The Painter
An icon of ’90s pop-dance crossover who produced Madonna’s Ray of Light, the UK musician returns with his first album in eight years, but the record’s endless-sunset vibes quickly turn cloying.
Now entering his fifth decade in music, pioneering producer and overall song stylist William Orbit returns to his trademark blend of ambience and world fusion, progressive house and electro-pop, and seductiveness and spaciousness on his 12th solo album and first in eight years, The Painter.
Orbit’s glory years may be behind him, but the one-time superproducer’s latest album still offers smooth, ambient grandeur
Julia Jacklin stands up to sexual shaming, Altered Images celebrate a good night out, William Orbit cleanses his soul