For both the new and the initiated, ‘A Beginner’s Guide’ provides the key moments in the seminal career of the UK electronic music duo Orbital, which consists of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll.
A one-stop-shop for Orbital which spans the breadth of their 30-year plus catalogue, ‘A Beginner’s Guide’ traverses everything from their early chart hits ‘Chime’, ‘Belfast’ and ‘Halcyon’, fan favourites such as ‘Lush 3.1’, soundtrack moments like ‘Beached’ (their collaboration with film score maestro Angelo Badalamenti) and more recent cuts like ‘Ringa Ringa’ and ‘Dirty Rat’ (with Sleaford Mods).
The CD version features five further tracks (including ‘Doctor?’, their breaks-flecked version of the Doctor Who theme) in addition to the eleven featured on the vinyl version. Both formats are housed in newly commissioned sleeves inspired by the designs and illustrations of 1970s technical manuals created by Julian House at Intro, a long term Orbital collaborator, plus new sleeve notes.
Since reuniting with London Records, Orbital have released the 2022 anthology ’30 Something’, which contained reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of their many landmark tracks, and last year’s critically acclaimed studio album ‘Optical Delusion’ which gave Orbital their first UK Album Chart Top 10 album since 1999’s ‘Middle Of Nowhere’.
Earlier this year Orbital reissued their eponymous 1991 debut album, known as ‘The Green Album’, to great acclaim (“Game-changing” ★★★★★ Mojo). The accompanying ‘Green + Brown Album Tour’ saw Orbital headline shows across the globe including festival performances at Coachella and a rapturously received Glastonbury, where they were joined by special guests Melanie C and Tilda Swinton as they celebrated 30 years since their landmark 1994 performance.
The Green + Brown Album Tour continues into 2025 with European dates culminating in a London show at O2 Academy Brixton on April 5th.
‘ORBITAL: A BEGINNERS GUIDE’ – TRACK LISTINGS
LP
Side 1
01 Chime (Edit)
02 Halcyon (Edit)
03 Belfast (Edit)
04 Satan (Spawn)
05 The Box (Edit)
Side 2
06 Lush 3.1 (Edit)
07 Beached (Edit)
08 Are We Here? (Edit)
09 Are You Alive? (Feat. Penelope Isles) (Edit)
10 Style (Edit)
11 Dirty Rat (Edit)
CD
01 Chime (Edit)
02 Halcyon (Edit)
03 Belfast (Edit)
04 Satan (Spawn)
05 The Box (Edit)
06 Lush 3.1 (Edit)
07 Beached (Edit)
08 Are We Here? (Edit)
09 Are You Alive? (Feat. Penelope Isles) (Edit)
10 Style (Edit)
11 Dirty Rat (Edit)
12 Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Single Version)
13 Ringa Ringa The Old Pandemic Folk Song – Featuring The Medieval Baebes (Edit)
14 Remind
15 Illuminate
16 Doctor?
17 The Girl With The Sun In Her Head
ORBITAL – THE GREEN + BROWN ALBUM LIVE
2024
Nov 16 San Francisco, CA – The Medway
Nov 17 Austin, TX – The Concourse Project
2025
March 20 Amsterdam – Paradiso
March 21 Amsterdam – Paradiso
March 22 Paris – Elysee Montmartre
April 2 Belfast – Mandela Hall
April 3 Glasgow – O2 Academy Glasgow
April 4 Leeds – O2 Academy Leeds
April 5 London – O2 Academy Brixton
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