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Orbital’s Paul and Phil Hartnoll look back: ‘At times you think: why am I doing this and giving you half the money?’


The rave pioneers on bricklaying, bust-ups and going to therapy

When it comes to our creative relationship, he’s the hare and I’m the tortoise When we were bricklayers, I’d bring my tape recorder to work so we could listen to pirate radio and annoy the other builders. I’m the writer and do all the hard graft, while he runs around the background, saying: “That’s excellent!” or, “That’s too complicated!” It’s useful to have a sounding board, but when you’ve got three kids, you start to think, why am I doing this and giving you half the money? One day mum took me to the local GP and gave him permission to practise tattoo removal on my arm, which involved slicing it off and using a cauterising iron.

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