Graham Coxon recalls Madonna walking into the studio while Blur were making ’13’ with “genius” William Orbit

Graham Coxon has recalled Madonna unexpectedly walking into the studio while Blur were recording ’13’ with the late producer William Orbit. READ MORE: William Orbit, 1956-2026: musical maverick who produced era-defining hits for Madonna, Blur and All Saints Orbit died at his home on July 23 at the age of 69, with news of his passing announced on August 7. No cause of death has been shared. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Coxon reflected on the producer’s work on Blur’s experimental and critically-acclaimed sixth album, released in 1999, describing him as a “genius” with an anarchic love of sound. Blur chose Orbit to oversee the ’13’ sessions after hearing his eight-minute remix of their 1997 track ‘Movin’ On’, and the sessions came in the aftermath of Orbit’s work on Madonna’s huge 1998 album ‘Ray Of Light’, which had made him one of the most sought-after producers in the world. “I instantly liked William,” Coxon said. “I picked up on some sort of perversion in him musically, and I thought, ‘This will be interesting’.” “We got the measure of him that it was going to be anarchy,” he continued. “We thought he was this genius who was a bit tinged by madness – but, well, that’s ...