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Peter Andersson

b. 1973

Swedish composer

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Born 1973. Peter Andersson is a Swedish composer.

Peter Andersson (born March 20, 1973, in Boxholm, Sweden) is a music composer within the ambient, noise, industrial, electronic and experimental genre. His interest in electronic music started when he listened to his brother's Kraftwerk albums. He records many of the sounds he uses himself, from industries, boats, fans and similar objects.

Raison d'être Raison d'être is a dark ambient project by 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. The music produced by Raison d'être is variously 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.

Discography Studio albums

Après nous le Déluge (Cassette, 1992) Aprés nous le Déluge (MP3, 2008) Aprés nous le Déluge (Redux) (CD, 2012) Prospectus I (CD, 1993) Prospectus I (Re-mix) (Cassette, 2005) Prospectus I (Redux) (2xCD, 2013) Enthraled by the Wind of Lonelienes (CD, 1994) Enthraled by the Wind of Lonelienes (Re-mix) (FLAC/MP3, 2007) Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness (Redux) (CD, 2013) Within the Depths of Silence and Phormations (CD, 1995) Within the Depths of Silence and Phormations (Redux) (2xCD, 2013) In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (CD, 1997) In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (Re-Issue) (CD, 2006) In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (Expanded) (2xCD, 2014) In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (Expanded Special Edition) (2xCD+7", 2014) The Empty Hollow Unfolds (CD, 2000) The Empty Hollow Unfolds (Expanded) (2xCD, 2014) The Empty Hollow Unfolds (Special Expanded) (3xCD, 2014) Requiem for Abandoned Souls (CD, 2003) Requiem for Abandoned Souls (Expanded (2xCD, 2014) Metamorphyses (CD, 2006) Metamorphyses (Expanded) (2xCD, 2014) The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice (CD, 2009) The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice (Expanded) (2xCD, 2012) The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice (Special Expanded) (3xCD, 2012) Mise En Abyme (CD, 2014) Alchymeia (CD, 2018) Daemonum (CD, 2021)

Collaborations The Ring of Isvarah (Cassette, 1994) Semblance (Cassette, 1995) De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu (Troum and Raison d'Être) (CD, 2015)

Compilations Conspectus (Cassette, 1994) Reflections from the Time of Opening (CD, 1997) Reflections from the Time of Opening (Re-Issue) (CD, 2005) Lost Fragments (CD-R, 1998) Lost Fragments (2xCD, 2002) Collective Archives (2xCD, 1999) Collected Works (CD, 2013) Tales from the Tabula Rasa (Early Works 1988-1991) (2xCD, 2014)

Live Live Archive 1 (FLAC/MP3, 2007) Live Archive 2 (FLAC/MP3, 2007) Live Archive 3 (FLAC/MP3, 2008) The Luminous Experience (Live in Enschede 2008) (CD, 2008) Live Archive (3xCD, 2010) When the Earth Dissolves in Ashes (Live 2010/2011) (CD, 2012) Feasting in Valhalla (CD, 2014)

Other Sakral Wounds (VHS, 1994)

Stratvm Terror Stratvm Terror is an industrial noise project of Peter Andersson, first appearing in 1993. For the project, he was joined by Tobias Larsson. After a few tapes and four CD releases this project has almost reached the same acclaimed status as Raison d'être. Stratvm Terror offers harsh, droning, aggressive and loud frequencies, though it could be considered more musical in earlier albums.

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Who is Peter Andersson?

Swedish composer

When was Peter Andersson born?

Peter Andersson was born on 20 March 1973.

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Peter Andersson is a composer.

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Peter Andersson is Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Peter Andersson

· Wikidata: Q3742090

· DBpedia: Peter Andersson (musician)

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