'The entire room went mental': Beth Orton on her dance days and new music

Beth Orton is at Cyprus Avenue in Cork on Friday.Â
Beth Orton is at a busy arrivals lounge, struggling to be heard over a mewling baby. âSorry for that child. I always say, if you want to have a baby - come to an airport,â she laughs.
A yammering airport is a strange environment in which to speak to Orton, who will be forever synonymous with the chill-out scene of the 1990s when she was christened popâs âcomedown queenâ. Screaming kids and stressed parents â these are not the images you associate with an artist whose diaphanous vocals delivered heady shots of bliss to an entire generation of clubbers.