No. 358: The Orb featuring David Gilmour - "Metallic Spheres" (2010)

Every now and again you just need an album to put on in the background while you're busy at work, or something to zone out to on your headset in the early hours of the morning after a big night out. And for me, this is my current favourite album to accompany both of those scenarios.
Ambient techno outfit The Orb have teamed up with "the voice and guitar" of Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, to create this spacey chill-out album full of cosmic sound effects and interesting electronic soundscapes. David Gilmour's tasty lead guitar breaks weave in and out of the mix across the album's two 20-plus minute halves, making this album seem like a 21st-century updated version of Pink Floyd's "Echoes".
The Orb are well-known fans of art/prog-rock, and their teaming up with David Gilmour seems to be a perfect match as they successfully graft that famous guitar sound with a range of grooving rhythms and extraterrestrial moods.
If you have a trampoline in the backyard, my recommendation is to sneak out there on a warm summer's night, hop on, lie flat on your back and gaze up at the stars as this one plays on your iPod - a suitably trippy soundtrack for a night spent quietly pondering the universe. Total mind blow dudes!