Thursday, March 17, 2011

raison d'être : Live Archive [2010]



Since the early 90s Peter Andersson writes albums that remain in our memory as masterpieces and that have defined and formed the term ‘dark ambient’ in its form, as we know it today! This incredible release, Live Archive, is the best and most qualitative release by Raison d’Etre’s famous live performances and all tracks and recordings have been carefully selected by Peter Andersson himself and are being made available for the very first time on CD. Live Archive offers far more than three hours of deepest dark ambient sound in Raison d’Etre’s well known and highly praised quality. This triple-CD set features both, already well-known tracks from the project’s official studio albums in most interesting, very different live-versions and some exclusive compositions, never heard or released before! All this makes this beautiful packaging a monumental edition and absolutely irresistible for all Raison d’Etre addicts and beyond!

'Live Archive 1' contains the very first live performance of raison d’être at ‘Festival Musiques Ultimes’ in Nevers, France, 1996. The performed work was titled ‘Drop of Crystal with a thousand Eyes’, which later formed the
studio album 'In Sadness, Silence and Solitude'. Also included in 'Live Archive 1' is two tracks recorded from 'Wave-Gotik-Treffen' in 2003 and 'Eurorock' in 2000. 'Live Archive 2' contains live recordings from Sophia, Zurich, Gent, and London (at KOKO) in 2006. 'Live Archive 3' contains a collection of unique live-only material from performances in Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), April 2007.


Disc 1
01. Reflecting In Shadows [Nevers, France, On The 1st Of June 1996] [10:32]
02. In Abscence Of Light [Nevers, France, On The 1st Of June 1996] [06:27]
03. The Well Of Sadness [Nevers, France, On The 1st Of June 1996] [08:18]
04. Deep Enshrouded [Nevers, France, On The 1st Of June 1996] [07:22]
05. Moulding And Destruction I [Leipzig, Germany, On The 8th Of June 2003] [07:49]
06. The Eternal Horizon [Neerpelt, Belgium, On The 4th Of August 2000] [11:04]

Disc 2
01. The Transformal Landscape [Sophia, Bulgaria, On The 16th Of April 2006] [14:48]
02. The End Of The Key [Sophia, Bulgaria, On The 16th Of April 2006] [07:55]
03. Metamorphyses Phase IV [Zurich, Switzerland, On The 6th Of January 2006] [07:23]
04. Mouldering The Forlorned - I [Gent, Belgium, On The 7th Of May 2006] [07:57]
05. The Transformal Landscape [London, Great Britain, On The 23rd Of April 2006] [05:24]
06. The End Of The Key [London, Great Britain On The 23rd Of April 2006] [10:16]

Disc 3
01. Dawn Of The Metal Projection [Barcelona, Spain, On The 27th Of April 2007] [30:05]
02. Dawn Of The Metal Projection [Madrid, Spain, On The 28th Of April 2007] [29:37]
03. The End Of The Key [Madrid, Spain, On The 28th Of April 2007] [08:06]

Total Playtime: 2:53:03


HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!


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