Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Language available : english
Leaders of psychedelia in their respective generations, one captivated by LSD, the other by ecstasy, Pink Floyd and The Orb were destined to cross paths one day, in this life or the next. This finally occurred in 2009, in this dimension, when David Gilmour, the guitarist and singer of Floyd was working on a record in support of the British hacker Gary McKinnon, who was at risk of being extradited to the USA. Gilmour contacted Martin “Youth” Glover, producer and bassist of Killing Joke, as well as unofficial member of The Orb, which was led since the beginning by Alex Paterson. The trio met up in the studio for a day and Gilmour played his guitar over a Vangelis-like beat concocted by Youth and Alex Paterson, which resulted in the album “Metallic Spheres,” with two soaring tracks of 28 and 20 minutes long.
Almost fifteen years later, Youth and Paterson decided to return to the project in order to give it a colour more in keeping with the work of The Orb, thus leading to a version of “Metallic Sphere”, now “in Colour.” “Alex [...] could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets Wish You Were Here. So, I asked him, Why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album,” Youth explains. Didgeridoo, bird sounds, an aurora borealis of synths, film clips, dublike atmospheres that become more and more ambient as the four tracks go on, and finishing entirely in the cosmos during the last ten minutes, perfectly fulfilling all contractual obligations. A record to let play in the background so that your vibratory frequency shoots up the Bovis scale. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz
More info
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 13,50€/month
David Gilmour, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Bran, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Andy Jackson, Mastering Engineer - Youth, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass - Alex Paterson, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Mello, Acoustic Guitar - David Nock, Engineer - The Orb, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rendall, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - The Orb and David Gilmour, AssociatedPerformer - Roney FM, Narrator
(P) 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by David Gilmour Music Ltd. / Alex Paterson T/A The Orb, under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment
David Gilmour, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Bran, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Andy Jackson, Mastering Engineer - Youth, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass - Alex Paterson, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Mello, Acoustic Guitar - David Nock, Engineer - The Orb, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rendall, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - The Orb and David Gilmour, AssociatedPerformer - Roney FM, Narrator
(P) 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by David Gilmour Music Ltd. / Alex Paterson T/A The Orb, under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment
David Gilmour, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Bran, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Andy Jackson, Mastering Engineer - Youth, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass - Alex Paterson, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Mello, Composer, Acoustic Guitar - David Nock, Engineer - The Orb, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rendall, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - The Orb and David Gilmour, AssociatedPerformer - Roney FM, Narrator
(P) 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by David Gilmour Music Ltd. / Alex Paterson T/A The Orb, under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment
David Gilmour, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Bran, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Andy Jackson, Mastering Engineer - Youth, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass - Alex Paterson, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Mello, Composer, Acoustic Guitar - David Nock, Engineer - The Orb, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rendall, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - The Orb and David Gilmour, AssociatedPerformer - Roney FM, Narrator
(P) 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by David Gilmour Music Ltd. / Alex Paterson T/A The Orb, under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment
Albumbeschreibung
Leaders of psychedelia in their respective generations, one captivated by LSD, the other by ecstasy, Pink Floyd and The Orb were destined to cross paths one day, in this life or the next. This finally occurred in 2009, in this dimension, when David Gilmour, the guitarist and singer of Floyd was working on a record in support of the British hacker Gary McKinnon, who was at risk of being extradited to the USA. Gilmour contacted Martin “Youth” Glover, producer and bassist of Killing Joke, as well as unofficial member of The Orb, which was led since the beginning by Alex Paterson. The trio met up in the studio for a day and Gilmour played his guitar over a Vangelis-like beat concocted by Youth and Alex Paterson, which resulted in the album “Metallic Spheres,” with two soaring tracks of 28 and 20 minutes long.
Almost fifteen years later, Youth and Paterson decided to return to the project in order to give it a colour more in keeping with the work of The Orb, thus leading to a version of “Metallic Sphere”, now “in Colour.” “Alex [...] could have done more on the first version, and he didn’t really have the opportunity because we had a philosophy of making the music like the Blade Runner soundtrack meets Wish You Were Here. So, I asked him, Why don’t we remix it and make it like an Orb classic? And in doing that, it’s almost like a completely different album,” Youth explains. Didgeridoo, bird sounds, an aurora borealis of synths, film clips, dublike atmospheres that become more and more ambient as the four tracks go on, and finishing entirely in the cosmos during the last ten minutes, perfectly fulfilling all contractual obligations. A record to let play in the background so that your vibratory frequency shoots up the Bovis scale. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 4 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:01
- Main artists: The Orb David Gilmour
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Electronic
(P) 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by David Gilmour Music Ltd. / Alex Paterson T/A The Orb, under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.
Playlists