raison d'être : Feasting In Valhalla [2014]

ARTIST....   Raison D'être

TITLE.......   Feasting In Valhalla

STYLE......   Dark Ambient, Industrial Ambient, Industrial

LABEL......   Yantra Atmospheres – YA-2014-69

QUALITY.... 320kbps / Joint-Stereo

COUNTRY... Sweden

 

1 Purification 10:18
2 Old Wounds Opened 8:50
3 The Shadow Weaver 8:07
4 A Flaming Ordeal 9:51
5 Closer To The Abyss 8:17 

 

The CD contains new and unique live only material from 2014 recorded live at Valhalla Festival in Hallarna/Norrkoping/Sweden on the 19th of April 2014. Sold only during live performances, a very limited number of copies of this release are now available via ANNIHILVS, following the BRIGHTER DEATH NOW/DEUTSCH NEPAL/raison d'être NORTH AMERICAN TOUR.

 

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Troum + Raison D'être : De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu [2015]

ARTIST.... Troum & Raison D'être

TITLE....... De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu

STYLE...... Dark Ambient, Industrial, Experimental

LABEL...... Yantra Atmospheres ‎/ Essence Music

QUALITY.... 320kbps / Joint-Stereo

COUNTRY... Sweden

1. Folia (3:01)
2. Alio Tempore (10:05)
3. Oculum Mundi (15:15)
4. Atmosphaera (6:46)
5. Meditationum (18:54)
6. Flammae (3:16)
7. Ad Infinitum (11:14)

Ever wondered how a mix of Troum and raison d’être would sound like? Here is the long awaited answer.

Four years in the making – carefully forged between 2011 and 2014 -, De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu showcases a magically crafted alchemy between these two titans of the drone and ambient realms.

Troum navigate through cavernous, subterranean spaces where cyclical sounds reverberate towards impressive crescendos of icy noise, luminous drones and dramatic, guitar-driven ghostly melodies. Their truly unique gorgeous soundscapes shine in a perfect symbiotic movement with the Swedish dark ambient maestro Peter Andersson. Engulfed in a hauntingly beautiful kaleidoscope of grey-ish melancholia, raison d’être comfortably walks deeply into Troum’s vast territory, delivering his very own trademark of eerie tones, ominous sacral ambience and crystal clear constructions.

Airy lush enigmatic atmospheres live together with dark breathing, reverberate transformative drones. Rich and gorgeously layered.

Mastered using the K-14 level standard, the album comes lavishly assembled in a custom, sturdy 6-panel digisleeve packaging with amazing minimal artwork by the award-winning Spanish designer Ritxi Ostáriz. Limited to 700 copies.

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Stratvm Terror : Pariah Demise [2005]

1    Croton                       5:14
2    Transcent Vexation     5:02
3    Thong                        7:43
4    Shattered Skins          4:50
5    Death Of A Mother      5:52
6    Human Afflictions        4:48
7    Germinal Torture        3:23
8    Skullbreeding             9:53
9    Pulp Extortion            8:01
10    Infidelity                  2:46
11    Pvlppit                     3:40
12    Saphead                  6:12
13    Why Oral Zebras      4:39
14    Sleeping                  2:17
15    Pvlp                         3:51

Long time sold out album and first released in 1996, now Pariah Demise, the very first CD album by Stratvm Terror, has been re-mastered with additional extra material from the Germinal Chamber tape out on the same time on OEC and now deleted, plus one previously unreleased bonus track from 1996. Discover this nice killer plate of pulsing and beating, cold and doom power industrial electronics served in complete new, fresh and haunting artwork. Jewel-box with nice skull/deadly artwork....

 
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raison d'être : The Empty Hollow Unfolds [2000] | FLAC

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raison d'être : In Sadness, Silence And Solitude [1997] | FLAC

1 Reflecting In Shadows 8:57
2 In Abscence Of Light 5:04
3 The Well Of Sadness 8:24
4 Deep Enshrouded 7:34
5 Falling Twilight 7:23
6 Passing Inner Shield 13:25



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Raison d'etre : Within the Depths of Silence and Phormation [1995] | FLAC

01 Sephiroth (4:01)
02 Ascent Of The Blessed (7:15)
03 In Abscence Of Subsequent Ambivalence (10:31)
04 Fall Of The Damned (6:24)
05 Euphrosyne (3:59)
06 Inner Depths Of Sadness (6:36)
07 Of Dying Relics (4:50)
08 Dream's Essence (8:20)



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raison d'être : Semblance [1995]

A1 D:Combe – Into A Mysteria
A2 D:Combe – Radio Programme 1
A3 D:Combe – Radio Programme 2
A4 D:Combe – Radio Programme 3
A5 Necrophorus – Soporific
A6 Necrophorus – Threshold Over Times
A7 raison d'être – Decalogue
A8 raison d'être – Pharynx
B1 raison d'être – Out Of The Depths...
B2 raison d'être – Intrinsic Reason (Second Version)
B3 raison d'être – Wisdom Of Withhold
B4 raison d'être – Saivo


