After recording his well-received ambient trilogy (Passage In Beauty, Shadowing In Sorrow and Ending Mirage), Vidna Obmana got in touch with Belgian percussionist Djen Ajakan Shean. It was this injection that led him to slowly incorporate more rhythmical passages and tribal influences. Almost simultaneously interest in Vidna Obmana’s music grew which led to the connection with Australian Extreme Records. Armed with only his KORG workstations and a Roland R8 drum computer, Vidna Obmana had no access to multi-track recording back then so everything was created in overdub modus, using two DAT machines. Of course limiting his options in editing, recording the acoustic parts and better mixing.
ECHOING DELIGHT was released in 1993 on Extreme Records and ranked for weeks as number one on the New Musical Express ‘techno’ charts in the UK.
Sadly the label never shared any reports so the reason why so high and long on these charts remains unknown. After The Spiritual Bonding in 1994, Vidna Obmana, among many others on the label, broke connection with Extreme Records and the masters were eventually, after long debate, returned.
For a short period, you can enjoy this lo-fi recordings of that tour at ‘name your price’.
Photo is the press release sheet of ECHOING DELIGHT….
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