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\n\tMadonna is remembering William Orbit following his death.<\/p>\n
\n\tOn Saturday (Aug. 8), the Queen of Pop took to social media to remember her Ray of Light<\/em> producer following his death at age 69.<\/p>\n\n
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\n\t\u201cI had an epiphany when I met you and started working with you,\u201d Madonna wrote on Instagram. \u201cI realized that music did not have to fit into categories or genres. So we created our own.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe superstar singer\u2019s post included a clip of her acceptance speech at the 1999 Grammy Awards, where Orbit stood by her side as they accepted the award for best pop vocal album. Ray of Light<\/em> peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n\n\tShe continued, \u201cYou pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams. Your music gave me a magic carpet to fly on and I visited many places. Sad and Joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOrbit died at his home on July 23, but his death was announced Friday (Aug. 7). A cause of death was not given.<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe producer first remixed Madonna songs including \u201cJustify My Love\u201d and \u201cErotica\u201d before the pair collaborated on her 1998 album, Ray of Light<\/em>. His signature sound, incorporating elements of techno, trip-hop and downtempo, can be heard throughout the album.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cI sang in ways I\u2019d never sung before,\u201d Madonna wrote in her tribute. \u201cI used words without caring if they made sense or not. In many ways you were my Ray of Light \u2014 as was my daughter Lola who was born around this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tShe added, \u201cI was starting a new chapter, I was choosing another road to walk down \u2014 and you were right by my side with your crooked teeth and your genius, way of hearing music. The studio was often church like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe pair frequently worked together over the following decade, with Orbit receiving production credits on \u201cBeautiful Stranger,\u201d \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d and songs on Madonna\u2019s 2000 album Music<\/em> and 2012\u2019s MDNA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n
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\n\t\u201cI miss those days. Only you could inspire me to write a song like Drowned World or Swim. You were so otherworldly. So singular,\u201d Madonna wrote. \u201cThe years passed and I moved on to make music with other people, but I have never forgotten you or the magical time we spent together. Goodbye Billy Bubbles. I was so lucky to have known you and fallen down the rabbit hole with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSee Madonna\u2019s full tribute to Orbit on Instagram below.<\/p>\n\n\n
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