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{{short description|Canadian band}}
{{Otherusesof|Delirium}}
{{For|the defunct British record label|Delerium Records}}
{{Refimprove|date=March 2008}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 2
{{Infobox musical artist
|Name = Delerium
| name = Delerium
|Img =
| image = 20160305-Frontline-Assembly-E-tropolis-Oberhausen-5662.jpg
|Img_capt = Early publicity photo
| landscape = yes
|Background = group_or_band
| caption = Delerium founder Bill Leeb in 2016
|Origin = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
| origin = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
|Genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]]<br />[[Ambient music|Ambient]]<br />[[Worldbeat]]<br />[[Pop music|Pop]]
| genre = {{flatlist|
|Years_active = 1987-present
* [[New-age music|New-age]]
|Label = [[Dossier Records|Dossier]]<br />[[Nettwerk]]
* [[Electronic music|electronic]]
|Associated_acts = [[Front Line Assembly]]<br />[[Conjure One]]<br />[[Pro-Tech]]<br />[[Synæsthesia (band)|Synæsthesia]]<br />[[Will (band)|Will]]<br />[[Intermix (band)|Intermix]]<br />[[Noise Unit]]<br />[[Equinox (electro-industrial band)|Equinox]]<br />[[Cyberaktif]]<br />[[Mutual Mortuary]]<br />[[Fauxliage]]
* [[worldbeat]]
|URL = [http://www.nettwerklabel.com/artist.jsp?artist_id=3 Nettwerk page]
* [[trance music|trance]]
|Current_members = [[Bill Leeb]]<br />[[Rhys Fulber]]
* [[ambient house]]
|Past_members =
* [[dark ambient]]
}}
| years_active = {{Start date|1987}}–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[List of industrial music labels|Dossier]]
* [[Third Mind Records|Third Mind]]
* [[Nettwerk]]
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Front Line Assembly]]
* [[Conjure One]]
* [[Pro-Tech]]
* [[Synæsthesia (Canadian band)|Synæsthesia]]
* [[Will (band)|Will]]
* [[Intermix (band)|Intermix]]
* [[Noise Unit]]
* [[Equinox (electro-industrial band)|Equinox]]
* [[Cyberaktif]]
* Mutual Mortuary
* [[Fauxliage]]
}}
| current_members = * [[Bill Leeb]]
* [[Rhys Fulber]]
| past_members = * Michael Balch
* [[Chris Peterson (producer)|Chris Peterson]]
}}
}}


'''Delerium''' is a band from [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], formed in [[1987 in music|1987]], originally as a side project of the influential [[industrial music]] act, [[Front Line Assembly]]. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a broad range, including dark ethereal ambient, voiceless industrial soundscapes, and electronic pop music.
'''Delerium''' is a Canadian [[New-age music|new-age]] [[ambient music|ambient]] [[electronic music]]al duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential [[industrial music]] act [[Front Line Assembly]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100125161400/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/293660/review/6068286 Chimera : Delerium : Review : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Throughout the band's history, their musical style has encompassed a broad range, including dark ethereal ambient [[trance music|trance]], voiceless industrial soundscapes, and electronic pop music. They are best known for their worldwide hit "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence]]". The band is known to feature female guest vocalists on their albums since their 1994 album ''[[Semantic Spaces]]''.


==Members and history==
==Members and history==
Delerium has traditionally been a two-person project, but the only constant member throughout its history has been [[Bill Leeb]]. Leeb was a guest musician and early supporter of industrial dance pioneers [[Skinny Puppy]], but after he left in 1986, he went on to create his own project, [[Front Line Assembly]], with collaborator [[Michael Balch]]. Later, the two worked on the side project Delerium and released their first album, ''Faces, Forms, & Illusions''. After Balch left both Front Line Assembly and Delerium, Leeb worked with [[Rhys Fulber]], and the two released several albums under the Delerium moniker; these years saw a gradual stylistic change from darker ambient to a more danceable sound. After the release of ''Karma'', Fulber left to pursue other interests, and Leeb teamed up with producer [[Chris Peterson (producer)|Chris Peterson]] to release ''Poem''. 2003, however, saw the reunion of Leeb and Fulber for the release of ''Chimera'', followed by ''Nuages du Monde'' in 2006.
Delerium has traditionally been a two-person project, but the only constant member throughout its history has been [[Bill Leeb]]. Leeb was an early member of industrial music pioneers [[Skinny Puppy]], but after he left in 1986 he went on to create his own project, [[Front Line Assembly]], with collaborator Michael Balch. Later, the two worked on the side project Delerium and released their first album, ''[[Faces, Forms & Illusions]]''. After Balch left both Front Line Assembly and Delerium, Leeb worked with [[Rhys Fulber]], and the two released several albums under the Delerium moniker; these years saw a gradual stylistic change from darker ambient to a more danceable sound. After the release of ''[[Karma (Delerium album)|Karma]]'', Fulber left to pursue other interests, and Leeb teamed up with producer [[Chris Peterson (producer)|Chris Peterson]] to release ''[[Poem (album)|Poem]]''. 2003, however, saw the reunion of Leeb and Fulber for the release of ''[[Chimera (Delerium album)|Chimera]]'', followed by ''[[Nuages du Monde (album)|Nuages du Monde]]'' in 2006.


