raison d'être has been played on NTS in shows including We R All Egyptians' w/ Jondo, featured first on 22 December 2015. Songs played include Katharsis, Après Nous Le Déluge (1995) and The Verge Of Somnolence.

raison d'être (French for "reason to be") is a dark ambient project from Boxholm, Sweden, whose sole member has always been Peter Andersson.

Formed in 1991 as a tool of expression with the goal of self-realization and deeper knowledge of the inner Self. The music produced by raison d'être is chiefly dreamlike dark ambient soundscapes, with industrial touches. For example, synthesizers might play a droning melody over the sounds of…