The Orb planning opera & new collaborative album

Ambient house duo, The Orb have revealed details of upcoming projects in a new interview.

Speaking to FACT, the pair – Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann – have unveiled plans for an opera called Moon Building. It’s currently “unfinished”, the electronic pioneers say, but will be released “as early as possible”.

But that’s not all, they are also prepping a new collaborative album, following their previous effort with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, set for 2014. They say it’ll feature “another special guest”.

Read the full interview here.