Artist profile
The Orb is a British electronic music project known for pioneering ambient house and downtempo electronica. Emerging from the acid house scene, the project blends ethereal soundscapes with electronic production, creating immersive, often lengthy compositions that emphasize atmosphere over conventional song structure.
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The Orb is a moderate-energy — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Electronica pocket.
Across 12 analysed tracks, The Orb sits within a few points of the Electronica median on energy and groove.
Measured against 14,430 Electronica tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 78–161 BPM with a median of 121 · predominantly minor keys (50% minor) · most common key: 3B (D♭ Major) with 4 tracks.
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We scored every transition between The Orb’s 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 7 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 7 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
12 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 3 different The Orb tracks.
Alpine - Prins Thomas Simpler Tool For DJ Fools → Universal Dolls · 11A → 10A · −3 BPM · 88 chemistry
10 of the 456 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.6. They come from 5 different The Orb tracks.
Call Me Wrong - The Orb's It's Okay Not To Be Okay Remix → Someones Missing · 9A → 8A · −3 BPM · 82 chemistry
10 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 5 different The Orb tracks.
Call Me Wrong - The Orb's It's Okay Not To Be Okay Remix → Sl Mirage · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 87 chemistry
12 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 6 different The Orb tracks.
Alpine Evening → Woven Ancestry - Lusine Remix · 12A → 12A · +2 BPM · 82 chemistry
10 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 3 different The Orb tracks.
Alpine - Prins Thomas Simpler Tool For DJ Fools → Jetzt Ist Alles Aus · 11A → 11A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
10 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 5 different The Orb tracks.
4am Exhale - Dave Dk Accellerator Mix → Manhattan · 3B → 4A · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry
12 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 3 different The Orb tracks.
Call Me Wrong - The Orb's It's Okay Not To Be Okay Remix → Remember The Days - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · +5 BPM · 86 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to The Orb by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around The Orb, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
The Orb's tracks in our catalog range from 78 to 161 BPM, with a median of 121 BPM. Across 12 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
The Orb's tracks are mostly in minor keys (50% minor across 12 tracks). The most common single key is 3B (D♭ Major) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between The Orb's 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 7 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Echonomist, Electronic Beach, Marc Romboy are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Alpine - Prins Thomas Simpler Tool For DJ Fools into Universal Dolls, 11A to 10A, 88 chemistry.
The Orb sits closest to The Future Sound Of London, Orbital, Banco De Gaia in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has The Orb releases spanning 2002 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.