The Orb will be playing
The Glade Festival on 20th July 2008.
Music, art, laughter, evolution, healing... that's what the Glade is about... you can get the lot if you want, or just have a dance... whatever you want, its here... created by loads of wicked people who believe in the music and enjoyed by a unique crowd who come to be part of the show... its one big multi dimensional living work of art that we are all part of... every tune, sculpture, dance move, dreadlock and costume.
The Glade is also the biggest festival in the UK that doesn't have any sponsorship... that's because we believe in keeping it real... in creating a space for people to dance and laugh, connect and reflect, teach, learn and be here now, without any of the bollocks of the corporate world.
We reckon that the true spirit of a festival is in the reality bubble it creates ... you know… that feeling when you get home on Tuesday having just spent 4 days in a parallel universe where people are open minded, warm hearted, and friendly… where we support one another and celebrate each others individuality... where it's alright to smile at a stranger and let your freak flag unfurl.
It's not always like that out in the big wide world... which is why we want as few reminders of it as possible... so no sponsorship (even though we could do with the money!)… because we figure its representative of a less caring world and all its limitations and you are coming to a festival to find something else…
If you have been before then we're looking forward to seeing you back, if you haven't been that lucky, then make it this time - its good for ya!
Lineup
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Dubfire
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Pendulum - Live Act
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Atomic Hooligan - Live Act
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DJ Friction
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Dreadzone
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Dub Pistols - Live act
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Eddy Temple-Morris
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Gaudi Live Dub Laboratory - Live Act
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James Holden
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James Monro - Live Act
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Meat Katie - Live Act
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Overproof Sound System - Live Act
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Pathaan
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Quiet Village - Live Act
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Red Snapper - Live Act
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Subgiant
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System 7 - Live Act
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The Grid - Live Act
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The Orb - Live Act
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Ulrich Schnauss - Live Act
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Utah Saints
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Vitalic - Live Act
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Carbon Logic Winner **
Specifically designed with the Glade in mind, you'll find a bespoke and beautiful stage with lights, lasers and video screens aligned with your senses…
You'll also find that 'Funktion One' have worked directly with us to ensure that the sound is powerful and clear and that through all this killer gadgetry can be heard one of the best line ups of electronic music on the planet…
Oooooh.
The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. As they are about to release their new album 'The Dream' they join us at Glade to show how they do it live.
2007 was a busy year for The Orb, recording the album, playing Bestival, and seeing the seminal number 1 album, UFOrb getting a re-release. 'The Dream' sees Alex Paterson and Youth at their blessed, and melodious best. Their history speaks volumes, and the future is certainly bright…
The Orb, for years the most fearlessly fascinating sonic marauders on this or any other planet, return in February 2008 with a new album marking a long-awaited reunion between eternal mainstay Dr Alex Paterson and lifelong friend and original inter-galactic conspirator Youth. The Dream sees a return to the original spirit which spawned the first two classic albums, The Orb's Adventures In The Ultraworld and U.F. Orb. Working with former Dreadzone studio-wiz Tim Bran and a gaggle of guests, Alex and Youth have created a work of stunning beauty and immediacy while never losing sight of The Orb's original quest to homage personal musical obsessions while exploring sonic territories few dare to tread. One of those rare albums which weaves its own unique magic after repeated listens.
The Dream was created without pressure from record companies or the studio. As with previous albums, the basic Orb nucleus is joined by guest singers and players, including System 7's Steve Hillage, who goes back to the earliest recordings, Battersea toaster-singer Eric Walker aka The Corpral and vocalists Aki Omori [the Japanese singer who appeared on 2001's Cydonia], singer Andy Caine from the W.A.U.! days, and renowned soulstress Juliet Roberts who, according to Alex, is 'the cherry on the cream on the gateau on the bed of Smarties.'
See the website:
http://www.gladefestival.com/music/glade-stage/
http://www.myspace.com/gladefestival
Links to all the artists and some tasty music on our player
DJ Friction
