Orbiting Cathedrals is the only album by Pro>Tech, a side project of Canadian industrial musician Bill Leeb with the help of industrial musician Chris Peterson.[4] The project was launched in 1997 in the wake of the release of the album [FLA]vour of the Weak from industrial band Front Line Assembly, which at the time consisted of Leeb and Peterson. Orbiting Cathedrals is supposed to be a musical twin of [FLA]vour of the Weak.[5] The album was released through German label Dossier and re-released in 2000 by Hypnotic. Tracks from Orbiting Cathedrals also appeared on Cryogenic Studios and Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2, compilation albums with songs from Front Line Assembly and related projects.
| Orbiting Cathedrals | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Pro>Tech | |
| Released | October 7, 1997[1] |
| Recorded | Cryogenic Studios, Vancouver |
| Genre | Techno,[2] drum and bass,[3] ambient[2] |
| Length | 56:34 |
| Label | Dossier, Hypnotic |
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Culture Shock | 4/7[2] |
| Ink 19 | Favorable[6] |
| Naked Truth | 7/10[3] |
Orbiting Cathedrals was met mostly with positive reviews. However, Culture Shock in their mixed review called the album "an amalgam of the various styles of techno in 1996/7" and considered the album mostly "pretty unobstrusive, and therefore nothing all that interesting."[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Bill Leeb, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pheromne" | 10:29 |
| 2. | "Erotic Ontology" | 8:15 |
| 3. | "Thread Four" | 8:45 |
| 4. | "Walls of Ice" | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Recalcitrant" | 6:32 |
| 6. | "Eros" | 6:45 |
| 7. | "Communication" (Written and composed by Leeb and Chris Peterson.) | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Re-Thread" (Written and composed by Leeb and Peterson.) | 7:43 |
Personnel
edit- Bill Leeb – electronic instruments, mixing
- Chris Peterson – programming, additional sounds, mixing
- Carylann Loeppky – cover artwork
References
edit- ^ a b Pro-tech: Orbiting Cathedrals at AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ a b c d sage (1998). "Pro-tech. Orbiting Cathedrals". Culture Shock. No. 5. Hackensack: Genocide Project. p. 52. ISSN 1093-1651. OCLC 36564457. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ a b !Dubs!. "Pro-tech - Orbiting Cathedrals". Naked Truth (9). Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Biographies". Unit187.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ Bahn™ (September 7, 2005). "Pro>Tech > History". Mindphaser.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ Sever, G.D. (August 27, 1998). "Pro>Tech - Orbiting Cathedrals". Ink 19. Retrieved August 10, 2014.