In contrast to Leeb and collaborators' other projects, Delerium has included several guest vocalists since the release of ''Semantic Spaces''. These have included mostly women, such as [[Kristy Thirsk]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Leigh Nash]] (of [[Sixpence None the Richer]]), [[Lisa Gerrard]] (sampled only), [[Jaël]] (of Swiss band [[Lunik]]), [[Camille Henderson]], [[Nerina Pallot]], [[Emily Haines]] (of [[Metric (band)|Metric]]), [[Jacqui Hunt]] (of [[Single Gun Theory]]) and [[Isabel Bayrakdarian]]. Only two males, other than Leeb himself, have contributed vocals to a Delerium album: [[Matthew Sweet]] ("Daylight", on ''Poem'') and Greg Froese ("Apparition", on ''Nuages du Monde''); in addition, the noted [[griot]] [[Baaba Maal]] was sampled ("Awakenings, on "Spiritual Archives").
In contrast to Leeb and collaborators' other projects, Delerium has included several guest [[vocalists]] since the release of ''[[Semantic Spaces]]''. These have included mostly women, such as [[Kristy Thirsk]] (of [[Rose Chronicles]]), [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Leigh Nash]] (of [[Sixpence None the Richer]]), Elsieanne Caplette (of Elsiane), [[Lisa Gerrard]] (sampled only), [[Jaël]] (of Swiss band [[Lunik]]), [[Camille Henderson]], [[Nerina Pallot]], [[Emily Haines]] (of [[Metric (band)|Metric]]), [[Jacqui Hunt]] (of [[Single Gun Theory]]), [[Isabel Bayrakdarian]] and [[Shelley Harland]]. Other than Leeb, only three males have contributed vocals to a Delerium album: [[Matthew Sweet]] ("Daylight", on ''Poem''), Greg Froese ("Apparition", on ''Nuages du Monde''), and Michael Logen ("Days Turn into Nights", on ''Music Box Opera''); in addition, the noted [[griot]] [[Baaba Maal]] was sampled ("Awakenings, on "[[Spiritual Archives]]").


The [[Mediæval Bæbes]] provided the vocal track for, and starred in the video of, ''Aria''; the vocals are an adapted version of the vocals from "All Turns to Yesterday" on the Bæbes' ''Worldes Blysse'' album. They are also featured on two tracks from Delerium's 2006 album, ''Nuages du Monde''.
The [[Mediæval Bæbes]] provided the vocal track for, and starred in the video of, ''Aria''; the vocals are an adapted version of the vocals from "All Turns to Yesterday" on the Bæbes' ''[[Worldes Blysse]]'' album. They are also featured on two tracks from Delerium's 2006 album, ''Nuages du Monde''.


Although it may be argued that Front Line Assembly has the largest cult following of all Leeb and associates projects, Delerium is undoubtedly the most financially successful. In addition to these two mainstays, related projects of the Leeb, Fulber, Peterson, Balch family include [[Equinox (electro-industrial band)|Equinox]], [[Intermix]], [[Noise Unit]], [[Pro-Tech]], and [[Synæsthesia (band)|Synæsthesia]], among others. In addition, in 2007 Leeb and Fulber collaborated with Leigh Nash under the name [[Fauxliage]].
Although it may be argued that Front Line Assembly has the largest cult following of all Leeb and associates projects, Delerium is undoubtedly the most financially successful. In addition to these two mainstays, related collaborations between Leeb and Fulber, Peterson, and/or Balch include [[Equinox (electro-industrial band)|Equinox]], [[Intermix (band)|Intermix]], [[Noise Unit]], [[Pro-Tech]], and [[Synæsthesia (Canadian band)|Synæsthesia]], among others. In addition, in 2007 Leeb and Fulber collaborated with Leigh Nash under the name [[Fauxliage]]. Rhys Fulber has also maintained a solo project [[Conjure One]] since his temporary exit from Delerium.


