- VidnaObmana
vidnaObmana is the
pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries whose music has often been described as isolationist and organic. He has chosen the name Vidna Obmana for his musical persona because it means "optical illusion" in Serbian language. vidnaObmana has collaborated on several occasions with artists such asAsmus Tietchens ,Brannan Lane ,Capriolo Trifoglio ,Diego Borotti , andSteve Roach . Some of these collaborations have become entire projects of their own, such as "Continuum" (collaboration withBass Communion ) and "Principle of Silence" (collaboration withJoris De Backer ). "Fear Falls Burning " was a vidnaObmanaside project (now presumably his main project).In an
April 2007 statement on his website, vidnaObmana has stated that his 23-year use of the pseudonym has always been for the purpose of focusing attention on his art and not on himself. In some venues, the is rendered as VidnaObmana or Vidna Obmana. With that being said, Dirk Serries has ended vidnaObmana as his focal artistic output.Partial discography
* "Passage in Beauty" Projekt,
1991 .
* "Shadowing in Sorrow" Projekt,1991 .
* "Ending Mirage" Projekt,1992 .
* "Echoing Delight"1993 .
* "Parallel Flaming"1994 .
* "The Spiritual Bonding"1994 .
* "Twilight of Perception" Projekt,1995 .
* "Crossing the Trail" Projekt,1997 .
* "Spirits" (withJan Marmenout ) High Gate Music,1999 .
* "Ascension of Shadows" (withSteve Roach ) Projekt,1998 .
* "The Surreal Sanctuary" Hypnos,2000 .
* "The Contemporary Nocturne" Hypnos,2000 .
* "Tremor" Relapse/Release,2001 .
* "Soundtrack for the Aquarium" Hypnos,2001 .
* "An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 1" Hypnos,2002 .
* "Spirit Dome " (withSteve Roach ) Projekt,2004 .
* "An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 2" Hypnos,2004 .
* "An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 3" Hypnos,2006 .
* "An Opera for Four Fusion Works, Act 4" Hypnos,2007 .External links
* [http://www.vidnaobmana.be/ vidnaObmana personal and professional website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/vidnaobmana vidnaObmana entry at MySpace]
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