Rhys Fulber
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Nowell Rhys Fulber is a Canadian
electronic music
ian and producer
. He was a member of Front Line Assembly
and Delerium
along with Bill Leeb
, and now records on his own under the name Conjure One
.
, Canada
on October 10, 1970. His father was born in Germany
and his mother was from Great Britain
. He was exposed to the music of Led Zeppelin
and Kraftwerk
through his musician father (who took him along to see Kraftwerk live in 1975) and with instruments always in the house, started drumming at a very early age. His father later built and ran a recording studio, catering toward the local punk rock scene where Rhys spent a lot of time. In 1984 Rhys started becoming more interested in electronic music and got his first synthesizer.
In 1986, he became friends with Bill Leeb
who had just left his former band Skinny Puppy
.
were one song on their debut album Total Terror
, and then three songs on The Initial Command
. He also contributed to Delerium
's debut album, Faces, Forms & Illusions
. During this time he started the band Will
together with Chris Peterson
, John McRae and Jeff Stoddard
, which lasted from 1987 to 1992.
He joined Front Line Assembly for their first tour
, Gashed Senses & Crossfire in 1989. He then joined Delerium full-time when Michael Balch left. Until 1997, Fulber was involved in all Front Line Assembly, Delerium and side projects with Bill Leeb, including the albums Tactical Neural Implant
and Hard Wired
from Front Line Assembly, and Semantic Spaces
and Karma from Delerium.
ed other artists' works, such as the album Demanufacture
by Fear Factory
, The Tea Party
's Sister Awake
and remixed a track from "Mechanical Spin Phenomena
" by Mnemic. From 1997 to 2002 Fulber did film scores, several Fear Factory releases and songs on Josh Groban
's debut album. His production work with acts such as Cubanate
("Interference", 1998) show a Drum and Bass
influence. In the late '90's Fulber also began work on his solo project Conjure One
, re-joining Bill Leeb to work on new Delerium songs.
After producing Paradise Lost
's Symbol of Life
album, he worked on Delerium's Chimera as one of Leeb's main partners in 2003, and then the two completed Front Line Assembly's Civilization
in 2004. Rhys has worked with Scottish band Serpico
, producing their self-titled debut EP and debut album, 'Neon Wasteland'. He produced the Canadian hits for singer/songwriter Serena Ryder, new Paradise Lost
album, In Requiem, and is currently in the studio recording Mindless Self Indulgence
's next album.
He recently returned to working with Fear Factory, producing their forthcoming "Mechanize" album, and also just finished remixes for Rob Zombie.
He currently works out of his Surplus Sound studio in Los Angeles, where he completed the third Conjure One album in 2010.
, Canadian First Nations activist and the current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
ian and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He was a member of Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
and Delerium
Delerium
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
along with Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb is an electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13...
, and now records on his own under the name Conjure One
Conjure One
Conjure One is a Canadian electronic music project, headed by Rhys Fulber, better known as a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, as well as other musical groups alongside Bill Leeb.-History:...
.
Biography
Rhys Fulber was born in VancouverVancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on October 10, 1970. His father was born in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and his mother was from Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. He was exposed to the music of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
through his musician father (who took him along to see Kraftwerk live in 1975) and with instruments always in the house, started drumming at a very early age. His father later built and ran a recording studio, catering toward the local punk rock scene where Rhys spent a lot of time. In 1984 Rhys started becoming more interested in electronic music and got his first synthesizer.
In 1986, he became friends with Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb is an electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13...
who had just left his former band Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
.
Early music career
Fulber's first involvements in Front Line AssemblyFront Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
were one song on their debut album Total Terror
Total Terror
Total Terror is the second of two self-released cassette tapes by industrial band Front Line Assembly. At this point, Bill Leeb was the band's only dedicated member, with some help from Rhys Fulber.-Track listing:-Notes:...
, and then three songs on The Initial Command
The Initial Command
The Initial Command is the third release by Canadian Industrial band Front Line Assembly. This is the group's first album since their first two releases, Nerve War and Total Terror, were demo tapes. The music was created mostly by Bill Leeb with some help from Michael Balch. Since the 1987 release...
. He also contributed to Delerium
Delerium
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
's debut album, Faces, Forms & Illusions
Faces, Forms & Illusions
Faces, Forms & Illusions is an album by the Canadian ambient/electronic music group Delerium that was released on January 6, 1989 on the Dossier label. . The album was re-issued in 1997 on Cleopatra Records with the bonus track "Dark Star" added and "Hidden Mask" removed...
. During this time he started the band Will
Will (band)
Will was a Canadian electronic music act founded by Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson, both members of Front Line Assembly and Delerium at different times...
together with Chris Peterson
Chris Peterson (producer)
Chris Peterson is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada based producer and keyboard player and works for Front Line Assembly, Noise Unit and Decree...
