Andy Hughes (11 November 1965 – 12 June 2009) was an English electronic music producer. He is best known for his work with

the Orb The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential 19 ...

, where he helped mix and produce ''

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'', ''

Orblivion ''Orblivion'' is the fourth studio album by English electronic music group The Orb, released on 24 February 1997 by Island Records. With the album, the group, reunited with Andy Hughes and Steve Hillage, returned to their spacy sounds typical o ...

'', and ''

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'', as well as The Orb's singles from this period. Hughes left The Orb during the production of ''Cydonia'', which was reworked after his departure. In 2009, he

mastered Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master), the source from which all copies will be produced (via meth ...

the Orb's '' Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III)'' for release. He also did additional original production work and performed remixes for

the Cranberries The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick, Ireland. Originally named the Cranberry Saw Us, the band were formed in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler. Quinn was ...

and

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. Prior to his Orb years he had helped to design and build the studios for Bunk Junk & Genius and worked with many famous artists. Andy Hughes died aged 43 of liver failure, at the Liver Intensive Care Unit at

King's College Hospital King's College Hospital is a major teaching hospital and major trauma centre in Denmark Hill, Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH". It is managed b ...

in London, on 12 June 2009. He had one son and one daughter.

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Obituary
in ''The Independent'' by Pierre Perrone English electronic musicians English record producers The Orb members 1965 births 2009 deaths People from Harrow, London Deaths from kidney failure {{electronic-musician-stub