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Label: Cold Meat Industry
Catalog#: CMI.68
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country:Sweden
Released:Feb 1999
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient
Credits: Artwork By [Paintings] - Alexander Nemkovsky
Other [Booklet Text] - JS Smith
Photography - Fredrik Rydberg
Notes:"Collective Archives" documents the development of Raison d'être through the years 1991-1996.

1-01 taken from "Sakral Wounds" VHS (B.o.C.a. Tapes).
1-02 taken from "1654 The Cave I" compilation CD (Hands Productions).
1-03 taken from "From Sickness To Death" compilation Cassette (Slaughter Productions).
1-04 taken from "Mors Ultima Linia Rerum" compilation Cassette (Maldoror Tapes).
1-05 taken from "Death Odors" compilation CD (Slaughter Productions).
1-06 - 1-08 taken from "Conspectus" Cassette (Old Europa Cafe).
1-09 taken from "Cogita Mori" compilation Cassette (Putrefactio).
1-10 taken from "Sampler I - De Profundis Clamavi" compilation Cassette (SDC).
1-11 taken from "Spiral Organ Of Corti" compilation 2xCassette (SSSM).
1-12 taken from "Death Odors II" compilation CD (Slaughter Productions).
1-13 taken from "Palace Of Worms" compilation CD (Palace Of Worms).

Track 1-01 and 1-04 also appear on "The Ring Of Isvarha" Tape (Slaughter Productions).
Track 1-03 to 1-05 and 1-09 to 1-11 also appear on "Semblance" Tape (Harmonie).

All tracks re-mixed in 1997.
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2-01 is previously unreleased but was performed live at concerts in 1997.
2-02 - 2-06 taken from "Prospectus I" CD (Cold Meat Industry) and remixed in 1997.
2-07 - 2-08 taken from "Aprés Nous Le Déluge" Cassette (Sound Source) and enhanced from the original analogue 2-channel master.
2-09 - 2-15 taken from "Aprés Nous Le Déluge" Cassette (Sound Source) and remixed in 1996.
2-16 - 2-17 taken from a demo version of the "Aprés Nous Le Déluge" Cassette and enhanced from the original analogue 2-channel master.

The non-remixed versions of 2-02 - 2-04 were also featured on "Sakral Wounds" VHS (B.o.C.a. Tapes) and "The Ring Of Isvarah" Cassette (Slaughter Productions).
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Tracklisting:

1-01   Cantharsis (1:33)
1-02   Chalixtins (5:23)
1-03   Decalogue (6:08)
1-04   Out Of The Depths... (5:25)
1-05   Pharynx (5:07)
1-06   Intrinsic Reason - Version I (9:43)
1-07   In Brooken Shields (3:03)
1-08   Brooked Shields (2:07)
1-09   Intrinsic Reason - Version II (4:52)
1-10   Wisdom Of Withhold (5:36)
1-11   Saivo - The Kingdom Of Dead (9:30)
1-12   Saifeiod - Extended Version (9:43)
1-13   In Emptiness (5:13)
2-01   Through An Arcane Passage (1:27)
2-02   Mesmerized In Sorrow (4:33)
2-03   Ordeal In Chapel (5:41)
2-04   Mourning (4:40)
2-05   Anathema / Apotheosis (4:12)
2-06   Synopsis (5:52)
2-07   Aprés Nous Le Déluge - Acte I (4:45)
2-08   Raison D'Être (4:14)
2-09   The Final Wagon (5:33)
2-10   Moribund (5:31)
2-11   De Profundis (3:49)
2-12   Death Brightens With Sorrow (5:41)
2-13   Ignesco Comburo (5:20)
2-14   Memento Mori (3:54)
2-15   Aprés Nous Le Déluge - Acte II (3:18)
2-16   Paragon Sequence (3:25)
2-17   Frigus Membra (1:39)
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