Conjure One is a Canadian

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project, headed by

Rhys Fulber Nowell Rhys Fulber (born October 10, 1970) is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He is a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, along with Bill Leeb. He also records under his own name and under the name Conjure One. Biograph ...

, better known as a member of

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and

Delerium Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band's history, their musical style has encompassed a ...

History

After performing with Front Line Assembly at the 1996

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, 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

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er eventually pushed its release to September 2002. The self-titled album was a fusion of the electronic characteristics of Fulber's previous work—keyboard-based, with rhythmic dance beats—and the influences of

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, 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

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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

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sounds, including much greater prominence given to guitars and

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beats. Vocalists included Tiff Lacey, Poe (credited as "Jane"), Chemda, Joanna Stevens, and Fulber himself ( covering a song by the punk band

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). 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,

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, and work began on what became the ''

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'' album.

Discography

Albums

*'' Conjure One'' (Nettwerk, 2002) *'' Extraordinary Ways'' (Nettwerk, 2005) *''

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'' (Nettwerk, 2010) *''

'' (Armada Music, 2015) *''Innovation Zero'' (Black Hole Recordings, 2022)

Singles

*"Redemption" (featuring Chemda) Promo Only (2001) *"Sleep" (featuring

) (2002) – UK #42 *" Tears from the Moon" (featuring

) (2003) *"Center of the Sun" (featuring Poe) (2003) *"Extraordinary Way" (featuring Poe) (2005) *"Face the Music" (featuring Tiff Lacey) (2006) *"I Dream in Colour" (featuring Leah Randi) (2010) *"Like Ice" (featuring Jaren Cerf) (2011) *"Under the Gun" (featuring

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) (2013) *"Still Holding On" (featuring Aruna) (2013) *"Ghost" (featuring Kristy Thirsk) (2016) *"Animals" (featuring Jaren) (2021) *"Wolves at the Door" (featuring JEZA) (2022) *"Wheels Come Off" (featuring JEZA) (2022) *"I Don't Want To Go There" (featuring Jaren) (2023)

Collaborations

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– "Then There Were None" (from the album Simple Modern Answers) (2013)

Remixes

* P.O.D. – " Youth of the Nation" (Conjure One Remix) (2001) *

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– " I Never Cry" (Conjure One Remix) (2003) * Collide – "Tempted" (Conjure One Mix) (2004) * The Crüxshadows – "Dragonfly" (Conjure One Remix) (2005) * The Realm – "Lost in Space" (Conjure One Remix) (2014) * Mully and Shvman with Rily Shay – "Stranded" (Conjure One Remix) (2021)

References

External links

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Nettwerk Records Nettwerk Music Group is an independent record label founded in 1984. The Vancouver-based company was created by principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record label to distribute recordings by the band Moev, but the label expanded in Ca ...

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