Paul Hartnoll - Patchwork Guilt

After the sad liquidation of Orbital (the greatest electronic band on the planet - period) on July 28th 2004, this 12" sees the return of Paul Hartnoll to the music scene. While brother Phil kept himself busy crossing the planet as a breaks DJ and producing as one half of Long Range, younger sibling Paul disappeared from view, locking himself away in a secret Brighton based studio.
His eagerly awaited first solo album will be released soon, but these two tracks are the first to emerge.
While Phil's productions lack identity and depth, these tracks have the Orbital signature written all over.
The heavenly atmospherics and multitonal synthwork clarifies the fact that Paul still is the better songwriter of the two brothers. 'Patchwork Guilt' could have been an unreleased track from the Blue Album, while my favourite 'Gloopy' would not be out of place on In Sides or The Altogether.
Hearing this for the first time gave me the same shivering of excitement as when a new Orbital album was released in the mid 90's.
Welcome back, Paul!