Kris Weston

Kris Weston
Birth name	Kristian Weston
Also known as	Thrash
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electronica, trip hop, IDM
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer, remixer
Instruments	Keyboards, guitars
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Justablip Records
Associated acts	The Orb

Kris Weston (a.k.a. "Thrash") is a British electronic musician, record producer and remixer best known for his work as a member of The Orb.

Near the beginning of his career, he worked with Andrew Weatherall on remixes of Meat Beat Manifesto, remixed for Saint Etienne, U2 and others. He was still a teen when working on the first few albums by The Orb. Thrash was with The Orb for less than 5 years, from around 1990 to the end of 1995. He appeared on the Orb albums and the many remixes they did during this period, including the album FFWD, a collaboration with Robert Fripp that is credited to Fripp, Thomas Fehlmann, Weston, and Alex Paterson.

He also worked with Fortran 5 on their first album Blues.

In 1990 and 1991, Weston performed remix work for many electronic pop groups including Depeche Mode, Miranda Sex Garden, and Bananarama under the name Thrash.

In 1991 while working as a studio engineer, Kris Weston was invited by Alex Paterson to join him in live performances as The Orb. Weston's technical abilities allowed The Orb to craft panoramic sounds portraying aspects of space travel, especially the launch of Apollo 11 in their album The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld. Paterson and Weston wrote their next single, "Blue Room". Assisting with the recording was bassist Jah Wobble, keyboardist Miquette Giraudy, and guitarist Steve Hillage. This led to Weston and Paterson appearing on Top of the Pops where they played a game of chess in space suits with "Blue Room" playing in the background. Weston brought his technical and creative expertise to the Eno-influenced ambience on U.F.Orb.

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