William Orbit is a recipient of multiple Grammy Awards, Ivor Novello Awards and other music industry awards.
14 Facts About William Orbit
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William Orbit's parents were both schoolteachers; he was the elder of two sons.
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William Orbit left school at the age of 16, and subsisted for a number of years in various low-paying jobs, while seeking an outlet for his creativity.
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Around this time, while rooming with a friend who was trying to start a recording studio, William Orbit found his musical calling.
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When working with Beck, the two of them wrote a song for Pink, "Feel Good Time," which William Orbit then produced for the soundtrack for the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.
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William Orbit produced the album 13 by Britpop group Blur, in London and Reykjavik, Iceland.
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William Orbit had created remixes for Madonna previously such as those of "Justify My Love" and "Erotica" but did not meet her personally until 1997.
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In 2000, William Orbit continued working for Madonna on her album Music, recorded at The Hit Factory in New York.
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William Orbit was one of the writers and one of the producers on the Chris Brown song "Don't Wake Me Up" which was recorded at Record Plant in LA and for which he received an ASCAP award in 2013.
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William Orbit went on to produce another Queen song, "Let Me in Your Heart Again".
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William Orbit participated in the Liberatum International Cultural Festival in Russia, during which he performed DJ sets in Moscow and Novosibirsk, Siberia.
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William Orbit performed in 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and at a gala at Banqueting House in London's Whitehall for the charity Together for Short Lives, a group that sponsors and supports children with terminal illnesses and their families.
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William Orbit has deejayed at various clubs in London and Ibiza, and at Buckingham Palace for Her Majesty The Queen's annual staff and family Christmas party, in 2015.
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William Orbit joined Hawkwind on stage on 29 September 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their Space Ritual album.