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The Orb

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The Orb is a Ambient and Techno act. Their sound grew out of Pink Floyd, Youth, Oxygène 7–13, Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise and Gaudi. Those roots explain a lot about how The Orb arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Black Dog, Underworld, Sun Electric, Biosphere and Plaid, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Erasure, System 7, Fink, Gaudi and Up the Downstair, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around The Orb, reaching back through Pink Floyd and forward to Erasure. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The OrbPink FloydYouthOxygène 7–13Electronica 2: The H…GaudiPaul FergusonThe FieldPaul OakenfoldErasureSystem 7FinkGaudiUp the DownstairSoundtracks for the …Meat Beat ManifestoAFXThe Black DogUnderworldSun ElectricBiospherePlaidArt of NoiseLFOTwo Lone Swordsmen

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The Orb connections

The Orb grew out of Pink Floyd, Youth, Oxygène 7–13 and Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise, shares an orbit with The Black Dog, Underworld, Sun Electric and Biosphere, went on to shape Erasure, System 7, Fink and Gaudi. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots16

Sounds and acts that shaped The Orb.

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Kindred17

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Legacy12

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