Electronically Yours

The 90s was a desperate and barren time for decent analogue know twiddling but EYHQ has fond memories of Orbital's 1996 album 'In Sides' with its nods to the weird and wonderful world of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop.

1996 was a year full of cheap Suede wannabies and mainstream 'Britpop' but tracks such as the epic 'Adnan's' were gorgeous reminders of a lost era, an era that had been buried deep between the yawnfest Oasis vs Blur chart battle as we found solace in the latest installment of 'This Life' over on Beeb 2.


Just like Steps and The Stone Roses...Orbital are thankfully back with some new tunes and the first offering for you all to savour is 'Never' - a track that appears to channel into the genius of Sir Vince Clarke somewhere between Yazoo's 'You & Me Both' and Erasure's 'The Innocents' before that ABBA EP ruined it all in 1991. Instantly loveable, this melodic five minute instrumental is full of buzzy warm synths and nice hooks - very retro EY in a way but at least these guys know what they're doing. High fives too for the video which is a speeded up night time drive through London - this is better viewing than prime-time BBC.

'Never' doesn't quite reach the heights of our recent find Au Palais 'Tender Mercy' (a track we simply can't stop playing) but it will take your mind off the return of Steps and other musical horrors in the oncoming storm of 90s revivalism.

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If you enjoyed 'Never' as much as we do then you can download the track completely free over at Orbital's official site...what gents!


(With thanks to Babooshka)