Conjure One
Conjure One is a Canadian electronic music project, headed by Rhys Fulber, 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 resulting album, Conjure One, 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. Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, 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 beats. Vocalists included Tiff Lacey, Poe, Chemda, Joanna Stevens, and Fulber himself.
In 2007, Sandra Cretu covered "Sleep" as a bonus track on her single "The Way I Am".
2012 saw Fulber sign to Dutch dance label, Armada Music, and work began on what became the Holoscenic album.
Discography
Albums
- Conjure One
- Extraordinary Ways
- Exilarch
- Holoscenic
- ''Innovation Zero''
Singles
- "Redemption" Promo Only
- "Sleep" – UK #42
- "Tears from the Moon"
- "Center of the Sun"
- "Extraordinary Way"
- "Face the Music"
- "I Dream in Colour"
- "Like Ice"
- "Under the Gun"
- "Still Holding On"
- "Ghost"
- "Animals"
- "Wolves at the Door"
- "Wheels Come Off"
- "I Don't Want To Go There"
Collaborations
- Christian Burns – "Then There Were None"
Remixes
- P.O.D. – "Youth of the Nation"
- Alice Cooper – "I Never Cry"
- Collide – "Tempted"
- The Crüxshadows – "Dragonfly"
- The Realm – "Lost in Space"
- Mully and Shvman with Rily Shay – "Stranded"