Phil Hartnoll: Last News

Orbital have teamed up with actor Tilda Swinton for new single ‘Deepest’, a reworking of the duo’s 1989 track ‘Deeper’. Check out it below along with our interview on the reissue of the classic ‘Brown Album’.‘Deepest’ was debuted live last year, when Swinton joined the dance pioneers, brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll, onstage at Orbital’s Glastonbury performance.

Orbital have announced details of their 2024 UK and Ireland tour.The band, which consists of Kent brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll, will tour their 1991 self-titled debut (also known as the ‘Green Album’). The track ‘Belfast’ from the record appeared in the soundtrack to the seminal Cool Cymru film Human Traffic (1999). You can get tickets for the tour here and see all tour dates below.Previously, Orbital toured the UK and Ireland in 2023 for their most recent album.

The dance anthems pulsating around the old Wesleyan chapel were perhaps more at home in a long since lost Manchester venue. But Orbital's Hacienda infused rave set was no less captivating in the stunning surroundings of the Albert Hall.

Orbital have announced that they will release a new retrospective album called ‘30 Something’, which will contain reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of tracks from across their career. Its first single is ‘Where Is It Going?’, a version of their collaboration with Stephen Hawking for the 2012 London Paralympics opening ceremony.“This is our special Paralympic version of ‘Where Is It Going?’, featuring the fantastic Stephen Hawking”, say the duo of the single.

Orbital have announced details of their new album ‘30 Something’ – you can listen to a new mix of ‘Where Is It Going?’, which posthumously features the late Stephen Hawking, below.The new record, which is set for release on July 15 via London Recordings, is being billed as “a musical celebration of the pioneering career of the hugely influential electronic music duo comprised of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll”.Featuring a host of reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of “landmark Orbital tracks based on the duo’s unrivalled live show”, ‘30 Something’ will be released this summer to celebrate the duo’s recent 30th anniversary.Such Orbital tracks as ‘Chime’, ‘Satan’, ‘The Box’, ‘Impact’ and ‘Halcyon’ will feature on ‘30 Something’, as well as guest mixes from the likes of Joris Voorn, Jon Hopkins, Dusky, Jon Tejada, Yotto and David Holmes.“What’s been amazing for me is looking at our past and thinking of all the people who’ve come to see us, they are absolutely brilliant, warm and create such an amazing vibe,” Phil Hartnoll said in a statement. “They are now bringing their kids to our gigs, they love it.”His brother Paul added: “Now we’re diving into our past and reminding ourselves, blimey, we really did that.