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. Serries created music under the Vidna Obmana pseudonym from 1984 until 2007, when he officially retired the name. Most of his current work is released under the Fear Falls Burning pseudonym.

","content","

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 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 officially retired the name. Most of his current work is released under the Fear Falls Burning pseudonym.\n

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.\n

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).\n

Vidna Obmana is often cited as one of the more notable dark ambient musicians.\n

\n\n

Discography

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), Projekt
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), Hypnos
The Contemporary Nocturne (2000), Hypnos
Subterranean Collective (2001), Project
Soundtrack for the Aquarium (2001), Hypnos
Tremor (2001), Relapse/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\n
- 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

Collaborations

\nWith Bass Communion\n

Continuum I (2005), Soleilmoon
the continuum recyclings, volume one (2006), Tonefloat (2LP)
Continuum II (2007), Soleilmoon
the continuum recyclings, volume two (2010), Tonefloat (2LP)

\nWith Big City Orchestra\n

Vidna Obmana & Big City Orchestra (1989), Mechanical Orchestration Music

\nWith Serge Devadder\n

The Shape of Solitude (1999), Multimood

\nWith Alio Die\n

Echo Passage (1999), Musica Maxima Magnetica; Projekt Records (USA)

\nWith Brannan Lane\n

Deep Unknown (2002), Ambient Circle

\nWith Dreams in Exile\n

2-disc re-release of The River of Appearance (1996) with accompanying all-acoustic re-conceptualization of the album by Dreams in Exile

\nWith Klinik\n

Gluttony (2005), Hands
Greed (2006), Hands

\nWith Jan Marmenout\n

Spirits (1999), High Gate Music

\nWith David Lee Myers\n

Tracers (2003), Klanggalerie

\nWith Neurotic Youth\n

Bleeding Wounds / Only Fear Will Survive (1986), Ladd-Frith

\nWith PBK\n

Monument of Empty Colours (1988), The Decade Collection
Compositions : Depression & Ideal (1989), Freedom in a Vacuum/PBK Recordings
Fragment 3 (1991), N D

\nWith Jeff Pearce\n

True Stories (1999), Mirage

\nWith Steve Roach\n

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 Dome (2004), Projekt
Somewhere Else (2005), Projekt
Low Volume Music (2012), Projekt

\nWith Sam Rosenthal\n

Terrace of Memories (1992), Projekt

\nWith Djen Ajakan Shean\n

Parallel Flaming (1994), Multimood
Still Fragments (1994), ND

\nWith Willem Tanke\n

Variations for Organ, Keyboard and Processors (1999), Multimood

\nWith Asmus Tietchens\n

The Shift Recyclings (2002), Soleilmoon
Motives for Recycling (Linear Writings, Nachtstücke Revisited) (1999), Soleilmoon
Untitled Collaboration (1995), Syrenia

\nOther collaborations\n

Zero Point (2001), The Foundry - by Seofon with Thermal, Stephen Kent, Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Not Breathing
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
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - PCP Torpedo ANbRx \"Three Ring Inferno\" - remix

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

References

\n\n

External links

Official website
Vidna Obmana at AllMusic
Vidna Obmana discography at Discogs

","description","Belgian composer and ambient musician","url","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidna_Obmana","wikibase_item","Q2385299","thumbnail",{"_382":388,"_384":389,"_386":390},"original_image",{"_382":383,"_384":385,"_386":387},"general_info",{"_359":360,"_361":362,"_363":364,"_61":365,"_366":367,"_368":369,"_370":371,"_372":373},"date_of_birth","1968-10-04","place_of_birth","Antwerp","nationality",[228],[381],"occupations",[378,379,380],"record_labels",[377],"official_website","http://www.vidnaobmana.be","active_years",{"_374":375,"_376":-5},"start","1984","end","Relapse Records","musician","songwriter","composer","ambient music","source","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fear_Falls_Burning%2C_Epiphone_Les_Paul.jpg/1920px-Fear_Falls_Burning%2C_Epiphone_Les_Paul.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","width",2000,"height",3008,"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Fear_Falls_Burning%2C_Epiphone_Les_Paul.jpg/330px-Fear_Falls_Burning%2C_Epiphone_Les_Paul.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail",330,496,"74027",{"_25":398,"_52":399,"_54":400,"_55":401,"_57":402,"_59":-5,"_60":-5,"_61":403,"_63":404,"_65":405,"_67":406,"_69":222,"_71":407,"_73":408,"_75":409,"_77":-5,"_78":-5,"_79":-5,"_80":-5,"_81":-5,"_82":-5,"_83":-5,"_84":-5},{"_32":394},{"_34":395},[396],{"_25":397,"_27":44},"198906",74027,"Dirk Serries","dirk-serries","https://open.spotify.com/artist/5WcW1WoKdWhekWQbyFRf9Q","https://i.scdn.co/image/11ab5e0eae6620b6d08ddfe30560a63363a59c17",[203,88,136,85],10,1300,[228],4330,59793,[88,410,85,87,136],"earwaves"]