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The Best of Strange Cargos

William Orbit

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Compiling tracks from his three Strange Cargo albums (with recordings dating from 1984 to 1994), William Orbit displays a range of recording styles, drifting from the ambient-pop of "Water from a Vine Leaf" with Beth Orton to recordings more obsessed with trance and world rhythms.

Biography

Born: July 30, 1956 in Shoreditch, Hackney, London, Engl

Genre: Electronic

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Ambient pioneer, studio master, and omnipresent dance remixer William Orbit began his musical career in the new wave band Torch Song. Even while the group recorded several albums for IRS, Orbit remained in the studio to learn the ropes and began producing and remixing for artists including Sting, Madonna, Prince, the Human League, Erasure, and Belinda Carlisle. Orbit concurrently recorded his own material, and released his first solo album, Orbit, in 1987. That same year, he inaugurated the ambient...
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The Best of Strange Cargos, William Orbit
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  • $9.99
  • Genres: Electronic, Music, Ambient, Electronica, Dance, House
  • Released: Feb 20, 1996

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