Vidna Obmana

Vidna Obmana ♪

Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym of Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. Dirk Serries chose the name Vidna Obmana for his musical persona because it means "optical illusion" in Serbian language. Thirteen years hence, Vidna Obmana still finds that the name gives him a feeling of freedom to place his music first, before his own personality and philosophy. As a self-taught electronic musician, Vidna Obmana explored different musical areas before discovering the techniques of looping and shaping harmonies, merging layers of sound and minimizing the configurations to a few notes. His style of atmospheric music creates trance-like states in listeners who understand the language of sound.

Embracing the challenge to leap into unknown and uncharted terrain, Vidna Obmana refines his minimalistic sound-sculpting while expanding the range of rhythms and performance on various acoustic instruments, like the fascinating Slovakian overtone flute "Fujara", and combining his array of sounds with contemporary elements, slowly changing pace with a great interest in the avantgarde. Vidna Obmana released over thirty-four albums.

Dirk Serries' music has often been described as isolationist and organic. Throughout Vidna Obmana's career, he has explored the abrasive side of electronic composition, the freeform landscapes of the isolationist ambient aesthetic, the structured interactivity of Fourth World soundworlds, international music traditions and post-classical experimentations.

♪ Discography

1. 1992, Shadowing In Sorrow
2. 1993, Echoing Delight
3. 1994, Memories Compiled 1
4. 1994, Parallel Flaming
5. 1994, Still Fragments
6. 1994, The Spiritual Bonding
7. 1994, The Transcending Quest (CD5)
8. 1996, The River Of Appearance
9. 1997, Crossing The Trail
10. 1999, Landscape In Obscurity
11. 1999, Memories Compiled 2
12. 2000, Surreal Sanctuary
13. 2000, The Contemporary Nocturne
14. 2003, Spore

Shadowing In Sorrow (1992)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - One Charming Delight.flac	36 385 112	10:33	450
02 - Guarding Souls.flac	29 365 782	06:27	600
03 - Of Great Constancy.flac	44 442 538	10:59	530
04 - Murmuring.flac	31 343 160	07:56	520
05 - Over Angels Grief.flac	65 159 108	12:51	670
06 - Distant Awakening.flac	38 884 790	09:17	550

Echoing Delight (1993)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Winter Mouvement.flac	45 725 608	08:06	750
02 - Crystal Traveling.flac	60 214 465	09:29	840
03 - The Empty Night.flac	38 677 224	07:54	650
04 - Echoing Delight.flac	104 894 483	17:40	790
05 - Narrow Gloom (Part Two).flac	66 936 375	10:06	880
06 - Glass Splendour.flac	94 402 701	15:27	810

Memories Compiled 1 (1994)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Neo-Noir.flac	35 583 474	09:58	470
02 - Exhaust Dark Crown.flac	28 000 170	07:02	530
03 - Momentary Stillness.flac	33 510 777	10:27	420
04 - The Fall Of Romantic Simplicity.flac	28 079 340	07:17	510
05 - Insects To Harmony.flac	38 933 146	09:29	540
06 - Door Of Secret Rising.flac	35 065 593	07:31	620
07 - Closing.flac	8 077 972	03:03	350
08 - Isolation - Refuge.flac	25 129 381	06:45	490
09 - Dazzling Array 1.flac	16 057 821	04:18	490
10 - Lost In The Swirling Distance.flac	30 671 009	08:33	470
11 - Inside The Empty Mass.flac	15 632 334	04:32	450
12 - Dazzling Array 2.flac	9 131 990	02:04	580
13 - Before Mutual Grace.flac	26 235 997	07:12	480
14 - Upon Steel Heaven.flac	49 955 852	10:27	630
15 - Dazzling Array 3.flac	11 563 946	03:02	500
16 - Reflecting Deep Stars.flac	17 838 817	05:01	470
17 - Into Gray Divides.flac	36 951 000	08:03	610
18 - Gathering In Frozen Beauty.flac	24 150 371	07:46	410

Parallel Flaming (1994)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Fleeting Space.flac	43 162 039	08:03	710
02 - Parallel Flaming.flac	32 277 835	05:48	740
03 - Triangle Of Dawn.flac	46 536 367	08:46	700
04 - Nocturn.flac	45 096 921	08:51	670
05 - Narrow Gloom.flac	49 324 543	09:41	670
06 - Shades Of Ancient.flac	48 203 104	08:34	740
07 - Doekoen.flac	57 377 078	10:58	690

Still Fragments (1994)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Doekoen 2.flac	58 860 044	11:40	670
02 - Lifting Charm.flac	76 014 778	15:23	650
03 - Acqua Intro.flac	1 628 388	00:31	400
04 - Acqua 2b.flac	2 377 369	00:43	430
05 - Acqua 4.flac	1 588 074	00:26	470
06 - Acqua 3.flac	246 087 358	45:55	710

The Spiritual Bonding (1994)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - The Feather Cycle.flac	52 052 570	11:22	610
02 - Spatial Prophecy (Song Of The Tribal).flac	52 471 380	11:05	630
03 - Challenging Boundaries.flac	22 036 341	05:27	530
04 - The Spiritual Bonding.flac	55 785 756	12:16	600
05 - The Interior Journey.flac	23 561 927	04:37	670
06 - Earth Dangling.flac	18 895 834	04:13	590
07 - From The Stepping Stone.flac	16 913 032	04:32	490
08 - The Nebulous Pathway.flac	28 352 839	05:41	660

