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We’re very excited to announce the amazing debut collection from Aridni Orca, The Bell, the Swan & the Golden Thread!

The album explores abrasive textures paired with childish, folkloric soundscapes. Each song weaves together a curious storybook that is at once cacophonous, aquatic and wide-eyed.

Stream it below (or your platform of choice) and support the artist directly through Bandcamp.

CREDITS:

Composed and produced by Indira Force
Mixed by Indira Force
Additional mixing by Matthew Gunn
Mastered by Katie Tavini

Instrumentalists:
Harp – Ina Yoon
Acoustic drums, clarinet – Daniel McBride
Spoken word Russian by Atariame

Album artwork by Fede Mania and Evangelina Julia.

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We’re excited to announce the playful new single from Aridni Orca, Saint Mikhael and the Dragon!

“Blacksmith samples and muddy footsteps comprise the beat, while a harpsichord jangles and out-of-tune recorders toot messily behind the folky melody. It is the first of many songs on this album exploring childhood and playfulness.

Stream it below (or your platform of choice) and stay tuned for the new record, ’The Bell, the Swan & the Golden Thread’, due for release August 7th 2025!

Art by Ema Gaspar : )

Saint Mikhael and the Dragon is the name of a school play we put on every year; it harkens back to memories of battling with wooden swords and dancing around the maypole. I had a uniquely extended and magical childhood at a Rudolf Steiner school, where creativity and ritual were prioritised.” – Aridni Orca

Song artwork is by the talented illustrator Ema Gaspar!

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We’re excited to welcome Aridni Orca and announce the new video for her single, Crushed!

Written, directed and animated by digital artist Ella Chau aka Ellasuper, the video features Aridni Orca immersed in a fantasy world of game-engine graphics, sparkling with the creative abundance of the sonic world she created.

Watch here and stay tuned for a new record – ‘The Bell, the Swan & the Golden Thread’ – due for release in 2025:

On the creation of the music the artist said “The song itself was originally an experiment in automation – also sampling concepts from an earlier piece I had made for Works for Loudspeakers called Glaciers Falling“.

“I have recurring tsunami dreams ever since I was young and when I first started showing the song to friends they would say ‘it reminds me of a huge wave’, which was so crazy because it must have snuck in from my subconscious somehow. I don’t usually know what my songs are about until after they are made.”

“The outfit is by NZ designer Emma Jing who does a lot of really structural and textural pieces that I love. It feels like wearing art.”

Video Credits:

Video written, directed and animated by Ella Chau aka EllaSuper.

Director of Photography Frances Carter.

Makeup by Kaychelle Harris.

Special Effects & Post Production by Ella Chau aka EllaSuper.

Made with the support of NZ On Air.

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It’s been almost one year since I challenged myself to put out a track every full moon! It’s been a great habit for me to get into and I’ll try to keep it going.

I’d like to thank everyone who indulges my obsession with music and audio by having me work on their theatre shows, films, installations, albums, podcasts – and even weddings! It’s a blessing to work on such varied and interesting projects with lovely and talented people!

This piece I’m releasing today began life as a palette for the wedding of some good friends who trusted me to make music for their beautiful ceremony at Futuna Chapel in February. It’s a soft, meandering, ambient vibe using some of my favourite ingredients: strings, piano, vibraphone, harp, woodwind, crotales and organ. Arohanui Richard and Ruby!

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This full moon coincides with the Winter Solstice (here in the Southern Hemisphere at least) so in that spirit, I’m releasing a darker track – Outsider In – inspired by a script for a horror film that I had the disturbing pleasure of reading in 2022. I made a bunch of music as an imagined soundtrack – more of which I’ll put out in the coming months.

The photo is from an unlocked tunnel I came across in Luxembourg. The city has a huge network of tunnels under it that could apparently shelter up to 35,000 people during the world wars. 

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