Here he is again, with another release so beautiful it’s straight in the top of the year list for 2023. It’s not funny anymore to realize that almost everything Sietse / Orphax creates is *that* good. And then with reasonably high output and all the other musical and non-musical activities be concentrated enough to focus on this. ‘Impressive’ is not even coming close to what I want to say.
“Echoic Memory” was created for a live performance in September ’22 in Bristol, where he performed with another fantastic artist, Scanner. The thought behind the composition was the emotion Sietse got when a recurrent dream happened, and – as the viewer – you are left with the feeling of whether it’s a dream or a deja vu or a memory or a premonition. That feeling is something more of us feel, but not all know how to give it a place. “Echoic Memory” is Sietse’s way of giving it a home and ‘name’ the emotion.
In a compositional way, the result is a beautiful 37-minute drone piece you want to listen to in several ways. Headphones or an excellent installation or in a background kinda way will leave you with three completely different interpretations of the same music. So perfectly executed, just like we are used from him. Music-wise, I can come up with a few names that this release made me think of. Still, it’s all no surprise to frequent listeners: Eliane, Time Machines, some specific H3O, T.A.G.C, and if I may say it: the minimal side of [law-rah] … Yes, exactly the spectrum of music I listen to when I get a chance. Deep and fully formed on one side, open and left for interpretation on the other side. And always expressive, honest and direct.
Humphrey Bogart had a line in the movie ‘The Maltese Falcon’, and it might well be the premonition about this album when he spoke of ‘the stuff dreams are made of’.
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