Saw this on the ambient listserv at hyperreal:
The following press release was forwarded to us by The Orb’s US agency, WME Entertainment.
ELECTRONIC MUSIC ENGINEER/PRODUCER GENIUS
ANDY HUGHES OF THE ORB SADLY PASSES AWAY ON FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2009
Andy Hughes, electronic music producer/DJ who was born 11th November 1965
and, and who lived and grew up in Harrow, Middlesex, tragically passed
away on Friday 12th June 2009 after a short illness.Andy was a genius who
gave so much inspiration and passion to all with his incredible work. He
was loved by many aficionados of the trance/ambient genre, but will be
especially remembered for his work with Alex Paterson and The Orb, most
notably the album Orblivion and single Toxygene, which reached number 4 in
the UK charts in 1997. Together with his musical partners Alex Patterson
and former members Kris Weston, Simon Phillips and Thomas Fehlmann
together with Nick Burton of Westworld fame. Andy created electronic and
ambient/techno/house/dub masterpieces. These took him across the globe
where he played to masses of fans in countries including the USA, Japan
and Canada as well as a sell out concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1998.
