''Orbiting Cathedrals'' is the only album by ''Pro>Tech'', a side project of
Canadian industrial
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musician
Bill Leeb with the help of industrial musician
Chris Peterson.
The project was launched in 1997 in the wake of the release of the album ''
LAour of the Weak'' from industrial band
Front Line Assembly, 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
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. Tracks from ''Orbiting Cathedrals'' have also appeared on ''
Cryogenic Studios
''Cryogenic Studios'' is a compilation album that contains songs from several of Canadian electronic musician Bill Leeb's projects including Front Line Assembly, Equinox, Delerium, Pro>Tech, and Synæsthesia. It was released by Cleopatra in 199 ...
'' and ''
Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2
''Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2'' is a compilation album, released in 2000, and the follow-up to the 1998 album Cryogenic Studios. It is composed from songs of electronic music bands Front Line Assembly, Noise Unit, Delerium, Pro>Tech, Equinox, and ...
'', compilation albums with songs from
Front Line Assembly 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 – electronic instruments, mixing
*
Chris Peterson – programming, additional sounds, mixing
* Carylann Loeppky – cover artwork
References
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1997 albums
Bill Leeb albums