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raison d’être & Troum – ‘XIBIPIIO. In and Out of Experience’ is now ready for pre-order.

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/xibipiio-in-and-out-of-experience

WILL BE RELEASED ON CD AND DIGITAL AROUND 15 SEPTEMBER! WILL BE RELEASED ON LP LATER IN THE AUTUMN.

This is the second part of the collaboration that started with ‘De Aeris
In Sublunaria Influxu’, released 2015. Based on a notion of the
fascinating Amazonian Piraha tribe, this is an excursion into nine
different micro-worlds of perception and consciousness. Music that
reaches for the eternal, but it only exists in the very moment.

Raison d’être sound sources used and processed by
Troum 2013-2017 (deranged and reframed, morphed and transformed).
Additional material recorded by Troum 2013-2017: guitars, voices,
flutes, accordeon, cello, violin, didgeridoo, dombra, tapes, found
sounds. Final mix by Troum.

K-14 level mastering by Peter Andersson.

Graphic design by Marcin Lojek for Rzpaid design. Patternal drawings by Bartosz Zaskorski.

CD released by Transgredient Records, TR-12.

Digital release by Yantra Atmospheres, YA-2017-89.

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Atomine Elektrine – The Second Moon – is now released and available from here:

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-moon

For at least two centuries there has been ideas about another companion
to Earth, a conception of a second moon orbiting Earth. Mankind has
explored the Universe in many levels and directions, both close and very
far away. We may think we should know all about the heavenly bodies
next door, but it does not seem so. There has been a number of claimed
moons of Earth at least since 1846 and the latest claim was done by Nasa
as late as April 2016. However, no claimed object have had a stabled
orbit around Earth, they have mostly been quasi-satellites, and some
objects have been nothing more than merely illusions. Despite the fact
Earth has no “real” second moon, it is fascinating that we somehow are
still not sure. The subject does not only matters to scientists. The
notion of a second moon is also visible in some popular culture novels,
and now also to Atomine Elektrine.

With The Second Moon Atomine Elektrine turns closer to Earth,
scrutinizing some of the stories of claimed second moons, still firmly
floating around in the unknown domains of space. Organically revolving
vivid layers of cosmic activities are blended with enigmatic fluctuated
sequencing occasionally broken and saturated while orbiting around the
Earth in the search of another satellite. Try yourself, listen and hear
if you can see the second moon.

Atomine Elektrine is a cosmic project by the Swedish Peter Andersson,
most known for the dark ambient industrial project raison d’être.
Atomine Elektrine has done a number of album releases since 1995, the
latest one was the well-acclaimed Laniakea.

CD release presented in a 4-panel digipak with imaginative visuals of a possible second moon.

Digital album (Bandcamp only) includes one bonus track, 2006 RH120,
previously released on ‘Where Words Fail- Music Speaks – A Compilation
For Ania Mehring’

Physical release by Old Europa Café release, OECD235.

Digital release by Yantra Atmospheres, YA-2016-88.

Please notice that the CD will ship around 12th of December!

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Atomine Elektrine – The Second Moon – Preview of the forthcoming album is now available.

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-moon

Scheduled to be released around the end of November!

Track list:

[1] Sepharial’s Lilith

[2] 3753 Cruithne

[3] 2016 HO3

[4] Basidium

[5] Green Crescent

Press release:
For at least two centuries there has been ideas about another companion
to Earth, a conception of a second moon orbiting Earth. Mankind has
explored the Universe in many levels and directions, both close and very
far away. We may think we should know all about the heavenly bodies
next door, but it does not seem so. There has been a number of claimed
moons of Earth at least since 1846 and the latest claim was done by Nasa
as late as April 2016. However, no claimed object have had a stabled
orbit around Earth, they have mostly been quasi-satellites, and some
objects have been nothing more than merely illusions. Despite the fact
Earth has no “real” second moon, it is fascinating that we somehow are
still not sure. The subject does not only matters to scientists. The
notion of a second moon is also visible in some popular culture novels,
and now also to Atomine Elektrine.

With The Second Moon Atomine Elektrine turns closer to Earth,
scrutinizing some of the stories of claimed second moons, still firmly
floating around in the unknown domains of space. Organically revolving
vivid layers of cosmic activities are blended with enigmatic fluctuated
sequencing occasionally broken and saturated while orbiting around the
Earth in the search of another satellite. Try yourself, listen and hear
if you can see the second moon.

Physical release by Old Europa Café release, OECD235.

Digital release by Yantra Atmospheres, YA-2016-88.