==Music==
==Music==
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Of Delerium's albums, ''Karma'' has garnered the most commercial success. Most listeners only know of Delerium from their work produced on the [[Nettwerk]] label, as they were relatively unknown in the pop-music scene before the release of ''Semantic Spaces''.
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The single "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence]]", featuring vocals by [[Sarah McLachlan]], reached number three on the [[UK]] [[music chart]]s. In 2000, three years after ''Karma'' was released, notable [[DJ]]s such as [[Tiësto]] and [[Airscape]] produced [[remix]]es of "Silence", which generated interest and gained considerable radio [[airplay]] for the original track, albeit most airplay was for the remixes.<ref name="about.com.review">{{cite web|author=Rivaldo, Joey |url=http://dancemusic.about.com:80/od/reviews/fr/DeleriumSil2k4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215045646/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/DeleriumSil2k4.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-15 |title=Delerium - Silence 2004 |publisher=about.com |access-date=2008-11-10 }}</ref><ref name="mindphaser2005">{{cite web | author = Bauer, Henrik | date = August 14, 2005 | url = http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=739 | title = Bill Leeb > Noise Unit 2005 Interview | publisher = Mindphaser.com | access-date = 2006-06-17 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060521215856/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=739 | archive-date = May 21, 2006 }}</ref>


In 2003, Delerium embarked on their first tour, with vocals performed by [[Kristy Thirsk]] and Shelley Harland. In January 2005, Delerium performed at the ''One World'' [[benefit concert]] in [[Vancouver]] for the [[2004 Asian tsunami]], where "Silence" was performed live for the first time with [[Sarah McLachlan]]. The song has been described as one of the greatest trance songs of all time.<ref name="about.com.review"/>
Delerium's commercial success has hinged largely on the single entitled "[[Silence (song)|Silence]]", which featured vocals by [[Sarah McLachlan]]. In [[2000]], three years after the original release of source album ''Karma'', a number of [[remix]]es of "Silence", produced by [[DJ Tiësto]], [[Airscape]], [[Fade (band)|Fade]] and others, proliferated throughout [[nightclub|dance clubs]]; the interest generated took the single to #3 on the UK [[music chart|charts]] and gained considerable [[airplay (song)|radio airplay]] for the song. The Airscape Remix was featured in [[Dance Dance Revolution]]: EXTREME2.


==Awards==
A milestone for the group came when they [[concert|toured]] for the first time in 2003 (in contrast with Front Line Assembly, which has toured consistently throughout its career). Vocals were provided by [[Kristy Thirsk]] and [[Shelley Harland]] during that tour. In [[January 2005]], Delerium performed at the ''One World'' [[benefit concert]] in [[Vancouver]] for the [[2004 Asian tsunami]], where "Silence" was performed live for the first time with Sarah McLachlan (who was also performing at the benefit).
Delerium has received two [[Juno Award]]s for Best Dance Recording: in 1998 for "Euphoria ([[Rabbit in the Moon]] Mix)", and in 2000 for "Silence".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://junoawards.ca/awards/past-winners-nominees/|title=Past Nominees + Winners|website=The JUNO Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Albums / EPs===
===Albums / EPs===
*''[[Faces, Forms & Illusions]]'' (Dossier, 1989), LP / CD
* ''[[Faces, Forms & Illusions]]'' (Dossier, 1989), LP / CD
*''[[Morpheus (album)|Morpheus]]'' (Dossier, 1989), LP / CD
* ''[[Morpheus (album)|Morpheus]]'' (Dossier, 1989), LP / CD
*''[[Syrophenikan]]'' (Dossier, 1990), LP / CD
* ''[[Syrophenikan]]'' (Dossier, 1990), LP / CD
*''[[Stone Tower (album)|Stone Tower]]'' (Dossier, 1991), LP / CD
* ''[[Stone Tower (album)|Stone Tower]]'' (Dossier, 1991), LP / CD
*''[[Euphoric (album)|Euphoric]]'' (Third Mind, 1991), EP / CD
* ''[[Spiritual Archives]]'' (Dossier, 1991), CD
*''[[Spiritual Archives]]'' (Dossier, 1991), LP / CD
* ''[[Euphoric (EP)|Euphoric]]'' (Third Mind, 1991), EP / CD
*''[[Spheres (Delerium album)|Spheres]]'' (Dossier, 1994), LP / CD
* ''[[Spheres (Delerium album)|Spheres]]'' (Dossier, 1994), CD
*''[[Spheres 2]]'' (Dossier, 1994), LP / CD
* ''[[Semantic Spaces]]'' (Nettwerk, 1994), CD (August 23)
*''[[Semantic Spaces]]'' (Nettwerk, 1994), CD
* ''[[Spheres 2]]'' (Dossier, 1994), CD
*''[[Karma (Delerium album)|Karma]]'' (Nettwerk, 1997), CD
* ''[[Karma (Delerium album)|Karma]]'' (Nettwerk, 1997), LP / CD (April 22)
*''[[Karma (Delerium album)|Karma]]'' (w / bonus disc) (Nettwerk, 1997, 1999, 2000), 2CD
* ''[[Poem (album)|Poem]]'' (Nettwerk, 2000), LP / CD (November 21)
*''[[Poem (album)|Poem]]'' (Nettwerk, 2000), CD
* ''[[Chimera (Delerium album)|Chimera]]'' (Nettwerk, 2003), CD (June 24)
*''[[Poem (album)|Poem]]'' (w / bonus disc) (Nettwerk, 2000), 2CD
* ''[[Nuages du Monde (album)|Nuages du Monde]]'' (Nettwerk, 2006), CD (October 3)
*''[[Chimera (album)|Chimera]]'' (Nettwerk, 2003), CD
* ''[[Music Box Opera]]'' (Nettwerk, 2012), CD (October 30)
*''[[Chimera (album)|Chimera]]'' (w / bonus disc) (Nettwerk, 2003), 2CD
* ''[[Mythologie (Delerium album)|Mythologie]]'' (Metropolis Records, 2016), LP/CD (September 23)
* ''Signs'' (Metropolis Records, 2023), LP/CD (March 10)
*''[[Nuages du Monde (album)|Nuages du Monde]]'' (Nettwerk, 2006), CD (October 3)
*''[[Fauxliage|Fauxliage Feat. Leigh Nash (album)]]'', (2007), CD


