Public record

The Orb

Electronic | London | since 1988

ambient
ambient dub
ambient house
ambient techno
british
chill out
chillout
dance and electronica

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 9 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2013

On record since

Releases

Show history

2013 · 1

Sep 28, 2013Showbox at the Market· Seattle

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Lineup

Tim Bran
Nick Burton
Jimmy Cauty
Andy Falconer
Thomas Fehlmann
Paul Ferguson
Martin Glover
Andy Hughes
Lewis Keogh
Fil Le Gonidec
Dr Alex Paterson
Simon Phillips
Guy Pratt
John Roome
Kris Weston
Keith York

Releases

BH
Buddhist Hipsters
2025 · album
DE
Digital Edition
2025
IC
It's Coming Soon
2025
IC
It's Coming Soon (Edit)
2025
BH
Buddhist Hipsters
2025
HB
Holloway Brooch
2024
O(
Orboretum (The Orb Collection)
2024
PR
Prism
2023 · album
YF
Yarns From the Chocolate Triangle
2023 · album
TU
The Upsetter At The Starhouse Sessions
2023
LI
Living In Recycled Times
2023
MS
Metallic Spheres In Colour: Movement 1 - Excerpt
2023
MS
Metallic Spheres In Colour: Movement 2 - Excerpt
2023
AO
Abolition of the Royal Familia
2020 · album
NS
No Sounds Are Out of Bounds
2018 · album
C/
COW / Chill Out, World!
2016 · album
AI
All Is Not Lost, but Where Is It?
2015 · album
M2
Moonbuilding 2703 AD
2015 · album
MT
More Tales From the Orbservatory
2013 · album
TO
The Orbserver in the Star House
2012 · album
IO
Impossible Oddities: The Story of WAU! Mr. Modo
2010 · compilation
MS
Metallic Spheres
2010 · album
IB
I’ll Be Black: Compiled by the Orb
2007 · compilation
OV
Orbsessions, Volume Two
2007 · compilation
TD
The Dream
2007 · album
OD
Okie Dokie It’s The Orb on Kompakt
2005 · album
OV
Orbsessions, Volume One
2005 · compilation
BT
Back to Mine: The Orb
2003 · compilation
B&
Bicycles & Tricycles
2003 · album
CY
Cydonia
1999 · album
UT
U.F.Off: The Best of the Orb
1998 · compilation
OR
Orblivion
1997 · album
OT
Orbus Terrarum
1995 · album
U.
U.F.Orb
1992 · album
TO
The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
1991 · album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 44+ plays, 2024-06-18–2026-08-07 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Morning Show' (John Richards) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Greta Rose) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (Kelley Stoltz) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Expansions' (Brit Hansen) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP

Artist background

The Orb formed in 1988 — MusicBrainz
Tim Bran: member — MusicBrainz
Nick Burton: member — MusicBrainz
Jimmy Cauty: member — MusicBrainz
Andy Falconer: member — MusicBrainz
Thomas Fehlmann: member — MusicBrainz
Paul Ferguson: member — MusicBrainz
Martin Glover: member — MusicBrainz
Andy Hughes: member — MusicBrainz
Lewis Keogh: member — MusicBrainz
Fil Le Gonidec: member — MusicBrainz
Dr Alex Paterson: member — MusicBrainz
Simon Phillips: member — MusicBrainz
The Orb has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1991–2025 — MusicBrainz
The Orb is from London , England — Wikipedia
The Orb has 2 members: Alex Paterson, Michael Rendall — Wikipedia
The Orb plays Ambient house — Wikipedia
The Orb plays dub — Wikipedia
The Orb plays IDM — Wikipedia
The Orb plays chill-out — Wikipedia
The Orb plays electronica — Wikipedia
The Orb has 672425 listeners on Last.fm — The Orb on Last.fm
The Orb has released 10 recordings between 2023 and 2025 — The Orb on Discogs
The Orb has 8 followers on Genius — The Orb on Genius
Twitter/X handle (per Genius): @Orbinfo — The Orb on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Musical group — The Orb — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orb — The Orb on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 218 — The Orb — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/0mbd8 — The Orb — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): London, England, UK — The Orb on TheAudioDB
Formed 1988 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: London (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: techno, electronica, ambient house, ambient music, ambient techno, dub music — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Jimmy Cauty, Alex Paterson, Kris Weston, Andy Hughes, Simon Phillips, Thomas Fehlmann — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Big Life, Columbia Records, Island Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orb — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Showbox at the Market · Seattle	1

By year: 2013 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-18
Sources: Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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