this place was the dogs ******* - used to get over with mates from Bridlington loads of times - especially after they shut down Phenomenon and Cuba in Bridlington. Always used to have an argument with the little curly haired doorman on the way in - but always got in - One time went with new girlfriend and was psyched up for the usual argument all the way up the queue. When we got to the front he just said "Yeah you two are ok - in ya go"
What a place :) such fond memories from gurning in the chillout room when it all got a bit too much to rocking my bollox off with shrooms and acid (crazy times!) and pulling the house bird that looked as fit as fook on the night only to discover she was twice my age!! oooops lovely lady tho :) no doubt we all saw who i'm talking bout?!! them shrooms have an effect even if the eyes pay the consequences!! would love orbit to come back right NOW :)
Truly was a magical place, would go as often as we could, seen some mad stuff in the temple of techno... The time the guy injected vodka over the road (even b4 he was in the place) & taken 2 hospital (Laurent G, 98?) & a guy on crutches, ravin, fallin & havin the time of his life!!! Truly awesome! Will hav 2 wait until I go 2 heaven 2 experience that again :) :( :)
Remember meeting shaun the manager and him letting me in for free for my 21st 63 of us went from Oldham manchester and greenfield mossley lees and wyhthenshawe will never forget that night was twisted big time.
Loved this ORBIT was my life for a lot of years if i ever win the lottery i will buy the place and recreate it and get all the best djs back bam yassi sven vath joey beltram jeff mills the list goes on. loved the cill out room as well and also the chip buttys at the cafe bit. miss it like mad.
it was a power house in decibel paradize,42,000 hits lets get our own orbit club and open it up on new year and christmas eve that club had a great layout thunder base well ballanced sound system,the upstair balcony sounded sweet uv lights purple and tribal greens and camouflage nets above the wild card connected movers and shakers that danced in loved happyness,to the thursty hypnotic, delightful new electronical machines soundsl or ORBITAL HEAVEN
oh my god how had some amazing nights in the early 90's came from doncaster every weekendthen on to the redbeck cafe after, then on to ferrybridge or wooley hedge those were the days !!!!! the best nights ever would do anything to go back for one night and sit on the balcony
Gutted, live a stones throw away but been young at the time i never went apart from a school disco and there not quite the same! its just sitting there empty too.
Spent many a Saturday night in this fantasic Temple Of Techno. Travelling up from Nottingham to see all the big guns of Techno play. Minimal is at the forefront at the moment, however Techno will return and when it does, it will truly represent the sound of the 21st century and that sound will be beyond your wildest dreams.
Looking at the Orbituary website it is clear many people came for many miles to attend this club.... was reading a copy of Mixmag from 1993 and it states "one of only 3 clubs in the UK catering for real underground techno!
@sneakazz i remember madmike if i remember i think he was a mental nurse in real life (or so i was told) he had long hair like keith from the prodigy used to!!
still pass the services at hartshead and it bring back memories. was in there the other day .. alll very posh now!!
Travelled down to Orbit from Glasgow a few times around 93-94. Saw Dave Angel, CJ Bolland Colin Dale, Jeff Mills amongst others. The thing that still gives me the biggest smile is the memory of all the nutters on the staircases coming down to the dancefloor withone leg over the bannister raving like f*ck. What a club! Happy times.
i always come back for another little look n still get shivers when i read the comments. i don.t think anyone ever only went once, the orbit was as addictive as smack and i feel sorry for the young techno heads that'll never get to try it... respct to ramshackles for posting his films. the great club's gone but never forgotten.
fucking miss this place, we used to drive through from brid every weekend, then go to hart heads services!! i rememebr my firs ttime there and seeing people walk into the cafe door at the top of the stairs because it was glass no one saw . you never did it again after that!!
@markiejiggy1 my mate used to drive us through from kendal and back on the same night, we used to stop off at a service station on the way home too, it must have been that one. thanks to everyone that has posted tunes from this era, ive been glued to youtube for three days solid catching up with it all. thanks again everyone. what happened to techno...
Like the original Renaissance in Mansfield, you wouldn't even know it was there even looking straight at it, never went to the other Orbit night run concurrently..... somewhere else, that's how great Morley was. It meant something very special, and I only have one word to say in our defence. Schlammin'
The friendly door staff, the slammin system, the tightness and intimacy of the people and the place was incredible, went all the time, had a ball, was an Aussie in heaven there, at a great time to be in Britian with those glorious men and their flying machines, this particular flying machine was situated just off a road, in little old Morley,
Created an account just to share my crazy years at Orbit48..
Where to start, for 3 years (92-95) I danced and shared and loved and got seriously annihlated on that dancefloor. Beltram, Cj Bolland, Sven Vath, DJ Dag, Dave Angel, Marco Zaffarno, I Can't Remember, Robert Leiner, what a night,
That totally rox - always meant to go for years never went - used to go to Ark tho. Please let me know where the nearest equivalent, closest to Leeds similar place like that is
Hey! I used to go to the Ark too! I did go to the Orbit once and it was simply insane! I prefered the Ark though. Were you there when they kicked a heavy metal concert out at the same time as the rave crowd? bahahah. Memories :)
me and my mates used to come all way from anglesey to get off our tits i used to think that 10 mins after we got in the place took off into space and then all hell broke loose i had some of the best times of my life in there it was so freindly in there never had any trouble or seen any trouble in the 6 years we went .best night was dave angel we went back to a party with the von trapp family from bradford .its a shame ian passed away am shure alot of the regulars new him i love you all . peace
no tapes, my mam even thru all my old fliers 2! i'm retired and old now but still try & re-live the old days a couple of times a yr & nowhere comes close, soon as u walked thru that door with a brass plaque with showbar on it fukin party time, even when pills were £15 each!!! RIP
the best mashed up times i ever had. can anyone help me its urgent. my mother has thrown out my orbits tapes by accident !! does anyone have any they could run me a cd copy off !!! i will keep checking this page hopefully get a response. LASHING YOUR ARMS OUT ON THAT GRAND OLD BALCONY. that was a pilled up rockin time
I Live round the corner from The Orbit. The buildings been empty for about 3 years now . . . isnt it time we got together and restarted this motherfucker?
