Orphax – Sietse van Erve
non-harmonic multitones

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Author: Orphax

Orphax is a musical project with the focus on minimal ambient and drone music. In the music there is a development towards microtonal sounds, where time and spatiality are important factors. In this form of working the eventual result can be a static form of sound where development in the music becomes subordinate to the listener losing any sense of time. Sietse van Erve, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. January, 2017. picture by John Prop

Time Waves

My CD Times Waves is was released by Moving Furniture Records on February 20th. I did put it up on sales on Bandcamp but forgot to post about it here. On December 8th I performed at the famous Bimhuis in Amsterdam in a special evening organised by STEIM where I shared the stage with Yannick […]

Dream Sequence #2

A new EP out on January 2nd, a second on in the Dream Sequence Series. Dream Sequence #2 was recorded during November and December 2015. All sounds are played live with the use of a Casio SA-10 and reworked, processed and mixed in Audiomulch and Reaper. This is the last recording in a series of […]

Storm

Storm is a field-recording made during the Summer of 2015 in my bathroom which is now available as free download. Storm by Orphax In this recording, you hear the sounds of a severe storm that was happening here in The Netherlands. The recording was made with my handheld recorder in the ventilation shaft in my […]

Dream Sequence #1

I made a new EP Dream Sequence #1. Dream Sequence #1 is the first release in a series of 3” EP’s with experimental ambient/drone pieces with a dreamy touch. For this first piece I worked with a 40 year old DIY Synth called the Digisizer which I got my hands on some months ago. A […]

Blended: compilation tracks and remixes

I made a collection of all remixes and almost all compilation tracks that have been published in the past available. It goes from the first ever compilation I made with two roommates to remixes released in 2014. It is a really mixed bunch of tracks, from chill out ambient to noisy drones to weird abstract […]

over hoe De Regte Heide

My new album “over hoe De Regte Heide” is out on Barreuh Records as tape and digital and I have a few copies of the tape for sale (and unlimited amount of the download) for sale. You can buy it direct from me here: https://orphax.bandcamp.com/album/over-hoe-de-regte-heide The album contains two live recordings made at De Groene Gemeenschap, Amsterdam […]

Imperfect Forms – The Music of Kenneth Kirschner Remixed

For a great project involving the work of Kenneth Kirschner I was asked to make a remix. My remix is now available as part of the bigger release Imperfect Forms. For this project I choose to remix the track January 2 1999 (click to download the original .FLAC). For the remix I have sampled some of the […]

Under The Dutch Sky

December 8th I performed at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, which was really amazing. During the practicing in the weeks prior to the concert I made a recording which is now released as CD-R on Moving Furniture Records. The music on this release is 100% improvised and directly put to CD-R without any editing or manipulation […]