"I come from the old-school, the analogue tape and mixing desk-era - but with software, you have so much potential for playing around": The Orb spin-off Sedibus on new project SETI, manipulating samples and the evolution of technology

Sedibus.

As one of those foundational outfits that defined so much of what we now take as read in the electronic domain, The Orb needs little introduction. Back in 1988, their beloved debut, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld set a new benchmark for evocative ambient and dub. 

While subsequent records and line-up changes gave us further mind-expanding sonics (namely 1992’s U.F.Orb and 1995’s Orbus Terrarum), it’s that perfectly titled debut that remains their high watermark. Beyond The Orb’s creative lynchpin Alex Paterson, former studio engineer Andy Falconer became a key member of the initial lineup who assembled that debut.