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Orbital — One Perfect Sunrise
Album: Blue Album
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6.9

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Total ratings: 3363









Released: 2004
Length: 8:41
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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(wordless vocals by Lisa Gerrard)
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Posted 1 month ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
I saw the album cover and immediately thought of Spirograph. 
Posted 2 months ago by dmiley    [ Reply ]
Future Trance style!
Posted 7 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
 MM_Prague wrote:

Ah yes, the Spirograph. A 70s childhood mainstay, along with Slinkys and pet rocks :-)



I ALWAYS wanted a slinky.  My brother had one I wasn't allowed to touch.  I finally bought myself one a couple of years ago - It still walks down my stairs occasionally and makes me smile. Growing up is hugely overrated 
Posted 8 months ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
I know that the cover is a 'strange attractor', but it also reminds me of my childhood and the Spirograph craze...

Ah yes, the Spirograph. A 70s childhood mainstay, along with Slinkys and pet rocks :-)

Posted 9 months ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
Can we have an hour long version of this, please?
Posted 11 months ago by midtoad    [ Reply ]
This song’s perfection of eliciting precisely what it says is unworldly. In the darkest of my days this song sings every fabulous sunrise in the 4 billion years of this planet. Lisa Gerard takes the boys’ direction farther higher faster than they could’ve imagined. I hope Orbital and Lisa look back on the creation of this song and our reactions to it with even 1% of the joy. Thank you RP for introducing me to this song. William, great work. 
Posted 1 year ago by BenHM3    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Bump 8 > 9. Because one test of it is, could I put it on a loop and get further uplifted  while driving at 80 mph on a sunny road through exurbia, rural forest, desert or such, and not get inattentive or bored, and the answer is yes. 



I got that far without leavingy garage...
Posted 1 year ago by Moles    [ Reply ]
Shades of Brian Eno? Great piece.
Posted 1 year ago by Murray    [ Reply ]
Pretty much a riff on “A twist in my sobriety “ Tanita Tikaram
Posted 1 year ago by glassbrain    [ Reply ]
 miss5tability wrote:

wtf u doing with this gorgeous radio?? putiing shoit techno on the air like this crap ffs


1st and only comment and zero song ratings for missStability.
Certainly adds reference to the comment.
Posted 1 year ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:
Who says god us real??



god "us" real??
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
2004, was a very good year. 

I got married in a perfect ceremony on the Oregon Coast, and my Native American Friends attended and the whole Family was together again 
I  knew me n my Half Side were together forever and forever 
we still 
dance dance dance.
Posted 1 year ago by rezadent    [ Reply ]
Bump 8 > 9. Because one test of it is, could I put it on a loop and get further uplifted  while driving at 80 mph on a sunny road through exurbia, rural forest, desert or such, and not get inattentive or bored, and the answer is yes. 
Posted 1 year ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 stevenstarr wrote:

Bills been into my CD collection again. I swear I've never heard this on any radio station , anywhere ever, Yet here it is on RP  Well done ,again   For me    9 



Great comment :)
Posted 1 year ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

Apparently He really, really cares about covering up your hair, girls not having an education and wearing particular clothes, as well as people not eating certain foods, so my guess is that He's a bit picky.


Well,to be honest it is all made up nonsense
Posted 1 year ago by craigandbee    [ Reply ]
 keelo wrote:

Fantastic. But No one even mentions Autobahn?


I don't hear Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" in this very much, though I'm sure these guys were very influenced by Kraftwerk - a lot of artists were.
Posted 1 year ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 2Hawks wrote:


I doubt that god really cares about a capital g.

Apparently He really, really cares about covering up your hair, girls not having an education and wearing particular clothes, as well as people not eating certain foods, so my guess is that He's a bit picky.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
almost sounds like she sang 'repaid' up front - great after the ending of  'The Wanting Comes in Waves' 
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Nowhere near my favourites of their work, but gets an 8 for just being Orbital
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 sjccroquet wrote:

You should capitalize the "g" on "God" you ask Him to shut up.

Who says god us real??

Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 sjccroquet wrote:

You should capitalize the "g" on "God" you ask Him to shut up.



I doubt that god really cares about a capital g.
Posted 3 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
This song sounds like it should be from Icelandic or at least Scandinavian and not Kent in England!?!
Posted 3 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:

holy god shut up already.


You should capitalize the "g" on "God" you ask Him to shut up.

Posted 3 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
 jonahboo wrote:

ummm, where's the song?


