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>Seen this morning at a 2nd hand shop, and I listened on hop, skip
>and jump to about 5 minutes of it, was Synaesthesia "Ephemeral"
>by Bill Leeb / Rhys Fulber on Hypnotic/Cleopatra, 1997.
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>These names are familiar, but I cannot place them. What I heard
>sounded like dark ambience. Is this a must-have? Should I rush
>back and grab it?
Leeb and Fulber are the rather manic masterminds behind Delerium,
Will, and Front Line Assembly (!). While I can't endure the
industrial-mangled-vocal aspects of their output, such as FLA, the
darkambientdub music is excellent.
Ephemeral is very good, vaguely ethnic loops and huge space
ambiences. Early Delerium is in the vein of dark ambient (or even
industrial ambient), and recent Delerium is more pop oriented with
various guest vocalists.
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