Dirk Serries (formerly vidnaObmana) marked a new year with Infinite and Unbound, five long-form works wrought in real time with simple guitar+FX.
A veteran’s touch
The Ambient DroneMeister carries on the torch undimmed, vidnaObmana long retired, 30+ titles the last two years alone solo and joint. A veteran’s touch is evident here, density offset with restraint in passages drifting in a liminal space between presence and absence, moving in nuanced light-shade interplay eponymously free of structural-dynamic convention. Reaching towards something beyond for a chronostatic half-hour, “Everything Is Known” is split to bookend title track and “Ocean Became Light,” the mesmerism ending in “Cleansed from Dust” to a slow arc and tilt of sonorities accruing semiotic synergy in Serries’ signature cadences.
As sculpted drones swell and relent, tone colors bloom and fade, at once ominous and alluring, Infinite and Unbound stands as an exhibit—base metal turned to gold with Serries‘ sonic alchemy.
Infinite and Unbound is available on Projekt. [Bandcamp]