Okay, I like Orbital, but this ^^ is funny.
Posted 3 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
Lisa Gerard - lifts everyone up… except for that hater down there. everyone else wooohoooo
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Cool WFH coding music
Celts Can Dance
Posted 3 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this.

Yep,  - that works!
Posted 3 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
wtf u doing with this gorgeous radio?? putiing shoit techno on the air like this crap ffs
Posted 3 years ago by miss5tability    [ Reply ]
It would be so nice to hear Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerhards live concert here.
Posted 3 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
Fantastic. But No one even mentions Autobahn?
Posted 4 years ago by keelo    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:


I was gonna go with "kinda cool" . . . never mind.   ; )
 
I'm with you on this one.
Posted 4 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
 miquela75269 wrote:
Lisa Gerard's haunting rendition here reaches into the depths of my psyche, and conjures the beauty and joy of life, and the hope of eternity..... moves me every time I hear it. 
 

I was gonna go with "kinda cool" . . . never mind.   ; )
Posted 4 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
RP introduced me to this soaring song, as well as “Seven Minutes of Sun” by Lumo. Both started a playlist full of similar RP stuff that simply makes time stop. Thanks Orbital and RP.
Posted 4 years ago by BenHM3    [ Reply ]
ummm, where's the song?
Posted 4 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of music of Synergy by Larry Fast, specifically ‘Phobos and Diemos go to Mars’
Posted 4 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a bit of "Song to the Sirens", by This Mortal Coil. 
Posted 4 years ago by a_geek    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
sounds like the Gladiator soundtrack
were they on it?
 
You have good ears. Lisa Gerrard is the same vocalist, although Hans Zimmer is the main Gladiator score composer. 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Bump 8 > 9.  Because it's audio paradise. 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
sounds like the Gladiator soundtrack
were they on it?
Posted 4 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
 FlowerInTheDark wrote:
If you put this on while driving to the grocery store and loop happens to be on you'll find yourself 600 miles from home and wonder how that happened.
 

Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
this is nearly cheesy and formulaic but something always stirs inside me all the same..... great tune for the open road!
Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Sounds so much a track off of Passion, the Peter Gabriel Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack.  Still good!
Posted 4 years ago by bitterdave    [ Reply ]
When I hear this song, I instantly transport to the best summer of my life in Greece. Just like the nostalgic smell of mown grass, having these particular vibrations hit my ear drums accomplishes the same thing.
Posted 4 years ago by bforr    [ Reply ]
My first listen to this music. I like Lisa Gerrard, but this is not her usual context.
Posted 4 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
I don't usually do reviews but just got a pair of Bose wireless headphones and this could probably be an 11
Posted 4 years ago by derhey9416    [ Reply ]
More Orbital please!
Posted 4 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
 FlowerInTheDark wrote:
If you put this on while driving to the grocery store and loop happens to be on you'll find yourself 600 miles from home and wonder how that happened.
 

I believe in orbits and sunrises...but nothin  is perfect...
Posted 4 years ago by bartolomeo    [ Reply ]
My generation's Woodstock

PLUR
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
holy god shut up already.
Posted 5 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
I swear almost anything accompanied by Lisa Gerrard vocals is magical.
Posted 5 years ago by bombaysaphire    [ Reply ]
Tonight, Matthew, I'll mostly be 'avin a raaaaavvvvvvvve! 
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
Moved this up to a 9 today... it just takes me there you know?  
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Thank you for introducing me to this song. And today it played just as the sky was going from black to purple to deep blue. Absolutely perfect.
Posted 5 years ago by BenHM3    [ Reply ]
 FlowerInTheDark wrote:
If you put this on while driving to the grocery store and loop happens to be on you'll find yourself 600 miles from home and wonder how that happened.
 
But you'll find yourself in a really good mood...

Posted 5 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
This gets a 10.