Yeah, I drove past it the other day and thought exactly the same thing. I can only think that promoters and investors have moved on from what was probably not a good earner.
still moved at watching these clips, not so much shivers down my spine. but at 35 years old, more like wetting my pants. great days. how lucky we were!
i remember me having my 1st pill ere in 93 dave angel/westbam wow wat a night i was on the stairs just past the cafe bar chatting shit saying i cant get over how good i feel pills r a lot better that acid lol
yeah i remember the flyers,i was a jungle tecno head until i heard a tape from joey beltram was class and turned my way of thinking.unfortunatly all my mates were into jungle at the time and i never got to go :0(
oh fucking amazing club love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was just like getting abducted into the belly of alien mother ship!!!!!!! fucking pure yorkshire class!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing night the orbit so sad it gone. Maddest memory walking straight into the glass panel thingy because of crazy visuals. Did anyone else ever walk into that glass panel?? !! RIP and respect the orbit xx
same routine every time, bang some whizz in the pub over the road, finally get in the place. straight to the bogs to get your pills out. get next to the speaker upstairs near the coffee bar and lose it for 5 hours. same routine? yes. boring never! every week had something different, great memories, would'nt change them. will always remember the orbit!!
i remember one night we all boo`d patrick pulsinger off ,,,cos is mixin was shite ,,john bury took over and fuckin nailed it , dont try and blagg the orbit crew we knew our shit lol,,,please remember this is a residential area ;)
Remember the 8th bday sven vath and adam beyer wen the speaker set on fire and all sound went off, sven was that off his head he just carried on playin 2 himself on the headphones the crazy bastrd. Best bit wen beyer started bangin beats 2gether wi 2copys ov Drumcode 09. Nice one son.
Carl Cox & Trevor Rockliffe 98 was my first night i was only 16 and it was the first time i took phet id never seen anything like it and was a bit intimidated at first but wen the drugs kicked in i found my self drippin wi sweat hangin off the balcony bangin one out. Dont think i missed a night after that exept the very last one cos i was in jail. The orbit was the best time of my life. Stil dream about it 2day and always will. R.I.P from Incey and all the birstall & hecky crew.
Carl Cox & Trevor Rockliffe 98 was my first night i was only 16 and it was the first time i took phet id never seen anything like it and was a bit intimidated at first but wen the drugs kicked in i found my self drippin wi sweat hangin off the balcony bangin one out. Dont think i missed a night after that exept the very last one cos i was in jail. The orbit was the best time of my life. Stil dream about it 2day and always will. R.I.P from Incey and all the birstall & hecky crew.
what memorys, watched these clips, brought a tear to my eyes and made all the hairs stand up, early years the best, agree with that, but what night they where, plus the friendlyest crowd ever, everyone there for the same thing THE MUSIC, then the dick heads started coming, will never forget the Orbit, would still be going now if still open.
the best club in the world. I could cry watching this and everytime I go past it. Cant believe its now just a restraunt. Nowhere can or will ever compare to the orbit. I wish they would put on an orbit night somewhere in Leeds as a one off and invite Sven vath, Surgeon and Joey Beltram. RIP Orbit 48
love to go back but could you repeat those moments i dunno.probably bit to old now as well.could open one for us old bastards,or just remember those fucking crazy nites when we were younger.when were sat in the old folks home we can say remember the orbit?that was fucking mental man.pass me false teeth man and some poppers!
whilst the eclipse was the best for an all night mash up the orbit was the best for pure madness rammed into 4 hours or so.... losing it to andy weatherall.. chanting along to sven vath... my all time hero frank de wulf.. just cant repeat those times :)
I was an orbit regular from 1998 till it shut in 2002/03. Been to Lost in London, Fabric, Tresor in Berlin, Razmatazz in Barcelona and other acclaimed Techno clubs world wide, Yet Nothing comes even close to the Orbit. Anyone who walked though its doors dare to argue?
I agree. Went to tresor and e-werk in Berlin. Nowhere ever matched this place for atmosphere. Simply the best club I ever went to. Used to love watching people still messily going for it after the lights had been turned on at 2am and the music had been turned off!!! Quality memories.
first went in 92 blown away by carl cox, pills were pills in them days.found the meaning of life in that place.remember how gutted u were when 2 o'clock came round!looking back now i can still feel the rushes and think i always will.sven,dave clarke,jeff mills,tanith.only ever had 2 shit nites when aphex twin did a set and westbam fucked around one nite.any one from boro who went?
sniff sniff. somebody please bring it back.. between all us old orbit fans we can do it. lots ov us got the tunes COME ON ORBIT.... just need somebody with the right head on there sholders to organise it.miss you orbit...sniff sniff.x
I still remember my first time at the Orbit. I was quite worried in the que, it was like omg look at all the dodgy bastards. i was actually shitting em. Climbing the stairs to the balcony bit all i could hear was my heart pounding. Nothing could prepare me for the pure sonic assault that was Orbit 48. The dodgy crowd were nothing but sound once we got in. I got a can of red stripe and before my mates could say fuck me this is some thing else i was off bouncing for the next 3 1/2 hours.
