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“If anything makes me regret anything, it’s looking at Brian Eno”: Still, BJ Cole didn’t do too badly
By Mike Barnes published
He set out to confound expectations of pedal steel with post-country band Cochise. Thanks to Captain Beefheart, Love and Hank Marvin, the session hero is pleased to reflect that he got away with it

The Orb announce live performance of Metallic Spheres with Saucerful Of Secrets musicians in August
By Jerry Ewing published
Saucerful Of Secrets guitarist Lee Harris and keyboardist Dom Beken will join The Orb for the August performance of Metallic Spheres

The Orb announce career-spanning 2CD & limited-edition quadruple vinyl octagonal set
By Jerry Ewing published
Ambient duo The Orb will release Orboretum: The Orb Collection in October

David Gilmour and The Orb share suitably trippy new video for Metallic Spheres In Colour: Movement 1
By Jerry Ewing published
David Gilmour and The Orb's Metalllic Spheres in Colour will be released in September

“We’ve had a few Floyd moments… we got a giant ghetto blaster on a boat and parked it in the harbour… we closed down an airport for six hours!” The Orb were prog all along
By Dom Lawson published
Accidental albums with David Gilmour and Robert Fripp aren’t the only connections Alex Paterson’s psychedelic electronic group have with the progressive genre

The Orb announce new studio album
By Jerry Ewing published
Ambient duo The Orb will release their brand new album Prism in April

How The Orb became known as 'The Pink Floyd of techno'
By Dom Lawson last updated
Blending their prog rock influences with dance beats and lysergic tones, ‘The Pink Floyd of techno’ is a fitting title for a band with such a grandiose and ambitious body of work

New book charting the rise of The Orb book out in May
By Jerry Ewing published
Babble On An' Ting: Alex Paterson's Incredible Journey Beyond The Ultraworld With The Orb has ben co-written with Prog writer Kris Needs
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