Artist profile
William Orbit is an electronic music producer and composer known for work in electronica and ambient production. His practice spans instrumental and experimental electronic forms, with releases contributing to contemporary electronic music landscapes.
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William Orbit is a restrained and a warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low groove for Electronica.
Across 4 analysed tracks, William Orbit averages 18% groove — straighter than 85% of individual Electronica tracks — and 39% energy, gentler than 70%.
Measured against 14,430 Electronica tracks on 11 August 2026.
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Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
William Orbit's tracks in our catalog range from 126 to 157 BPM, with a median of 132 BPM. Across 4 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
William Orbit's tracks are mostly in minor keys (75% minor across 4 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 2 tracks.
William Orbit sits closest to Strange Cargo, The Orb, 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 William Orbit releases spanning 1999 to 2021, with the most tracks from the 2020s.