Looks amazing! the nights at Lost in London were just as good though - think people have just gone too far up their own arses to have it any more! Bring back buzzy thumping techno!
this place changed my life. then i came down. best club in uk. jeff mills 3 decks, sven vath refusing to switch off, 1st, 2nd 3rd bdays. pascal feal, bolland, lasers, dancing on the cop cars outside, refused entry for wearing a phobia tshirt, 92-98 ave it
we used to land at the orbit from 160 miles away (holyhead,anglesey)get in the spaceship take off for a few hours then come down to earth.best drugs ever.wooo iv shed a tear!
I went from 1992 to it closing. The most fabulous experience of electronic music you could ever have. How techno was meant to be heard- an all round assault on the senses. The only club ive ever been where the cheers fro the music/dj was like being at a football match. True class.
got all the way to the door and they said "sorry mate,FULL!!!drove all the way back to swinton,got lost on the way,cumin up on the best dolphins!!worst night ever!!but the next time i went made up for it!best club ever!!!
some of the best nights ive ever had from 1993 to 1998. about 8 of used to come over from manchester every weekend. sven vath and marco zafferano being the best nights i can remember we used to stand upstairs near the bar with the sheffield lot. great club great people great times.
the night it snowed wile we were in the club, coming out sweaty as a bollock, to find snow or was it? it was but you just didnt know for that split second it was like is this realy happening or what. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was the best club in the world, amazing atmosphere, never forget 'the orbit dance', you had to be stood on the railings to do it till that fat blonde bouncer came and told you to get down!..plus i'll never forget when Aphex Twin Played, there was nearly a riot cause they wouldn't play proper techno...what else did you go to the Orbit for!?
Totally agree, saturday nights just haven't been the same since. I remeber the night when the Aphex Twin played very well. It was the only time the orbit ever stopped bouncing. Gutted!
Bring back the orbit and let the good times start rolling again...
How packed was it that night aswell!....so many good memories of the Orbit. We used to come up as a 30 strong crew in the back of a Merc sprinter that i "borrowed" from work(if my boss ever found out!)If ever there is a tribute night , i'd be up for it!....where you from leelaa?
great upload :) Orbit was more than a club but a way of life, whoever says drugs are bad can fuck right off :D used to go every week and never felt better, still got all the circle flyers kept safe <3
LOL..."Dont slam your doors" Thats what they use to say as we all staggered out OMG this was the best clubnite in England...
I never once saw any trouble, just amazing techno D.J's from all around the world..
Stone the crows it lasted the best part of a decade and with hardly any change!! RESPECT to all you Orbit crew, we will never forget those crazy times.
Great to see some like minded individuals. What a club this place was. Goose bump central remembering some of the nights at the Orbit. Best ever by a long way.
What happened to fucking Richie Hawtin. Nowadays he is 50 bpm slower and booooring as hell
verapamil07 2 weeks ago
some brilliant nights around at the moment but no club quite as good as the Orbit was...
ramshackles 4 weeks ago
i worked here in the coffee bar i was more fucked than the people who came.What a club what an atmosphere what memories
MrAgai67 1 month ago
Daft Punk's first ever live show was held here.
fehercsongor 2 months ago
this place was the dogs ******* - used to get over with mates from Bridlington loads of times - especially after they shut down Phenomenon and Cuba in Bridlington. Always used to have an argument with the little curly haired doorman on the way in - but always got in - One time went with new girlfriend and was psyched up for the usual argument all the way up the queue. When we got to the front he just said "Yeah you two are ok - in ya go"
NOOOO I WANT TO HAVE MY ARGUMENT . . . ARGGHHHHHH
exup35 2 months ago
had some proper mental nights in their let me tell you carnt remember if it was frank de wolf i saw or joey beltram one night it got quite messy lol
1971dejavu 3 months ago
What a place :) such fond memories from gurning in the chillout room when it all got a bit too much to rocking my bollox off with shrooms and acid (crazy times!) and pulling the house bird that looked as fit as fook on the night only to discover she was twice my age!! oooops lovely lady tho :) no doubt we all saw who i'm talking bout?!! them shrooms have an effect even if the eyes pay the consequences!! would love orbit to come back right NOW :)
stuartw12345612 3 months ago
cooommmoonnneeee i need to now ,track id 1:35,please,please!
audi0kraft 5 months ago
track id 1:35 PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
audi0kraft 5 months ago
@audi0kraft Sons Of Piru - Impure Thoughts
Freeman024 3 months ago
@Freeman024 thank you mate!!!!ATOMBOMB!!
audi0kraft 3 months ago
RIP The Orbit! but long live the memories...
roberthooson 7 months ago
Truly was a magical place, would go as often as we could, seen some mad stuff in the temple of techno... The time the guy injected vodka over the road (even b4 he was in the place) & taken 2 hospital (Laurent G, 98?) & a guy on crutches, ravin, fallin & havin the time of his life!!! Truly awesome! Will hav 2 wait until I go 2 heaven 2 experience that again :) :( :)
roberthooson 7 months ago
Remember meeting shaun the manager and him letting me in for free for my 21st 63 of us went from Oldham manchester and greenfield mossley lees and wyhthenshawe will never forget that night was twisted big time.
