Raison d'Être

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Raison d'être is a French phrase which roughly translates as "reason to be." When used within the English language, it means "the basic reason to exist."

Raison d'être is also the name of a Swedish band, whose sole member has always been Peter Andersson. This is not to be confused with another identically-named individual making music in a similar vein, under the band name Deutsch Nepal.

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.


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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Après nous le Déluge (Tape, 1992)
  • Prospectus I (CD, 1993)
  • Sacral Wounds (VHS, 1994)
  • The Ring of Isvarah (Tape, 1994)
  • Conspectus (Tape, 1994)
  • Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness (CD, 1994)
  • Semblance (Tape, 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 (CD, 2005)
  • Prospectus I (Tape, 2005)
  • In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (Re-Issue) (CD, 2006)
  • Metamorphyses (CD, 2006)

[edit] Compilation appearances

[edit] External links

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