''Orbiting Cathedrals'' is the only album by ''Pro>Tech'', a side project of

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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 and Deleri ...

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

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, 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

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label Dossier and re-released in 2000 by

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. Tracks from ''Orbiting Cathedrals'' also appeared on '' Cryogenic Studios'' and '' Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2'', compilation albums with songs from

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

– electronic instruments, mixing * Chris Peterson – programming, additional sounds, mixing * Carylann Loeppky – cover artwork

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums Bill Leeb albums