===Singles===
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
*"Flowers Become Screens" (Nettwerk, 1994), CDS
|-
*"Incantation" (Nettwerk, 1994), 12"
!style="width:3em" rowspan="2"| Year
*"Euphoria (Firefly)" (Nettwerk, 1997), CDS
!style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"| Single
*"Duende" (Nettwerk, 1997), CDS
!colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
*"[[Silence (song)|Silence]]" (Nettwerk, 1999, 2000), CDS
!rowspan="2"| Album
*"Heaven's Earth" (Nettwerk, 2000), CDS
|-
*"Innocente" (Nettwerk, 2001), CDS
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="ausch">{{cite web
*"[[Underwater (song)|Underwater]]" (Nettwerk, 2002), CDS
|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
*"[[After All (Delerium song)|After All]]" (Nettwerk, 2003), CDS
|title=australian-charts.com - Discography Delerium
*"Run for It" (Nettwerk, 2003), promotional CDS
|publisher=australian-charts.com
*"Truly" (Nettwerk, 2004), CDS
|access-date=2009-12-29
*"[[Silence (song)|Silence 2004]]" (Nettwerk, 2004), CDS
|url-status=dead
*"Angelicus" (Nettwerk, 2007), promotional CDS
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022185430/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
*"Lost and Found" (Nettwerk, 2007), promotional CDS
|archive-date=2012-10-22
}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]]<br /><ref name="bel-vl-ch">{{cite web
| url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
| title=ultratop.be - Discografie Delerium
| publisher=ultratop.be
| access-date=2010-03-03}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Ultratop|BEL (WA)]]<br /><ref name="bel-wa-ch">{{cite web
| url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
| title=ultratop.be - Discographie Delerium
| publisher=ultratop.be
| access-date=2010-03-03}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Canadian Singles Chart|CAN]]<br /><ref name="uschrt">{{cite web
| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3647/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}
| title=allmusic (( Delerium > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ))
| publisher=Allmusic.com
| access-date=2009-12-29}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="gerch">{{cite web
| url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Delerium/single?sort=entry
| title=Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - Delerium
| publisher=Musicline.de
| access-date=2010-03-03}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="ire-ch">{{cite web
|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
|title=Delerium Irish discography
|publisher=irishcharts.ie
|access-date=2010-09-07
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
|archive-date=2009-06-02
}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="norch">{{cite web
|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
|title=norwegiancharts.com - Discography Delerium
|publisher=norwegiancharts.com
|access-date=2009-12-29
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102103330/http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
|archive-date=2012-11-02
}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref name="nldch">{{cite web
|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
|title=dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Delerium
|publisher=dutchcharts.nl
|access-date=2009-12-29
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022090609/http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Delerium
|archive-date=2012-10-22
}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="ukch">{{cite web
| url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3873/delerium/
| title=The Official Charts Company — search for: Delerium
| publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]
| access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="zobbel-ukcharts">[http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_D.HTM Chart Log UK: D] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107001222/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_D.HTM |date=November 7, 2015 }} Zobbel.de</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Dance Music/Club Play|US Dance]]<br /><ref name="uschrt" />
|-
|rowspan="2"|1994
|align="left"| "[[Flowers Become Screens]]"
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| ''Semantic Spaces''
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|align="left"| "[[Flowers Become Screens|Incantation]]"
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|rowspan="2"|1997
|align="left"| "[[Euphoria (Firefly)]]" <small>(featuring [[Jacqui Hunt]])</small>
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;"| ''Karma''
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|align="left"| "[[Duende (Delerium song)|Duende]]"
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|1999
|align="left"| "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence]]" <small>(featuring [[Sarah McLachlan]])</small>
| 6
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| 33
| 73
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|rowspan="2"|2000
|align="left"| "[[Heaven's Earth]]"
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| 21
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| 44
| 20
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|align="left"| "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence]]" <small>''(reissue)'' (featuring Sarah McLachlan)</small>
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| 5
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| 5
| 16
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|2001
|align="left"| "[[Innocente (Falling in Love)]]" <small>(featuring [[Leigh Nash]])</small>
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| 16
| 32
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| 94
| 19
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| 33
| 32
| 3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| ''Poem''
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|2002
|align="left"| "[[Underwater (Delerium song)|Underwater]]" <small>(featuring Rani)</small>
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| 56
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| 48
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| 33
| 9
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|rowspan="2"|2003
|align="left"| "[[After All (Delerium song)|After All]]" <small>(featuring [[Jaël]])</small>
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| 9
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| ''Chimera''
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|align="left"| "Run for It" <small>(featuring [[Leigh Nash]])</small>
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|rowspan=2|2004
|align="left"| "[[Truly (Delerium song)|Truly]]" <small>(featuring [[Nerina Pallot]])</small>
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| 54
| 2
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|align="left"| "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence 2004]]" <small>(featuring Sarah McLachlan)</small>
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| 27
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| 38
| 1
|align="left"| ''The Best of''
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|rowspan="2"| 2007
|align="left"| "[[Angelicus]]" <small>(featuring [[Isabel Bayrakdarian]])</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Nuages du Monde''
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|align="left"| "[[Lost and Found (Delerium song)|Lost and Found]]" <small>(featuring Jaël)</small>
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| 4
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|2008
|align="left"| "[[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence 2008]]" <small>(featuring Sarah McLachlan)</small>
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| 12
| 9
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| 87
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| 48
| 127
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|align="left"| ''[[Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan]]''
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| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Dust in Gravity]]" <small>(featuring [[Kreesha Turner]])</small>
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| style="text-align:left;"| ''Remixed: The Definitive Collection''
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| rowspan=2| 2012
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Monarch (Delerium song)|Monarch]]" <small>(featuring Nadina)</small>
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3| ''Music Box Opera''
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| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Days Turn into Nights]]" <small>(featuring Michael Logen)</small>
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| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Chrysalis Heart]]" <small>(featuring [[Stef Lang]])</small>
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| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Glimmer (song)|Glimmer]]" <small>(featuring [[Emily Haines]])</small>
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| style="text-align:left;"| ''Rarities & B-sides''
|-
| 2016
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Ritual (Delerium song)|Ritual]]" <small>(featuring [[Phildel]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | ''Mythologie''
|-
| 2018
| style="text-align:left;"| "Stay" <small>(featuring [[JES (musician)|JES]])</small>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
|2023
|"Falling Back to You" <small>(featuring [[Mimi Page]])</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Signs''
|-
| colspan="13" | <small>"—" indicates the single did not chart or was not released in given territory</small>
|}


