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Vidna Obmana — Tremor
(Release Entertainment RR 650, 2001, CD)

by Mike McLatchey, Published 2002-04-01

Tremor Cover art

Not willing to rest after his Hypnos duology of the last couple years, Vidna Obmana begins a new conceptual trilogy with Tremor, an album inspired by Dante’s Inferno. Much like the Hypnos CDs, Tremor contains all the latter-day Vidna Obmana trademarks: hand percussion rhythms; shrill, effected fujara; and long drones of an industrial / atonal nature. While the Hypnos CDs seemed to line up a number of tracks with different artist line-ups and sounds, Tremor has a more cohesive and completely tracking, from the more actively percussive opening tracks to those more atmospheric, musically describing Inferno’s narrative descent. One highlight that particularly demonstrates Vidna Obmana’s skill is the eight-minute “Simulate.” The way he floats both melodic and dissonant elements together in a heady ambient brew creates an almost-resolved, on-the-precipice sort of feel that always resonates with mystery and suspense. In fact, of the many practitioners of ambient electronic music, Vidna Obmana’s sound seems closest to the avant-garde, creations of sound that remind me of the bleak, the fathomless, and the esoteric. This is one mystery worth unfolding.

Filed under: New releases, Issue 24, 2001 releases

Related artist(s): Dirk Serries / Vidna Obmana / Fear Falls Burning

More info
http://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tremor

 

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