The Painter William Orbit

• 1 Duende (feat. Katie Melua) 03:51
• 2 Bank of Wildflowers (feat. Georgia) 03:45
• 3 I Paint What I See (feat. Beth Orton) 05:08
• 4 Heshima kwa Hukwe 08:33
• 5 Nuestra Situación (feat. Lido Pimienta) 04:08
• 6 The Diver (feat. Natalie Walker) 05:06
• 7 Colours Colliding 04:59
• 8 Gold Coast 05:26
• 9 Second Moon 05:44
• 10 Promethean Lies (feat. Ali Love) 04:19
• 11 Planet Sunrise 04:27
• 12 No Other World (feat. Beth Orton) 06:15
• 13 Free Glo (feat. Gloria Kaba and Laurie Mayer) 04:00
• Total Runtime 01:05:41

Info for The Painter

William Orbit returns with his first new album in over eight years entitled The Painter! With a sound that is beautiful and unmistakably Orbit, the album's debut single "Colours Colliding" (with Polly Scattergood), epitomizes the angelic sound of the entire album – wistful, dreamy and all carried along with a delicate piano hook. The long awaited follow up to his 2014 self-released Orbit Symphonic, The Painter is William at his captivating best.

Bringing together his quintessential and distinctive electro pop production and songwriting, combined with a plethora of vocal collaborations, including those he has previously worked with including Katie Melua and Beth Orton, as well as working with artists from around the world including the like-minded-electro-pop artist Polly Scattergood, Mercury Award nominee and pioneering synth-pop innovator Georgia, trip-hop sensation from Colorado Natalie Walker, vocalist and songwriter of Hot Natured and Infinity Ink's Ali Love, Columbia eclectic and pioneering Lido Pimienta, the multi-talented Ghanian producer, song-writer vocalist Gloria Kaba, American born composer and songwriter Laurie Mayer and the sampled vocal from the incredible Tanzanian musician Hukwe Zawose.

The album is an emotional outpouring of art for Orbit who also designed and painted all of the record's artwork. On making the record Obit says, "I had been away from music making for some years, holed up in a beach town in California, painting, and writing about my life and reflecting on general observations. Then, back in London, inspiration struck with a vengeance. I was feeling the same spirit as I had in the mid 90s. It was a blessing to have the exquisite contributions from the artists who appear on the album. And a thrill to explore new technologies. It is one of my very best, with the difference being gaining an understanding of a totally new landscape of means to present it to people's ears."

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