Vidna Obmana
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Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym
used by Belgian
composer and ambient music
ian 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. Serries created music under the Vidna Obmana pseudonym from 1984 until 2007, when he official retired the name. Most of his current work is released under the Fear Falls Burning pseudonym.
Vidna Obmana has collaborated on several occasions with artists such as Asmus Tietchens
, Brannan Lane, Capriolo Trifoglio, Diego Borotti, and Steve Roach. Some of these collaborations have become entire projects of their own, such as Continuum
(collaboration with Bass Communion
) and Principle of Silence (collaboration with Joris De Backer).
Vidna Obmana is often cited as one of the more notable dark ambient musicians.
With Bass Communion
With Big City Orchestra
With PBK
With Asmus Tietchens
Pseudonym
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used by Belgian
Belgium
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composer and ambient music
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 Dirk Serries
Dirk Serries
Dirk Serries is a Belgian composer and ambient musician. He is best known as Vidna Obmana, a pseudonym he used from 1984 until 2007.-History:Serries began experimenting with electronic music in the late 1980s...
. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music. Serries created music under the Vidna Obmana pseudonym from 1984 until 2007, when he official retired the name. Most of his current work is released under the Fear Falls Burning pseudonym.
Vidna Obmana has collaborated on several occasions with artists such as Asmus Tietchens
Asmus Tietchens
Asmus Tietchens , who also records under the monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of avant-garde music....
, Brannan Lane, Capriolo Trifoglio, Diego Borotti, and Steve Roach. Some of these collaborations have become entire projects of their own, such as Continuum
Continuum (music project)
Continuum is a collaborative ambient and drone music project between Bass Communion and Dirk Serries...
(collaboration with Bass Communion
Bass Communion
Bass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name "Bass Communion" are in an ambient or electronic vein - lengthy drone-heavy compositions...
) and Principle of Silence (collaboration with Joris De Backer).
Vidna Obmana is often cited as one of the more notable dark ambient musicians.
Solo albums
- The Ultimated Sign of Burning Death (1985) Therapie Organisatie
- Experience Artaud - Soundtrack for Experimental Theatre (1988), Mechanical Orchestration Music
- Deathchamber - Trancedreamed (1988) Mechanical Orchestration Music
- Gathering in frozen beauty (1989), The Decade Collection
- Near the flogging landscape (1990), VioletGlassOracle Tapes
- Refined on gentle clouds (1991), Direct Music
- Passage in Beauty (1991), ProjektProjekt RecordsThis is the article for the record label. You might be looking for Pro-jekt, ProjeKct, Project Pitchfork, or Projekt RevolutionProjekt is a Brooklyn, New York-based independent record label specializing in gothic rock, ambient, ethereal, darkwave, shoegaze, dream-pop, and dark cabaret created by...
- Shadowing in Sorrow (1991), Projekt
- Ending Mirage (1992), Projekt
- Echoing Delight (1993)
- Revealed by composed nature (1994), Hic Sunt Leones
- The Spiritual Bonding (1994) Extreme
- The Transcending Quest (1995), Amplexus
- The River of Appearance (1996), Projekt
- Twilight of Perception (1997), Projekt
- Crossing the Trail (1997), Projekt
- Landscape in obscurity (1998), Hypnos - with Capriolo Trifoglio and Diego Borotti
- The Surreal Sanctuary (2000), HypnosHypnos (label)Hypnos is an independent record label, located in Portland, Oregon. Started in 1996 by M. Griffin to release his own recordings, both solo and for his collaborative project Viridian Sun, and has since become one of the most established and respected ambient labels.The music released tends toward...
- The Contemporary Nocturne (2000), Hypnos
- Subterranean Collective (2001), Project
- Soundtrack for the Aquarium (2001), Hypnos
- Tremor (2001), RelapseRelapse RecordsRelapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
/Release - Isolation Trip/Path of Distortion (2002), Klanggalerie (7" LP)
- Spore (2003), Relapse
- Legacy (2004), Relapse
Opera for Four Fusion Works Series
- An Opera for Four Fusion Works
- Act One: Echoes of Steel with Dreams in Exile (2002), Hypnos
- Act Two: Phrasing the Air with Bill Fox (2004), Hypnos
- Act Three: Reflection on Scale with Kenneth Kirchner (2006), Hypnos
- Act 4 (2007), Hypnos
With Bass CommunionBass CommunionBass Communion is a side project of Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name "Bass Communion" are in an ambient or electronic vein - lengthy drone-heavy compositions...
