Oora - And Then, It Faded (Hermetics Remix)

On his remix of Oora's And Then, It Faded, Bogotá-born producer Hermetics (R&S, ZZK) takes a moment of quiet introspection and turns it inside out.

The original, recorded live by Italian artist Oora using a Vermona Perfourmer and Minimoog, is a study in restraint: looping synth figures, soft distortion, a mood that hovers somewhere between nostalgia and resolve. Hermetics hears something else in it. His version folds in broken percussion, shuffling groove and a low-slung swing that never fully settles. It’s still reflective, but the contours are sharper, the space around it more unstable.

Since his early records on R&S and ZZK, Hermetics (aka Santiago Niño) has explored electronic music as a form of ritual and renewal. His work across labels like Multi Culti and Optimo Music leans into rhythm as a tool for transformation. Here, he uses it sparingly. The remix doesn’t overwrite OORA’s minimalist structure. Instead, it picks out new weight in the silences and repetition, teasing out latent tension.