35Steveo 8 months ago
Seen some of the best Djs here loved the place RIP ORBIT
35Steveo 8 months ago
Loved this ORBIT was my life for a lot of years if i ever win the lottery i will buy the place and recreate it and get all the best djs back bam yassi sven vath joey beltram jeff mills the list goes on. loved the cill out room as well and also the chip buttys at the cafe bit. miss it like mad.
35Steveo 8 months ago
SVEN VATH 1993 WAS SOMTHING ELE'S I AGREE THE 1993 SOUND WAS A STRONG INTELIGENT SOUND.
wishshewaswithme 8 months ago
I hit the scene in the orbit in 1991-1999-2000
it was a power house in decibel paradize,42,000 hits lets get our own orbit club and open it up on new year and christmas eve that club had a great layout thunder base well ballanced sound system,the upstair balcony sounded sweet uv lights purple and tribal greens and camouflage nets above the wild card connected movers and shakers that danced in loved happyness,to the thursty hypnotic, delightful new electronical machines soundsl or ORBITAL HEAVEN
wishshewaswithme 8 months ago
sven vath 93 best times
browny993 8 months ago
@ 1.38 oh yes
I can feel that pill smashin my head in and the speed makin me muthafuckin move
browny993 8 months ago
oh my god how had some amazing nights in the early 90's came from doncaster every weekendthen on to the redbeck cafe after, then on to ferrybridge or wooley hedge those were the days !!!!! the best nights ever would do anything to go back for one night and sit on the balcony
kerry1973p 9 months ago
Gutted, live a stones throw away but been young at the time i never went apart from a school disco and there not quite the same! its just sitting there empty too.
leeds2291 10 months ago
Ah, happy days :) Thanks for sharing!
shoggoth 10 months ago
Spent many a Saturday night in this fantasic Temple Of Techno. Travelling up from Nottingham to see all the big guns of Techno play. Minimal is at the forefront at the moment, however Techno will return and when it does, it will truly represent the sound of the 21st century and that sound will be beyond your wildest dreams.
ludwigvonsteampole1 1 year ago
I know this is a mad idea, but can we start a group and all fans together, BUY THE ORBIT AND BRING IT BACK ALIVE. Check out FB page.
TWIFTER666 1 year ago
God i fuckin loved that place!!
littlebird303 1 year ago
I had only been once...It was amazing.
postmansjock1 1 year ago
Bring back Orbit !!
Breaks my heart passing that empty failed restaurant everyday
Shewie01 1 year ago
the greatest club england ever had. great clips.
marcjb74 1 year ago
YES YES LOVED IT WAS ALL FUN
sparrowleg11 1 year ago
lots of sets available on the orbituary but they are still after more!
ramshackles 1 year ago
@ramshackles Whats the song during the rephlex bit?
drwugong 9 months ago
@XenoPhear Sons of Piru - impure thoughts
ramshackles 1 year ago
Looking at the Orbituary website it is clear many people came for many miles to attend this club.... was reading a copy of Mixmag from 1993 and it states "one of only 3 clubs in the UK catering for real underground techno!
SPBASS 1 year ago
But you had to have been to the original Orbit in Ossett before the after dark Orbit, that was the original and before it ALL took off.
brittania1974 1 year ago
What i would give to have just one more night in the Orbit ...... The best memories ever !!
Nickiy00 1 year ago
I could also cry when i watch this :-( The best techno club in the world and i miss it so much !!!!
Nickiy00 1 year ago
Lots of Orbit memorabilia here:
ramshackles 1 year ago
ripped that first bit off carl cox
mateyla321 1 year ago
It's a restaurant now, I heard off someone
MONKEYFONDLE 1 year ago
right rocking place even afterdark or was after dark b4 orbit same tunes same place rock on point to the skyeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
mateyla321 1 year ago
@sneakazz i remember madmike if i remember i think he was a mental nurse in real life (or so i was told) he had long hair like keith from the prodigy used to!!
still pass the services at hartshead and it bring back memories. was in there the other day .. alll very posh now!!
markiejiggy 1 year ago
Travelled down to Orbit from Glasgow a few times around 93-94. Saw Dave Angel, CJ Bolland Colin Dale, Jeff Mills amongst others. The thing that still gives me the biggest smile is the memory of all the nutters on the staircases coming down to the dancefloor withone leg over the bannister raving like f*ck. What a club! Happy times.
rollandsausage 1 year ago 5
@rollandsausage YES! That could be someone known as Mad Mike I think.
I used to fecking love the Orbit 93-94. Best days of my life. :)
sneakazz 1 year ago
@rollandsausage No such thing as health and fucking safety in those days!!!!!FANTASTIC FUN WAS HAD BACK THEN!!!
postmansjock1 1 year ago
many gd djs rocked roof in that place gd times
mateyla321 1 year ago
The best of times :)
nafrosounds 1 year ago
Minimal is absolutely vile. Bring back proper techno starting by reinstating this place.
razmonger 1 year ago 2
@razmonger get to future past in leeds all proper techno from the 90's and early naughties
PhilGeld 3 months ago
Great times.Overdrive!
julz1966 1 year ago
4:32 wish garnier still played that hard
hypercatjohn 1 year ago
i always come back for another little look n still get shivers when i read the comments. i don.t think anyone ever only went once, the orbit was as addictive as smack and i feel sorry for the young techno heads that'll never get to try it... respct to ramshackles for posting his films. the great club's gone but never forgotten.
iLoveMiTekki 2 years ago
Didn't discover Techno until this place was gone...heard only good things though.
robseven7 2 years ago
Its was mental.
