The Orb concerts 2025/2026

tickets £16 plus booking fee from ticketmaster

Oude Zaal/ 18 euro

Al ruim 25 jaar begeleidt Alex Paterson ons op verrukkelijke wijze tijdens onze come-downs met zijn regelmatig van bezetting wisselende project The Orb – nu alweer een tijdje samen met de Berlijnse technoproducer Thomas Fehlmann. Hun oeuvre aan geestverruimende elektronicaklassiekers is inmiddels zo groot dat ze dit jaar in staat bleken om een prachtige verzamelbox samen te stellen met vrijwel alleen werk van ná 2000: ‘History Of The Future Pt.2’. Werk waarop ze hun speelveld vergrootten van ambient naar dub, minimal techno en samenwerkten met het legendarische Kompakt-label.

Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann AKA veritable pioneers of electronic music The Orb return on June 23rd on Kompakt with the new full-length ‘MOONBUILDING 2703 AD’ - a major piece of psychedelic synth bliss, obscure loops and deep ambient textures, driven by swinging breakbeats and powerful basslines.

The album features four new songs from the group, with an additional three appearing on a deluxe vinyl edition. Among the bonus tracks is "Dilla's Moon Quake," which is subtitled "The Orb's Tribute to J Dilla."

As Alex says in his own words, “it's a solid piece of music that mutates into an eight legged lunar Land Rover and takes off into a cosmic horizon of a million sounds, patterns and textures. It spins the listener on his/her head, rewiring their brains to maximum capacity, then brings them home, sweet home.” “‘MOONBUILDING 2703 AD’ is inspired by this place called earth and the idea that in the future mankind discovers its root element in the ancient rocks on solar moons, which are based on musical harmonies, that despite being imprinted a billion lights years ago, are set to the same tempo as the Orb”, he adds.