===Compilations===
===Compilations===
*''[[Reflections I]]'' (Dossier, 1995), CD
* ''Reflections I'' (Dossier, 1995), CD
*''[[Reflections II]]'' (Dossier, 1995), CD
* ''Reflections II'' (Dossier, 1995), CD
*''[[Archives I]]'' (Nettwerk, 2002), 2CD
* ''[[Archives I]]'' (Nettwerk, 2002), 2CD
*''[[Archives II]]'' (Nettwerk, 2002), 2CD
* ''[[Archives II]]'' (Nettwerk, 2002), 2CD
*''[[Odyssey: The Remix Collection]]'' (Nettwerk, 2001), 2CD
* ''[[Odyssey: The Remix Collection]]'' (Nettwerk, 2001), 2CD
*''[[The Best Of (Delerium album)|The Best Of]]'' (Nettwerk, 2004), CD
* ''[[The Best Of (Delerium album)|The Best Of]]'' (Nettwerk, 2004), CD
* ''[[Remixed: The Definitive Collection (Delerium album)|Remixed: The Definitive Collection]]'' (Nettwerk, 2010), CD
* ''[[Voice (An Acoustic Collection)]]'' (Nettwerk, 5 Oct. 2010) CD
* ''[[Rarities & B-sides (Delerium compilation album)|Rarities & B-Sides]]'' (Nettwerk, 21 April 2015)


===Online exclusive===
===Online exclusive===
*"Above the Clouds" (2003), a download-only song featuring Shelley Harland available through [[iTunes Music Store]] and other [[online music store]]s
* "Above the Clouds" (2003), a download-only song featuring Shelley Harland available through [[iTunes Music Store]] and other [[online music store]]s


===Music videos===
===Music videos===
*"Flowers Become Screens"<ref name="william">directed by [[William Morrison (director)|William Morrison]]</ref> (1994)
* "Flowers Become Screens" (1994)<ref name="william">directed by [[William Morrison (director)|William Morrison]]</ref>
*"Incantation"<ref name="william"/> (1994)
* "Incantation" (1994)<ref name="william"/>
*"Euphoria (firefly)"<ref name="william"/> (1997)
* "Euphoria (Firefly)" (1997)<ref name="william"/>
*"Duende"<ref name="william"/> (1997)
* "Duende" (1997)<ref name="william"/>
*"Silence" (Airscape Mix) (2000)
* "Silence" ([[Airscape]] Mix) (2000)
*"Aria" (2000)
* "Underwater" ([[Rank 1]] Remix) (2000)
*"Innocente" (Lost Witness Remix) (2001)
* "Aria" (2000)
* "Innocente" ([[Lost Witness]] Remix) (2001)
*"Underwater" (Above & Beyond's 21st Century remix) (2002)
* "Underwater" ([[Above & Beyond (band)|Above & Beyond]]'s 21st Century Remix) (2002)
*"After All" (2003)
* "After All" (2003)
*"After All" (Svenson & Gielen edit) (2003)
* "After All" ([[Svenson & Gielen]] Edit) (2003)
*"Angelicus" (2007)
* "Angelicus" (2007)
*"Lost And Found" (2007)
* "Lost and Found" (2007)
* "Dust in Gravity" (2009)
<references/>
* "Dust in Gravity ([[Sultan & Shepard|Sultan & Ned Shepard]] Remix)" (2009)
* "Monarch" (2012)
* "Days Turn into Nights" (2013)
* "Chrysalis Heart" (2013)
* "Glimmer" (2015)
* "Stay" (2018)
* "In the Deep" (2023)


