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William Mark Wainwright (born 15 December 1956),"William Orbit." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 30. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2000. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 7 May 2017. Available onlin
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known professionally as William Orbit, is an English musician and record producer who has sold 200 million recordings worldwide of his own work, his production and song-writing work. He is a recipient of multiple
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s,
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and other music industry awards.


Early life

Orbit (Wainwright) was raised in
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, a suburb of
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. His parents were both schoolteachers; he was the elder of two sons. He left school at the age of 16, and subsisted for a number of years in various low-paying jobs, while seeking an outlet for his creativity. Around this time, while rooming with a friend who was trying to start a recording studio, Orbit found his musical calling.


Torch Song and Bassomatic

In 1980, Orbit teamed up with electronic musician Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert to form the electronic/synth group
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. They released their recordings in an audio cassette series, generated from their home-built studio in a squatted disused school, nicknamed the
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, in
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, in London, next to the
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. Richard Law, who was A&R for IRS Records, was a follower of their music and aesthetic; in 1981, Law took it to Miles Copeland, who had discovered and managed
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. When Copeland signed them to the label, the deal enabled them to build their ideal studio. There they recorded two albums and four singles, the most successful being the dance chart hit "Prepare to Energize", which was featured in the film ''
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''. Orbit and Mayer also composed the soundtrack to the ice hockey movie '' Youngblood'',starring
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and
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and recorded "White Night", written by colleague Rico Conning of The Lines, which was used in ''
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''. The band reunited briefly when Orbit worked with Laurie Mayer and Rico Conning. They released their final album, Toward the Unknown Region in 1995. This first incarnation of Guerilla Studios had a Trident 80B mixing desk and Otari MTR90 MKII 24 track (2 inch tape) multitrack housed in a back garden on the canals of
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, and they also ran it as a commercial enterprise. Bassomatic was another of Orbit's group projects. The band recorded
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in the 1990s. The band included vocalist Sharon Musgrave and rapper Steve Roberts, also known as The Southern Dandy among others. For the second album, singer Sindy Finn replaced Musgrave on vocals. Both albums were released by Guerilla Studios, founded by Orbit with Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert. Bassomatic's first album was 1990's ''
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'', the title track derived from
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's "
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". This album was re-released in 1997. A subsequent album, ''Science and Melody'', was released in 1991. Bassomatic's biggest hit single was "Fascinating Rhythm" in 1990, which reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart, and performed well on the
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. Around this time, Orbit's studio chiefly consisted of a pair of
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samplers and a
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synthesiser.


Productions and remixes

Collaborations and productions included
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, U2,
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,
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,
Beth Orton Elizabeth Caroline Orton (born 14 December 1970) is an English musician known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall ...
,
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,
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,
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, All Saints,
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,
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and
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. When working with
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, the two of them wrote a song for Pink, "
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," which Orbit then produced for the soundtrack for the 2003 film '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle''. He produced the album '' 13'' by Britpop group Blur, in London and
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, Iceland. Orbit had created remixes for Madonna previously such as those of "
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" and "
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" but did not meet her personally until 1997. That summer and autumn, they worked together and produced her multi-Grammy/award-winning seventh album ''
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''. The album took four months to record and it was the longest she ever spent recording an album. It was released on 22 February 1998. In 2000, Orbit continued working for Madonna on her album ''
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'', recorded at The Hit Factory in New York. At this time, he also co-wrote and performed with her on the song " Beautiful Stranger". In 2011, he worked with a team of writers including Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Julie Frost and Klas Ahlund and brought their compositions and his production work to contribute to the twelfth studio album by Madonna, '' MDNA'', released on 23 March 2012, by
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. He co-produced 6 tracks on the album, including "
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" which won a
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for Best Original Song in the Miramax film ''W.E.'', at the 69th
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. After the release of the album, Orbit openly expressed in various media sources his dissatisfaction and disappointment with this Madonna project. In 2013, Orbit worked with
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and
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on the album ''
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'', with fellow songwriters Ana Diaz and Dan Traynor with whom he wrote and produced the track "Alien". He was one of the writers and one of the producers on the
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song " Don't Wake Me Up" which was recorded at Record Plant in LA and for which he received an ASCAP award in 2013. This was followed by a production of the Queen track " There Must Be More to Life Than This", which featured archive vocals by
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and
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. Orbit went on to produce another Queen song, " Let Me in Your Heart Again". In 2015, his composition "The Name of the Wave" was used in the Oscar winning documentary '' Amy'' directed by Asif Kapadia. In 2018, he worked on "After All", a song by English-Canadian
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All Saints from their fifth studio album, ''
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'' (2018). Written by group member
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along with Peter Hutchings and Orbit, whilst produced by the latter, it was released as the album's second single on 26 July 2018.


