dimanche 22 Fév 2009, 11h46m

This weeks featured Artist: . . . …Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana… . . .

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This is one of Dirk Serries (also known as Vidna Obmana and Fear Falls Burning) collaboration projects. Together with Steve Roach He released a total of 8 albums with this collaboration.

Steve Roach and Vidna Obmana share an unusual capacity for merging their sonic worlds together, creating disrupted spheres where life is everything but banal. Within their blend of primordial change, they offer frightening visitations into warped dimensions, not only of realities but also that of a dark spiritual morass.

Electroambient Space about Spirit Dome – Live Archive (the latest release from the duo)

“This 2009 double CD reissue of Spirit Dome from 2002 and Live Archive from 2000 is a natural pairing of albums and a natural pairing of talents. Since their fantastic Well of Souls, Steve Roach and vidnaObmana have collaborated successfully on several occasions, sometimes as a full-fledged duo, sometimes as guests on each others’ solo albums. If you somehow missed these on their first release, no true fan should be without them. Spirit Dome is the dreamier of the two, a haunting floater composed in a Philadelphia hotel room in the spirit of the moment. Divided into eight parts but playing as an epic continuous whole, this delicate work ebbs and flows serenely. Deep tribal beats appear in the second movement, yet they are somehow muted to meld seamlessly into the liquid ambience. The ethereal dark tones gain intensity, then flow into the third part which takes us deeper into the crevasse as the drums fade away. Though it shimmers at times, it spends most of its time enjoying wandering in the darkness of night. Live Archive covers a wider array of sound, culled from various concerts during 1997 both in America and Europe. Despite the varied sounds and locations, it flows quite nicely from the chanting and didgeridoos of “Verruchio Invocation” to the powerful tribal drumming of “Common Ground” to the abstract rustling noises of “Two Reptiles,” a slowly evolving, cavernous expansive tribal piece that is one of my favorites. “Soundworld Collage” starts and ends with soft organic tones but is brisk and intense in the middle. Both discs capture a range of cool sounds from two masters of the ambient genre.”

Recommended Listening:

Well of Souls
Spirit Dome – Live Archive

Links:

http://www.vidnaobmana.be/
http://www.steveroach.com/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Steve+Roach+%26+Vidna+Obmana
http://www.thegatherings.org/38gather.html
http://www.projekt.com/