===Remixes===
===Remixes===
*[[Speedy J]] &ndash; "Pull Over" (1997)
* [[Tara MacLean]] &ndash; "Divided" (2000)
*[[Tara MacLean]] &ndash; "Divided" (2000)
* [[Sarah Brightman]] &ndash; "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (2001)
*[[Sasha Lazard]] &ndash; "Awakening" (2002)
* [[Sasha Lazard]] &ndash; "Awakening" (2002)
*[[Clint Mansell]] &ndash; "Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack - Deluxed" (2002)
* [[Clint Mansell]] &ndash; "Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack - Deluxed" (2002)
*[[Lunik]] &ndash; "Waiting" (2003)
* [[Lunik]] &ndash; "Waiting" (2003)
* [[Phildel]] &ndash; "Comfort Me" (2013)


===Third-party compilations that include Delerium===
===Third-party compilations that include Delerium===
* ''Space Daze: The History & Mystery of Electronic Ambient Space Rock'' (Cleopatra, 1994), 2CD (featured the song "Dark Matter" from the album ''Spheres'').
* ''[[The Crow]]'': Stairway to Heaven, 1998. Featured the song "Silence" in one episode.
* ''[[The Crow: Stairway to Heaven]]'', 1998 (featured the song "Silence" in one episode).
*''[[Brokedown Palace]]'' Soundtrack (Island, 1999), CD
*''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider]]'' Soundtrack (Elektra / Wea, 2001), CD
* ''[[Brokedown Palace]]'' Soundtrack (Island, 1999), CD (prominently featured "Silence").
* ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider]]'' Soundtrack (Elektra / Wea, 2001), CD (featured a slightly stripped "Laras mix" of "Terra Firma").
*''[[Mystera|Best of Mystera]]'' (Polys, 2000), 2CD
*''[[Doctor Death's Volume IV: The Marvels of Insect Life]]'' (C'est la Mort, 1990) CD. Featured the song "A Certain Trust."
* ''Best of Mystera'' (Polys, 2000), 2CD
* ''Doctor Death's Volume IV: The Marvels of Insect Life'' (C'est la Mort, 1990) CD (featured the song "A Certain Trust").
* ''Faeries: A Musical Companion to the Art of Brian Froud'' (RCA, 2002) CD (featured the song "Nature's Kingdom").

