Conjure One | |
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) Rhys Fulber with Conjure One at the Nocturnal Culture Night festival in Germany, 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Amsterdam. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Nettwerk, Armada Music |
| Associated acts | Front Line Assembly Delerium |
| Website | Conjure One Official site |
| Members | Rhys Fulber |
Conjure One is a Canadian electronic music project, headed by Rhys Fulber,[1] better known as a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium.
History
After performing with Front Line Assembly at the 1996 Roskilde Festival, Fulber left the band to pursue a solo career. He set up a studio in Amsterdam; the influence of life there, and traveling to the Eastern Mediterranean, gave him the idea of an ethnic ambient project. Soon after, a debut album was announced, though Fulber's work as a producer and remixer eventually pushed its release to September 2002.
The self-titled album was a fusion of the electronic characteristics of Fulber's previous work—keyboard-based, with rhythmic dance beats—and the influences of Middle Eastern music, which inspired ambient melodies more reminiscent of Delerium.
A number of songs were more pop-oriented and featured guest vocalists, primarily Poe and Chemda, the latter singing entirely in Arabic. Sinéad O'Connor and Jeff Martin of The Tea Party were also featured.
After returning to Front Line Assembly and Delerium, in 2005 Fulber released a second album entitled Extraordinary Ways. This album utilized much more contemporary sounds, including much greater prominence given to guitars and trip hop-like beats. Vocalists included Tiff Lacey, Poe (credited as "Jane"), Chemda, Joanna Stevens,, and Fulber himself (covering a song by the punk band Buzzcocks).
In 2007, Germany's biggest selling female pop star of the 80s Sandra Cretu covered "Sleep" as a bonus track on her single "The Way I Am".
Three bootleg albums of Conjure One have been widely circulated, mainly in Russia. The first bootleg, titled 'Enigma "Sleep"', is the music of the first Conjure One album mixed with the first album by Enigma, the song "Sleep" is labeled "Enigma feat. Dido", etc. Reasons to Disturb is the second. Although it contains a few newer Conjure One songs and remixes, the songs are actually renamed versions of songs by Poe, Balligomingo, and Fauxliage, among others. The third titled "Serac" is a mix again of existing releases and other artists music mislabeled.
2012 saw Fulber sign to Dutch dance label, Armada Music, and work began on what became the "Holoscenic" album.
Discography
Albums
- Conjure One (Nettwerk, 2002)
- Extraordinary Ways (Nettwerk, 2005)
- Exilarch (Nettwerk, 2010)
- Holoscenic (Armada Music, 2015)
Singles
- "Redemption" (featuring Chemda) Promo Only (2001)
- "Sleep" (featuring Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo) (2002) – UK #42[1]
- "Tears from the Moon" (featuring Sinéad O'Connor) (2003)
- "Center of the Sun" (featuring Poe) (2003)
- "Extraordinary Way" (featuring Poe) (2005)
- "Face the Music" (featuring Tiff Lacey) (2006)
- "I Dream in Colour" (featuring Leah Randi) (2010)
- "Like Ice" (featuring Jaren Cerf) (2011)
- "Under the Gun" (featuring Leigh Nash) (2013)
- "Still Holding On" (featuring Aruna) (2013)
- "Ghost" (featuring Kristy Thirsk) (2016)
Collaborations
- Christian Burns – "Then There Were None" (from the album Simple Modern Answers) (2013)
Remixes
- P.O.D. – "Youth of the Nation" (Conjure One Remix) (2001)
- Alice Cooper – "I Never Cry" (Conjure One Remix) (2003)
- Collide – "Tempted" (Conjure One Mix) (2004)
- The Crüxshadows – "Dragonfly" (Conjure One Remix) (2005)
- The Realm – "Lost in Space" (Conjure One Remix) (2014)
See also
- List of ambient music artists
References
External links
- Official website
- Conjure One at Myspace
- Conjure One at Nettwerk Records
- Mind Phaser, Front Line Assembly
- Litts, Daryl (Jan 2003). "Rhys Fulber". Legends. Interview. 129. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2005-12-28.