Orbiting Cathedrals

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Orbiting Cathedrals
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Studio album by
Pro>Tech
ReleasedOctober 7, 1997 (1997-10-07) [1]
RecordedCryogenic Studios, Vancouver
Genre Techno, [2] drum and bass, [3] ambient [2]
Length56:34
Label Dossier, Hypnotic

Orbiting Cathedrals is the only album by Pro>Tech, a side project of Canadian industrial musician Bill Leeb with the help of industrial musician Chris Peterson. [4] The project was launched in 1997 in the wake of the release of the album [FLA]vour of the Weak from industrial band Front Line Assembly, which at the time consisted of Leeb and Peterson. Orbiting Cathedrals is supposed to be a musical twin of [FLA]vour of the Weak. [5] The album was released through German label Dossier and re-released in 2000 by Hypnotic. Tracks from Orbiting Cathedrals also appeared on Cryogenic Studios and Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2 , compilation albums with songs from Front Line Assembly and related projects.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Culture Shock4/7 [2]
Ink 19Favorable [6]
Naked Truth7/10 [3]

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." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Pheromne"10:29
2."Erotic Ontology"8:15
3."Thread Four"8:45
4."Walls of Ice"5:41
5."Recalcitrant"6:32
6."Eros"6:45
7."Communication" (Written and composed by Leeb and Chris Peterson.)4:24
8."Re-Thread" (Written and composed by Leeb and Peterson.)7:43

Personnel

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References

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