Necrophorus is a project by Peter Andersson

Peter Andersson (composer)

Peter Andersson is a music composer within the ambient, noise, industrial, electronic and experimental genre....

, master of dark ambient

Dark ambient

Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...

 music (also known for Raison d’être, Atomine Elektrine, Stratvm Terror, Svasti Ayanam, and more)

History

Necrophorus started as a companion to Raison d'être

Raison d'être (band)

Raison d'être is a Swedish industrial ambient music project formed by Peter Andersson.The name of the band was taken from a sentence in a book by Carl Gustav Jung: "the individuation is the raison d’être of the self"....

in 1991, and is the project by Peter Andersson vwhich is closest to Raison d'être in sound. However, instead of emphasizing desolation and darkness , Necrophorus mostly deals with a lighter and more sensitive side. Also the instrumentation is softer, more relaxed, synthesized and electrified. Necrophorus has several releases.

Discography

• 1996: Underneath the Spirit of Tranquility
• 2000: Drifting in Motion
• 2000: Gathering Composed Thoughts
• 2005: Elinros
• 2007: Imprints