Thursday Throwback: Orbital- Impact (The Earth is Burning) (1991 techno)

This one is a techno classic, folks. Orbital was synonymous with the sound and progression of dance music in the early 1990s. All of the familiar elements of a song from that time, especially the relentless acid tb-303 lead, are here in all of their old school glory. After a hiatus of a few years, the duo of producers that comprised Orbital reunited and have been performing a string of concerts in Europe. They have been utilizing Ableton pretty heavily in their new setup, both for mashing up classics such as this, along with brand new ad-libbed material to keep each show unique. It’s great to see them utilizing Live in parallel with their classic rack of vintage Roland gear as well. Hopefully they will travel out to the states in time!

Comments

[rlaskey]

Nice! Orbital is fuckin great, been a fan of them for a long time. In fact, Orbital is what took me away from rock music and into electronic. Been there ever since. There's more complex music out there, though Orbital is crazy consistent in putting me in a good mood, whatever I'm feeling before hitting "play."

Was not aware that they're touring again, also good news. Hopefully there's a DVD of some of their performances, if they don't make it to the US (which, I sort of doubt they'll jump the pond, even though I'd love to see it happen).