From: csypgw@scs.leeds.ac.uk
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 09:56:06 +0100

Delerium are Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, of Front Line Assembly fame. Delerium
is their "ambient" side project; at least, fairly ambient. Delerium have,
to date, released 8 albums, 1 EP and 1 single.

They are a tad schizophrenic; most Delerium afficionados agree that perhaps
a different side-project would have better suited some of their work. Still,
the first major Delerium style is dark, tribal, quasi-industrial ambience.
Faces, Forms and Illusions, their first LP, tends towards the middle east
in its meanderings; Stone Tower, Syrophenikan and Spiritual Archives have
a more medieval feel. Morpheus, their second album tends more towards
industrial dance, and as such would have been better suited to the FLA
alter-ego. Also, the "Euphoric" EP is a strange mix; the first two tracks
are considerably more upbeat, but the other two are long, slow ambient pieces.

Delerium's "second phase" can be seen in the Spheres CDs. Entitled Spheres
I and Spheres II, these tend towards more of a spacey feel. Notably, Spheres
II has a distinct Kraftwerk/J M Jarre feel; also a rather cheesy acid
house/nasty synth ending.

Finally, Delerium's only main departure from form is the Semantic Spaces
album. Sounding almost *exactly* like Enigma, in the words of Bill Leeb,
this album is "an attempt to make money". Certainly, it isn't like any
other Delerium - and it isn't that good to be honest.

A related CD has also appeared recently; although "not" the work of Messrs
Leeb and Fulber, Synaethesia's `Embody' is believed to be a collection of
tracks that weren't good enough to get on the last couple of albums. It's
sort of Delerium-by-numbers.

MiniDiscog:	Faces, Forms and Illusion	(Dossier)
		Morpheus			(Dossier)
		Syrophenikan			(Dossier)
		Stone Tower			(Dossier)
		Spiritual Archives		(Dossier)
		Euphoric EP			(Third Mind)
		Spheres I			(Dossier)
		Spheres II			(Dossier)
		Semantic Spaces			(Nettwerk)
		Flowers Become Screens single	(Nettwerk)