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raison d'être : Après Nous Le Déluge (Redux Version) [2012]

01. Après Nous Le Déluge [Acte I] [4:53]
02. Après Nous Le Déluge [Acte II] [3:19]
03. Raison D'Etre [4:23]
04. The Final Wagon [5:32]
05. Moribund [6:06]
06. De Profundis [3:43]
07. Death Brightens With Sorrow [5:40]
08. Paragon Sequence [3:37]
09. Ignesco Comburo [5:53]
10. Frigus Membra [1:51]
11. Memento Mori [4:14]
12. The Final Wagon [5:35]
13. Moribund [5:31]
14. Ignesco Comburo [5:16]
15. Après Nous Le Déluge [Acte II] [3:19]
16. Intercourse In The Garden Of Delight When Evil Suddenly Appear And Disappear [4:07]


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Grismannen : A Journey Through The Gain In Pain In The Brain Again & Again [1997]

A1 Rymdbajs
A2 Hallonbajs
A3 Du Heliga Bajs
A4 Lill+St+Rumpa
A5 Urs Med Urt
A6 Dadda, Dada, Pink Och Spad
A7 Salice In Wonderdaim
A8 Taffans Aga
A9 Balsa Mera Vera
B1 Acid-Do-Fill-Us
B2 Space Is An Illusion
B3 Fusioning Double Cluster Near Perseus
B4 Cor Caroli Is Far From Saiph
B5 Spatial Dimension
B6 Another Spatial Dimension


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Cataclyst : Monuments Of A Rubicund Age [2007]

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1 The Gawds Are Still At Karnak I 3:48
2 The Verge Of Mortal Ground 5:25
3 Elwes In Sheeting Wind 4:32
4 Rubicund Age 3:49
5 Rubicund Cloister 3:24
6 The Serpent's Fang 2:16
7 The Gawds Are Still At Karnak II 3:40
8 Dwarfs In Hidden Realm (Short Mix) 10:29
9 As He Scourged The Earth (Wierd Mix) 5:27

Credits▼
Design [Graphic Treatment] Oleg Galay
Photography [Original Photos] Pavel Bourchenko
Recorded By Johanna Rosenqvist (tracks: 1 to 8), Peter Andersson (tracks: 1 to 8)
Remastered By Peter Andersson

Notes▼
Edition of 600 copies.

Remastered re-issue of the original CD-R + bonus track.


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Necrophorus : Elinrós [2005]

With the sound of a bowl a journey begins through an aural landscape of imagination and mysticism. Imagine a spirit transformed into a single breath, woods that become alive through vibrations from the earth and water that electrifies nature and bends its laws. If the previous Necrophorus album Drifting in Motion was a bit icy and stiff, Elínrós is a warm and animated being. Peter Andersson (Raison D'etre) has created four beautiful compositions that blend and evolve into eternal tranquillity. Included on the album is also a re-mix of "The Source of Underwater Bleakness" (originally released on the Last Bleak Days compilation in 2002). Experience Elínrós and life will simply not be the same anymore.

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1 Sál 9:38
2 Tré 9:52
3 Vatn 15:40
4 Kyrrð 7:02
5 The Source Of Underwater Bleakness Part I & II 10:00


Credits▼
Mixed By [Remixed] Peter Andersson (tracks: 5)
Music By, Producer, Artwork By [Sleeve Design] Peter Andersson
Photography Sara Johansson

Notes▼
Distributed exclusively by Cold Meat Industry.
Track 5 Part I is also available on The Last Bleak Days CD compilation, Bleak Records 2001.


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raison d'être : The Stains Of The Embodied Sacrifice [2009] | FLAC

Ambient is an interesting genre that covers a lot of musical ground. There are artists like Eluvium, whose gentle and warming static and nostalgic piano tunes are relaxing, happy and joyful. There's industrial ambient, martial ambient, blackened ambient, organic ambient, and probably thousands of other combinations. My favorites tend to be martial, industrial and organic, though I am partial to Eluvium and his joyful static.

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Raison d'Etre, one of the oldest and most respected artists in the ambient world, is probably one of my favorite artists from any genre. Anyone who can take normal sounds,like clanking metal and make you feel uneasy, upbeat, depressed or any other emotion really knows his stuff, and this guy really knows his stuff. The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice is probably one of Raison d'Etres harshest albums, with a lot less emphasis on more normal, gentle ambient keyboard work and a lot more emphasis on harsh sound, at times bordering on the actual genre of noise with the grating sounds of metal and screeching industrial tones.

