William Orbit: The Painter – welcome return of the classy dance master

(Warner)
Orbit’s glory years may be behind him, but the one-time superproducer’s latest album still offers smooth, ambient grandeurIt’s good to have William Orbit back. After a brief and unrewarding dabble with drug addiction, the veteran English musician had a comeback of sorts with 2021’s patchy Starbeam EP, but The Painter is a more satisfying return. Orbit’s definitive work is surely All Saints’ Pure Shores, where sleek, subliminal layers of electronic eff