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The Orb

The Orb is a group from the UK, active since 1988.

Group GB since 1988 ambient electronic ambient house
TOTAL PLAYS
1,133
SONGS PLAYED
118
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-27 09:06 · 6 Music — "Little Fluffy Clouds"
LAST PLAYED
1 week ago · 6 Music — "Toxygene"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
100 75 50 25 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 982 87%
Radio 2 123 11%
Radio 1 23 2%
1Xtra 5 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Little Fluffy Clouds 451 2026-04-10
2 Toxygene 182 2026-05-11
3 Perpetual Dawn 121 2026-05-08
4 Blue Room 63 2026-05-06
5 living in recycled times (feat. Rachel D'Arcy) 31 2023-03-19
6 Golden Clouds (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) 26 2025-12-03
7 Aftermath 15 2025-01-31
8 A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld 14 2025-08-08
9 Assassin 12 2022-09-28
10 Asylum 12 2021-07-27
11 Aftermath (feat. Soom T) 11 2025-07-29
12 Secrets 9 2021-12-07
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-11 15:15 Toxygene 6 Music
2026-05-08 01:41 Perpetual Dawn Radio 2
2026-05-06 04:34 Blue Room 6 Music
2026-04-16 18:32 Perpetual Dawn Radio 2
2026-04-10 01:39 Little Fluffy Clouds Radio 2
2026-03-29 01:58 Perpetual Dawn Radio 2
2026-01-08 20:56 Little Fluffy Clouds Radio 2
2026-01-07 03:51 Little Fluffy Clouds Radio 2
2025-12-30 03:57 Little Fluffy Clouds Radio 2
2025-12-25 22:49 Super Nova at the End of the Universe 6 Music
2025-12-23 07:47 Little Fluffy Clouds 6 Music
2025-12-14 06:44 Little Fluffy Clouds 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

