The Orb

Ambient-rave music was pioneered by Orb helmsman Alex Paterson, who in the late '80s
DJ'd a "chill-out" room at a London dance club where overheated techno ravers could
unwind to the sounds of placid galactic blips and shimmering electronic oceans. The tones
and textures he devised were more of an evolution than a revolution – merging the
atmospheric minimalism of Terry Riley, Harold Budd and Brian Eno with the head... More >