This is the audio file from a Youtube film of me playing this half finished song in my home studio. See me play it here: https://youtu.be/gZkEIXsVGxc

Get Rid Of It All

synthpop / electro / minimal / coldwave / darkwave / industrial / post-punk / punk

I like music. I like finding new stuff or being introduced to new stuff. My taste are varied. 

A subcontractor to the Fun Control corporation.

Guitarist and composer John Reidar Holmes creates moody and dream-like ambient music. His particular sound is shaped using modular synthesizers and treated electric and acoustic guitars.

Sacrifical, Ontic's first release for 2024, presents a tale of rites, masks and shifting identities, anchored in industrial synth bass and intricate electronic layering. The B-side, "In The Moment (Restless Mix)," is a rework of the original track from Ontic's August 2022 'Reflex' EP, dismantling its dense electro beats into a hypnotic study of imminence and ideals. 

Ontic is a Melbourne based industrial synth pop act, having debuted in 2018  with the single "Citizen," and garnered attention with the LP "The Movement of Light" (2019) and tracks such as "Sign," "Deeper Night," and "Siren Fields", as well as the recent collaboration with Joaquim Plossu, "Madrigal". 

With influences including Depeche Mode, NIN, Cabaret Voltaire, Underworld, Nitzer Ebb, Kite, The Cure, Forces, Curses, Jennifer Touch, Clock DVA and Boy Harsher, Ontic has garnered recognition through placements on influential synthpop radio shows and playlists including Synthentral, Electrozombie's 'New Synth Pop Songs', and Synthpop Fanatic.

Get Rid Of It All

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