—and founded Guerilla Studios in the '80s, working with artists like Cabaret Voltaire and Gary Numan. In 1995, Orbit released the Pieces In A Modern Style LP, which paved the way for musicians like Nils Frahm and Jon Hopkins, who bring together classical arrangements with electronic production in revelatory ways. The journalist Kate Hutchinson described Orbit as "the Mark Ronson or Jack Antonoff of his day." But as this conversation with RA highlights, Orbit is once again enjoying his day. Having, in his own words, "spent 20 years becoming disengaged," he has just put out his first solo release in seven years—the Sunbeam EP on Anjunadeep—and things are feeling good. "I know how to have fun," he said. In conversation with McDermott, Orbit shares stories about his fascinating career, how to make a great record, working with Madonna and how to stay relevant in a fickle industry. Tracklist: William Orbit - Diso [Anjunadeep] William Orbit - Wordsworth [Anjunadeep] @williamorbit Genre Storytelling Comment by Naty Tea Track ID at start? 🤍✌️ 2022-03-07T20:48:38Z Comment by bazedjunkiii so true. same as a dj who's not only playing one style but capable to do both e.g. full on housemusic sets as well as proper ambient or drum'n'bass shows. if folks cannot put you into one specific drawer they tend to get confused. 2022-03-03T22:47:55Z Comment by User 112409839 Z 2022-02-08T05:11:47Z Comment by DanLavoie @amonitamusic !!!! 2022-02-06T16:36:45Z Comment by Antony Luciani amazing interview 2022-02-05T19:29:17Z Comment by Cedarmesaman I can't help thinking there's an avoidance of the Bassomatic period. I love these recordings and have clamored for deluxe remasters for years. Was it not considered a fruitful time? 2022-02-05T17:06:01Z Comment by Cedarmesaman What a treat, this interview. #recordnerds 2022-02-05T16:33:11Z