Raison D'être

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Raison D'être (french for "reason to exist") is 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, gothic 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.

Discography

Albums

• Aprés nous le Déluge tape (1992)
• Prospectus I CD (1993)
• Sacral Wounds VHS (1994)
• The Ring of Isvarah (1994)
• Conspectus tape (1994)
• Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness CD (1994)
• Semblance tape (1995)
• Within th Depth of Silence and Phormations CD (1995)
• In Sadness, Silence and Soltitude CD (1997)
• Reflections from the Time of openeing CD (1997)
• Lost Fragments CD-R (1998)
• Collective Archieves 2 CD (1999)
• The Empty Hollow Unfolds CD (2000)
• Reflections from the Time of Opening CD (2005)
• Prospectus I tape (2005)

External link

• The website for Raison D'etre [1]

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