Orbital concert in Kyiv: how will it be?

To say that this is a sensation is to say nothing. For the first time in its thirty-year history of creativity, the Orbital duo will visit Ukraine. It was they who brought the rave out of the clouded walls of the clubs to large stages and stadiums. Phil and Paul Hartnoll are considered the ancestors and founders of the musical techno-direction of Intelligent Dance Music, in abbreviated times we have heard how IDM. But the very style of the duet’s creativity is difficult to determine. The brothers harmoniously combine both techno and IDM, and ambient, house, trance and even rock.

Orbital concert in Kyiv will be held June 12 at the Film Studio. Dovzhenko. As always, the duo will be on top. When you come to live two brothers, be sure that this will be a real live performance with improvisations and interaction with the audience. Orbital has been famous for this since the time of the joint tour in the early “nineties” with the unique musician Moby.

Yes, the duet’s performance is not the usual “acting out” of the program, but a real concert with visual special effects and a video sequence, with which visitors can make a kind of journey into the fantasy world, expand the boundaries of consciousness, be inspired and filled with positive impressions. And for this does not need to use something forbidden. From the music of Orbital, you can undoubtedly “get high” just by listening to it.

For even greater recognition, many stars use some unique accessories. For example, Boris Breycha puts on a carnival mask during live, and Paul Kalkbrenner, showing insolence, continuously smokes and drinks. Orbital also has a chip - glowing glasses. These are special designs with two flashlights that are placed on the sides of the face. With the help of them, the brothers are more like aliens, which adds even more fantasy to their work.

Orbital: latest albums

Since 1991, Orbital has presented the world with nine studio albums, each of which at one time was in the top 10 electronic music charts in the UK, USA and other countries. Therefore, the Orbital Kyiv concert is an honour for us.

But despite the great popularity that equated Orbital with such musical legends as The Chemical Brothers and Massive Attack, the duo has two periods of career end. The first of them lasted five years from 2004 to 2009. The world recognized the second announcement of the collapse of Orbital in 2014. But in 2017, the duo reunited again, sounding to the whole world with their Kinetic track.

The latest release of Orbital Monsters Exist came out in 2018 after a six-year pause. But this did not prevent the team from successfully performing at world-famous festivals and holding sold-out concerts.

Monsters Exist includes nine tracks with a total duration of 50 minutes. The deluxe version of the album is supplemented by eight more songs and lasts almost 1 hour 25 minutes.

The collection took in 2018 the 12th place on the UK chart.

Orbital: Popular Hits

Many Orbital songs have become movie soundtracks. Duet tracks were used in such films as:
Paul Anderson's science fiction “Through the Horizon” - the composition “Event Horizon”;
in the thriller “Octan” the eponymous track of the Orbital duo was used;
the creators of the action movie “Saint” liked the composition “The Saint”;
in the action movie based on the famous Mortal Combat game, “Mortal Kombat” the creation “Halcyon & On & On” sounds;
fiction “Johnny Mnemonic” with Keanu Reeves starring on the track “Sad But True”;
Well, who doesn’t know the action movie “XXX” with Vin Diesel? You can hear Orbital's “Technologicque Park” in this film.

Also, popular Phil and Paul Hartnoll hits are:
“Chime”;
“Are We Here?”;
“Beached”;
“The Gun is Good”;
“Copenhagen” and others.

The poster Orbital Kyiv is pretty concise, but each of us understands that during the event there will be a real explosion of emotions and feelings.

Orbital: why is it worth going to a concert in Kyiv?

The English band Orbital is rightfully considered a titan of techno music, which was able to make a breakthrough in the development of this direction.

On their account, participation in many of the most popular festivals: Glastonbury, Woodstock, Oxygen, Wire, Big Chill and others.

Orbital is not afraid in their compositions to touch on socio-political and global issues. For example, in the third album, “Snivilisation, ” the brothers clarify the issue of Criminal Justice Bill - a law that allowed law enforcement agencies to disperse rave parties and arrest participants in these actions, arguing that it was drug use.

And in the album “In Sides” Orbital raised the issue of ecology - the problem of depletion and destruction of natural resources.

It cannot but be flattered that Ukraine has reached the significance in the world in terms of the development of techno-directions and electronic music, that such a famous team has decided to hold its show in our country.

Orbital tickets in Kyiv can be purchased online. Passing into the amazing world of the duo’s creativity has become much easier and more convenient. The world and the development of technology never stand still, like the work of Orbital, which for thirty years has remained in demand and relevant.