Artist
Omit
Omit is a New Zealand drone artist known for immersive atmospheric soundscapes and heavy textures, captivating listeners since the 1990s.
About
In the shifting tectonic plates of New Zealand's drone scene, Omit emerged at the turn of the 1990s, a solitary figure weaving through the shadows of atmospheric soundscapes with a gravitational pull that drew listeners into a realm where heavy drone textures and haunting melodies reverberated through the ether, each cassette a vessel for sonic exploration on Deepskin Conceptual Mindmusic and RRRecords, where field recordings whispered tales of alienation and introspection, as if the earth itself were breathing in slow, deliberate tempos that mirrored the geological time of the Southern Hemisphere's vast landscapes, with releases such as "Rundowns" (1995) offering a blend of dark ambient and drone, while "Ionospheres" (1992) captured the infinite expanse of the skies above, each tape a testament to Omit's commitment to the cassette format as a medium for sustained sonic evolution, an artist who shared an affinity with the likes of Skumring and Surface Of The Earth, yet carved a niche wholly his own, resonating within the small but fervent community of 5,273 listeners who found solace in the unyielding hum and the transitory beauty of his work, a body of releases that remains a resonant testament to a time and place that defies the linear, stretching across the horizon like a perpetual twilight.