, John McRae and Jeff Stoddard
Jeff Stoddard
Jeff Stoddard is an electronic musician, recording engineer and remix artist. He has been a member of and played with such notable electronic acts as: Front Line Assembly, Will and Decree.-Early Life:...
, which lasted from 1987 to 1992.
He joined Front Line Assembly for their first tour
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
, Gashed Senses & Crossfire in 1989. He then joined Delerium full-time when Michael Balch left. Until 1997, Fulber was involved in all Front Line Assembly, Delerium and side projects with Bill Leeb, including the albums Tactical Neural Implant
Tactical Neural Implant
Tactical Neural Implant is an album by electro-industrial artists Front Line Assembly. Third Mind Records originally released it in 1992 on both compact-disc and LP formats...
and Hard Wired
Hard Wired
Hard Wired is an album by Front Line Assembly, released in 1995. It makes extensive use of audio-clips from the 1995 film In the Mouth of Madness, especially in the track "Mortal." The album includes artwork by David McKean....
from Front Line Assembly, and Semantic Spaces
Semantic Spaces
Semantic Spaces is an album by Canadian industrial/electronic music group Delerium in 1994 . Guest musicians on the album include Greg Reely and Kristy Thirsk....
and Karma from Delerium.
Production
Fulber also produced and remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed other artists' works, such as the album Demanufacture
Remanufacture - Cloning Technology
The tracks "Genetic Blueprint" and "21st Century Jesus" featured on Infogrames Test Drive 5 which was released on PC and PlayStation in 1998. Additionally, the song "Remanufacture " was featured on the 2005 PSP video game Infected and is the theme song for the 2000 PC game Messiah...
by Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, The Tea Party
The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
's Sister Awake
Sister Awake
"Sister Awake" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Canada. The music video was shot in Toronto and images from the video illustrate the booklet of Alhambra and its multimedia component...
and remixed a track from "Mechanical Spin Phenomena
Mechanical Spin Phenomena
-Credits:* Michael Bøgballe - vocals* Mircea Gabriel Eftemie - Guitar/Keyboards* Rune Stigart - Guitar* Mikkel Larsen - Bass* Brian Rasmussen - drums...
" by Mnemic. From 1997 to 2002 Fulber did film scores, several Fear Factory releases and songs on Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
's debut album. His production work with acts such as Cubanate
Cubanate
Cubanate is a crossover band from London, founded in 1992 by Marc Heal and Graham Rayner with Phil Barry and Steve Etheridge. The group became well-known known for its early fusion of distorted metal guitars, and techno percussion .-History:Cubanate played their first UK tour in November 1992...
("Interference", 1998) show a Drum and Bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
influence. In the late '90's Fulber also began work on his solo project Conjure One
Conjure One
Conjure One is a Canadian electronic music project, headed by Rhys Fulber, better known as a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, as well as other musical groups alongside Bill Leeb.-History:...
, re-joining Bill Leeb to work on new Delerium songs.
After producing Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
's Symbol of Life
Symbol of Life
Symbol of Life is the ninth studio album recorded by British band Paradise Lost. It marks a departure by the band from their synth-based approach and returning to a much heavier sound, although not abandoning the keyboards altogether.-Track listing:...
album, he worked on Delerium's Chimera as one of Leeb's main partners in 2003, and then the two completed Front Line Assembly's Civilization
Civilization (album)
- Personnel :* Bill Leeb – production, vocals* Rhys Fulber – production, programming* Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards ; vocals * Leah Randi – vocals ; bass * Sean Ashby – guitar * Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar - External links :*...
in 2004. Rhys has worked with Scottish band Serpico
Serpico
Serpico is a 1973 American crime film directed by Sidney Lumet. It is based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers, after being pushed to the brink at first by their distrust and later by the threats and...
, producing their self-titled debut EP and debut album, 'Neon Wasteland'. He produced the Canadian hits for singer/songwriter Serena Ryder, new Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
album, In Requiem, and is currently in the studio recording Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self Indulgence is an American musical group formed in New York in 1997. Their music has a mixed style including rap, punk rock, alternative rock, electronica, techno and industrial...
's next album.
He recently returned to working with Fear Factory, producing their forthcoming "Mechanize" album, and also just finished remixes for Rob Zombie.
He currently works out of his Surplus Sound studio in Los Angeles, where he completed the third Conjure One album in 2010.
Trivia
Fulber is the first cousin of Shawn AtleoShawn Atleo
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo is a Canadian First Nations activist and the current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Formerly the AFN's regional chief in British Columbia, he was selected as the new national chief of the AFN at its leadership convention on July 23, 2009, defeating Perry...
, Canadian First Nations activist and the current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
External links
- Full list of production credits, at official Nettwerk site
- Interview @ Legends