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Having soundtracked many a hazy morning throughout the 1990s, Orbital called it quits in 2004. Now brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll are reviving their seminal electronica act to headline the Big Chill Festival in England next August. Since their last hurrah at Glastonbury four years ago, the siblings have pursued solo careers – but the Orbital chapter was not closed.
“It’s not an exercise in nostalgia, the time just seems right. Everything just seemed to fall into place,” Phil Hartnoll said in a statement. “We’ve got 15 years of active service, making song. If you boil that down to a 90-minute festival set you should get something thoroughly exciting from beginning to end. Let’s put some fun back into it.” The Big Chill set will be billed as Orbital: 20 years after Chime, a reference to the duo’s breakout track from 1989.
Check out Orbital playing Chime in their ‘farewell’ set at Glastonbury 2004.
Andrew Wowk says...
Holy fuck! BRING THEM TO AUSTRALIA PLEASE
kris-ko says...
Awwww yeah!!! This might be the inspiration I need to finally darken the UK's doorstep!
ellenpatto says...
YES - PLEASE BRING THEM TO OZ!!!!!!!!!! Halcyon - best track EVER.
huckles says...
ooooh yeah. so great.
Shards says...
They always said they always wanted to come back to Australia but never made it before the break-up..... if they can do it for this festival, perhaps they'd consider it for a trip here?