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LATEST RELEASES

raison d'être - Within the Depths of Silence and Phormations - 2LP / 3CD / Digital (Sublime edition)
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raison d'être - Cambium - Digital
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Bocksholm - Here comes Bocksholm (For your Earthly Delights) - 2CD / Digital
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raison d'être - Darkened Obscurities (Live at Magasin 4) - CD / Digital
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LIVE

Soul In Flames CMI documentary poster
10 September 2025 - Soul in Flames documentary screening + Talk and Q&A with R. Karmanik + performance by raison d'être at Cnema, Norrlöping, Sweden. [Tickets]
Northern Excavatation Tour 2025 with raison d'être, Brighter Death Now and Desiderii Marginis.
17 September - 7 October 2025 - Northern Excavation Tour 2025 - raison d'être, Brighter Death Now, Desiderii Marginis. Stockholm, Turku, Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas, Warsaw, Leipzig, Berlin, Nijmegen, Haarlem, Manchester, Glasgow, London, Paris, Oberhausen, Hamburg and possibly more. [More info here]
Rituals over Limburg III Festival
7-8 November 2025 - Rituals over Limburg III Festival - raison d'être, Apoptose, Sysselmann etc..., at Oefenbunker, Landgraaf, The Netherlands. [Tickets]

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  • Peter Andersson 2022. Photo © Marco Mangi.

  • Peter Andersson 2022. Photo © Marco Mangi.

  • Peter Andersson 2022. Photo © Marco Mangi.

  • Peter Andersson 2022. Photo © Marco Mangi.

  • Peter Andersson 2022. Photo © Marco Mangi.

  • Peter Andersson 2019. Photo © Kirche.

  • Peter Andersson 2019. Photo © Kirche.

  • Peter Andersson 2019. Photo © Kirche.

  • Peter Andersson 2019. Photo © Kirche.

  • Peter Andersson 2015. Photo © Roger Karmanik.

  • Peter Andersson 2008. Photo © Mia Vaattovaara.

  • Peter Andersson 2005. Photo © Lucas Geeniar.

  • Peter Andersson 2005. Photo © Lucas Geeniar.

  • Peter Andersson 1998. Photo © Fredrik Rydberg.

  • Peter Andersson 1998. Photo © Fredrik Rydberg.

  • Peter Andersson 1993. Photo © Fredrik Rydberg.

  • Peter Andersson 1993. Photo © Fredrik Rydberg.

  • Peter Andersson 1993. Photo © Fredrik Rydberg.

  • Peter Andersson 1993. Photo © Fredrik Rydberg.

  • Peter Andersson 1992. Photo © Mattias Ahlén.

  • Peter Andersson 1992. Photo © Mattias Ahlén.

ABOUT

This is the official raison d’être web site for the sound designer Peter Andersson, who is a composer active since 1988 within the dark ambient, industrial, drone, noise, electronic and experimental fields.

The site hosts information of all Peter’s music activities, including raison d’être, Stratvm Terror, Necrophorus, Bocksholm, Atomine Elektrine, Panzar, Svasti-ayanam, Cataclyst, Grismannen, Peter Andersson and Yantra Atmospheres (label).

raison d'être Presskit [PDF]
Full Discography [PDF]
List of Past Live Gigs [PDF]
Album Reviews [PDF]
General Project Information [PDF]

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