Brighter Death Now / Deutsch Nepal / Raison D'Etre

While the project has never compromised its original vision, it is fair to say Brighter Death Now has evolved into one of the few bands upholding the black flag of industrial music. True to his
roots – Roger Karmanik is still living in accordance with the only law he can follow. The NO rule. While people should be seriously more worried about the grumpy old nihilist. Nothing left to lose
or to gain. His bare and tarnished feet continues the one-man funeral procession through the cold and desolate Nordic landscape. His back against the world.

Under the name Deutsch Nepal, Peter Andersson has issued eight studio albums, a couple of singles, the originally tape-only Silent Trilogy which was eventually re-issued as a CD box-set and The Very Top Of Lina Baby Doll 12-inch. He also contributed to various compilations and released split CDs with In Slaughter Natives, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, Der Blutharsch, Reutoff and a split 7-inch with P·A·L. In 2008 he released the Dystopian Partycollection CD which contained material previously only available on compilations and vinyl-only EPs. The name „Deutsch Nepal“ is derived from the track of the same name released in 1972 by German krautrock band Amon Düül II. Lina, along with Brighter Death Now’s Roger Karmanik co-founded the label Cold Meat Industry in 1987.

Raison d’être formed in 1991 as a tool of expression with the goal of self-realization. Behind the project is the highly respected and multi-talented sound artist Peter Andersson. For almost three decades now, with a vast number of album releases, Raison d’être has been creating music with overwhelming dark ambient drone industrial qualities that left marks on most listeners. In recent years Andersson works mainly with field recordings and
acoustic instruments like gongs, cymbals, bells, flutes, piano, various metal plates and string instruments; recorded and manipulated in the digital domain to make the sounds unique and perfected. Raison d’être have become the pinnacle in the dark ambient field and one of the most famous, respected, and influential artists within the genre. A majority of the raison
d’être albums were released on the Swedish legendary Cold Meat industry label.