Raison d'être (band)
Encyclopedia
Raison d'être is a Swedish industrial
ambient music
project formed by Peter Andersson
.
The name of the band was taken from a sentence in a book by Carl Gustav Jung
: "the individuation is the raison d’être of the self".
Dark ambient atmospheres, drone
elements, industrial sounds, ecclesiastical hymns are all blended together to constitute the music of Raison d'être. Deeply influenced by the writings of C.G.Jung, Raison d'être explores the depths of human psyche providing soundtracks for inner voyages towards the Tragic.
The music produced by Raison d'être is variously darkwave
, dark ambient
, and soundscape
in nature. For example, synthesizers might play a droning melody over the sound of metal scraping together. Andersson often mixes tapes of Gregorian chant with his own keyboard and percussion playing.
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
project formed by Peter Andersson
Peter Andersson (composer)
Peter Andersson is a music composer within the ambient, noise, industrial, electronic and experimental genre....
.
The name of the band was taken from a sentence in a book by Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...
: "the individuation is the raison d’être of the self".
Dark ambient atmospheres, drone
Drone music
Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...
elements, industrial sounds, ecclesiastical hymns are all blended together to constitute the music of Raison d'être. Deeply influenced by the writings of C.G.Jung, Raison d'être explores the depths of human psyche providing soundtracks for inner voyages towards the Tragic.
The music produced by Raison d'être is variously darkwave
Darkwave
Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...
, dark ambient
Dark ambient
Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...
, and soundscape
Soundscape
A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. The study of soundscape is the subject of acoustic ecology...
in nature. For example, synthesizers might play a droning melody over the sound of metal scraping together. Andersson often mixes tapes of Gregorian chant with his own keyboard and percussion playing.
Discography
- Après nous le Déluge (Cassette, 1992)
- Prospectus I (CD, 1993)
- Sacral Wounds (VHS, 1994)
- The Ring of Isvarah (Cassette, 1994)
- Conspectus (Cassette, 1994)
- Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness (CD, 1994)
- Semblance (Cassette, 1995)
- Within the Depth of Silence and Phormations (CD, 1995)
- In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (CD, 1997)
- Reflections from the Time of Opening (CD, 1997)
- Lost Fragments (CD-R, 1998)
- Collective Archives (CD, 1999)
- The Empty Hollow Unfolds (CD, 2000)
- Lost Fragments (CD, 2002)
- Requiem for Abandoned Souls (CD, 2003)
- Reflections from the Time of Opening (Re-Issue) (CD, 2005)
- Prospectus I (re-mix) (Cassette, 2005)
- In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (Re-Issue) (CD, 2006)
- Metamorphyses (CD, 2006)
- Live Archive 1 (FLAC/MP3, 2007)
- Live Archive 2 (FLAC/MP3, 2007)
- Enthraled by the Wind of Lonelienes (re-mix) (FLAC/MP3, 2007)
- Live Archive 3 (FLAC/MP3, 2008)
- Aprés nous le Déluge (MP3, 2008)
- The Luminous Experience (Live in Enschede 2008) (CD, 2008)
- The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice (CD, 2009)