I remeber going there.
And the thing was dance on the edge of the dance floor.
And Wait for the Drugs 2 kick in.
Then the Whole Place took off.
Reddwarff29 2 years ago
@Reddwarff29 When did this place close i think it was 2001-2002 not sure i was in prison at the time
SH4R9Y 2 years ago
Yeah its was 2002 I think.
They closed it down and built a bloody restaurant there.
Shocking.
Reddwarff29 2 years ago
@robseven7 Shame had some of the best times there and no doubt you would have discovered techno with the best people around!!
SH4R9Y 1 year ago
:( gutted !!!!!!
moonmnky177 2 years ago
fucking miss this place, we used to drive through from brid every weekend, then go to hart heads services!! i rememebr my firs ttime there and seeing people walk into the cafe door at the top of the stairs because it was glass no one saw . you never did it again after that!!
markiejiggy1 2 years ago
@markiejiggy1 my mate used to drive us through from kendal and back on the same night, we used to stop off at a service station on the way home too, it must have been that one. thanks to everyone that has posted tunes from this era, ive been glued to youtube for three days solid catching up with it all. thanks again everyone. what happened to techno...
missakmanouchian 1 year ago
I miss this place :(
ramshackles 2 years ago 5
Like the original Renaissance in Mansfield, you wouldn't even know it was there even looking straight at it, never went to the other Orbit night run concurrently..... somewhere else, that's how great Morley was. It meant something very special, and I only have one word to say in our defence. Schlammin'
DistantRumblingNoise 2 years ago
The friendly door staff, the slammin system, the tightness and intimacy of the people and the place was incredible, went all the time, had a ball, was an Aussie in heaven there, at a great time to be in Britian with those glorious men and their flying machines, this particular flying machine was situated just off a road, in little old Morley,
DistantRumblingNoise 2 years ago
Created an account just to share my crazy years at Orbit48..
Where to start, for 3 years (92-95) I danced and shared and loved and got seriously annihlated on that dancefloor. Beltram, Cj Bolland, Sven Vath, DJ Dag, Dave Angel, Marco Zaffarno, I Can't Remember, Robert Leiner, what a night,
DistantRumblingNoise 2 years ago
That totally rox - always meant to go for years never went - used to go to Ark tho. Please let me know where the nearest equivalent, closest to Leeds similar place like that is
jamesrayner28 2 years ago
Hey! I used to go to the Ark too! I did go to the Orbit once and it was simply insane! I prefered the Ark though. Were you there when they kicked a heavy metal concert out at the same time as the rave crowd? bahahah. Memories :)
9thInfJax 2 years ago
me and my mates used to come all way from anglesey to get off our tits i used to think that 10 mins after we got in the place took off into space and then all hell broke loose i had some of the best times of my life in there it was so freindly in there never had any trouble or seen any trouble in the 6 years we went .best night was dave angel we went back to a party with the von trapp family from bradford .its a shame ian passed away am shure alot of the regulars new him i love you all . peace
bunhead2006 2 years ago
no tapes, my mam even thru all my old fliers 2! i'm retired and old now but still try & re-live the old days a couple of times a yr & nowhere comes close, soon as u walked thru that door with a brass plaque with showbar on it fukin party time, even when pills were £15 each!!! RIP
rocco036 2 years ago
How lucky we were !!!
the best mashed up times i ever had. can anyone help me its urgent. my mother has thrown out my orbits tapes by accident !! does anyone have any they could run me a cd copy off !!! i will keep checking this page hopefully get a response. LASHING YOUR ARMS OUT ON THAT GRAND OLD BALCONY. that was a pilled up rockin time
dogcrap99 2 years ago
I Live round the corner from The Orbit. The buildings been empty for about 3 years now . . . isnt it time we got together and restarted this motherfucker?
StolenMonkey 2 years ago 2
Yeah, I drove past it the other day and thought exactly the same thing. I can only think that promoters and investors have moved on from what was probably not a good earner.
leeds101 2 years ago
still moved at watching these clips, not so much shivers down my spine. but at 35 years old, more like wetting my pants. great days. how lucky we were!
POTT1973 2 years ago
Tap in ( Voodoo child -Horses ) and listen to one of the best Orbit tunes ever, sadly missed.
dontthinksosomehow 2 years ago
The Walton lads and a few of us crofton lads in wakey used to go here how lucky we were to have this place in r backyard
SH4R6Y 2 years ago
oh ya plus i remember richie hawtin live 94 there dancing my tits off and this bird just came up to me and gave me a kiss great times miss u orbit48
SH4R6Y 2 years ago
i remember me having my 1st pill ere in 93 dave angel/westbam wow wat a night i was on the stairs just past the cafe bar chatting shit saying i cant get over how good i feel pills r a lot better that acid lol
SH4R6Y 2 years ago
:( :( ,,,,,,
moonmnky177 2 years ago
great place, was my stomping ground from 1993~1997.
zlaplus 2 years ago
yeah i remember the flyers,i was a jungle tecno head until i heard a tape from joey beltram was class and turned my way of thinking.unfortunatly all my mates were into jungle at the time and i never got to go :0(
soulassassin76 2 years ago
Still got my collection of around 200 round flyers.
Awesome place and sadly missed.
Wherelse have you queued at 8pm at night to get in a club??