Lisa Gerard's haunting rendition here reaches into the depths of my psyche, and conjures the beauty and joy of life, and the hope of eternity..... moves me every time I hear it. 
Posted 5 years ago by miquela75269    [ Reply ]
Not their best effort.
Posted 5 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
another seriously clubbing chugger from England, I like it, quite mellow. Good for a rooftop lounge 
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
If you put this on while driving to the grocery store and loop happens to be on you'll find yourself 600 miles from home and wonder how that happened.
Posted 5 years ago by FlowerInTheDark    [ Reply ]
Robots almost rock.
3
If you removed everything but the girl it would sound as good, if not better
Posted 6 years ago by seabell    [ Reply ]
Superb. Takes your breath away!
Posted 6 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
A 9 from me, wonderful music conjuring up memories of good times past!
Posted 6 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
Good evening. Programming a website and had to stop what I was doing to remember past good times. So love listening to Orbital! And R.P.
Posted 6 years ago by hypotenuse    [ Reply ]
Atmospheric.
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Another nice song I've never heard about before Radio Paradise.    I like RP. :)
Posted 6 years ago by timesliphu    [ Reply ]
 scadawizard wrote:
Perfect song for a perfect spring afternoon.  Thanks Bill

 
...and here I am thinking it's a perfect song for a Friday morning, weekly report generating session...
Thanks Bill!!
{#Sunny}
Posted 6 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Perfect song for a perfect spring afternoon.  Thanks Bill
Posted 6 years ago by scadawizard    [ Reply ]
 hschlossberg wrote:

Hmmm... I gave it a 2.  Now I'll need to reconsider as a 1. ;-)  I've already PSD'd away from it so we'll see where I swing next time it comes up.

 
No accounting for taste.....or lack thereof.

Solid NINE!! Orbital and Lisa Gerrard together are tops! Think "Gladiator" sound track; 'Now We Are Free'....The best.....


Posted 6 years ago by miquela75269    [ Reply ]
Bills been into my CD collection again. I swear I've never heard this on any radio station , anywhere ever, Yet here it is on RP  Well done ,again   For me    9 
Posted 6 years ago by stevenstarr    [ Reply ]
Love Orbital.. Thanks.
Posted 6 years ago by hypotenuse    [ Reply ]
 meauclaire wrote:
tech-NO!  Solid 1

 
Hmmm... I gave it a 2.  Now I'll need to reconsider as a 1. ;-)  I've already PSD'd away from it so we'll see where I swing next time it comes up.
Posted 6 years ago by hschlossberg    [ Reply ]
Rates at least an 8 with Lisa Gerrard's angelic voice.
Posted 6 years ago by WhiteWater    [ Reply ]
what's this yippie dance thing? 1
Posted 7 years ago by eliaspace    [ Reply ]
7 —> 8

...that might be a bit low :)
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
loving the vocals {#Daisy}
Posted 7 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
https://www.hos.com/news/2009/08/pgm-573r-songs-without-words-week-of-august-28th.html

Posted 7 years ago by TomJB    [ Reply ]
tech-NO!  Solid 1
Posted 7 years ago by meauclaire    [ Reply ]
fleeing horrific Colin decembercrap I try Beta! Quite nice : )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
One for my soporific playlist
Posted 7 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
Great soundtrack music. Great driving music. An 8 for those. For entertainment or party music, a 6. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I've just checked the Orbital Audio page 2, and this song does feature Lisa Gerrard. Hers is a voice not easily mistaken...
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

ok, but still a ripped version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChOifUJZMc
Posted 10 years ago by Sakkerju    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the music mix today - perfect for the first snowy day of winter here in SE B.C.
lance 
Posted 11 years ago by Muddyman3019    [ Reply ]
The intro to this is sooo beautiful. Is that Lisa Gerrard on vocals? I honestly thought that this was a Dead Can Dance number I'd not heard before. I'm not so keen when it goes up-tempo but it's still enough to make me wish that I was listening to it on a good stereo in a dimly-lit room with jossticks burning and a bottle of wine on the table. 8 from the entranced Nottingham jury.

I know that the cover is a 'strange attractor', but it also reminds me of my childhood and the Spirograph craze...
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Not very special but it works. 7 for me.
Posted 11 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
{#Motor}{#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

Bubblegum electronica? 

 
That's a perfect description of how I feel about this one, I knew that once I start reading the comments in this page I'll find the right description for my vague feeling of uncomfortability :)

5 -> 4
Posted 11 years ago by itaish    [ Reply ]
Will this pretentious droning never end?
Posted 11 years ago by RosieRedfield    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
This is a nice bit of bubblegum electronica, but if you want something truly great dig back into their catalog and listen to Are We Here? or Nothing Left Parts 1 & 2 (both featuring the lovely vocals of Ms. Alison Goldfrapp).  Also strongly recommended - everything from the album Insides.  For their older stuff Lush, Halcyon, and Impact (and the billion remixes of each) are some of the best tunes early techno and acid house has to offer.

