Raison D'être (French for "reason to be") 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, 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

Albums

• Aprés nous le Déluge (Tape, 1992)
• Prospectus I (CD, 1993)
• Sacral Wounds (VHS, 1994)
• The Ring of Isvarah (Tape, 1994)
• Conspectus (Tape, 1994)
• Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness (CD, 1994)
• Semblance (Tape, 1995)
• Within the Depth of Silence and Phormations (CD, 1995)
• In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (CD, 1997)
• Reflections from the Time of Opening (CD, 1997)
• Lost Fragments (CD-R, 1998)
• Collective Archives (CD, 1999)
• The Empty Hollow Unfolds (CD, 2000)
• Lost Fragments (CD, 2002)
• Requiem for Abandoned Souls (CD, 2003)
• Reflections from the Time of Opening (CD, 2005)
• Prospectus I (Tape, 2005)
• In Sadness, Silence and Solitude (Re-Issue) (CD, 2006)
• Metamorphyses (CD, 2006)

External links

• Official Raison D'etre website

Swedish musical groups | Ambient music