==Guest artists / vocalists==
*[[Camille Henderson]]
*:''Karma'': "Duende"
*[[Emily Haines]]
*:''Chimera'': "Stopwatch Hearts"
*:Co-founder and singer/keyboardist of Toronto-based electronic band [[Metric (band)|Metric]].
*[[Isabel Bayrakdarian]]
*:''Nuages Du Monde'' : "Angelicus", "Lumenis"
*[[Jacqui Hunt]]
*:''Karma'': "Euphoria (Firefly)"
*[[Jaël]]
*:''Chimera'': "After All"
*:''Nuages Du Monde'': "Lost and Found"
*:Of Swiss band [[Lunik]].
*[[Jenifer McLaren]]
*:''Poem'': "Fallen Icons", "Nature's Kingdom II"
*:Canadian-born pop artist. This was her debut with [[Nettwerk]].
*[[Joanna Stevens]]
*:''Poem'': "Myth", "A Poem for Byzantium"
*:One half of [[Solar Twins (band)|Solar Twins]], an electronica group based in Los Angeles; originally from the UK.
*[[Julee Cruise]] (from Iowa)
*:''Chimera'': "Magic"
*:worked with [[Angelo Badalamenti]], [[David Lynch]], and [[Moby]].
*[[Kirsty Hawkshaw]]
*:''Poem'': "Nature's Kingdom", "Inner Sanctum"
*:''Nuages Du Monde'': "Fleeting Instant"
*:Singer for a number of bands including [[Opus III]], [[Sleepthief]], [[Pulusha]], [[BT]], [[Tiesto]], and Mr. Sam. [http://www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk personal website].
*[[Kristy Thirsk]]
*:''Chimera'': "Returning"
*:''Nuages Du Monde'': "Self-Saboteur" (spelled "Self-Sabateur" on some releases)
*:''Karma'': "Enchanted", "Wisdom", "'Til the End of Time", "Heaven's Earth", "Lamentation"
*:''Semantic Spaces'': "Flowers become Screens", "Incantation", "Flatlands"
*:Kristy also has a solo career and has sung for [[Sleepthief]], [[Balligomingo]], [[Front Line Assembly]], D:Fuse & Hiratzka, and Rose Chronicles.
*[[Leigh Nash]]
*:''Poem'': "Innocente"
*:''Chimera'': "Run For It", "Orbit Of Me"
*:''Fauxliage'': entire album
*:Lead singer of [[Sixpence None the Richer]].
*[[Margaret Far]]
*:''Chimera'': "Just A Dream"
*[[Matthew Sweet]]
*:''Poem'': "Daylight"
*:One part of [[The Thorns]]; also has a solo pop career.
*[[Mediæval Bæbes|Mediæval Bæbes, The]]
*:''Poem'': "Aria"
*:''Nuages Du Monde'': "Sister Sojourn Ghost", "Extollere"
*:A group of young women who sing Mediæval style songs in Latin, etc.
*[[Nerina Pallot]]
*:''Chimera'': "Truly"
*:Nerina has two albums, [[Dear Frustrated Superstar]] and [[Fires (album)|Fires]].
*[[Rachel Fuller]]
*:''Chimera'': "Touched"
*:Rachel has worked with [[Pete Townshend]] (of [[The Who]], who also provides guitars on Touched) and she uses orchestras in her music.
*[[Rani Kamal]] (aka Rani Kamalesvaran)
*:''Poem'': "Underwater"
*:''Chimera'': "Fallen"
*:Rani has also worked with [[Conjure One]] (Rhys Fulber's project).
*[[Sarah McLachlan]]
*:''Karma'': "Silence" (some versions)
*:Sarah is an internationally renowned Canadian singer and songwriter.
*[[Sultana]] (aka Songul Akturk)
*:''Chimera'': "Forever After"
*:Sultana is a rapper from Turkey.
*[[Zoë Johnston]]
*:''Chimera'': "Love"
*:''Nuages Du Monde'': "The Way you want it to be"
*:Zoë is a member of [[Faithless]] and previously worked with [[Bent (band)|Bent]].


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Fauxliage]] &mdash; a musical project made by members of the Canadian electronic music group Delerium and Leigh Nash in 2007.
*[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
* [[List of ambient music artists]]
* [[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart]]
*[[Number-one singles in Ireland (2000)]]

*[[Number 1 Dance Singles in Ireland 2000]]
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nettwerklabel.com/artist.jsp?artist_id=3 Official Delerium page from Nettwerk.]
* [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=delerium|chart=all}} Delerium] at [[Billboard.com]]
* [http://www.mindphaser.com/ Mindphaser.com] Delerium, Front Line Assembly, Conjure One, Decree and side projects website.
*[http://www.delerium.ca Delerium.ca] Official Fansite. Dedicated purely to Delerium.
* {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20030310010818/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/129/rhys.htm Interview w/Rhys Fulber @ Legends]}}
*[http://www.mindphaser.com Mindphaser.com] Delerium, Front Line Assembly, Conjure One, Decree and side projects website.

*[http://www.delerium.com Delerium.com] Unofficial website.
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 20 December 2024

Delerium
Delerium founder Bill Leeb in 2016
Delerium founder Bill Leeb in 2016
Background information
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Years active1987 (1987)–present
Labels
Members
Past members

Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly.[1] Throughout the band's history, their musical style has encompassed a broad range, including dark ethereal ambient trance, voiceless industrial soundscapes, and electronic pop music. They are best known for their worldwide hit "Silence". The band is known to feature female guest vocalists on their albums since their 1994 album Semantic Spaces.

Members and history

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Delerium has traditionally been a two-person project, but the only constant member throughout its history has been Bill Leeb. Leeb was an early member of industrial music pioneers Skinny Puppy, but after he left in 1986 he went on to create his own project, Front Line Assembly, with collaborator Michael Balch. Later, the two worked on the side project Delerium and released their first album, Faces, Forms & Illusions. After Balch left both Front Line Assembly and Delerium, Leeb worked with Rhys Fulber, and the two released several albums under the Delerium moniker; these years saw a gradual stylistic change from darker ambient to a more danceable sound. After the release of Karma, Fulber left to pursue other interests, and Leeb teamed up with producer Chris Peterson to release Poem. 2003, however, saw the reunion of Leeb and Fulber for the release of Chimera, followed by Nuages du Monde in 2006.