 
Bubblegum electronica?  My serotonin levels must have been down when I wrote that!  This tune is a little dull, but it's still gorgeous! {#Good-vibes}

7 -> 8
Posted 11 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Obviously very much inspired on the albums by "Krafwerk"...
Posted 11 years ago by Sakkerju    [ Reply ]
Noise.  Awful, awful noise.
Posted 11 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my churches loves this trance music that features Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 sbegf wrote:
cathiedee1 wrote:
Not in the Gladiator...this came out in 2004 and Gladiator came out in 2000

Good catch, but man does it sound the same....sampling maybe?
 

It's Lisa Gerrard doing the vocals and she did do the Gladiator soundtrack 4 years prior to collaborating with Orbital in 2004
Posted 11 years ago by bushrat    [ Reply ]
 cathiedee1 wrote:


Not in the Gladiator...this came out in 2004 and Gladiator came out in 2000
 
Good catch, but man does it sound the same....sampling maybe?
Posted 11 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Love it!  {#Clap}
Posted 11 years ago by jimys    [ Reply ]
 ghoffman wrote:
Some of the synthesizer voices remind me of Walter Carlos' works in A Clockwork Orange.
 

Not in the Gladiator...this came out in 2004 and Gladiator came out in 2000
Posted 11 years ago by cathiedee1    [ Reply ]
PowerPointing like crazy -perfect creative music.
Thanks Bill!{#Heartkiss} 
Posted 11 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by TomJB    [ Reply ]
to long.
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Oh Lisa, I'd recognize you anywhere! 9
Posted 12 years ago by Moira    [ Reply ]
So cleverly written compiled and played as it takes me one minute to a cathedral then a rave concert ... stirs up all sorts of feelings and moods for me ,, simply amazing.
Posted 12 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
 radioparadisehead wrote:
Is this in a movie?  It reminds me of the death scene in Gladiator?
 
Thought the same thing instantly.  Voice sounds right...
Posted 12 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Some of the synthesizer voices remind me of Walter Carlos' works in A Clockwork Orange.
Posted 12 years ago by ghoffman    [ Reply ]
This sounds like something best absorbed with some fine herb and even better headphones.  
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Lush soundscape, just gorgeous! The end part makes my trailer park sound like a new age Epcot center!
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
radio paradise dot calm
Posted 12 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Influenced by Kraftwerk possibly...but that's about it. Trance like...which I do like.
 
Nah, this is straight out of Vangelis' score for Blade Runner, especially the slower bits with the drum machine dialled down a bit.

 radioparadisehead wrote:
Is this in a movie?  It reminds me of the death scene in Gladiator?

Err, Blade Runner perhaps?

Or is it just me?
Posted 12 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
 radioparadisehead wrote:
Is this in a movie?  It reminds me of the death scene in Gladiator?
   I just came on here to post the same thing. 


Posted 12 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Is this in a movie?  It reminds me of the death scene in Gladiator?
Posted 12 years ago by radioparadisehead    [ Reply ]
Choon - Love Orbital
Posted 12 years ago by djsarong    [ Reply ]
Evocative and upbeat. Great chill, dance and driving music.  But I couldn't distinguish them from a hybrid of Tangerine Dream, Afro Celt, movie music, and such. If music like this is going to be heard on RP, bring in the big guns like Jean-Michel Jarre—Oxygene, Chronologie, Magnetic Fields, Zoolookologie, Equinoxe, Rendezvous, and others more recent.  He helped to invent electronica/techno/trance, and long after he began 30+ years ago, his CDs still tower above a lot of the genre. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 What, huh, trance?

ziakut wrote:
Influenced by Kraftwerk possibly...but that's about it. Trance like...which I do like.
 


Posted 12 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
Influenced by Kraftwerk possibly...but that's about it. Trance like...which I do like.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
I like the diversity
 
I indeed do see, what you did there.
Posted 12 years ago by Guodlca    [ Reply ]
Boring.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I like the diversity
Posted 12 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
tedious

Posted 12 years ago by solar_Bill    [ Reply ]
 Aural_not_Oral wrote:
Sampling some Kraftwerk ?
 
These guys were certainly influenced by Kraftwerk, but I don't hear any direct samples.  Some of the synth settings have similar sounds to "Autobahn" and some other recordings though.

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Good stuff. Trance makes me relax. Maybe the opposite of most. Don't know
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
this makes my head hurt
Posted 12 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]