Biography
Belgian tribal industrial outfit This Morn' Omina originated with Mika Goedrijk as its founder. Ritualistic percussion and shadowy electronics define the project’s approach, yielding a trance-inducing esoteric spin on rhythmic noise and EBM. The ensemble came together in 1996 and delivered its first full-length statement, Nezeru Enti Sebauem Neterxertet, through Old Europa Cafe in 1997. HORUS CyclicDaemon then issued the follow-ups Em Sauf Haa-Heru in 1998 and Taiu in 2001. These three recordings formed The Hegira Trilogy, which appeared together in 2001. Two further titles arrived the next year: The Future Has Taken Root in the Present and 7 Years of Famine. The latter included the track “One Eyed Man,” an underground club favorite that prompted Ant-Zen to re-release the album in 2003. Although atmospheric ambient passages continued to appear, later works more overtly channeled the intensity of the group’s concerts.
Ant-Zen remained the primary home for multiple albums and EPs. The double-CD set Le Serpent Blanc ~ Le Serpent Rouge surfaced in 2003, followed by the Drake Equation EP in 2004. Another double-CD package, Les Passages Jumeaux: Le 25ième Degré ~ Le 33ième Degré, emerged in 2006, while Ant-Zen reissued The Hegira Trilogy in 2007. After the limited-edition Inferno on the Belgian label Spectre in 2008, the project returned to Ant-Zen for the 2009 EP Momentum of Singular Clarity. The next full-length effort, the double-CD L'Unification des Forces Opposantes, appeared in 2011. Several years later, following a shift to the German imprint Dependent, This Morn' Omina—now comprising Goedrijk alongside Karolus Lerocq, Peter Boey, Jelle Mattez, and Bavo Jipla—issued the double-CD Kundalini Rising in 2017.
Ant-Zen remained the primary home for multiple albums and EPs. The double-CD set Le Serpent Blanc ~ Le Serpent Rouge surfaced in 2003, followed by the Drake Equation EP in 2004. Another double-CD package, Les Passages Jumeaux: Le 25ième Degré ~ Le 33ième Degré, emerged in 2006, while Ant-Zen reissued The Hegira Trilogy in 2007. After the limited-edition Inferno on the Belgian label Spectre in 2008, the project returned to Ant-Zen for the 2009 EP Momentum of Singular Clarity. The next full-length effort, the double-CD L'Unification des Forces Opposantes, appeared in 2011. Several years later, following a shift to the German imprint Dependent, This Morn' Omina—now comprising Goedrijk alongside Karolus Lerocq, Peter Boey, Jelle Mattez, and Bavo Jipla—issued the double-CD Kundalini Rising in 2017.
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