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 Orphx's Profile |
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| Location: | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Last Login: | May 6, 2008 (606 days back) |
About Me |
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For over fourteen years, Orphx has been creating a unique fusion of electro-acoustic experimentation and hypnotic dance music. Using an assortment of analog synthesizers, samplers, feedback systems, and various homemade instruments, Orphx combines the dark, experimental aesthetics of early industrial music with the pulse of techno, electro and dub. Orphx began in 1993 in Dundas, Canada, as a trio consisting of Richard Oddie, Christina Sealey and Aron West. The group began to explore a shared interest in experimental music, taking their name from the Orphic 'mystery cult'. Early recordings and live performances used primitive equipment to produce psychedelic noisescapes inspired by early industrial and dark ambient music, grindcore, and the emerging Japanese noise scene. West left the group in 1995 to focus attention on noise project Tropism with collaborator Johnny Dark, while Oddie and Sealey began creating drone music under the name Antiform and incorporating more rhythmic elements into Orphx, inspired by an immersion in acid house, electro and experimental techno. Orphx gradually became the studio project of Richard Oddie, working in collaboration with Christina Sealey on some recordings and all live performances. Orphx has since gained a substantial international following as one of the pioneering acts within the European rhythmic noise scene. Oddie and Sealey have performed in numerous countries around the world, appearing alongside artists such as Hakim Bey, Pan Sonic, Esplendor Geometrico, Istvan Kantor, Venetian Snares, Funkstorung, Rapoon, Dead Voices on Air, Download and many others. Each performance combines live audio with original video compositions that explore themes of social/psychic conflict and transformation. Orphx has released a number of influential albums and singles since the mid 1990s, ranging from polyrhythmic power electronics (Fragmentation, 1996) to minimalist techno-industrial (Vita Mediativa, 1998) to electro-acoustic soundscapes (The Living Tissue, 2001; Sealey Oddie Spybey, 2003), with more recent releases combining all of these approaches into new hybrids of synthetic / organic sound (Circuitbreaking, 2004; Insurgent Flows, 2005). Moving unexpectedly between different genres and approaches, the recordings and performances of Orphx all retain a unique aesthetic: bursts of noise that obscure the dominant signal, other voices that refuse to be silenced. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 |
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Music:Member Since: 11/12/2006Band Website: orphx.org Band Members: Rich Oddie, Christina Sealey Influences: SPK, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, Steve Reich, Zoviet France, Clock DVA, Coil, The Infant Cycle, Doomsday Transmissions, Daniel Menche, Lustmord, Lee Perry, Yello, Cabaret Voltaire, Skinny Puppy, The Klinik, Suicide, Swans, Glenn Branca, Skullflower, Jeff Mills, Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Vromb, Surgeon, Plastikman, Teste, Autechre, Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, Sahko, a-a-a-a-acid... Sounds Like: Insurgent Flows (Hands, 2005) /Circuitbreaking CD + 12" (Hymen, 2004) /Interference CD (Hands, 2003) w/ Infant Cycle /Sealey/Oddie/Spybey CD (Hushush, 2003) w/ Mark Spybey /Other Voices 12" (Hands, 2002) /Chalice 12" (Auf Abwegen, 2002) /The Living Tissue CD, LP + videotape (Hands, 2001) /Surface 12" (Hands, 2000) /Vita Mediativa CD (Hands, 1998) /Nullity 10" (Hands, 1998) /The Final Moments c60 (Isolation/Third Force, 1997) split w/ En Nihil /Fragmentation CD (Malignant, 1996) /Obsession and Progress c60 (Bloodlust, 1996) /02 c60 (Xcreteria, 1994) /01 c60 (Xcreteria, 1993) Record Label: Hands, Hymen Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Industrial / Techno / Experimental) |
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My Blog |
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Tropism live |
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| Rich will be performing live with Tropism - aka original Orphx member T-Non - on Sunday, February 24th at the Casbah Lounge - 306 King Street West in Hamilton. Appearing with local noisicians Food and... Posted by Orphx on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:44:00 PST |
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what’s up in 2008 ? |
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| ... still trying to figure that out... But a new Orphx record is in the works for release this spring on Hands. Multiple directions at the moment and the sense that something new is being born...We're... Posted by Orphx on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:05:00 PST |
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orphx + s:cage - live - 30.11.07 |
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Posted by Orphx on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:24:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Tropism, kerosene daydream, drew boy, Tina Newlove, Junior Boys, s:cage, the ceiling., HANDS, hymen, Bulsarr, Ouroboros, Stereo Image, VOSQQ, XABEC, mimetic, EMPNE, Tympanik Audio, silent-block studio (bruxelles), M32RUM, °°Mahui_iki°°, kingnostromo, god experiment [...DHO @ WGT - FRIDAY!!...], Raubbau, Treu und Glauben, torecx, laborneun, Gothikrose [graphic designer], Beta Cloud, UNTERDRUCK, Krome, Greifenkeil, heimstatt yipotash, Sabes, tormentor radio show, Punch Inc., Ambassador21, SPECTRALIQUID, Sergi, [dj] etheraum, ant-zen, Fragment, MONICA ANGELICA, Bunkernacht, TOTAKEKE, Silent, ElektroWelt (Covenant Special), hypnoskull, orange eye, Cerber, ELEKTROANSCHLA_GAndy, Two-O-onE, SUBLIMATUS, Luftangriff, Ah Cama-Sotz, Pcell, Page Erase, Vik, Timelined, Halo In Reverse
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Orphx's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. dead voices on air, istvan kantor, venetian snares, hakim bey, hamilton ontario canada, dark ambient music, drone music, mystery cult, analog synthesizers, rhythmic elements, hypnotic dance, antiform, primitive equipment, esplendor geometrico, japanese noise, homemade instruments, noise project, oddie, funkstorung, mid 1990s |
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