IN FOCUS// Orbital at Rock City, Nottingham

IN FOCUS// Orbital @ Rock City, Nottingham Credit: Alina Salihbekova
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

Two brothers, Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll, aka Orbital, brought their special electronic music show to Nottingham.

The legendary duo wore their signature head torch glasses and played their most popular hits, such as Halcyon, Belfast, Chime, and Dirty Rat (feat. Sleaford Mods) from this year’s album Optical Delusion.

IN FOCUS// Orbital @ Rock City, NottinghamCredit: Alina Salihbekova
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

The lighting style created an outstanding atmosphere, and the visuals on the screen made a powerful picture. For instance, during Dirty Rat, the screen showed an edited performance by Sleaford Mods, delivering powerful song lyrics. During Satan, lights were red and aggressive, and the screen showed clips of war, fire, politicians and catastrophes.

IN FOCUS// Orbital @ Rock City, Nottingham
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

Rock City was packed to see the dance music scene favourites perform their famous tunes. Orbital has been active for 30+ years, bringing their signature style to dance floors all over the globe, and it was exciting to see that their fire is still burning.

IN FOCUS// Orbital @ Rock City, NottinghamCredit: Alina Salihbekova
Credit: Alina Salihbekova

Setlist:
Smiley
Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)
Where Is It Going? (30 Something version)
Dirty Rat (feat. Sleaford Mods)
Satan
Requiem for the Pre‐Apocalypse
You Are the Frequency
Nothing Left
Are You Alive?
Halcyon + On + On
Spicy
The New Abnormal
Belfast
Chime
Impact (The Earth Is Burning)
Encore:
Out There Somewhere? Part 1
Out There Somewhere? Part 2
Lush 3-1
Lush 3-2
Lush 3 (Euro-Tunnel Disaster ’94)

 

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Alina Salihbekova 74 Articles
Alina is a professional journalist and linguist who loves attending gigs. She's been taking pictures and reviewing live music since 2015 for a variety of different websites. Alina is a big music enthusiast and enjoys all sorts of different genres from nu-metal, industrial and hard rock to jazz, electronic and ambient music.

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