Something else from 2025 that I missed and was sent last week by a friend- a cover of Orbital's Belfast by Spanish artist Pepe Link. You might think that a cover of Belfast is entirely unnecessary at this stage in proceedings but I think this casts doubt on that thought...
It's chiller than chilled, totally inappropriate for this Arctic blast we've been experiencing recently. The trumpet line, played by Pepe Navarro, is gorgeous. It crosses the line into easy listening I guess but on occasion that's a line worth crossing.
In 2024 Orbital came back with their own new version, Tonight In Belfast, together with DJ Helen and David Holmes and Mike Garry's words- a celebration, a eulogy, a love letter- at the heart of a new take on Belfast.
Yep, that still has the capacity to move me.
In 2018 Orbital came back with an album, Monsters Exist, that was led by this track, Tiny Foldable Cities, that showed the Hartnoll brothers still had the chops and the capacity to surprise. Tiny Foldable Cities is as good as anything they've done since their golden years in the 90s.
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This is all very nice but you'll never match Boney M's 'Belfast': https://youtu.be/LQivCtW0Juo?si=kGqxpuXvlTZXR3Zk
Boney M rarely get mentioned at these pages- and I'm fairly sure that when they do, it's down to you Ernie.
They played an important part in my brief reign as the Karaoke King of Chisinau, but that's a story for another time.
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