Vidna Obmana

Vidna Obmana
Birth name Dirk Serries
Born 1968
Origin Belgium
Genres Ambient music
Minimal music
Drone music
Years active 1984–2007
Labels ND Records
Hypnos Recordings
Soleilmoon Recordings
Projekt Records
Associated acts Steve Roach
Alio Die
Website vidnaobmana.be

Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Croatian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music.[1] Serries created music under the Vidna Obmana pseudonym from 1984 until 2007, when he official retired the name.[2] Most of his current work is released under the Fear Falls Burning pseudonym.[3]

Vidna Obmana's music has often been described as anamorphic and organic. He uses the techniques of looping and shaping harmonies, minimizing the configurations to a few notes.[4]

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.[5][6]

Discography

Solo albums

Opera for Four Fusion Works Series

Collaborations

With Bass Communion

With Big City Orchestra

With Serge Devadder

With Alio Die

With Brannan Lane

With Dreams in Exile

With Klinik

With Jan Marmenout

With David Lee Myers

With Neurotic Youth

With PBK

With Jeff Pearce

With Steve Roach

With Sam Rosenthal

With Djen Ajakan Shean

With Willem Tanke

With Asmus Tietchens

Other collaborations

Anthologies

References

  1. ↑ "Vidna Obmana". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Vidna Obmana". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Fear Falls Burning, History". Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  4. ↑ Vidna Obmana discography
  5. ↑ Larry Austin, Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia: Forty Years on the Edge, Computer Music Journal, April 2004
  6. ↑ Teresa Gubbins, Vidna Obmana, Dallas Morning News, February 24, 1994
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