Phil Hartnoll (Orbital) joins Psychic Dancehall festival 2026
Orbital plays Psychic Dancehall festival
The Psychic Dancehall festival – a UK electronic and experimental music festival set for March 21, 2026 at The Wardwick, Dubrek Studios, and Electric Daisy in Derby – has added Phil Hartnoll (Orbital) to close the Wardwick stage as part of a second wave line-up update.
The same announcement adds Immersion (Colin Newman and Malka Spigel), plus afromerm and Amoeba Forecast for the Kikimora-curated programme at Dubrek Studios. It also lists BUFFEE, House Cloud, Electroni Kongo, and sm^sher among the newly named acts, alongside Bunker Stage additions James Glew, Aysup, and Clum.
The organisers list earlier announced names including Pye Corner Audio, Haiku Salut, Voka Gentle, Ivan The Tolerable, Finlay Shakespeare, and Madrigirl.
Second tier tickets are priced at ÂŁ30, with full price tickets at ÂŁ40, and can be purchased here.
About Phil Hartnoll (Orbital)
Phil Hartnoll is a UK electronic music producer and DJ, best known as one half of Orbital alongside his brother Paul Hartnoll. The brothers grew up in Kent and started recording together in 1987, before releasing the breakthrough single “Chime”, first issued in December 1989 on Oh Zone Records and later reissued via FFRR.
The band’s catalogue includes tracks such as “Chime”, “Belfast”, “Halcyon” and “The Box”, and the duo built a reputation for live performances that combined sequencing and mixing in real time.
After Orbital’s 2004 split, Phil Hartnoll formed the duo Long Range with Nick Smith. Long Range’s debut album “Madness and Me” came out in August 2007. Orbital reunited in 2009, announced another break in October 2014. Hartnoll then focused on DJ work, including a Fuji Rock Festival appearance. Orbital later reunited again in 2017 and released “Monsters Exist” on September 14, 2018.
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