Raison D'Etere are a musical project from Sweden that has recently had music reviewed in this zine and plays a mixture of dark ambient, industrial and drone and this is a review of his 1993 album "Prospectus I" which was re-issued in 2018 by Cyclic Law.
Atmospheric sounding drones start off the album along with some bells which also gives the music more of a ritualistic feeling. Spoken word parts are also added into some parts of the music while the synths also add in elements of dark ambient. A great portion of the tracks are very long and epic in length.
Gregorian chants are also added into some parts of the music as well as some programmed beats also being added into some parts of the songs. A great amount of industrial elements are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording and all of the songs also sound very different from each other along with a good amount of diversity.
At times the music gets very experimental and avant garde sounding along with the synths also experimenting more with different sounding keys as the album progresses. A great portion of the tracks are also all instrumental and at times the programmed beats also gives the songs more of a militant and martial feeling and some tracks while some tracks also sample church choirs. The production sounds very dark while the song themes focus on theology and religion from a philosophical perspective.
In my opinion this was a very great sounding recording from Raison D'Etere and if you are a fan of dark ambient, industrial and drone, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Katharsis" "Mesmerized in Sorrow" "Penumbra" and "Inquest". 8 out of 10.
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