One of the most important and influential acts in the history of British electronic music, Orbital – Kent-born brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll – helped define electronic music, bringing it from underground rave culture to festival main stages and establishing electronic artists as a major live force. to festival main stages and establishing electronic artists as a major live force. They return in 2027 with their 11th studio album, Other, accompanied by an extensive UK and European tour in spring 2026.

Other explores themes of otherness  – neurodiversity, identity, outsiders, and the freedom to exist beyond society’s prescribed categories. Thematically and sonically, it is one of Orbital’s most ambitious records, blending gothic folk, drum and bass, punk, and ambient music with their trademark electronic sounds. Never content to tick the box marked 'Dance Music', Orbital continue to challenge themselves and push the genre forward after more than 35 years, driven by an attitude that remains, at its core, utterly punk.

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