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Posted in music on June 25, 2009

Andy Hughes (The Orb), RIP

Andy Hughes

"Andy Hughes, electronic music producer/DJ who was born 11th November 1965 and, and who lived and grew up in Harrow, Middlesex, tragically passed away on Friday 12th June 2009 after a short illness.

Andy was a genius who gave so much inspiration and passion to all with his incredible work. He was loved by many aficionados of the trance/ambient genre, but will be especially remembered for his work with Alex Paterson and The Orb, most notably the album Orblivion and single Toxygene, which reached number 4 in the UK charts in 1997. Together with his musical partners Alex Patterson and former members Kris Weston, Simon Phillips and Thomas Fehlmann together with Nick Burton of Westworld fame. Andy created electronic and ambient/techno/house/dub masterpieces. These took him across the globe where he played to masses of fans in countries including the USA, Japan and Canada as well as a sell out concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1998." [press release via Trash Managerie]

Andy was not a current member of the Orb, and it's not clear if his sickness was related to the recent tour postponement. He passed away at the Liver Intensive Therapy Unit in Kings College Hospital in London.


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Posted on June 25, 2009 9:10 AM

Comments (5)

Very sad news.

I hope the Orb reschedule the NYC show eventually. I'd really like to see them again.

Posted by Dan | June 25, 2009 9:36 AM

:(

Posted by Anonymous | June 25, 2009 9:42 AM

Liver failure I hear. It all happened very quickly.

Posted by Anonymous | June 25, 2009 10:06 AM

puffy little clouds

Posted by Anonymous | June 25, 2009 10:13 AM

I am so sorry to hear about Andy's passing. We worked together in 1995 when he came to Cornwall to work on some tracks with me. Such a lovely person, the session was magical. When we finished, we sat outside in the garden and started talking about stuff 'Dawn talk'.. Andy asked me if I had ever seen anything down in cornwall in the night sky. I said that I hadn't but had heard rumours of these 'blue orbs' that shoot across the sky. Literally a few seconds later Andy said 'LOOK LOOK'!!! We both saw a strange bright blue light shoot across the sky. We both then looked at each other and said 'Did u see that'!!! then "omg nobody will believe us!".. I think it was a lightening ball.. whatever it was we both saw it and it was unlike anythng I had ever seen, quite a moment. I am going to have a hunt through my photos to find pics of the session.

Rip Andy,

kirsty :(((

Posted by kirsty hawkshaw | June 25, 2009 6:49 PM

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