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N & Dirk Serries
6+ albums
noiseexperimentaldrone
about
"N is the iterative alias of one Hellmut Neidhardt, with each appearance he’s made under the name appended with a sequential integer. I discovered his music not too long ago, when he already had numerous releases under his belt. So I’ve been somewhat intimidated by the sheer scope of his work despite knowing that it is just the sort of thing I enjoy, textural and prolonged drones and atmospheres. On Kehr, he collaborates with guitarist Dirk Serries, who previously made a name for himself making serene, ethno-ambient music under the moniker Vidna Obmana throughout the 90s and beyond. So Kehr is a pretty different sound, for those only familiar with Serries work as VO The noisy, hazy drones of Kehr come in three distinct parts. Where Serries’ guitar ends and N’s drones and effects pick up is hard to say; this is immersive and effervescent stuff, like I’m drowning in fizzy water. It has some of the rawer qualities of Christian Fennesz’s guitar-laden discography, but the finished timbre and mood is something else. Whereas Fennesz’s music can feel alternatively aspirational or introspective, Kehr feels stark, intense, immediate, like an exposed nerve. The noisy, hazy drones of Kehr come in three distinct parts. Where Serries’ guitar ends and N’s drones and effects pick up is hard to say; this is immersive and effervescent stuff, like I’m drowning in fizzy water. It has some of the rawer qualities of Christian Fennesz’s guitar-laden discography, but the finished timbre and mood i
