Orphax

Real Name:
Sietse van Erve
Profile:
Amsterdam based musician and trained drummer Sietse van Erve was introduced to electronic music in the early nineties. After playing around with tracker software, he eventually recorded his first music with beats and melodies in 1998, but soon lost interest in both.
He started researching new sounds and new ways of working – always with an organic touch, including incorporating sounds that would be regarded by others as errors or mistakes, as life isn’t without errors either. Most of his work is improvised, using a laptop and random objects ranging from keyboards, plastic cups being played with a bow, to vocals. The result is an organic lo-fi form of drone and minimal music.
Besides being organic most of the Orphax’s releases are melancholic and even sad.

Musical influences are Eliane Radigue, Phill Niblock, Catherine Christer Hennix and Kassel Jaeger as well as folk and classical music from India and Tibet, mainly throat and overtone singing.
Besides making music, Sietse van Erve runs Moving Furniture Records and curates concerts at home, at Amsterdam institute STEIM and concert venue OCCII and is involved with SOTU Festival.

Sietse van Erve is a proud user of the audio software AudioMulch and Reaper.
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Albums

none Suppressing An Unpleasant Feeling (Or The Day The World Trembled Down) — Orphax Orphax Suppressing An Unpleasant Feeling (Or The Day The World Trembled Down)(9xFile, MP3, VBR) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2002
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none Sæti — Orphax Orphax Sæti(6xFile, MP3, MiniAlbum, VBR) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2002
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none Oniscus Asellus — Orphax Orphax Oniscus Asellus (Album) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2003 Sell This Version
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none In A Long Night — Orphax Orphax In A Long Night(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2004 Sell This Version
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none Live At NetstockFest, March 19th, 2005 — Orphax Orphax Live At NetstockFest, March 19th, 2005(File, FLAC, Album) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2005
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verazität 031 Sand In Boxes — Orphax Orphax Sand In Boxes(CDr, Album, Ltd, Num) Verato Project verazität 031 Germany 2005 Sell This Version
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none Confused — Orphax Orphax Confused(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2012 Sell This Version
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MFR013 De Tragedie Van Een Liedjesschrijver Zonder Woorden — Orphax Orphax De Tragedie Van Een Liedjesschrijver Zonder Woorden (Album) Moving Furniture Records MFR013 Netherlands 2013 Sell This Version
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MFR022 Under The Dutch Sky — Orphax Orphax Under The Dutch Sky(CDr, Album, Ltd) Moving Furniture Records MFR022 Netherlands 2014 Sell This Version
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none Storm — Orphax Orphax Storm(File, FLAC, MiniAlbum) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2015
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bar-cas-031 over hoe De Regte Heide — Orphax Orphax over hoe De Regte Heide(Cass, Album, Ltd, CS4) Barreuh Records bar-cas-031 Netherlands 2015 Sell This Version
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li_series 04 The Empty Room — Orphax Orphax The Empty Room(File, FLAC, Ltd, Mix) Broken20 li_series 04 UK 2016
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none Music for Thái Ngọc — Orphax Orphax Music for Thái Ngọc(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2016 Sell This Version
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MFR030 Time Waves — Orphax Orphax Time Waves(CD, Album, Ltd) Moving Furniture Records MFR030 Netherlands 2016 Sell This Version
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stx.43 As Yet Untitled — Orphax Orphax As Yet Untitled(Cass, Album, Ltd) silken tofu stx.43 Netherlands 2016 Sell This Version
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MFR041 Weerkaatsing — Orphax Orphax & Machinefabriek Orphax & Machinefabriek - Weerkaatsing (Album) Moving Furniture Records MFR041 Netherlands 2017 Sell This Version
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MFR040 2.20 — Orphax Orphax 2.20(CD, Album, Ltd) Moving Furniture Records MFR040 Netherlands 2017 Sell This Version
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OL1703 Warschauer Straße — Orphax Orphax Warschauer Straße(CD, Album, Ltd) Opa Loka Records OL1703 Germany 2017 Sell This Version
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none Somniātōrēs — Orphax Orphax Somniātōrēs(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2017 Sell This Version
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none Untitled — Orphax Martijn Comes & Orphax Martijn Comes & Orphax - Untitled(CDr, Album, Ltd) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2017 Sell This Version
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MFR062 Saxophone Studies — Orphax Orphax Saxophone Studies (Album) Moving Furniture Records MFR062 Netherlands 2018 Sell This Version
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LP070 A Summer's End — Orphax Orphax A Summer's End(Cass, Album, Ltd) Low Point LP070 UK 2018 Sell This Version
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MFR051 Dream Sequences Volume 1 Orphax Reframed — Orphax Haarvöl, Jos Smolders, Orphax, Machinefabriek Haarvöl, Jos Smolders, Orphax, Machinefabriek - Dream Sequences Volume 1 Orphax Reframed(CD, Album, Ltd) Moving Furniture Records MFR051 Netherlands 2018 Sell This Version
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MFR077 Live Circles — Orphax Orphax Live Circles (Album, EP) Moving Furniture Records MFR077 Netherlands 2019 Sell This Version
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none 44x44 — Orphax Orphax 44x44(44xFile, FLAC, Album) Not On Label (Orphax Self-released) none Netherlands 2019