Editing Beth Orton (section)

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Orton began working with [[William Orbit]] on an LP together as [[Spill (band)|Spill]], entitled ''Burn Blind''. "Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil" was the first track on the album that ended up being released in just Orton's name. ''[[Superpinkymandy]]'' was named after a rag doll which she bought at a [[jumble sale]] at the age of six.<ref>''Morning Becomes Eclectic'', first broadcast 30 May 1997</ref> This rare album was released only in Japan, in extremely limited numbers (popularly quoted{{by whom|date=November 2019}} as between 1,000 and 5,000 copies). The sound is very much Orbit's, but all of the songs (except "Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil" written by John Martyn) were co-written by Orton and Orbit, and some tracks were later recycled, in very different versions. "She Cries Your Name" later appeared on ''Trailer Park''. "Yesterday's Gone" became "Montok Point" on the fourth Strange Cargo release, ''[[Strange Cargo Hinterland|Hinterland]]'' (1995). ''Hinterland'' had Orton's vocals on several tracks, and also included an alternative version of "She Cries Your Name".

Orton provided a one-word vocal to the first [[Red Snapper (band)|Red Snapper]] EP in 1994 ("Snapper"), then co-wrote and sang on "In Deep" on ''The Swank EP'' (also 1994). Ali Friend from Red Snapper later joined Orton's band.

It was roughly at this time that she met Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands of [[The Chemical Brothers]] and began the first in a series of collaborations, providing vocals for the track "Alive Alone" on ''[[Exit Planet Dust]]'' (1995). She would later provide vocals for the tracks "Where Do I Begin" on ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]'' (1997) and "The State We're In" on ''[[Come with Us]]'' (2002). In 2018 she and [[The Chemical Brothers]] released a long-lost cover of [[Tim Buckley]]'s "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain", a collaborative effort dating back from the late '90s, when the three were sharing space in London’s Orinoco studios. According to [[Mixmag]] "Orton said she rediscovered the tune after it fell out of an unread copy of War and Peace."