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The Orb

Duration:: 2 hours

First broadcast:: Friday 24 August 2012

As part of 6 Music Celebrates: 50 Years of Jamaican Independence, legendary ambient producer Dr Alex Paterson from the Orb takes over the 6 Mix.

He talks about collaborating with one of reggae's greatest pioneers, Lee Scratch Perry. Their forthcoming album, The Observer In The Star House, is released next month.

The pairing transcends more than the dub genre, with Alex's punk routes and Perry having worked with The Clash and the Slits, creating a reggae/punk crossover.

Recorded in Berlin, the album was first thought of in 2004 when Alex and Lee played together in Mexico. It features brand new material and a re-working of two classics Police & Thieves, which Perry produced in 1976, and Little Fluffy Clouds.

Founded by Dr Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty in 1988, the Orb became pioneers of ambient techno, forging their own chillout sound after Cauty left to concentrate on his other band, the KLF.

Best known for their massive hits Little Fluffy Clouds and Perpetual Dawn, the band have continued to push the boundaries of electronic music over the last twenty years.

In this special programme, Alex takes to the 6 Mix decks for two hours to play music that has inspired his new album with Lee Scratch Perry.

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Lord Creator Independent Jamaica
Randy's
Xanadu Rockers Choice
Joe Gibbs Music
Prince Far I & The Arabs The Dream
Message From The King, Caroline Records
Jah Lion Colombia Colly
Island Records Inc
The Mighty Diamonds Right Time
Right Time, Shanachie
Screen Smokescreen
We Are Screen, Malicious Damage Records
World Unite Words Of Far I
040 Fxx
Hugh Brown The Big Licking Stick
Culture Press
The Wailing Wailers I?m Still Waiting
Studio One
Tapper Zukie Man Ah Warrior
Mer Records
Ranking Trevor 3 Piece Chicken & Chips
I'll Be Black, Trojan Records
Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters Vibrate On
Island Records Inc
Hugh Mundell My Mind
Message
Harry J. All Stars Liquidator
Trojan Records
The Iranian Students Khomeni Skank
Clappers Records
DJ Koze Halo Welt
WO DIE RAMMELWOLLE FLIEGT, Buback Tontraeger
The Orb Throbbing Interlude
Shrubbn Echoes (Orb Remix)
Shitkatapult
The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry Golden Clouds
Cooking Vinyl
Thomas Fehlmann Luftbus Mcned
The Orb Because/Before (Sibrische Musik)
Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt, Kompakt
Mohn Mohn
Kompakt
The Orb Soul Man (GAUDI RMX)
The Observer in the Star House, Cooking Vinyl
The Orb Hold Me (Interlude) (feat. Lee Scratch Perry)
Dub Temple Records
Madorb Hole In The Sky (Wave Version)
I'll Be Black/Trojan Records
The Orb Feat. Lee Scratch Perry Hold Me Upsetter
Cooking Vinyl