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Atomine Elektrine – Nebulous – 2CD expanded edition – is now ready for pre-order

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/nebulous-expanded

Press release:
Peter Andersson brings Atomine Elektrine to an utterly refined and
perfectionist sphere. Nebulous leaves all physical boundaries behind and
takes you on a trip through endless space towards unknown deep corners
of the cosmos. The sound is widening every moment and the walls of your
room seem to disappear. Multi dimensional layers of sound makes this
record into a cosmic outburst. A truly out-of-body, deeply layered and
dynamic cosmic experience in form of a masterful ambience filled with
energy outbursts, synthetic movements, illuminating pulses and
algorithmical rhythms. An aural projection for a detailed exploration of
nebulas, black holes, exploding stars and unknown deep corners of the
cosmos.

Very much influenced by the electronic side of the kraut scene and with
the ability of imposing his very own classic trademark, Andersson sets a
new stone and makes ‘Nebulous’, composed in 2005, one of the greatest
albums related to this genre since the early 70’s. Peter allowing the
ever evolving music to take shape slowly and form amidst the ever
changing facades he creates. Truly an amazing achievement.

Originally released in 2007 ‘Nebulous’ is now presented in an expanded
version with compilation tracks, earlier bonus material, previously
unreleased stuff and also a complete live set earlier only released as a
digital album with the title ‘Space is an Illusion – Live in Vilnius’.

Presented in a phantom styled 6-panel digipak based on space friendly original art by Hypsis.

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to celebrate the last day of the year, here is s a new weird project of mine:

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/the-red-potato-nose-suite

Named after a late legendary local dipsomaniac in Boxholm, often found
on or lying around his bicycle terrorizing children, Kisaskräcken is
another weird project of Peter Andersson. Inexplicable mumbo jumbo
electronic sounds from the heart of Boxholm. Some of you may remember
the Bocksholm tune The Horror of Kisa, and yes, it’s the same scary
drunkard we are talking about. He had a big red nose.

The live version of The Red Potato Nose Suite is recorded at Hulterstad
Sound, Granforsen/Boxhohlm/Sweden on August the 8th, 2015.

Enjoy the free download!

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To celebrate the first recorded observation of the Supernova 1604 (also called Kepler’s Supernova) on the 9th of October 1604 the new Atomine Elektrine album Laniakea will be released tomorrow! The album is dedicated to the late Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream. Available on CD (Wrotycz Records) and as download album (Yantra Atmopsheres). Pre-sale available now:

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/laniakea

Press release:
The word Laniakea means the immeasurable heaven: deep, spacious, dark and ostensibly emtpy but still full of energy, matter, structures and bright objects. The same words can be said about the sound on the new studio album by Atomine Elektrine. Further on, the ‘Laniakea’ album is also characterized by molecular reactions, eroding particles, nuclear fractals, diffused lightwaves and multiversed orbits. Old fashioned modular analogue electronic synthesis combined with modern digital processing is the gravitational focal point on ‘Laniakea’. The tracks have mainly sequencer driven narratives with ambient layers of both classic retro styled elements and advanced processed novel sounds.

The origin of the ‘Laniakea’ album is based on two fundamental occurrences: The definition of the galaxy supercluster Laniakea in 2014 and the decease of the Tangerine Dream mastermind Edgar Froese in 2015. ‘Laniakea’ is simply a homage to the vastness of space and a eulogy to the kosmische musik that appeared in the early 1970’s.

Three bonus tracks (sketches) are included on the CD version (duration 76 minutes) compared to the digital download album (duration 61 minutes). Comes in a 6-panel digipak sleeve with original art by Hypsis.

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Pre-order is now possible from my bandcamp store of the standard CD
edition/Download of Troum & raison d’être ‘De Aeris In Sublunaria
Influxu’. Exact date when the CD is in stock is still unknown (probably
within a week or two), just be patient.

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/de-aeris-in-sublunaria-influxu

Pre-order is now also possible from my bandcamp store of raison d’être
‘Feasting in Valhalla’ CD/Download. The CD will be shipped the same time
as the ‘De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu’ is available for shipping.

https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com/album/feasting-in-valhalla

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Now it is possible to sign-up for the Troum & raison d’être Boxset. I
will have 10 copies for sale and a lottery will decide for the lucky
ones. Sign-up before August 9 at 21:00 CET by using the contact form link available on this page:

http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/de-aeris-in-sublunaria-influxu-boxset

Last day to sign up is August 9, 2015 at 09:00PM CET.

In the message or subject fields you need to write that you are interested in the De Aeris In Sublunaria Influxu Boxset.

The selected customers (the winners in the lottery) will be decided by
lottery and announced by individual e-mails on August 9, after 09:00PM.

Number of Boxsets for sale:

10

Price:

40 Euro plus shipping costs.

Will be sent as Registered First class Air mail.

Shipment is trackable and insuranced.

Shipping costs:

– Sweden: 17 Euro

– Europe/The World: 24 Euro

The box-set will also be sold by Troum via Drone Records (only a few copies) and the label
Essence-Music (the label will sell the major part of the edition), and
maybe some selected mailorder shops.

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