..RIP.DATE: 2010-09-17
..STORE DATE: 2009-12-13
..LABEL: Cold Meat Industry
..GENRE: Dark Ambient, Industrial
..SOURCE: CD
..ENCODER: FLAC1.2.1
..SIZE : 323 MB

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Atomine Elektrine : Binomial Fusion [2004]

Pure Nordic genius, Peter Andersson is the talented man behind Raison D'être and a number of brilliant musical projects like Stratvm Terror and Necrophorous, each one with a very impressive and distinctive sound. Experimenting with ATOMINE ELEKTRINE since the early 90's, the main influences to create this project came from the old krautrock school in its more cosmic and electronic side represented by artists like Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk and even Neu!. However, incorporating ideas coming from various other sources, like the orchestral Cold Meat-ish trademark of the time and the sacral beauty of Raison D'être, ATOMINE ELEKTRINE came out as a peculiar mutation of the kraut heroes; more rhythmic and a bit less experimental and far-out than expected. A new form of life. Labelled as 'new-age-sacro-trance' at the time, "Elemental Severance" actually shows a wide spectrum of electronic styles resulting in a hybrid, yet cohesive masterwork.

From trancey rhythms and dreamy, sacral ambiences to occasional male/female choirs, melancholic melodies and well inserted samples. As if the imaginary past and present could touch each other, everything is involved by a majestic, unique surreal atmosphere, producing gorgeous sounds that leaves you truly mesmerized. Included here are 5 bonus tracks taken from the same recording sessions. The overall aura of "Elemental Severance" is also present on "Atom Xtension", the disc 2 of the set. Recorded in two distinct periods of time, the first part has nearly the same succesful elements, albeit with a slightly more eclectic nature. Ambient beat driven soundscapes with layers of synth treatments fill the air on some tracks, while semi-dub, chill-out compositions take place towards the end of the disc. Both works were recovered and throughly remastered by Peter Andersson on the profile section, making BINOMIAL FUSION a unique document of this fantastic project. On his own words, "this material sounds now better than ever before"! 140 minutes of music, including 5 bonus tracks, housed in a gatefold digisleeve-like packaging plus mini-poster. Limited edition of 800 copies.

Elemental Severance
1-01 Severance I 4:35
1-02 Film 1:55
1-03 Interlude I 2:27
1-04 Entrance Mirage 9:38
1-05 Interlude II 1:23
1-06 Oswiecim 4:51
1-07 Reliance 4:17
1-08 Voices Of Trinity 1:30
1-09 Kalfatra 5:50
1-10 Fragments Of The Past 3:56
1-11 Interlude III 2:04
1-12 Atom 4:35
1-13 Hyperion 3:47
1-14 Spin-drier 1:53
1-15 Temper 4:45
1-16 Interlude IV 2:54
1-17 Binary 1:15
1-18 Forever 4:45

Atom Xtension
2-01 Zektor 2:27
2-02 Spleen Iconoclasma Of The Absolute 4:40
2-03 Ultra 1:38
2-04 Elemental Part 6 6:12
2-05 The Archaic Garden Of Delight 2:14
2-06 Shining 3:36
2-07 Hyperion End Theme 2:43
2-08 Earthly Delights In Eden Of Rusty Shells 4:08
2-09 Hypotension 2:42
2-10 Severance II 6:10
2-11 Exodus 3:35
2-12 Hidden Arcade 0:40
2-13 Hyperion Main Theme 3:51
2-14 The Dream 3:08
2-15 Electrokinetic 2:55
2-16 Core Meltdown 5:57
2-17 Arabian Fuse 6:59
2-18 Twinned Peaks 5:04
2-19 Transfused 5:02


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Necrophorus : Underneath The Spirit Of Tranquility [2011]

Necrophorus is one of the many projects spawned by the creative madness of Peter Andersson of Raison D’etre fame, and although it bears many similarities with his flagship, they differ on quite a few planes. This makes them siblings of the same brood while standing strong on their own unique atmospheres. When it comes to mastering the intricate balance between dark atmospheres and bright evolving harmonies, few artists show such a natural affinity as Peter Andersson. I had the opportunity to attend to one of his many live shows in Germany and was quickly swept away by the elegant yet simplistic scenery he used in combination with the rumbling infernal atmosphere created by a laptop and some odd pieces of scrap metal. Underneath the Spirit of Tranquility is a remixed and generally remoulded version of the album of the same name from 1996, and is again sold together with a subsection called The Impressions of Salvador Dali.


