Orplid Explained

Orplid
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Germany
Genre:Neofolk
Experimental
Post-industrial
Years Active:1996–present
Label:Prophecy Productions
Associated Acts:Tiktok
Current Members:Uwe Nolte
Frank Machau
Past Members:Volker Willhardt
Claudia Arndt

Orplid is a neofolk, martial, post-industrial and experimental music group of German musicians, Uwe Nolte and Frank Machau. The name is drawn from the poem Gesang Weylas by Eduard Mörike, beginning ‘Du bist Orplid, mein Land’ ('You are Orplid, my land').[1] Orplid in the poem is a faraway fantasy land. The band has progressed over the course of their discography from acoustic folk peppered with instruments like the piano, organ, and cello, to a more experimental minimalistic style.

Discography

Albums and EPs

YearTitleAdditional information
1998OrplidCD. Two editions with different artwork. Limited to 500 copies each. Debut album.
1999Das Schicksal (Fate)10". 430 copies.
1999Geheiligt Sei Der Toten Name (Hallowed be the names of the dead)CD5"
2000OrplidCD. Reissue with bonus tracks and new artwork.
2001Barbarossa10"
2002Nächtliche Jünger (Nocturnal Youth)CD and limited 2x10" LPs with booklet limited to 500 copies.
2006Sterbender Satyr (Dying Satyr)CD.
2007Frühe Werke (Early Works)CD, compilation of early and unreleased material.
2008Greifenherz (Gryphon Heart)CD
2010Whom the Moon a Nightsong SingsCD, compilation of various neofolk artists songs. Disc 2.

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Notes and References

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