The Transcending Quest (CD5) (1994)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - The Transcending Quest.flac	121 782 537	19:35	820

The River Of Appearance (1996)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - The Angelic Appearance.flac	28 627 085	05:48	650
02 - Ephemeral Vision.flac	50 947 603	08:47	770
03 - A Scenic Fall.flac	55 711 262	10:23	710
04 - Night-Blooming.flac	45 944 451	08:28	720
05 - The Solitary Circle.flac	31 566 720	06:17	660
06 - Weaving Cluster.flac	26 019 898	05:15	660
07 - Streamers Of Stillness.flac	35 476 047	07:25	630
08 - The Ominous Dwelling.flac	30 457 493	06:35	610

Crossing The Trail (1997)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Encountering Terrain.flac	52 111 483	08:33	810
02 - Trail Dwelling.flac	75 894 930	10:55	920
03 - Forest Arrow.flac	61 956 469	08:59	910
04 - Mission Ground.flac	73 975 679	10:19	950
05 - The Esoteric Source.flac	45 454 545	07:51	770
06 - The Giant Traveller.flac	54 911 535	08:21	870
07 - This Splendid Place.flac	88 558 846	14:17	820

Landscape In Obscurity (1999)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Landscape In Obscurity.flac	361 719 795	1:08:30	700

Memories Compiled 2 (1999)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Dwells In The Heart.flac	19 452 145	04:32	570
02 - Floes On Miracles.flac	18 750 822	03:59	620
03 - For Ancient Crossed.flac	30 005 096	06:16	630
04 - Between Changing Gloom.flac	34 254 908	07:33	600
05 - Uncertain Flow.flac	19 907 754	05:03	520
06 - To The Primary Land.flac	23 235 778	05:25	570
07 - All Glanced In Mind.flac	18 853 096	04:53	510
08 - Concealed.flac	18 579 253	04:18	570
09 - Iin Winter Calm.flac	21 864 248	04:37	630
10 - From Within The Calm.flac	25 539 413	05:36	600
11 - Floes On Miracles 2.flac	17 283 229	03:27	660
12 - Forged In Innocence.flac	17 755 655	04:22	540
13 - In Wired Dreaming.flac	15 072 625	03:11	620
14 - Above The Mellow Earth.flac	35 260 209	07:08	650
15 - Glance (Opening).flac	18 773 434	04:19	570
16 - Related Between.flac	21 017 678	04:34	610
17 - In Hollow Embraced.flac	20 404 182	04:53	550
18 - Glance 2.flac	13 185 932	03:07	560
19 - Float Through Nights.flac	15 706 621	04:17	480
20 - Unfold Gradient 2.flac	15 778 359	03:51	540
21 - Nearly Constant.flac	25 395 006	05:31	610
22 - Glance 3.flac	32 779 549	06:48	640
23 - Found Silence.flac	13 727 131	03:30	520
24 - Glance 4.flac	22 267 598	04:45	620
25 - Over Clouds.flac	21 116 289	05:04	550
26 - By Abundant Rains (Early Version).flac	23 350 191	06:18	490
27 - Glance 5.flac	11 834 567	03:30	440
28 - Glance 6.flac	23 821 909	05:08	610
29 - Onto A Broken Path.flac	10 693 017	03:38	390
30 - Glance (Ending).flac	13 583 987	03:43	480

Surreal Sanctuary (2000)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Infinity.flac	24 385 704	05:10	620
02 - Lamentation.flac	41 280 832	07:15	750
03 - The First Coil.flac	52 611 136	08:52	780
04 - The Profound Isolates.flac	47 124 528	10:05	620
05 - Jewel Of The Underground.flac	44 527 907	07:50	750
06 - The Fragmented Dome.flac	79 783 758	17:53	590
07 - Flame.flac	64 573 795	14:02	610

The Contemporary Nocturne (2000)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Duel.flac	11 844 986	01:58	790
02 - Chosing The Odyssee.flac	49 095 362	10:40	610
03 - A Platform Of Sorrow.flac	32 837 381	06:04	720
04 - The Gaze In Dissonance.flac	18 222 601	03:26	700
05 - Mute Grief.flac	35 949 093	06:59	680
06 - Revelation.flac	63 041 630	09:57	840
07 - The Path Downwards.flac	104 584 113	19:12	720
08 - Infinity.flac	67 989 883	14:42	610

Spore (2003)

Name	Size	Length	Bitrate
01 - Through The Collective Pain.flac	26 852 015	03:39	970
02 - The Humanity Underneath.flac	42 509 341	07:25	760
03 - Skin Strip.flac	66 135 335	08:46	1 000
04 - Duality Of Passion.flac	41 492 141	05:38	970
05 - Beyond The Shaman.flac	42 187 808	05:57	940
06 - The Nihilist.flac	54 563 391	07:48	930
07 - Creep - Isolation Trip.flac	83 523 102	11:12	990
08 - Spore.flac	36 551 781	05:35	870
09 - Resonant Gore.flac	122 811 850	17:39	920

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