Unforgettable and sadly missed..
arch1003 2 years ago
reamember em all sven beltram dave angel jam spoon just been checking sum of old school memery banks still tingling
paggero8 2 years ago
some of the best nights of my life : )
anyone remember Svens birthday bash set?
Awesome
thanks for posting the vids : )
DJfflyffilyfbybl 2 years ago
fuk ing sik night awesome great memories
RedEyeJediGogCym 2 years ago
oh fucking amazing club love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was just like getting abducted into the belly of alien mother ship!!!!!!! fucking pure yorkshire class!!!!!!!!!!
bondie333 2 years ago 2
what a club it was so sad it shut it got just too damn popular!yep justintoni i always used 2 waik into the glass door where cafe bar was ouch!
DJPOPPY123 2 years ago
I LIVE IN MORLEY :P
StolenMonkey 2 years ago
just found vapourspace, gravitational arch of 10 on you tube. a true morley trance anthem!!check it out.brings back good memories
POTT1973 2 years ago
Amazing night the orbit so sad it gone. Maddest memory walking straight into the glass panel thingy because of crazy visuals. Did anyone else ever walk into that glass panel?? !! RIP and respect the orbit xx
justintoni 3 years ago
sure i walked into it but i never split me drink!
Hog147 2 years ago
Top tunes, awesome crowd, best way to blow your head-open on a Saturday night. Bolland in '97 was a legend.
ChickenButton 3 years ago
same routine every time, bang some whizz in the pub over the road, finally get in the place. straight to the bogs to get your pills out. get next to the speaker upstairs near the coffee bar and lose it for 5 hours. same routine? yes. boring never! every week had something different, great memories, would'nt change them. will always remember the orbit!!
POTT1973 3 years ago 2
Quality place.Joey Beltram fucking rocked the place & so did westbam fucking awesome.Queing for hours at like only 7.00pm just to get in
murderingscousers 3 years ago
LEEDS best club FACT!!
Sven Vath was a fucking legend back in '94 blew the speakers and the roof off....crazy people crazy atmosphere.
R.I.P. ORBIT :((
browny993 3 years ago 2
i remember one night we all boo`d patrick pulsinger off ,,,cos is mixin was shite ,,john bury took over and fuckin nailed it , dont try and blagg the orbit crew we knew our shit lol,,,please remember this is a residential area ;)
moonmnky177 3 years ago
brilliant, brought back some memories lol! some of the best nights of my life!
crashgoddesss 3 years ago 2
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had some of the worst nights ever in morley rip losers
dearing007 3 years ago
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poo
dearing007 3 years ago
Used to go around 93 and 94, without doubt the best nights of my life.
The atmosphere was amazing, turn up in scruffy jeans, trackies whatever you wanted met a girl who turned up in her pyjamas once.
chipperhead 3 years ago
Remember the 8th bday sven vath and adam beyer wen the speaker set on fire and all sound went off, sven was that off his head he just carried on playin 2 himself on the headphones the crazy bastrd. Best bit wen beyer started bangin beats 2gether wi 2copys ov Drumcode 09. Nice one son.
incey98 3 years ago
Carl Cox & Trevor Rockliffe 98 was my first night i was only 16 and it was the first time i took phet id never seen anything like it and was a bit intimidated at first but wen the drugs kicked in i found my self drippin wi sweat hangin off the balcony bangin one out. Dont think i missed a night after that exept the very last one cos i was in jail. The orbit was the best time of my life. Stil dream about it 2day and always will. R.I.P from Incey and all the birstall & hecky crew.
incey98 3 years ago
Carl Cox & Trevor Rockliffe 98 was my first night i was only 16 and it was the first time i took phet id never seen anything like it and was a bit intimidated at first but wen the drugs kicked in i found my self drippin wi sweat hangin off the balcony bangin one out. Dont think i missed a night after that exept the very last one cos i was in jail. The orbit was the best time of my life. Stil dream about it 2day and always will. R.I.P from Incey and all the birstall & hecky crew.
incey98 3 years ago
what memorys, watched these clips, brought a tear to my eyes and made all the hairs stand up, early years the best, agree with that, but what night they where, plus the friendlyest crowd ever, everyone there for the same thing THE MUSIC, then the dick heads started coming, will never forget the Orbit, would still be going now if still open.
rth233 3 years ago
i had some of the best nights out of my life there late 1992 and most of 1993 , sven vath was (and still is) the bollox !
sie1999 3 years ago 2
the orbit was going downhill for years.thats why it went every fortnight.happy times 1992,if u were lucky enough to get in.
tonyabrahams 3 years ago
C'monnnnn! Oohhh that nasty base and the Special Brew recovery sessions....
jimmyhelljazz 3 years ago
amazing times...feel so lucky to have been there.
Dewi x
DJfflyffilyfbybl 3 years ago
Anyone out there used to go to the Orbit in Ossett? before the Morley one opened and started to ruin the experience?
brittania1974 3 years ago
The Orbit was abosulety fckin mental, loved it, hard as nails times!
tokyohands 3 years ago
nice
deanmuscle22togo 3 years ago
BEST OF THE BEST - the Orbit @ the Afterdark, Morley.... a true religious experience.
trimmtrabcasual 3 years ago
loved this club from 1992.also miss the bluemonkey in sunderland.best 2 clubs ever.
tonyabrahams 3 years ago
nowt can match this place fuckin banging
mrwilsong 3 years ago 2
loved every god dam time... maybe not aphex twin though..well once the pills kicked in i still gave it some... rip orbit48.. love ya.
orbitcrazy 3 years ago 2
the best club in the world. I could cry watching this and everytime I go past it. Cant believe its now just a restraunt. Nowhere can or will ever compare to the orbit. I wish they would put on an orbit night somewhere in Leeds as a one off and invite Sven vath, Surgeon and Joey Beltram. RIP Orbit 48
dayve3 3 years ago 6
Fcuking sickest club ever... No where can ever match it...!
silverleedsboy 3 years ago
love to go back but could you repeat those moments i dunno.probably bit to old now as well.could open one for us old bastards,or just remember those fucking crazy nites when we were younger.when were sat in the old folks home we can say remember the orbit?that was fucking mental man.pass me false teeth man and some poppers!
