Dr. Alex Paterson is a Battersea resident, punk & acid house veteran, and founding member of The Orb. Over the last 25 years, The Orb has charted one of the most idiosyncratic paths in music, notching up hit singles and albums, sellout shows all over the world and an impressive string of collaborations, most recently reggae legend Lee Perry on More Orbservations From The Starhouse.
Initially formed by Alex Paterson and the KLF\u2019s Jimmy Cauty in 1988, The Orb has since consisted of the former plus different collaborators, springing to prominence with 1989\u2019s \u2019A Huge Ever-Growing Pulsating Brain Which Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld\u2019 before 1991\u2019s The Orb\u2019s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld created a new genre called \u2018ambient house\u2019 but stretching into dub and avant garde.
\u2018Little Fluffy Clouds\u2019 [co-written with long-time collaborator Youth] was a hit single, followed by 1992\u2019s U.F. Orb reaching number one in the album charts, spawning a top ten single in the epic \u2018Blue Room\u2018. The Orb went on to release a string of albums, including Live \u201993, Orbus Terrarum, Orblivion, Cydonia, Bicycles & Tricycles, The Dream and Baghdad Batteries, collaborating with Pink Floyd\u2019s Dave Gilmour on 2010\u2019s Metallic Spheres.
Alex, who played a pivotal role in the creation of Primal Scream\u2019s epoch-making Screamadelica, has also pursued side projects, run his own record labels and remixed names including Primal Scream, Erasure and Front 242, while DJing all over the world and for BBC Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1620,"template":"","sajeta_edition":[26],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n