ORBITAL will reissue their 1991 self-titled debut album, known to fans as 'The Green Album', on April 19 via London Records. Formats include a 4LP box set, 4CD box set, 2LP black and color, 2CD and cassette. Reserve here. Phil and Paul Hartnoll have completely remastered all tracks for the first time.
The news comes as the duo confirm details of 'The Green + Brown Tour' this spring, which will see them revisit 'The Green Album' and its legendary successor 'The Brown Album' on their upcoming UK and Ireland dates. in April and May. Tickets are now on sale here.
Originally released on September 30, 1991, 'The Green Album' features iconic Orbital tracks, including their 1990 hit single “Chime” and the enduring classic “Belfast.” The comprehensive reissue package also includes early Orbital favorites like “Satan” as well as previously unavailable tracks, making it a must-have for fans of the pioneering electronic music duo.
Additionally, Orbital will also revisit their pre-'The Green Album' EPs with a series of 'Orbital LED's (limited edition). Again, these will be completely remastered versions of the duo's original 12” EP set with all-new artwork. Fans will be alerted to these extremely limited releases on release day.
Following the success of “Chime”, Pete Tong signed Orbital to London/ffrr Records, and Tong allowed the Hartnolls the freedom to record the album they wanted to make. While their contemporaries on the rave circuit would play ten 4/4 piano formulas with guest vocalists and call it an album, for their debut, Orbital wanted to explore broader textures, different rhythms and stranger mental spaces. “Our heroes were always Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Severed Heads: people who made complete, satisfying, proper albums.” explains Pablo, “And we thought, yeah, that's what we want to do.”
It was this ambition that led Orbital to become giants of electronic music. The Hartnoll brothers would continue to redefine what dance music could do and its place within popular culture itself. Their music has influenced and inspired artists from Björk to Bicep and they have collaborated with minds as diverse as Madonna, Kraftwerk and Professor Brian Cox.
Following 'The Green Album', their self-titled second album, also known as 'The Brown Album', cemented Orbital's position as musical visionaries. He followed a career of creative leaps very different from those typically seen in the rapidly changing world of dance music, including creating soundtracks for Hollywood films, including 1997's Event Horizon, and more recently for the series Mike Myers' Netflix, The Pentaverate.
In addition to their groundbreaking work in the recording studio, Orbital earned a reputation as one of the best live acts on the planet. This year marks the 30th anniversary of their legendary 1994 Glastonbury performance, often cited as the festival's conversion to dance music.
33 years after its initial release and over ten years since the last vinyl edition, the remastered 'The Green Album' arrives ahead of the newly updated 'The Green + Brown Album Tour', which will see the legendary electronic music duo revisit and will reinterpret both. albums in their entirety, including performing several of the tracks live for the first time. The tour will kick off in New York in March and Orbital will appear at the Coachella Festival in California on April 13 and 20 before returning for the UK and Ireland leg. The dates can be found below.
Since reuniting with London Records, Orbital released the 2022 compilation '30 Something', which contained reworkings, remakes, remixes and reimaginings of their iconic tracks, and last year's critically acclaimed new studio album, 'Optical Delusion ', which gave Orbital their Top 10 album on the UK Albums Chart since 1999's 'Middle Of Nowhere'.
ORBITAL – 'THE GREEN + BROWN ALBUM TOUR' – LIVE – 2024
UK and Ireland dates
April 24 Exeter, The Great Hall
April 25 Southampton, O2 Southampton Guildhall
April 26 Birmingham, O2 Institute Birmingham
April 27 London, Troxy
April 28 Nottingham, Rock City
May 2 Bristol, Bristol Beacon
May 3 Glasgow, The Barrowland Ballroom
May 4 Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
May 5 Dublin, Vicar Street
ORBITAL – 'THE GREEN ALBUM' (RE-ISSUE) – AVAILABLE APRIL 19, VIA LONDON RECORDS.
FORMATS/TRACK LISTING: ALL WITH FULLY REMASTERED AUDIO AS FOLLOWS:
VINYL
LP1
A1 The Moebius
A2 speed fanatic
A3 macro head
B1 Oolaa
B2 Desert Storm
LP2
C1 degrees Fahrenheit 303
C2 Steel Cube Idolatry
C3 high rise
Campanilla D1 (Live)
D2 Midnight (Live)
D3 Belfast
LP3 [Deluxe Boxset Only]
A1 Torpedo City (PKA 'untitled')
A2 satan
B1 LC1
B2 Belfast / Wasted (wasted vocal mix)
B3 Crime
LP4 [Deluxe Boxset Only]
C1 degrees Fahrenheit 3D3
C2 Open Minded Jam*
C3 The other *
D1 Satan (vocal mixture of rhyme and reason)
D2 Midnight (Sasha Remix)
CD FORMATS
disk 1
01 The Moebius
02 speed monster
03 Oolaa
04 Desert Storm
05 degrees Celsius 303
06 The idolatry of the steel cube
07 high altitude
08 Tinkerbell (Live)
09 Midnight (Live)
10.Belfast
11 I think it's disgusting
disc 2
01 Torpedo City (PKA 'untitled')
02 head macro
03 satan
04 LC1
05 Belfast / Wasted (wasted vocal mix)
06 crime
07 degrees Fahrenheit 3D3
08 Open Minded Jam *
09 The Other*
10 Satan (vocal mix of rhyme and reason)
11 Midnight (Sasha Remix)
disc 3 [Deluxe Box Set Only]
1 12” doorbell
2 deeper than 12”
3 Omen – The Fool
4 Omen – The Tower
5 2 deep
6 open mind
7 midnight
8 choice
9 Analogue test from February 1990
10 Choice (Eye and I Mix)
disc 4 [Deluxe Box Set Only]*
1 Synergy (Live)
1.1 Satan
1.2 LC1
1.3 doorbell
1.4 Son of Chime
2 mystery concert 1991 (live)
2.1 Choice
2.2 degrees Fahrenheit 303
2.3 Doorbell / Crime
2.4 bit
2.5 Oolaa
2.6 Speed monster
*Indicates unpublished content
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