Conjure One | ja

Conjure One is the label given to the creative outlet for Canadian producer Rhys Fulber, also member of the electro-industrial band Front Line Assembly and the ethnic electronica band Delerium. With a stylistic origin based in the genre of electronica, his songs usually range between downtempo, ambient and pop, also bearing strong influences from world music and Central Asian culture. It can also be observed to seek a fusion between the contrast of organic and electronic sounds, sometimes leaning more towards one direction than the other. Since the release of the eponymous debut album Conjure One in 2002, Conjure One...

Musical director Kip Hanrahan instigates some of the most visionary, funky, bluesy modern world music amalgams on record with Bad Mouth, alongside his sonic congregation, Conjure. He assembled the group in 1984 to set writer Ishmael Reed's poetry to music, on both a self-titled debut and a second outing, Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon (1983). Past members of Conjure include Bobby Womack, Eddie Harris, Don Pullen, Taj Majal, Olu Dara, Allen Toussaint, Steve Swallow, Jimmy Scott and Jack Bruce. Kip Hanrahan's biography: A producer, a composer, a percussionist and facilitator, Kip Hanrahan has an uncanny ability to assemble...