''Orbiting Cathedrals'' is the only album by ''Pro>Tech'', a side project of
Canadian
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industrial musician
Bill Leeb
Wilhelm Anton "Bill" Leeb (born 21 September 1966, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-Canadian electronic musician and record producer. He is best known for being a founding member of the industrial music group Front Line Assembly. Additional ...
with the help of industrial musician
Chris Peterson.
The project was launched in 1997 in the wake of the release of the album ''
our of the Weak">LAour of the Weak'' from industrial band
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. FLA has developed its own sound incorporating elements of electronic body music and electro-industrial. The band's members ...
, which at the time consisted of Leeb and Peterson. ''Orbiting Cathedrals'' is supposed to be a musical twin of ''
LAour of the Weak''.
The album was released through
German
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label Dossier and re-released in 2000 by
Hypnotic. Tracks from ''Orbiting Cathedrals'' have also appeared on ''
Cryogenic Studios'' and ''
Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2'', compilation albums with songs from
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. FLA has developed its own sound incorporating elements of electronic body music and electro-industrial. The band's members ...
and related projects.
Critical reception
''Orbiting Cathedrals'' was met mostly with positive reviews. However, Culture Shock in their mixed review called the album "an amalgam of the various styles of techno in 1996/7" and considered the album mostly "pretty unobstrusive, and therefore nothing all that interesting."
Track listing
Personnel
*
Bill Leeb
Wilhelm Anton "Bill" Leeb (born 21 September 1966, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-Canadian electronic musician and record producer. He is best known for being a founding member of the industrial music group Front Line Assembly. Additional ...
– electronic instruments, mixing
*
Chris Peterson – programming, additional sounds, mixing
* Carylann Loeppky – cover artwork
References
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1997 albums
Bill Leeb albums