Classical work

Inspired and encouraged by Rob Dickins, Orbit's first commercial release in the classical sphere was ''
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''. It was originally released in May 1995 on Orbit's N-Gram Recordings label, and then again in 2000 by Warner Music in the UK and Europe, and on Maverick in the U.S. The album reached No 2 in the UK album charts. The first single release from the album was "Barber’s
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", and a trance remix of the track by Dutch DJ
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was hugely successful. The single reached number 4 in the national singles chart. In 2010 he teamed with Rico Conning and Laurie Mayer to make a follow-up album, '' Pieces in a Modern Style 2'', which was released as a two-disc set on the Decca label. The album featured German countertenor Andreas Scholl on an interpretation of Henry Purcell's "Dido’s Lament". In 2007, he took part in Alex Poots’ Manchester International Festival, and composed a symphonic work in nine movements, "Orchestral Suite" which was performed by the
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, augmented by additional harps, pianos and percussion, and with The Manchester Chorale, conducted by Alexander Shelley at Bridgewater Hall.


Live performance/media/DJ work

In the early '90s, Orbit briefly developed a new label which he called N'Gram. During the N'Gram period, he co-directed a showcase of the label at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's Southbank. The acts included The Electric Chamber (which performed the ''Pieces'' album), Strange Cargo, and
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. In 2001, he took part in the Stockhausen Electronic Festival at the Barbican Theatre. In 2013, he took part in the London Electronic Arts Festival. He participated in the Liberatum International Cultural Festival in Russia, during which he performed
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s in Moscow and Novosibirsk, Siberia. He performed in 2015 in
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, Kazakhstan, and at a gala at
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in London's
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for the charity
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, a group that sponsors and supports children with terminal illnesses and their families. Orbit has
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ed at various clubs in London and Ibiza, and at
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for Her Majesty The Queen's annual staff and family Christmas party, in 2015. Orbit joined
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on stage on 29 September 2023 at the
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to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their ''
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'' album.


Solo discography


Studio albums

*A The original 1995 release was credited to the Orbit alias 'The Electric Chamber', but was withdrawn from sale almost immediately. Re-released in 2000 with additional tracks taking the place of un-cleared tracks from the first release. *B CD release has 4 additional tracks which are not available as a digital download *C Released on single CD and double CD including notable remixes, and a digital version with a bonus track *D Available for free download from
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Compilations

* '' The Best of Strange Cargos'' (1996, I.R.S.) – A compilation from Orbit's first three ''Strange Cargo'' albums, highlighted by two versions of "Water From A Vine Leaf", another collaboration with Beth Orton * ''Strange Cargo Vol.1–3'' (2000,
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) – 3-CD Box Set * ''William / Orbit'' (2002, Universal) – U.S. two-disc publishing CD set to support William Orbit's publishing catalogue


Singles


Ensemble discography


With Bassomatic


With Torch Song

DNV 2012


Production and songwriting credits


Awards and nominations


Awards

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'' *
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— "
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" *
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— " Beautiful Stranger"


Nominations

*
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— " Beautiful Stranger" *
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— ''
Ray of Light ''Ray of Light'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on February 22, 1998, by Maverick Records. A major stylistic and aesthetic departure from her previous work, '' Bedtime Stories'', ''Ray of Light'' is ...
'' *
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— "
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" *
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording arti ...
— ''
Pieces in a Modern Style ''Pieces in a Modern Style'' is the sixth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. He is credited as arranger, programmer, producer, and performer of the album. It was released in 2000 by WEA and Warner Music UK in Europe and Maverick ...
'' *
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals The Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop songs on which singers ...
— "
Feel Good Time "Feel Good Time" is a song by American singer Pink featuring William Orbit. It was released on May 27, 2003, as the lead single from the soundtrack of the 2003 film '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle''. It was later included on the international ...
"


References


External links

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