- Continuum I (2005), Soleilmoon
- the continuum recyclings, volume one (2006), Tonefloat (2LP)
- Continuum II (2007), Soleilmoon
With Big City OrchestraBig City OrchestraBig City Orchestra is a long running art/anti-art group based generally in California. They have an ever rotating cast of musician and nonmusician members...
- Vidna Obmana & Big City Orchestra (1989), Mechanical Orchestration Music
With Dreams in Exile
- 2-disc re-release of The River of Appearance (1996) with accompanying re-conceptualization of the album by Dreams in Exile
With PBKPBK (composer)PBK is a composer that works in the genres of Noise and/or Ambient music.-Background:American composer, Phillip B. Klingler, better known as PBK, has been active in the experimental music underground since 1986. His soundwork correlates to electroacoustic, classic industrial and free jazz genres...
- Monument of Empty Colours (1988), The Decade Collection
- Compositions : Depression & Ideal" (1989), Freedom in a Vacuum/PBK Recordings
- Fragment 3 (1991), N D
With Steve Roach
- Well of Souls (1995), Projekt – 2 discs
- Cavern of Sirens (1997), Projekt
- Ascension of Shadows (1998), Projekt (limited edition 3-disc set included Somewhere Else, re-released 2005)
- Live Archive (2000), Groove Unlimited
- Circles & Artifacts (2000), Contemptary Harmonic
- InnerZone (2002), Projekt
- Spirit DomeSpirit DomeSpirit Dome is a collaborative album by ambient musicians Steve Roach and Vidna Obmana. It was recorded in a live studio session in Philadelphia, PA on May 24, 2002, beginning at around 1 AM...
(2004), Projekt - Somewhere Else (2005), Project
With Djen Ajakan Shean
- Parallel Flaming (1994), Multimood
- Still Fragments (1994), ND
With Asmus TietchensAsmus TietchensAsmus Tietchens , who also records under the monikers Hematic Sunsets and Club of Rome, is a German composer of avant-garde music....
- The Shift Recyclings (2002), Soleilmoon
- Motives for Recycling (Linear Writings, Nachtstücke Revisited) (1999), Soleilmoon
- Untitled Collaboration (1995), Syrenia
Other collaborations
- Zero Point (2001), The Foundry - by Seofon with Thermal, Stephen KentStephen Kent (musician)Stephen Kent is a professional didgeridoo performer, percussionist, composer and recording artist.- Musical career :Kent's musical career has taken him across five continents, living at various times in the UK, Spain, East Africa, Australia and the USA...
, Robert RichRobert Rich (musician)Robert Rich is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States. With a discography spanning over 30 years, he is widely regarded as a figure whose sound has greatly influenced today's ambient, New Age, and even IDM music.-Early life:At an early age he thought he disliked music...
, Steve Roach, Not BreathingNot BreathingNot Breathing is the creative vehicle of David Wright, maker of experimental electronic music and instruments. Beginning in the late 80s with a series of self-distributed cassettes, Not Breathing’s career now encompasses seven full-length CD releases, several vinyl releases, over forty compilation... - Music for Exhibiting Water with Contents – Soundtrack for the Aquarium (1992) Antwerp ZOO - Split with Hybrids
- A Thunder Orchestra / Vidna Obmana (1986), Ladd-Frith - Split release with A Thunder Orchestra
Anthologies
- Noise/Drone Anthology 1984-1989 (2005), Ikon/Projekt
- Anthology 1984 - 2004 (2004), Ikon/Projekt
- Memories Compiled 2 (Near the flogging landscape, Refined on gentle clouds) (1999), Projekt: Archive
- The Trilogy (1995), Projekt: Archive - Compilation of Passage in beauty, Shadowing in sorrow and Ending Mirage
- Memories Compiled 1 (Monument of Empty Colours, Gathering in frozen beauty) (1994), Projekt: Archive - with PBK
External links
- Vidna Obmana at VidnaObmana.be (official website)
- Vidna Obmana at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Vidna Obmana at Piero ScaruffiPiero ScaruffiPiero Scaruffi received a degree in Mathematics in 1982 from University of Turin, where he did work on the General Theory of Relativity. For a number of years he was the head of the Artificial Intelligence Center at Olivetti, based in Cupertino, California. He has been a visiting scholar at...