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Orbital: De Montfort University, Leicester

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 11 May 1996

DANCE MUSIC is the most innovative genre around, but Orbital are leaving that behind. Six years on from their rave smash 'Chime', the Hartnolls' recent hit 'The Box' was the most sinister record ever in the Top 20, a neo-symphonic soundtrack of creaks and twangs.

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