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Paul Hartnoll talks to Music Week about Orbital's plans to reform for the Big Chill
Twenty years after their debut single Chime broke the Top 20, UK dance legends Orbital are to reform and play the Big Chill festival in 2009.
They are no strangers to performing at major festivals, with Paul and Phil Hartnoll's 1994 appearance at Glastonbury rated by Q magazine as one of the top 50 gigs of all time.
Now, as they prepare for their live return and bring many of their longstanding live collaborators with them, we speak to Paul Hartnoll about his reasons for choosing the Big Chill and his feelings on the health of the festivals market as a whole.
So why the Big Chill?
We've both played the Big Chill in our solo capacities and it's a great festival; off-the-wall, it's got an eclectic mix and it is in a really nice setting. Also I've known the promoters and the music programmer Guy Morley for years so it feels really nice, like a home gig. It's that slightly left-of-centre festival; it's got a foot in the dance world and a lot of the people that go there will know us and enjoy it.
So did you choose the Big Chill or did they choose you?