Paul Hartnoll

Last updated

Paul Hartnoll
Born (1968-05-19) 19 May 1968 (age 55)
Dartford, Kent, England
Origin Sevenoaks, England
Genres Electronic, techno
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, guitarist, singer
Instrument(s)Guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Years activeMid-1980s–present
LabelsACP Recordings
Website PaulHartnoll.com

Paul Hartnoll (born 19 May 1968 [1] ) is one of two brothers (the other being Phil Hartnoll) who make up the electronic dance act Orbital. [2]

Contents

History

Hartnoll played in a local band during the mid-1980s, Noddy and the Satellites, featuring clarinetist Duncan Walker. In 1987, Paul and his brother Phil began recording under the name Orbital with keyboards, a drum machine and a 4-track. [3] Hartnoll's first brush with fame came when Orbital appeared on Top of the Pops on 22 March 1990. Speaking to The Guardian in December 2013 he explained this was a long way from his Sevenoaks roots. "A week before I was saying to the boss in the pizza place I was working, 'Ah I've just seen next week's rota. I can't do Wednesday because I'm doing Top of the Pops' … It felt a bit like some kind of elfin quest. Leaving my safe little job was like leaving the shire." [4]

He made a guest appearance on ER in 2002, in the role of a DJ. [5]

Orbital split up in 2004, after producing seven albums and developing a reputation for the high quality of their live shows. [2] Paul then worked towards the release of his first solo album, titled The Ideal Condition , which was released on 28 May 2007. In 2009 Orbital reformed and began performing live again.

Hartnoll, wishing to produce something different from Orbital's output, [2] wrote The Ideal Condition with a more acoustic focus, in comparison to the electronic nature of most of his previous work. Arranger Chris Elliott helped Hartnoll to move the album in this direction, taking music that Orbital would have produced electronically, and having it played by a union-full orchestra. [2] People who are featured collaborating on The Ideal Condition were Robert Smith, Joseph Arthur, Lianne Hall, and Akayzia Parker. [2]

In 2018, Hartnoll released Heartwork, a solo track recorded in collaboration with the British Heart Foundation and British cycling retailer Evans Cycles. The experimental track used heartbeat data from UK cyclists, and was created to highlight the benefits that cycling to work can have on heart health. Hartnoll also used sounds from his own bicycle to record the track. [6]

He lives in Brighton.

Hartnoll & Young

In 2021, Hartnoll teamed up with British poet Murray Lachlan Young for a lockdown inspired album called The Virus Diaries under the name Hartnoll & Young. [7] [8] [9] In June 2021, the pair released a single from the album called "Garden Centre (Push the Trolley)" [10] [11] as a follow-up to "I Need a Haircut".

Discography

Solo albums

Solo singles

Orbital

Haunted House

Collaboration with Lianne Hall.

American Ultra

American Ultra (2015) is a film about capable but unwitting operatives (also stoners), defending themselves against a rogue chief. Paul Hartnoll contributed music.

Wipeout Pure Soundtrack

(2005) Video game where players race futuristic hover vehicles around a track. Paul Hartnoll contributed music.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orbital (band)</span> English electronic music duo

Orbital are an English electronic music duo from Otford, Kent, England, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. The band's name is taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene during the early days of acid house. Additionally, the cover art on three of their albums showcase stylised atomic orbitals. Orbital have been critically and commercially successful, known particularly for their live improvisation during shows. They were initially influenced by early electro and punk rock.

William Mark Wainwright, known professionally as William Orbit, is an English musician and record producer who has sold 200 million recordings worldwide of his own work, his production and song-writing work. He is a recipient of multiple Grammy Awards, Ivor Novello Awards and other music industry awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Murray Lachlan Young</span>

Murray Lachlan Young is a British poet, stand-up performer, broadcaster, playwright, screenwriter and children's author. He came to prominence during the Britpop era of the mid-1990s, when he became the only poet to sign a recording contract worth £1m.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Draper (musician)</span> English musician (born 1970)

Paul Edward Draper is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, formerly the frontman of the rock band Mansun.

<i>Orbital</i> (1991 album) 1991 studio album by Orbital

Orbital is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Orbital, released on 30 September 1991 by FFRR Records. Orbital self-titled their first two albums so the "Green Album" is an unofficial name to distinguish it from the second album. The Mutations EP refers to the album as L.P. C.D. M.C., thus titling the album after the "LP" / "CD" / "MC" on the front cover of the respective format.

<i>In Sides</i> 1996 studio album by Orbital

In Sides is the fourth album by British electronic group Orbital, released in the UK on Internal on 29 April 1996. The album's title is a reference to the fact that the original vinyl LP release of the album was as a 3-LP vinyl box set, with one track per side of each disc. In Sides saw the band continue the process, begun on their previous album Snivilisation, of moving away from making music for the rave scene towards more intricately crafted melodies and reflective, downtempo tracks. Gathering widespread acclaim not just from dance music magazines but also the UK's more traditional rock music papers such as NME and Melody Maker, the album is considered by many reviewers and fans to be among Orbital's best work.

<i>The Middle of Nowhere</i> (Orbital album) 1999 studio album by Orbital

The Middle of Nowhere is the fifth album released by Orbital. It was released in 1999, where it peaked at #4 and spent 7 weeks in the UK albums chart.

