Orshina released his latest album ‘Requiem for NOVA,’ and it has left me thinking on many different levels. Orshina is a Tel Aviv-based experimental electronic artist and producer whose work blends ambient, psychedelic electronic and progressive rock. Their sound is shaped by rich atmospheres, layered production, and a strong emotional core, influenced by Carbon Based Lifeforms, Pink Floyd, Infected Mushroom, and Shpongle. On ‘Requiem for ‘NOVA”, Orshina works with violinist Maianne Tur, drummer Roey Brosh and vocalists Idit Eshel and Shiran Tzfira, giving the album an especially textured and human feel. What stands out about Orshina is the willingness to turn deeply personal pain into something listeners can enter and experience for themselves.
“A haunting journey through memory, loss and the hope of healing.”
‘Requiem for NOVA’ is a six-album track that moves like one emotional journey, shifting between spacious ambient passages, psychedelic electronics, progressive rock textures and moments of striking live instrumentation. ‘Graveyard Blues’ feels like the first confrontation with loss, raw and intimate, while ‘Bread & Circus’ widens the lens and questions how tragedy is consumed and remembered. I love how the production gives every feeling room to breathe. The synths can be remote, even ghostly, but the drums and violins have a physical presence that keeps the album grounded. “Rest In Music” is one of the softer moments on the album, almost like a quiet place to sit with your memories before the darkness returns. ‘Dressed up for the Devil’ has a more unsettling feel, with tense and unpredictable electronic textures. By the time ‘Holocausts and Slavery’ arrives, the album has grown far beyond one person’s grief, reaching toward the painful weight of collective history.
There is something cinematic about the arrangements, but the emotion never gets lost underneath the production. The music feels lived-in rather than simply designed to sound dramatic. What stayed with me is the contrast between devastation and beauty. Orshina doesn’t try to make pain disappear; instead, the album gives it somewhere to exist. More than a memorial, ‘Requiem for ‘NOVA” feels like a personal act of remembrance that gradually becomes a message for anyone carrying loss. It is dark, atmospheric, and deeply moving, yet there is still a small sense of light underneath it all: the belief that remembering can be part of healing, even when the wounds are still painfully fresh. You should experience this collection once.
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