POTT1973 3 years ago
whilst the eclipse was the best for an all night mash up the orbit was the best for pure madness rammed into 4 hours or so.... losing it to andy weatherall.. chanting along to sven vath... my all time hero frank de wulf.. just cant repeat those times :)
solitaryswordsman 3 years ago
wow, apperantly ppl loved this club back in its glory days, i hear they might re-open it by the beggining of next year, like around spring break '09'
mariomario1981 3 years ago
I hope you're right mate, I'd love to go back to the Orbit.... nowhere else compares!!
alexparker100 3 years ago
Me too, never been anywhere this good!! Please bring back the Orbit.
ripgeorgey 3 years ago
I'd be the first in the queue if they did ;-)
sherburnlass 3 years ago
I was an orbit regular from 1998 till it shut in 2002/03. Been to Lost in London, Fabric, Tresor in Berlin, Razmatazz in Barcelona and other acclaimed Techno clubs world wide, Yet Nothing comes even close to the Orbit. Anyone who walked though its doors dare to argue?
bozadan 3 years ago
I agree. Went to tresor and e-werk in Berlin. Nowhere ever matched this place for atmosphere. Simply the best club I ever went to. Used to love watching people still messily going for it after the lights had been turned on at 2am and the music had been turned off!!! Quality memories.
pdf888 3 years ago
COME ON MORLEY!
sherburnlass 3 years ago
first went in 92 blown away by carl cox, pills were pills in them days.found the meaning of life in that place.remember how gutted u were when 2 o'clock came round!looking back now i can still feel the rushes and think i always will.sven,dave clarke,jeff mills,tanith.only ever had 2 shit nites when aphex twin did a set and westbam fucked around one nite.any one from boro who went?
POTT1973 3 years ago
Completely agree, Aphex Twin was turd!!
ripgeorgey 3 years ago
sniff sniff. somebody please bring it back.. between all us old orbit fans we can do it. lots ov us got the tunes COME ON ORBIT.... just need somebody with the right head on there sholders to organise it.miss you orbit...sniff sniff.x
orbitcrazy 3 years ago
Fucking comeon I used to love the orbit!! If ya fancied a chill go smoke a joint in the chillout room!! LOL The Orbit was fucking amazing!!
stebrit123 3 years ago
I still remember my first time at the Orbit. I was quite worried in the que, it was like omg look at all the dodgy bastards. i was actually shitting em. Climbing the stairs to the balcony bit all i could hear was my heart pounding. Nothing could prepare me for the pure sonic assault that was Orbit 48. The dodgy crowd were nothing but sound once we got in. I got a can of red stripe and before my mates could say fuck me this is some thing else i was off bouncing for the next 3 1/2 hours.
olziber 4 years ago
miss the orbit and the blue monkey in sunderland.possibly the best 2 clubs ever.
tonyabrahams 4 years ago
Looks amazing! the nights at Lost in London were just as good though - think people have just gone too far up their own arses to have it any more! Bring back buzzy thumping techno!
alexbabes 4 years ago
BEST CLUB IN BRITAIN. shame it closed
xxscotthuddxx 4 years ago
the best nights werer always when the guest dj didnt turn up and the residents played al night
shitthebed12345 4 years ago
this place changed my life. then i came down. best club in uk. jeff mills 3 decks, sven vath refusing to switch off, 1st, 2nd 3rd bdays. pascal feal, bolland, lasers, dancing on the cop cars outside, refused entry for wearing a phobia tshirt, 92-98 ave it
streettuff 4 years ago
man what a head fuck and blast to my deep dark technoeeeee past.....The Duke
maskedmagiciann 4 years ago
we used to land at the orbit from 160 miles away (holyhead,anglesey)get in the spaceship take off for a few hours then come down to earth.best drugs ever.wooo iv shed a tear!
bunhead2006 4 years ago
Still miss it everytime I watch the clips this place was a church for Techno worship.
Just glad I was able to go.... best of the best.
KeighleyWhite 4 years ago
Quality times. Nothing could beat it. 36yrs and still love techno music. Still remember the first night there.
rogermelly100 4 years ago
sigh... I was there for all those nights.
