Orphax

Next week Tuesday I will be performing at Proeflokaal #92 in Utrecht.

It has been years since my last performance at Proeflokaal. My last performance there has been released this year as Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr.
For this performance I am going to do something totally different though. It will be a very minimal set.

The evening will be together with For Ali, Aux Pulse, The Void Pointers and Florian Wittenburg.

Location: Muziekhuis Utrecht
Loevenhoutsedijk 301
3552 XE Utrecht
Entrance: €5,-
Start: 20:30
End: 23:30

More info about all the acts: http://www.proeflokaal.net/
Facebook event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/160355127396068/

In two weeks I will be performing live at Kernel Panic 04 at de Vinger in Den Haag, The Netherlands.

This evening will be together with Capslock, Ella Empress and the Layers of Reality and Mouches Volantes.

More info on the other acts see De Vinger and Kernel Panic

Date: 25-11-2011
Start: 21:00
Entrance: Free
Venue: Cafe De Vinger
Bagijnestraat 25
2511 CK Den Haag

In the category golden oldies one of my first releases Oniscus Asellus is now available for download at bandcamp, it is “pay what you wan” so you can also download it for free.

Have fun catching up with this old release, finally in high quality download.

Soon other old digital releases will be made available through Bandcamp.

The 3″ CD-R with the lovely handmade artwork has sold out from me. If you are still interested in the release you can either buy it digital from me through http://orphax.bandcamp.com or try through the label Striate Cortex, Norman Records or Boa Melody Bar.

Last few weeks in all secrecy I have been working with Striate Cortex on getting my newest 3″ CD-R out and Monday May 16th it will be so far.

A Room With A View

A Room With A View is released as 3″ CD-R in hand made cover with pro printed art in an edition of 50.
The music was recorded live at Roomservice 2010 on November 4th, 2010 in Wageningen, NL.
In March and April 2011 the recordings have been edited and finished.

The release is dedicated to my mother, because I had to miss her birthday because of the performance.

You can either order the 3″ CD-R through Striate Cortex or by sending me an email at orphax@orphax.com
Price of the CD-R is 7,58 euro in Europe and 7,90 for the rest of the world (incl. shipping).
All orders placed by me will ship on May 23rd or after (depending on when they arrive).

You can also get the release as digital download for 3 euro over at bandcamp.

ps. if you want to order older releases a long just send me a message which ones you all want and I will make a fair price incl. shipping.

Today saw the release of a new free download release for Erstlaub to support his album The Last Few Seconds Before Sleep out on Broken20 in a few weeks.
This remix album also contains a remix done by me going under the name The Last Few Seconds Before Hibernation.

Other artists on the remix release are TVO, Alastair Cook and Mandelbrot, to name a few.
You can download the free release from this page: http://www.broken20.com/brokenzeroseven.php

Frans de Waard of Vital Weekly reviewed “Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr”

ORPHAX – DIE HELDEN SIND NICHT MEHR (3″CDR, private)
Already a recording from six years ago, to the day: Sietse van Erve, also known as Oprhax, played on February 15th 2005 a concert at Theater Kikker (Utrecht, The Netherlands) and edited this in November last year. I am not sure why this is done, but surely Van Erve is quite fond of this recording. The title is a quote from the movie ‘Himmel Uber Berlin’, a favorite from Van Erve (and not seen by me). He also uses samples from the film. The music here is less drone based than his more recent work – as far as I can judge – and uses rhythms and big washes of synthesized sounds at the beginning. The piece is in two parts and both have a rhythm to it, in the second even a stripped down technoid one. Say, its all a bit more melodic than abstract, but it carries throughout that Orphax stamp on it: densely layered sound, dynamic and with sounds put all over the sound spectrum (perhaps also thanks to the mastering job by Jos Smolders) – deep bass end, cracklings at the high end, synths in the middle. Very nice, and sadly only eighteen minutes. As far as I was concerned this could have lasted longer. (FdW)
Address: http://www.orphax.com

Read more Vital Weekly here

(h)ear #19
Jos Smolders
Orphax
“Latitude” DVD screening

When: Saturday 26 february
Where: kuS, Willemstraat 91a, Heerlen, Netherlands

Open: 20.30
Start: 21.00
Entrance: 3,00 euro

More info at http://www.h-ear.org/

Friday February 11th saw the official release of the new EP Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr.

Die Helden Sind Nicht mehr is the 6th cd-r release by Orphax. This is the first of releases that will come in 2011 (including both new and old material).

The title “Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr”, is a quote taken from the motion picture Himmel Über Berlin, one of my favorite films.
In the music this reference also comes back in with several different samples from the film that are used.
The piece on Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr is a recording done in Theater Kikker on February 15th, 2005. This goes way back, though sounds still fresh. All recordings have been edited in November 2010 after which then got mastered by Jos Smolders.
With “Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr” Orphax experiments with elements he usually does not use in his work, like rhythms and (hidden) melodies instead of drones.

The 3″ CD-R is limited to 55 copies and comes in small sized DVD Box.

You can now order it through bandcamp as 3″ CD-R for 7 euro (excl. shipping) and get a direct download with it, or buy only the digital version in your preferred format.
Check here: http://orphax.bandcamp.com/album/die-helden-sind-nicht-mehr

On Friday February 11th my new 3″ CD-R EP will come out.
It goes by the title “Die Helden Sind Nicht Mehr”, which is a quote taken from the motion picture Himmel Über Berlin.
This reference also comes back in the music where several different samples from the film are used.

The music is quite a drift away from what you are used from me. There are beats and (hidden) melodies.
All music was recorded at a live performance in Theater Kikker on February 15th, 2005. So it can be considered as an old recording, but the sound is still fresh and got an edit in November 2010, after which it got mastered by Jos Smolders.

The 3″ CD-R comes in a small sized DVD Box and is limited to 55 copies, which can be purchased through Bandcamp for 7 euro (excl. shipping). Here you can also buy it in digital format (mp3, FLAC and more) for 2,50 euro.
All orders before release date will be send out February 10th, 2011 or later.