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Orbital is, from left to right, Paul and Phil Hartnoll.
Orbital is, from left to right, Paul and Phil Hartnoll.
When brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll began making their own version of the American house music and techno sweeping through English pop in the late 1980s, they took their name from the motorway that circles London's suburbs and, back then, linked the new rave scene together. The two were from Sevenoaks, a southeastern exit on the Orbital, the moniker they've recorded and performed under ever since.
Right from the start, with their 1990 debut "Chime," Orbital specialized in big, warm riffs that were equally effective at moving masses of bodies in a field or causing outbreaks of air-keyboard among those listening on the radio. When they performed, the pair almost always played live. Most acts that don't just DJ on stage sound harder, techier. But the Hartnolls wrote tunes whose repetitiveness seemed integral to their melodic structure, not incidental to it one of their big live favorites was titled "Lush," and that's a canny self-description.
Orbital became one of the premier festival groups of the '90s, not just at big dance-music events in the U.K. like Tribal Gathering but at the rock-oriented Glastonbury too. That extended, partly, to the U.S., where the brothers frequently got over with tracks like the guitar-shredding "Satan" and "The Box," featuring a dulcimer. But Chemical Brothers-style chart crossover eluded them, and in 2004, after seven albums and endless tours, the Hartnolls decided to part ways professionally.
It wasn't too surprising when Phil and Paul began performing their classics again in 2009 the lag time between "retirement" and getting back in the game is growing smaller by the year. But while most reunion albums sound like the uninspired, profit-taking ventures they are, Orbital's eighth non-soundtrack album, Wonky, sounds refreshed, as if the duo's time off together had rejuvenated them creatively.
As Phil Hartnoll told me in two separate Q&A sessions conducted for The Record in August 2011 and March 2012 some of that can be put down to the fact that much of the music was written for them to play out, injected in between their hits, like "Halcyon And On And On" and "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)."
You had a ringside seat to the American record biz trying to sell electronic dance music to America in the '90s. What was your impression of the music's popularity in America at first?
PHIL HARTNOLL: We came over with Meat Beat Manifesto in 1992. That was our first proper tour of America. We had people little ravers following us around from gig to gig. The geographical size of England is so small it's a breeding ground for subcultures. When we went over to America, with the huge enormity of it, you [had] little pockets of ravers and rave culture in every little town and every city that we played. But it was never on a national scale at that point. It was represented quite a lot, in each little city, but the only way of talking from city to city was via the Web. The ravers had uniforms: the big baggy trousers, the Dayglo, pacifiers. They pretty much stayed uniform in that. It was the same nationally. They had their own little dress code.
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The former mayor of Fairbury, Neb., remembers James Ferneau well. What's more, she's jealous of Burlington for landing him as its new city manager.
LaVeda Fry said her town was on the verge of bankruptcy before Ferneau stepped in as its first city administrator in 2005. Fry credits Ferneau's cost-cutting and attracting external funding as the impetus for turning around the small city by the time he left three years later.
"It was great working with Jim," Fry said. "You should be very pleased to have him. I wish we had him back."
Fry isn't the only one with good things to say about Burlington's incoming city manager. Council members, city clerks, newspaper editors and reporters from here to Nebraska agree: James Ferneau is smart, and he is good at his job.
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Ferneau, 44, interviewed and was hired as Burlington's new city manager Feb. 18. He begins his duties here April 23.
"I really enjoyed working with him," said Sharyl Preston, the city clerk in Fairbury, who only worked with him for a few months. "You could ask him anything, and he either knew it, or he'd find out right away for you. I hated to see him leave."
"He's probably one of the brightest individuals I've worked with," said Sergeant Bluff Mayor Dale Petersen.
Ferneau has been city administrator in the northwest Iowa town on the Missouri River just south of Sioux City since 2008. Petersen, too, credits Ferneau for much of the town's recent success, which includes a renovation of city hall partially paid for with grant money Ferneau found.
"You guys should be very pleased to have him work for your city," Petersen said. "We are definitely going to miss him here."
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Originally published April 1, 2012 at 5:30 AM | Page modified April 1, 2012 at 7:54 AM
Rave To the young father walking, embracing and shielding his tiny baby from the weather at Green Lake. Dads in the 1950s didn't usually take care of babies and both generations were poorer for it. Lasting harmony and happiness to you both! Every day is Father's Day.
Rant To the city of Seattle, which decided that there should not be parking at the light-rail stations so that citizens, not just tourists, could use it.
Rave and Rant Rave to Robert, who got the license plate of the vehicle with the person who smashed my car window and stole my purse, remained on the scene to file a police report with me and even volunteered to sweep up the broken glass in the parking lot! A big rant to the thieves.
Rant To bicyclists who ride two (or more) abreast. I understand their desire to socialize but, please, people safety first. If you want others to share the roads or trails for your benefit, then lead by example.
Rave For the Girl Scouts and all those who bought cookies for Operation Cookie Drop. You'll never know how much it will brighten the service members' day.
Rant To drivers who continuously ignore the 20 mph speed limit in school zones. Do you not see the flashing lights and crossing guards indicating that children are present? One day a child will be hit because you were on your phone or rushing somewhere and not paying attention.
Rave To the fellow who sold our son a used car that had serious mechanical issues. When we informed the seller that the car had a blown head gasket and cracked heads, he refunded most of the sale cost to pay for the engine rebuild, even sending $200 more than he agreed to. It's so appreciated and restored our faith in humanity.
Rant To annoying, impersonal "robo-calls," no matter what they're for.
Rave To the lovely couple who drove across town to return a wallet before we even realized it was missing. Thanks so much!
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Rant & Rave: Three cheers for honest folks!
"Say what?," a column that offers an insider's view of Montclair and goes behind the scenes of its politics, this week talks about the odd couple of Nia Gill and Montclair Councilman Roger Terry; how we kept Wellmont Theatre rave attendees warm; The Jackson 5's fundraiser; and Tom Moloughney's electric-car meet next month.
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We're waiting to see if state Sen. Nia Gill and Montclair At-Large Councilman Roger Terry will be perfect together on the same ticket in the June primary. Gill is running for deceased Congressman Donald Payne Sr.'s 10th District seat, while Terry would be 'bracketed' with her as an Essex County Sheriff candidate.
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Skimpy neon-colored attire was the dress code for Thursday's rave event at the Wellmont Theatre.
Who'd a thunk it: Roger Terry and Nia Gill on the same ticket.
Well, it's not official yet. We guess we'll have to wait until Monday to see if Montclair At-Large Councilman Terry really wants to run for sheriff in Essex County, riding alongside Gill.
This week Terry paid a visit to the Essex County Clerk's Office in Newark, where he picked up petitions to run as sheriff in the June Primary Election. Terry, a former Montclair deputy police chief, has until 4 p.m. Monday to turn in petitions with 100 valid signatures to County Clerk Chris Durkin.
Sources said that Terry is teaming up with Gill, a Montclair resident and Democratic state senator for the 34th District, to be "bracketed' with her on the ballot in June. Gill, who is running for the late Congressman Donald Payne's 10th District seat, presumably, believes she has a better shot of getting votes if she has more than one candidate on her line on the ballot.
Much as we like Terry, who opted not to run for re-election on the Township Council, he and Gill have a Herculean task ahead. In the primary, they would be pitted against two candidates who have the imprimatur of the Essex "Dem" organization. We're talking about Newark Councilman Donald Payne Jr., who is running for his deceased dad's congressional seat, and incumbent Sheriff Armando Fontoura.
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Say what? Roger and Nia, clothing the Wellmont rave refugees, and the Jackson 5