Dirk Serries - Disorientation Flow mp3

Dirk Serries "Disorientation Flow" CD

Dirk Serries, the Belgian giant behind vanished vidnaObmana, is back with another spectacular chapter of his intriguing guitar drone magic. "Disorientation Flow" album, which is out since May 2015, is a follow-up to his previous acclaimed Projekt release "The Origin Reversal". Packaged in rather simple 4-panel eco wallet, exhibiting as usual immersing cover images taken by Dirk's wife, Martina Verhoeven, who is renowned for her unique, mostly organic and abstract photographs, which can be found on many releases and collaborations by Dirk, under vidnaObmana or Fear Falls Burning aliases. As usual, graphic design is executed by Projekt's Sam Rosenthal.

Nearly 14-minute "The Imperative Edge" unwraps in a truly grandiose way, although emerging silently, almost inconspicuously, stunningly gorgeous drone euphory permeates and cyclically floats and nuances on the wings of utterly majestic graciousness, while earmarking high-pitched reverberations persistently tickle the ears of each devoted journeyer. Dirk Serries fully utilizes his innate mastery in painting a jaw-droppingly intense elegiac evocativeness and delivers some of the most, prodigiously expressive compositions since closing the circle with vidnaObmana. Although I am familiar only with Dirk's CD albums, not with his numerous "Streams Of Consciousness" vinyl releases, this must be together with "There's A Light In Vein" one of the absolute pinnacles of his soundscaping escapades crafted under his real name. A true milestone resurrecting exquisitely memorable delights of vidnaObmana's extensive existence. Harmoniously enrapturing splendor is back once more, this time reshaped through meticulously resonating real-time improvisations with electric guitar and various effects during the crepuscular autumn and winter days, bravo, Dirk!!! "Metamorphosis" clocks to quite similar length than its predecessor and again it tranquilly arises from enveloping stillness. Hauntingly meandering structure might be slightly less reminiscent, without mindscaping disruptive subtleties, yet intensified spiraling magnitudes clandestinely sneak in and infuse this isochronally kaleidoscaping scenario with extraordinarily full-bodied euphoniousness. Well, did I say not as much engrossing as "The Imperative Edge"? Towards the end of this sonorously bewitching dronescape I realize more and more this might be just my uncertain feel, because this is undoubtedly another splendiferous powerhouse!!! "Disorientation Flow", the title track and also the longest one on this album, reaching almost 16-minute mark, languishingly emanates and counterpoints with poignant glimpses of silence. Then a milder tension persistently pervades across the evolving monolithic undulations, while shrilling traceries insistently glance on this harmoniously encircling wistfulness. "Blistering" keeps on the path of deeply profound scenic expanses, sinuously moving through lyrically warmhearted nostalgic evocations and dazzlingly coalesced with mesmerizingly ear-piercing reflections. With 9 minutes the shortest composition on the album, but certainly one of the most grandiose and thrillingly rewarding. A shimmering phenomenon of the legendary "The River Of Appearance" is reawaken, the legacy returns... It's obvious that a true aural bliss awaits here!!! "The Lament Broke" delves into soothingly immersing terrains with calmly gliding and tiding surface with intangibly ephemeral climaxes. A rather meager texture gently closing this gloriously monumental, 65 minutes long performance.

As I have mentioned before, I will always miss vidnaObmana, that's for sure, but with releases such as "Disorientation Flow", I am grieving less and less. Thank you so much, Dirk, for your guitar drone manipulations par excellence!!! "Disorientation Flow" album is a must-have, I even won't hesitate to call it another milestone in Dirk Serries' prolific career of a soundexplorer!!! And since "Disorientation Flow" CD is available in limited edition of 300 copies, I wouldn't wait too long with acquiring an own copy. And about the same time when "Disorientation Flow" was released on Projekt, Belgian label Consouling Sounds has published "Buoyant" CD, a collaborative project featuring Dirk Serries and Dutch soundsculptor Rutger Zuydervelt, who is known as Machinefabriek. And another two Dirk's collaborations involve Japanese droneforgers, Hakobune and Chihei Hatakeyama. "Obscured By Beams Of Sorrow" CD with Hakobune is out since September 2015 on Japanese White Paddy Mountain label, while joint effort with Chihei Hatakeyama is entitled "The Storm Of Silence" and the CD is scheduled to be released during January 2016 on Italian label Glacial Movements. That's a lot of serious reasons to keep an ear to the ground!!!

Richard Gürtler (Dec 06, 2015, Bratislava, Slovakia)

this album is perfect....it speaks to me like the trees in a forest do....i feel it in my soul like i feel the beating of mother natures heart...if the heavens were sound and vibration, this is what it would sound like....thank you dirk....