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Also known as William Wainwright, William Ørbit

English musician, composer and record producer

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1956-12-15
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William Orbit (born on 15 December 1956, as William Mark Wainwright) is a British musician and record producer, best known to the public for producing Madonna's album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards. He has also co-produced several unreleased Madonna songs originally recorded for other albums that were never used. Also, he produced "13" by Blur, and remixed some of the songs on the album. His speciality is atmospheric keyboard electronica although much of his work features accom

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 61,655x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 43,955x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,031x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,752x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,537x

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Official website
www.williamorbit.com
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date of birth
1956-12-15
start of work period
1982-00-00
pseudonym
Strange Cargo
birth name
William Mark Wainwright
name in native language
William Orbit
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