Dirk Serries
Encyclopedia
Dirk Serries is a Belgian composer and ambient music
ian. He is best known as Vidna Obmana
, a pseudonym he used from 1984 until 2007.
. His early work concentrated on the abrasive side of electronic music, but moved towards long isolationist ambient
pieces throughout the 1990s
.
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
ian. He is best known as Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana
Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music...
, a pseudonym he used from 1984 until 2007.
History
Serries began experimenting with electronic music in the late 1980s1980s in music
For music from a year in the 1980s, go to 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89For a history of music in all times, see Timeline of musical events....
. His early work concentrated on the abrasive side of electronic music, but moved towards long isolationist ambient
Isolationism (music)
Isolationism is term coined by British musician Kevin Martin, used to describe a darker breed of ambient music that came to prominence in the mid-1990s...
pieces throughout the 1990s
1990s in music
For music from a year in the 1990s, go to 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99This article includes trends in popular music in the 1990s....
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Projects
- Vidna ObmanaVidna ObmanaVidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music...
- Fear Falls Burning
- ContinuumContinuum (music project)Continuum is a collaborative ambient and drone music project between Bass Communion and Dirk Serries...
- 3 Seconds of Air
- Microphonics