The Orb on Jean-Michel Jarre's albums "Electronica 2"

The Orb is featured on new Jean-Michel Jarre album, 'Electronica 2' among other great artists like Yello, Primal Scream, Pet Shop Boys, Hans Zimmer, Cyndi Lauper and more...
Details here.

ALPINE is coming on the 4th of march on vinyl and digital

More info here.

The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD Remixes / Sin In Space Pt. 1

Coming out January 15th. Details.

Tracklist:
The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD Remixes / Sin In Space Pt. 1
A Wolfgang Voigt AntiretroAmbientPsycholkaMix (13:08)
B1 Teebs Moon Grotto Mix (5:51)
B2 Wassermann PsychoSchaffelClusterMix (6:14)

New Suns of Arqa remix album

'All is not Lost, All is Dub' is name of new remix album credited to Suns of Arqa featuring Youth, Raja Ram & The Orb. Unfortunately none of the remixes are made by our heroes. Tracklisting:

1. Mother Tongue (Total Eclipse rmx)
2. Sadrayama (Saafi Brothers rmx)
3. Erasmus Dub (Kukan Dub Lagan rmx)
4. The Fool Ascends (Tor.ma In Dub rmx)
5. Discordant Dawn (Kuba rmx)
6. The Truth Lies Therein (Eat Static rmx)
7. Pablos Lament (Youth rmx)

This will be only digital release, no CD is planned. Coming out in November. Details.

"Moon Quake 6' on MOJO's cover CD

Somehow I missed it: october issue of UK magazine 'MOJO' have free CD name 'David Gilmour & Friends'. The Orb contributes 'Moon Quake 6' - track available also on vinyl and digital versions of 'Moonbuilding 2703 AD'. Discogs page.

Alex Paterson on new System 7 & Mirror System albums

From The Orb's Facebook:

Two new albums - one from System 7 (X-Port) and one from Mirror System (N-Port) are both being released on 16th October 2015.

The System 7 album (X-Port) features two collaborations with Alex Paterson:

'The Queen', and 'Angelico' are collaborations with Alex Paterson.

The Mirror System album (N-Port) features one collaboration with Alex Paterson:

'Warn The West', is a collaboration with Alex Patterson.

Further details via here:

http://www.planetgong.co.uk/bazaar/cd/system7_x-port.shtml
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/bazaar/cd/system7_n-port.shtml

'Pop Ambient 2016' compilation with new Orb track

Forthcoming Kompakt compilation 'Pop Ambient 2016' will include brand new track from The Orb, called 'Alpine Dawn'. Details here.

The Orb remix tribute

Jeff Chill a/k/a Funky Jam has created interesting remix tribute mix. Check it out:

Exclusive 'History of the Future part 2 EP' released in Japan

Aaron Miles noticed that some copies of 'History of the Future part 2' released in Japan have attached interesting EP with rare tracks. One of them in unreleased track 'Rock On', known only from Alex DJ sets.
More info on Discogs.

Thanks to Aaron for info.

Japanese version of 'Moonbuilding 2703 AD'

Japanese version of 'Moonbuilding 2703 AD' has 2 other versions of Moon Quake. Tracklisting:

1. God's Mirrorball (14:44)
2. Moonscapes 2703 BC (14:40)
3. Lunar Caves (9:13)
4. Moonbuilding 2703 AD (13:06)
5. Moon Quake 1 (3:22) [japan bonus track]
6. Moon Quake 3 (2:14) [japan bonus track]