01 Empyrion 8:11
02 Sophysis I 4:37
03 Euthymia 9:52
04 Sentiment I 8:19
05 In Silence 2:30
06 Within Tranquility 10:28
07 Sophysis II 10:01
08 Sentiment II 7:27

The Impressions Of Salvador Dali
09 La Sommeil 2:32
10 Echo Morphologique 1:47
11 Femmes Aux Têtes Des Fleurs Retrouvant Sur La Plage Le Dépouill D'un Piano Á Queue 1:51
12 La Naissance De Désirs Liquides 2:03
13 La Persistance De La Mémoire 3:13
14 Le Cabinet Antromorphique 1:59


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Stratvm Terror : Germinal Chamber [1994]

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V/A : Perception Multiplied, Multiplicity Unified [2001]

01 Stratvm Terror – Killing Me [5:30]
Composed By – Tobias Larsson
02 raison d'être – The Mournful Wounds [9:40]
03 Atomine Elektrine – Plasmoid Detection [9:33]
04 Cataclyst – As He Scourged The Earth [5:23]
Composed By – Johanna Rosenqvist
05 Panzar – Industrielles Massenmord [4:59]
06 Necrophorus – Arcane Angelicum [7:12]
07 Bocksholm – Bi-Rath, The Beast Of The Forge [5:26]
Composed By – Peter Andersson
08 Svasti-ayanam – Chenrezig [7:38]
09 Grismannen – Psychedelic Rectoscope [3:12]

Notes▼
Subtitled "The Manifold Of Peter Andersson".
First 3,000 copies come in a DiscBox Slider with a 12-page booklet with partial UV-varnish and deluxe cover.

#1 composed between 1999 and 2001.
#2, 4 to 7 and 9 composed in 2001.
#3 and 8 composed in 2000.

A release showcasing the influential, multi-talented Swede: Peter Andersson

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Svasti-Ayanam : Sanklesa [2007]

01 Chenrezig 7:38
02 Chakra-Puja 10:00
03 Vama-Sankara 4:40
04 Ugra-Karma 10:11
05 Zar 5:45
06 Yajña 4:15
07 Gilgamesh 5:48
08 Yajña-Purusa 1:49
09 Ggantija 5:24
10 Yonis-Linga 4:52
11 Adhyätmika 2:22
12 Svistasya 4:48
13 Chenrezig (De-constructed) 7:32

Track 1 created in 2000, de-constructed as Track 13 in 2007.
Tracks 2-12 originally created in 1993-1994.
Tracks 2-8 remixed in 1997.
Tracks 9-12 re-mastered and refined from original 2 channel analog master-tape.

Track 1 originally released on Perception Multiplied, Multiplicity Unified compilation.
Tracks 2-12 from the original album on Crowd Control Activities.
Track 13 is previously unreleased.
Re-mastered in 2007.


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UPDATED LINKS v.1

[ May 25, 2012 ]

- Bocksholm : The Sound Of Black Cloggs [2003]
- Camanecroszcope : Echoes Ov Who Lieth Dead But Ever Dreameth [2003]
- Camanecroszcope : Echoes Ov A Beckoning Arcanum [2006]
- Converter : Exit Ritual [2003]
- Empusae : Mortusae [2009]
- Land:Fire : Physical:Mental:Psychological [2004]
- Megaptera : Near Death [1991]
- Megaptera : Beyond The Shadow [1994]
- Megaptera : Disease [1996]
- Monolith Of Doom : Devastation Panorama [2009]
- OKK-ULTh : Elizabeth Bathory [2003]
- Organic Cage : Malpractice Machine [2008]
- Raison d'être : Après Nous Le Déluge [1992]
- Raison d'être + Svasti-Ayanam : The Ring Of Isvarah [1994]
- Raison d'être : In Sadness, Silence And Solitude [1997]
- Raison d'être : The Luminous Experience [ Live In Enschede 2008 ]
- Raison d'être : Live Archive [2010]
- Stratvm Terror : The Only True Septic Whore [1999]
- Stratvm Terror : Genetic Implosion [2000]
- Synapscape : Raw [2002]
- Synapscape : Traits [2011]
- Tzolk'in : Tonatiuh [2010]

Atomine Elektrine : Space Is An Illusion (Live In Vilnius) [2011]

1. Deep Sky Twilight [12:51]
2. Energy Net 3 [8:03]
3. The Deep Invisble [16:23]
4. Geiger [8:24]

Notes
A live recording of the Atomine Elektrine performance at The Machine Started To Flow Into A Vein (Vol. 2), Propaganda Club / Vilnius / Lithuania on the 19th of November 2011 in remembrance of the band Coil.


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Raison D’être : When The Earth Dissolves In Ashes [2012]

01. The Everlasting Fire [Linecheck]
02. Summoning
03. The Unclean Spirit
04. Shedding
05. Darken My Soul
06. The Water Of Cleansing
07. Disowned Before The Angels Of God
08. The Dark Age Will Come
09. Spira Mirabilis
10. Sharing The Guilt
11. My Soul Is Darkened
12. The Everlasting Fire
13. Reconstructing The Void
14. Shadow Weaver

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