SPK, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, Cabaret Voltaire, Suicide, Lee Perry, Steve Reich, Swans, Glenn Branca, La Monte Young, Coil, Zoviet France, Psychic TV, Clock DVA, Fad Gadget, Lustmord, Laibach, DAF, Liasons Dangereuses, early Front 242, Ike Yard, Yello, Chrome, Skinny Puppy, The Klinik, Skullflower and Matthew Bower, Haus Arafna, Brighter Death Now and CMI, Daniel Menche, Tropism, The Infant Cycle, Mind Skelp-cher, Sublimatus, W.A. Davison, Cybotron, Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills, UR, Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Der Zyklus, Autechre, Mika Vainio, Pan Sonic, Vromb, Plastikman, Teste, Huren, Surgeon, Counterbalance, Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, Monolake, Fluxion
Sounds Like
Division 12" (Sonic Groove, 2009) /
Teletai (Hands, 2008) /
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)
For over fifteen years, Orphx has been exploring the grey area between techno, industrial and electro-acoustic music. Using an assortment of 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.
The project began in 1993 as a trio, consisting of Richard Oddie, Christina Sealey and Aron West. 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, dub and minimal techno.
Orphx has since gained a substantial international following as one of the pioneering acts within the European "rhythmic noise" scene, while making increasingly strong connections with like-minded artists on the experimental fringes of techno. Oddie and Sealey have performed in numerous countries around the world, appearing alongside artists such as Alva Noto, Ancient Methods, Byetone, Hakim Bey, Dead Voices on Air, Esplendor Geometrico, Funkstorung, Istvan Kantor, Venetian Snares and many others. Oddie and Sealey have also collaborated on numerous audio/visual projects and exhibitions related to their musical output.
Orphx has released a number of influential albums and singles since the mid 1990s, combining elements of techno with power electronics (Fragmentation, 2003), rhythmic noise (Vita Mediativa, 1998) and electro-acoustic soundscapes (The Living Tissue, 2001; Sealey Oddie Spybey, 2003). More recent releases combine all of these approaches into new hybrids of synthetic / organic sound (Circuitbreaking, 2004; Insurgent Flows, 2005, Teletai 2008). The Division 12" on Sonic Groove (2009) marks a new phase for the project, developing their unique sound and further blurring the boundaries between techno, industrial and dub.
Thank you for adding me. I really liked listening to Cracktest. You sure have a nice slap in that song. I liked Threshold. You really have an interesting style. That synth on Noontide sure reminded me of scorn. Keep up the awesome work and keep in touch, Jere
Hello. Represent a new album ARX KAELI - Highway. 2009. Cd packed in wooden box with laser engraving, covered a grey varnish. Time 62 min. Best Regards.
