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How was your "twitter take over" of elektro's account? What kind of questions did you get? Hope you know our twitter was shut down for 5 hours cause of the overload. Haha, jeez sorry about that! First I’ve heard of it actually. Most people wanted to know when I was coming to their local city or when my next release was...

MR-808 - mechanic drum robot from Sonic Robots on Vimeo. The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines, produced in the early 1980s. It became an important part of hip hop music to produce a bass drum sound with low frequency - users of the TR-808 are a whos-who of early hip-hop (Beastie Boys, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dr...

Decibel Music Festival + Orbital from The Confluence on Vimeo. The city long known for its grunge scene was taken over by music of the more digital persuasion with the ninth inception of the Decibel music festival, which went down in Seattle from September 26 through 30...

Stephen Hawking wearing LED glasses? As unlikely as it may sound, this was the sight during the open ceremony of the Paralympics last week. Orbital performed ‘Where Is It Going?’ and Ian Dury’s ‘Spasticus Autisticus’ behind a set-piece including a large apple and a Higgs-Boson made of umbrellas...

More than 30 artists including electro-heavies DJ Shadow, Tycho, MiMOSA, Tipper, Dam Funk, Sepalcure, Star Slinger and Groudislava have been added to the lineup for Seattle’s Decibel Festival. The four-day electronic music, art and new media event will happen in a dozen plus venues throughout Seattle on September 26-30, 2012...

Check out this epic mini-documentary recapping Skrillex's recent tour in South America – which hit locations like Argentina, Chile, Sao Paulo and more. From the very first "womp, wwwomp womp womp" of Diplo's "Express Yourself," we knew we were going to love the next 13 min...

Seattle’s seminal EDM and arts festival Decibel today announced lineup additions including electro-pioneers Orbital, MartyParty, Carl Craig, Cannabinoids, (the ambitious new electronic project from Erykah Badu), Shpongle, and a slew of other international talent including Starkey and Balam Acab...

Wonky, the first album in eight years from UK electro house pioneers Orbital, is both a reminder of why the duo ruled the early 90s dance scene and a fresh extension of the signature melodic big room tracks made famous on classic LPs including Orbital 2 and Snivilisation...

Published by BackBeat Books in 2011, Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Electronic Dance Music, highlights the explosion of the EDM space, from DJs, fans,the genre’s history and evolution, music and programming, as well as interviews from musicians from Daft Punk, deadmau5, BT to Crystal Method, who helped define the genre...

Brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll (better known as Orbital) have joined forces again to release Wonky, their first album in eight years. Along with the album, the duo is scheduling an accompanying tour. Despite taking a break, Orbital has been on the radar for close to 25 years since recording their first single back in 1989...