Brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll comprise which electronic music act?

Orbital is an English electronic music act consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. They named themselves after the M25 motorway, which is often referred to as the London Orbital Motorway. They were initially influenced by electro and punk rock, but became known for their improvisation.

In 1989, Orbital recorded their first single 'Chime', which reached number 17 in the UK charts. They released their first album, 'Orbital 1', in 1991, and their second album, 'Orbital 2' in 1993. The next year, they won a New Musical Express (NME) award and headlined the Glastonbury Festival. Due to this success, Orbital were invited to play at Woodstock '94.

After releasing a few more albums, Orbital split up in 2004. Paul continued to record music under his own name, whereas Phil formed a new electronica duo called Long Range.

In 2009, Orbital reformed to play a gig called '20 years after Chime' at The Big Chill Festival. At the Glastonbury Festival in 2010, they played a cover version of the 'Doctor Who' theme tune with Matt Smith, who played the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction television series. At the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Orbital performed 'Where Is It Going?' alongside Stephen Hawking delivering a speech about the Large Hadron Collider.

In 2014, Orbital split up for the second time but reformed in 2017. In 2020, they took part in a "Stay-At-Home-Rave" to raise money for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.