Orbital split, Paul Hartnoll to continue working solo

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  • The UK duo are calling it quits after 25 years.
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  • Paul and Phil Hartnoll's Orbital project has come to an end. The brotherly duo began recording as Orbital in 1989. They spilt once before, in 2004, but reformed in 2009. A quote attributed to Paul Hartnoll appeared on the Orbital website:
    We've had our ups and downs, and it's not always been easy, but I've loved my time with Orbital. It's been brilliant that we've been able to take our music to so many places, from local clubs to headlining Glastonbury to playing massive events across America, Australia, Japan… It's been fantastic. It was particularly nice to get such a lovely reception when we got back together a few years ago. We made the Wonky album specifically to play live and these shows over the past few years have been a real high point in many ways. The shows and the audiences have been amazing.
    Paul also revealed that he's got a new project, 8:58, delivering an album in early 2015. He calls it "a continuation of my work from the past 25 years but with a new vitality taking me on to something fresh, mixed with the best of what I've put into Orbital." Phil, meanwhile, says he'll focus on his DJing career: "I am really enjoying playing a mixture of my own exclusive Orbital remixes mixed with some great new dancefloor tracks." Listen to a sampler for 8:58 below.
    Photo credit: Krystof Kalina
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