118 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
4am Exhale (Chill Out World!) — 2 ▶
9 Elms Over River Eno — 1 ▶
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld — 14 ▶
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Pee Session, 03/12/1989) — 1 ▶
A Huge Ever Growing Remix (Orbital dance mix) — 2 ▶
A Huge Evergrowing Pulsating Brain That Rules The Centre Of The Ultraworld (orbi — 1 ▶
A Man In The Sand — 1 ▶
Aftermath — 15 ▶
Aftermath (feat. Soom T) — 11 ▶
Aftermath. — 1 ▶
Alpine (Thomas Prinz Diskomiks) — 1 ▶
Alpine Evening — 1 ▶
Assasin — 1 ▶
Assassin — 12 ▶
Assassin - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
Assassin (Edit) — 1 ▶
Assassin 1997 — 1 ▶
Asylum — 12 ▶
Asylum - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
Back Side of the Moon — 1 ▶
Back Side Of The Moon — 1 ▶
Back Side Of The Moon (Tranquility Lunar Orbit) (Peel Session) — 1 ▶
Backside Of The Moon - BBC Session 02/10/1990 — 1 ▶
Ball Of Fire (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 2 ▶
Because/Before (Sibrische Musik) — 2 ▶
Blue Room — 63 ▶
Blue Room (7" Mix) — 1 ▶
Daze — 6 ▶
Daze (Missing & Messed up Mix) — 1 ▶
Delta Mk II — 7 ▶
Delta Mk Ii - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
Delta Mk Ii 1997 — 1 ▶
Delta Mkii — 2 ▶
Doughnuts Forever — 6 ▶
Doughnuts Forever (feat. Jah Wobble) — 1 ▶
Doughtnuts Forever — 2 ▶
Dragon at the ocean (drogan remix) — 1 ▶
drift — 1 ▶
Earth (Gaia) — 2 ▶
Easy on the Onions — 1 ▶
First Consider the Lillies — 1 ▶
Fussball (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 1 ▶
Gee Strings — 1 ▶
Golden Clouds (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 26 ▶
Grey Clouds (feat. Alan Parker) — 1 ▶
H.O.M.E — 1 ▶
H.O.M.E (high orbs mini earth) — 2 ▶
H.O.M.E. (high orbs mini earths) — 1 ▶
Hawk Kings — 8 ▶
Hawk Kings (Oseberg Buddhas Buttonhole) — 1 ▶
Hold Me (Interlude) (feat. Lee Scratch Perry) — 2 ▶
House Of Narcotics (Opium Wars Mix ) — 1 ▶
Into The 4Th Dimension - BBC Session 02/10/1990 — 1 ▶
It's Coming Soon — 7 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds — 451 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds (African Mix) — 1 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds (Coldcut Heavyweight Dub Mix) — 1 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds - Glastonbury 1991 — 1 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds - Glastonbury 1992 (feat. Steve Hillage) — 2 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds - The Fridge, Brixton 1991 (feat. Steve Hillage) — 1 ▶
Little Fluffy Clouds - X Edit (Sfx) — 1 ▶
living in recycled times — 5 ▶
living in recycled times (feat. Rachel D'Arcy) — 31 ▶
Loving You (A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld) (Raido 1 Session, 3 Dec 1987) — 2 ▶
Loving You (aka A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain... ) - Peel Session 3/12/89 — 1 ▶
Loving You - The Fridge, Brixton 1991 (feat. Steve Hillage) — 2 ▶
Majestic — 1 ▶
Man In the Moon (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 1 ▶
Moon Quake 6 — 1 ▶
O.O.B.E. — 2 ▶
Outlands — 2 ▶
Passing Of Time — 9 ▶
Passing Of Time - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
Passing Of Time 1997 — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn — 121 ▶
Perpetual Dawn (solar flare mix) — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix) — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Remix) — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn (Solarflare Mix) — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass 2) (Andrew Weatherall Remix) — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn - Glastonbury - 29/06/2013 — 1 ▶
Perpetual Dawn Ultrabass 2 (Andrew Weatherall Remix) — 3 ▶
Pillow Fight — 2 ▶
Pillow Fight (feat. Jah Wobble) — 1 ▶
Pillow Fight @ Shag Mountain — 2 ▶
Pomme Fritz (meat 'n' veg) — 1 ▶
Rush Hill Road — 1 ▶
Rush Hill Road (feat. Hollie Cook & Brother Culture) — 2 ▶
Rush Hill Road (feat. Hollie Cook) — 1 ▶
S.A.L.T — 4 ▶
S.A.L.T - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
S.A.L.T. — 6 ▶
Secrets — 9 ▶
Secrets - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
Soul Man (GAUDI RMX) — 1 ▶
Soul Man (Instrumental) — 2 ▶
Soulman (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 1 ▶
Soulman (Gaudi Remix) (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 1 ▶
Soulman (Gaudi Rmx) (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry) — 4 ▶
Star 6 & 7 8 9 — 1 ▶
Star 6 & 7 8 9 - Glastonbury 1991 — 1 ▶
Super Nova at the End of the Universe — 1 ▶
Sweet - Glastonbury - 29/06/2013 — 1 ▶
The End of the End — 1 ▶
The Land Of Green Ginger — 1 ▶
The Queen of Hearts (Princess of Clubs Mix) — 1 ▶
The Weekend It Rained Forever (The Ravens Have Left The Tower) (feat. Steve Hillage & Roger Eno) — 1 ▶
Toxygene — 182 ▶
Toxygene (Fila Brazillia Mix) — 1 ▶
Toxygene - Barrowlands Glasgow 1997 — 1 ▶
U.F.Orb — 3 ▶
Vuja De — 2 ▶
Vuja De (Original Radio Edit) — 2 ▶
Vuja De (Pathaan's Musical Rickshaw Mix) — 3 ▶
Vuja De (Radio Edit) — 2 ▶
Wireless MK2 — 2 ▶
Wolfbane — 1 ▶
You Are Right — 1 ▶