London, United Kingdom

The Orb was born on a warm, Sunday summer's afternoon in after original members Alex [then calling himself LX Dee] and Jimmy Cauty [Rockman] had driven back from a Shoom party in Brighton to Transcentral on Jeffrey's Road, SW4 (where Alex's brother Martin also came into the world.) Using an OBX and decks, the pair cooked up the idea for 'Lovin You' [aka 'A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld']. However, the first track to bear The Orb name was 'Walking On Sunshine', first track on the Eternity Project set released on W.A.U./Gee Street in 1989...

The Orb history continued here:
http://www.theorb.com/index.php/history