Orbital – Optical Delusion

Orbital are national treasures when it comes to electronic acts. The duo hasn’t dropped a properly new album since 2018 but have of course been at the forefront of electronic music for decades. Optical Delusion is their tenth long player and it finds them collaborating with Midlands pair Sleaford Mods on the single ‘Dirty Rat’ which has already done plenty of damage.

The rest of the record has something of a retro Cabaret Voltaire vibe with elements of punk rock, loud beats and edgy synths. Other collaborators throughout the record include Penelope Isles, Anna B Savage and The Mediaeval Baebes and the whole hating was recorded in the pair’s Brighton studio.