Bayan haihuwar Lourdes, Madonna ta shiga cikin sihiri na Gabas da Kabbalah, wanda actress Sandra Bernhard ya gabatar da ita. Kundin studio na bakwai, Ray of Light, (1998) ya nuna wannan canji a cikin fahimta da hotonta. Ta yi aiki tare da mai samar da kayan lantarki William Orbit kuma yana son ƙirƙirar sauti wanda zai iya haɗuwa da kiɗan kiɗa tare da pop da dutsen Burtaniya. Mai sukar kiɗa na Amurka Ann Powers ya bayyana cewa abin da Madonna ya nema tare da Orbit "wani nau'i ne mai ban sha'awa da ta ke so don wannan rikodin. Techno da rave suna faruwa a cikin 90s kuma suna da nau'i daban-daban. Akwai abubuwa masu gwaji, masu wuya kamar Aphex Twin. Akwai abubuwa masu yawa kamar Fatboy Slim. Abin da Madonna ba ta so don wannan. Ta fi kama da mawaki-songwriter, William Orbit.
William Orbit