Peter Andersson

There are two Peter Anderssons - two dark masterminds behind two different but similar musical worlds. One is the dark ambient wunderkind behind raison d'être and Bocksholm. The other is commonly known as Lina Baby Doll, and is the booze-influenced General commanding Deutsch Nepal, Janitor and former member of Njurmännen. The worldwide highly respected and multitalented sound artist Peter Andersson (born march

the 20th, 1973 in Boxholm, Sweden) has been a composer within the dark ambient, industrial,
noise, electronic and experimental fields since 1988 and have a had a great number of projects
since then. On this page follow some basic information about his more important projects.
Peter Andersson has also been working (under his own name) with music for film and
exhibitions and his currently working as a technical and media producer at the Swedish Air
Force Museum. Some of his film and exhibition music is (or has been) used in their displays.

Raison d'?tre is Peter Andersson's most known project, formed in 1991 as a tool of
expression with the goal of self-realization and deeper knowledge of the inner Self. For two
decades now, and with a vast number of album releases, mainly on Cold Meat Industry, raison
d'?tre has been supplying listeners with overwhelming dark-ambient industrial drone
landscapes of beauty and sorrow with a highly steady inspirational flow.

Stratvm Terror is the harsh side of Peter Andersson, here also joined by his mate Tobias
Larsson (Ocean Chief, Catapult the Smoke, Fluidage). This project first appeared in 1993 and
have since then become an impressive industrial noise monster machine of terror. This project
has almost reached the same acclaimed status as raison d'?tre. Stratvm Terror offers agressive
and loud frequencies for the whole spectrum of the ears that will play havoc with the brain.
The project offcially closed in 2012.

Necrophorus started as a companion to raison d'?tre in 1991, and is in some senses closest
to raison d'?tre in sound. However, instead of emphasizing desolation and darkness like raison
d'?tre, Necrophorus mostly deals with a lighter and more sensitive side. Also the
instrumentation is softer, more relaxed, synthesized and electrified. Necrophorus has done
several releases, offering a great alternative to the dark world of raison d'?tre.

Atomine Elektrine, with thematical interest in the vast space and small atoms, is named
after a nuclear power plant and is in part inspired by the electronic space music of the 70's.
Peter Andersson, let out his version of this musical direction in the beginning of 1992, and
since then expressed on a number of albums.

Bocksholm is a peculiar project. After some years of confusion by having two persons with
the name Peter Andersson, both grown up in the small industrial town called Boxholm and
making industrial music on the Cold Meat Industry label, there was almost no choice but to
collaborate with each other in a project named Bocksholm (the old spelling of Boxholm). This
collaboration between raison d'?tre and Deutsch Nepal started in 1998 and reflects the bad
childhood environment of the ironworks in Boxholm.

Panzar has a special predilection for armoured vehicles. Panzar was established by Peter
Andersson in the year 2000, longing for the sound of early BDN and alike. The Panzar music is
boiling, grunting and slow with deep noise sounds accompanied by heavy percussion. The
Panzar project closed in 2006.

Svasti-ayanam was a temporary project Peter Andersson had a few days in 1993 and 1994,
inspired by Tibetan, ethnic, tribal and ritual elements.

Cataclyst was a temporary project around 1992 with Peter Andersson and Johanna Rosenqvist
(KOEFF/Institut) combining atmospheric industrials with rhythmic elements.

Grismannen, or The Pig Man in English, is maybe the least known of Peter Andersson's
projects, but still notorious. In fact, this is his oldest project, from 1989. Peter also have a
perverted and bizarre part of his mind which is expressed through Grismannen, though only
Swedish people will fully understand the content of the lyrics in the native language.
Experimental and funny. Nobody knows if Grismannen still exists as a project.

Yantra Atmospheres is Peter Andersson's own label, sound design and pre-mastering studio
which has released some selected material of his own projects, and worked on pre-mastering
for many releases on some major industrial labels around the world.

Peter Andersson (various artists) :
Perception Multiplied, multiplicity unified (The manifold of Peter Andersson).
Natura Fluxus (original).
Music for Film and Exhibition (original)
A Moving Likeness of Eternity (Flac/MP3)
Scultpuring Time Fragments
Music for Film and Exhibition II
Music for Film and Exhibition I + Natura Fluxus (reissue w/ extra)

forthcoming releases:
- Stratvm Terror - 'Aged Fractures and Dead Ends' 2CD Old Europa Caf? 2012.

- raison d'?tre - 'Prospectus I' (redux version) 2CD Old Europa Caf? 2013.

- raison d'?tre - 'Collected Works' (collection) CD Infine Fog 2012.

- Necrophorus - 'Samadhi' CD Eternal Pride 2012/2013.

- Bocksholm - New, yet untitled album CD 2012/2013.