Orphax

Amsterdam Based Musician And Trained Drummer Sietse Van Erve Orphax Was Introduced To Electronic Music In The Early Nineties. After Playing Around With Tracker Software For A Couple Of Years He Eventually Recorded His First More Serious Attempts Of Music With Beats And Melodies In 1998 Though Soon Lost Interest In Both These.
He Started Researching New Sounds And New Ways Of Working – Always With An Organic Touch Often Incorporating Sounds That Would Be Regarded By Others As Errors Or Mistakes. Considering Life Isn’t Without Errors Either. During This Search He Found His Way Into Drone And Microtonal Music. As A Result In His Most Recent Work Time And Spatiality Become More Important Factors. The Goal Of The Music Is For The Listener To Loose Sense Of Time And Place.
Live This Is Combined With Room For Improvisation. This Way Of Working Results Often In An Organic Form Of Drone And Minimal Music. He Has Released Over 40 Releases As Download CD-R Tapes And CD’s On Various Labels As Well As Self-Released Online Since He Started Working On Music And Contributed To Many Remix Projects Including Work For Kenneth Kirschner Martijn Comes TVO And Chris Dooks Among Others.
In The Past He Has Shared The Stage With Various Musicians Including Martijn Comes Jos Smolders Frans De Waard Modelbau Zeno Van Den Broek TVO BJ Nilsen Philip Jeck And Yann Novak. Some Musical Influences Are Eliane Radigue Phill Niblock Catherine Christer Hennix And Kassel Jaeger As Well As Folk And Classical Music From India And Tibet Mainly Throat And Overtone Singing. Besides Making Music Sietse Van Erve Runs Moving Furniture Records And Has Curated Concerts At Home At Amsterdam Institute STEIM De Ruimte OCCII And More.
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