<i>The Altogether</i> 2001 studio album by Orbital

The Altogether is Orbital's sixth studio album and was released in 2001. It features guest vocals by the Hartnolls' brother-in-law David Gray, a sampled Ian Dury, a sample from "Sober" by Tool and a version of the Doctor Who theme. It was Orbital's last studio album for FFRR and received a mixed critical reception.

<i>The Ideal Condition</i> 2007 studio album by Paul Hartnoll

The Ideal Condition is the first solo album from Paul Hartnoll who, along with his brother Phil, formed the electronic band Orbital.

<i>Chime</i> (song) 1989 single by Orbital

"Chime" is the debut single from the British electronic group Orbital. It was originally recorded on cassette tape and allegedly cost less than £1 to produce. The track was originally released in December 1989 and was a big underground success. In 1990, it had a wider release on FFRR Records, and reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart.

<i>III</i> (Orbital EP) 1991 EP by Orbital

III is an EP released by the techno duo Orbital. The title has a double meaning, referring to it being their third single release, and having three tracks. Two of the group's best known tracks, "Satan" and "Belfast", made their first appearances on the EP. "Belfast" was first discovered by David Holmes and Ian McCready when they booked Orbital to play their "Space Base 4" night at the Art College in Belfast on 12 May 1990. Orbital left a demo tape which included the track that was subsequently named "Belfast" in recognition of the positive experience they'd had in the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boys Noize</span> German music producer (born 1982)

Alexander Ridha, better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German electronic music record producer, songwriter, and DJ. In 2005, Ridha established his label, Boysnoize Records. Ridha has remixed the work of a number of other artists, including Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode. In 2019, he produced Frank Ocean's song "DHL".

The discography of the electronic dance music duo Orbital consists of ten studio albums, three original score albums, three live/session albums, six compilation albums, two DJ-mix albums, four extended plays, and eighteen singles.

<i>Wonky</i> (album) 2012 studio album by Orbital

Wonky is the eighth studio album by Orbital, released on their own ACP label in the UK on 2 April 2012, and exclusively through iTunes in the United States and Canada on 17 April 2012. The album is their first since the Blue Album in 2004 and the first since they reformed in 2008. It features vocals from Zola Jesus and Lady Leshurr.

Lianne Hall (Brighton) is an English folk/electronic singer. In the late nineties she was singer with punk band Witchknot. John Peel featured Hall in his Sounds of The Suburbs, Bradford, and five Peel sessions, and described her as "one of the great English voices".

<i>8:58</i> 2015 studio album by 8:58

8:58 is the debut album of Paul Hartnoll's 8:58 project, released on March 30, 2015. According to Hartnoll, the album is a continuation of his work with Orbital. The album features contributions from actor Cillian Murphy, folk band The Unthanks, singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt, Lisa Knapp, Robert Smith, Lianne Hall and Fable.

Holly Cosgrove, known as Fable is an English musician and singer best known for her work with Archive and Paul Hartnoll. Her work has been variously compared in the British press to the likes of Thom Yorke. and Nine Inch Nails. Fable has recently toured with both Archive and British rock band, The Cult. She also performed on the Shangri-La Hell stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival

<i>Interview Music</i> 2019 studio album by Idlewild

Interview Music is the ninth studio album by Scottish indie rock band Idlewild, released on 5 April 2019 on Empty Words Records. It was produced by Dave Eringa, who had worked on the band's previous albums 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part. It reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 1 on the Scottish Albums Chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wolves (Garbage song)</span> 2021 single by Garbage

"Wolves" is a song by American alternative rock band Garbage. It was released as the third and final single from the band's seventh studio album No Gods No Masters (2021) on May 19, 2021 by their independent label Stunvolume.

<i>Time Stopped</i> 2022 studio album by The Coronas

Time Stopped is the seventh studio album released by the Irish indie band The Coronas. It was released on October 7, 2022 via the band's own independent label So Far So Good. A deluxe edition of the album was released on June 2, 2023 with two additional tracks "The Lakes And Sometimes Heroes" along with "I’ll Regain Composure" This is the first album without guitarist Dave McPhillips, who departed from the band at the end of 2019.

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Hartnoll". IMDb. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "About". Official Community of Paul Hartnoll. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "Paul Hartnoll". Applied Acoustic Systems. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Stuart Aitken (16 December 2013). "Mistletoe and Chime: the story of Orbital's acid house". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ IMDb
  6. ↑ "Heartwork: Behind the Scenes with Paul Hartnoll (Orbital)". Evans Cycles. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Orbital's PAUL HARTNOLL and controversial poet and performance artist MURRAY LACHLAN YOUNG announce lockdown inspired album 'The Virus Diaries' | XS Noize | Online Music Magazine". 12 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Hartnoll & Young - the Virus Diaries - OUT NOW - News". 27 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Home". murraylachlanyoung.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Chris Hawkins, Manchester International Festival: Festival Square".
  11. ↑ "Orbital's Paul Hartnoll & Poet Murray Lachlan Young release new single 'Garden Centre' | XS Noize | Online Music Magazine". 16 June 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.