I miss The Orbit sooooo much :'(
PhineusPhreak 4 years ago
Oh my god I miss the Orbit!!
mangabitch1 4 years ago
who could forget c j bolland in 1993 playing thrust live . i was deaf for weeks ,great club great crowd respect to you all
niceguyrice 4 years ago
what a fucking venue that was no one could touch it.....!!! i remember well..
cannywf1 4 years ago
John Berry is a legend, and unfortunately ill at this time
cajjer 4 years ago
I went from 1992 to it closing. The most fabulous experience of electronic music you could ever have. How techno was meant to be heard- an all round assault on the senses. The only club ive ever been where the cheers fro the music/dj was like being at a football match. True class.
wakeyladhere 4 years ago
what a club like been at elland road what a crowd keep rocking
superleeds007 4 years ago
*drool* i wanna go
LSD25Girl 4 years ago
what a F**kin club , drove for hours to get there
miss them days
DJmisplacedmarbles 4 years ago
I've not been stompin in fuckin ages, saw sims and hawtin at this place. awsome venue. BRING BACK THE ORBIT!!!
tonyofsperrin 4 years ago
the good old days
its friday night 12.30am
we were orbit professionals from manchester
the nights were huge
the crowd was amazing
great times had by all....what we can remember
lobodoh 4 years ago
ow my god,,,how i loved the orbit. was my life for so long. it still grows inside. i need it back.or something like. rip orbit48. sniff sniff.x
orbitcrazy 4 years ago
Remember those CRAZY spinning visuals they use to project? Damn that was some freaky shit, Couldnt get enough of that!!!
rabbitlegs 4 years ago
got all the way to the door and they said "sorry mate,FULL!!!drove all the way back to swinton,got lost on the way,cumin up on the best dolphins!!worst night ever!!but the next time i went made up for it!best club ever!!!
nohist 4 years ago
Ahh mate terrible story! glad you came back!
The Orbit lives on within us all..
John Berry....Rocked the fukin place!
Plus all of the worlds best techno DJ's
and I mean ALL the best,
RIP Orbit
No pretence no trouble no hassle just 100% Techno mania for over a decade. No other club in the UK came close.
rabbitlegs 4 years ago
Can't beleive this is on youtube, bought a house in morley to be close to this gig and loved every night. RIP
MamboG1ZSO 4 years ago
Remember sven vath nights,swinton crew!never forget!!!
nohist 4 years ago
Everyone that went to the orbit will never forget. The best days of my life. Nothing has come close since!
leelaa69 4 years ago
I always remember new years eve 94-95 because I didnt get there as I was working at Basics....DANG!
hartyfarty69 4 years ago
going to the orbit was like jumping out of a plane flying on mars and landing in bed.zzzzzzzzz
medicinemanhoodlamb 4 years ago
some of the best nights ive ever had from 1993 to 1998. about 8 of used to come over from manchester every weekend. sven vath and marco zafferano being the best nights i can remember we used to stand upstairs near the bar with the sheffield lot. great club great people great times.
cedricmuffin 4 years ago
the night it snowed wile we were in the club, coming out sweaty as a bollock, to find snow or was it? it was but you just didnt know for that split second it was like is this realy happening or what. THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAPTINPAXO 4 years ago
Remember that night well!was that the night them birds put albus oil down all the lads bollox!OUCH!crazy nights!balconey crew!
nohist 4 years ago
how about this then the TOGA PARTY i think it was the third birthday
CAPTINPAXO 4 years ago
Guys & Girls - facebook Orbit 48 tribute night group - any vids pics even storys would go down a treat and u never know what might happen
mrscum 4 years ago
First proper club i went to.Fuckin loved it!
slickmanuva 4 years ago
anyone there on NYE 2001/2 remember taking fotos of a mashed aussie who ws dancing at the front, haha. i only remember the flash....
saiyau 4 years ago
This was the best club in the world, amazing atmosphere, never forget 'the orbit dance', you had to be stood on the railings to do it till that fat blonde bouncer came and told you to get down!..plus i'll never forget when Aphex Twin Played, there was nearly a riot cause they wouldn't play proper techno...what else did you go to the Orbit for!?
R.I.P i miss you(pesky wine bars!)
mememe1974 4 years ago
Totally agree, saturday nights just haven't been the same since. I remeber the night when the Aphex Twin played very well. It was the only time the orbit ever stopped bouncing. Gutted!
Bring back the orbit and let the good times start rolling again...
leelaa69 4 years ago
How packed was it that night aswell!....so many good memories of the Orbit. We used to come up as a 30 strong crew in the back of a Merc sprinter that i "borrowed" from work(if my boss ever found out!)If ever there is a tribute night , i'd be up for it!....where you from leelaa?
mememe1974 4 years ago
Best club in the world maybe...
DeejayDREAM 4 years ago
great upload :) Orbit was more than a club but a way of life, whoever says drugs are bad can fuck right off :D used to go every week and never felt better, still got all the circle flyers kept safe <3
Moowg 4 years ago
Scuse mt manners...THANKYOU for posting!!! PEACE
rabbitlegs 4 years ago
LOL..."Dont slam your doors" Thats what they use to say as we all staggered out OMG this was the best clubnite in England...
I never once saw any trouble, just amazing techno D.J's from all around the world..
Stone the crows it lasted the best part of a decade and with hardly any change!! RESPECT to all you Orbit crew, we will never forget those crazy times.
R.I.P orbit you changed my and many others life.
rabbitlegs 4 years ago
Dont slam your car doors, best of the best. R.I.P Orbit -
uniquevil001 4 years ago
the world's greatest ever club, RIP
1805noscumproject 4 years ago
wicked...tingling spine just thinking about it...any more clips anywhere?
1976mattyboy 4 years ago
what a fucking night. everyone knew everyone bring it back now???
geegee19821982 4 years ago
Great to see some like minded individuals. What a club this place was. Goose bump central remembering some of the nights at the Orbit. Best ever by a long way.
pdf888 4 years ago
spent many a good night at this club,still some good techno nights on leeds but nowt will be as good as the orbit was
paddywhackback 4 years ago
My god that brings back memories, mad tunes, balcony dancing, gurning pikeys. Love it!
olimistry 4 years ago