Synæsthesia was a

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ambient band formed by

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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. Additionally ...

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Rhys Fulber Nowell Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He is a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, along with Bill Leeb. He also records under his own name and under the name Conjure One. Biography Rhys Fulber was born in ...

as a side project of their main band

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'' magazine writes: "Synæsthesia explores dark tribal ambient sounds, composers have a flair for cinematic electronica, and favor epic pieces that unfold slowly."

History

Leeb and Fulber formed Synæsthesia in the 1990s and began recording together. Due to contractual entanglements they were at first not able to admit they were behind the music. Instead credits for their first two albums, ''Embody'' and ''Desideratum'', went to " R. Deckard", an allusion to the main character in the film ''

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''. The identity of the musicians was revealed with the release of the third album, ''Ephemeral'', crediting Leeb with the music and Fulber with programming. The album incorporates symphonic passages, traditional rhythms and nature sounds into menacing electronic sounds. ''Synæsthesia'' uses samples from a number of musicians and from the film ''

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Desideratum

''Desideratum'' is Synæsthesia's second album of ambient,

music, released October 17, 1995 by

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. It was produced by Leeb and Fulber. Its length is 139:15. It received a four of five star rating by AllMusic.AllMusic ratings link
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Track listing

Discography

* ''Embody'' (1995,

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) * ''Desideratum'' (1995,

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, Zoth Ommog) * ''Ephemeral'' (1997, Hypnotic) * ''

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 ...

'' (1998, Cleopatra) – Compilation of songs from

and related projects * ''

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 ...

'' (2000, Cleopatra) – Compilation of songs from Front Line Assembly and related projects * ''The Collection'' (2001, Hypnotic) – Compilation of songs from the first two albums

References

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