In contrast to Leeb and collaborators' other projects, Delerium has included several guest vocalists since the release of Semantic Spaces. These have included mostly women, such as Kristy Thirsk (of Rose Chronicles), Sarah McLachlan, Leigh Nash (of Sixpence None the Richer), Elsieanne Caplette (of Elsiane), Lisa Gerrard (sampled only), Jaël (of Swiss band Lunik), Camille Henderson, Nerina Pallot, Emily Haines (of Metric), Jacqui Hunt (of Single Gun Theory), Isabel Bayrakdarian and Shelley Harland. Other than Leeb, only three males have contributed vocals to a Delerium album: Matthew Sweet ("Daylight", on Poem), Greg Froese ("Apparition", on Nuages du Monde), and Michael Logen ("Days Turn into Nights", on Music Box Opera); in addition, the noted griot Baaba Maal was sampled ("Awakenings, on "Spiritual Archives").

The Mediæval Bæbes provided the vocal track for, and starred in the video of, Aria; the vocals are an adapted version of the vocals from "All Turns to Yesterday" on the Bæbes' Worldes Blysse album. They are also featured on two tracks from Delerium's 2006 album, Nuages du Monde.

Although it may be argued that Front Line Assembly has the largest cult following of all Leeb and associates projects, Delerium is undoubtedly the most financially successful. In addition to these two mainstays, related collaborations between Leeb and Fulber, Peterson, and/or Balch include Equinox, Intermix, Noise Unit, Pro-Tech, and Synæsthesia, among others. In addition, in 2007 Leeb and Fulber collaborated with Leigh Nash under the name Fauxliage. Rhys Fulber has also maintained a solo project Conjure One since his temporary exit from Delerium.

Music

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The single "Silence", featuring vocals by Sarah McLachlan, reached number three on the UK music charts. In 2000, three years after Karma was released, notable DJs such as Tiësto and Airscape produced remixes of "Silence", which generated interest and gained considerable radio airplay for the original track, albeit most airplay was for the remixes.[2][3]

In 2003, Delerium embarked on their first tour, with vocals performed by Kristy Thirsk and Shelley Harland. In January 2005, Delerium performed at the One World benefit concert in Vancouver for the 2004 Asian tsunami, where "Silence" was performed live for the first time with Sarah McLachlan. The song has been described as one of the greatest trance songs of all time.[2]

Awards

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Delerium has received two Juno Awards for Best Dance Recording: in 1998 for "Euphoria (Rabbit in the Moon Mix)", and in 2000 for "Silence".[4]

Discography

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Albums / EPs

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Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[5]
BEL (FL)
[6]
BEL (WA)
[7]
CAN
[8]
GER
[9]
IRE
[10]
NOR
[11]
NLD
[12]
UK
[13][14]
US Dance
[8]
1994 "Flowers Become Screens" Semantic Spaces
"Incantation"
1997 "Euphoria (Firefly)" (featuring Jacqui Hunt) Karma
"Duende"
1999 "Silence" (featuring Sarah McLachlan) 6 1 33 73
2000 "Heaven's Earth" 21 44 20
"Silence" (reissue) (featuring Sarah McLachlan) 5 2 5 16 6 15 7 3 6
2001 "Innocente (Falling in Love)" (featuring Leigh Nash) 16 32 94 19 33 32 3 Poem
2002 "Underwater" (featuring Rani) 46 56 48 33 9
2003 "After All" (featuring Jaël) 46 9 Chimera
"Run for It" (featuring Leigh Nash)
2004 "Truly" (featuring Nerina Pallot) 54 2
"Silence 2004" (featuring Sarah McLachlan) 27 38 1 The Best of
2007 "Angelicus" (featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian) 1 Nuages du Monde
"Lost and Found" (featuring Jaël) 4
2008 "Silence 2008" (featuring Sarah McLachlan) 12 9 87 48 127 Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
2009 "Dust in Gravity" (featuring Kreesha Turner) 1 Remixed: The Definitive Collection
2012 "Monarch" (featuring Nadina) 33 Music Box Opera
"Days Turn into Nights" (featuring Michael Logen) 12
2013 "Chrysalis Heart" (featuring Stef Lang)
2015 "Glimmer" (featuring Emily Haines) Rarities & B-sides
2016 "Ritual" (featuring Phildel) Mythologie
2018 "Stay" (featuring JES)
2023 "Falling Back to You" (featuring Mimi Page) Signs
"—" indicates the single did not chart or was not released in given territory

Compilations

[edit]

Online exclusive

[edit]

Music videos

[edit]
  • "Flowers Become Screens" (1994)[15]
  • "Incantation" (1994)[15]
  • "Euphoria (Firefly)" (1997)[15]
  • "Duende" (1997)[15]
  • "Silence" (Airscape Mix) (2000)
  • "Underwater" (Rank 1 Remix) (2000)
  • "Aria" (2000)
  • "Innocente" (Lost Witness Remix) (2001)
  • "Underwater" (Above & Beyond's 21st Century Remix) (2002)
  • "After All" (2003)
  • "After All" (Svenson & Gielen Edit) (2003)
  • "Angelicus" (2007)
  • "Lost and Found" (2007)
  • "Dust in Gravity" (2009)
  • "Dust in Gravity (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)" (2009)
  • "Monarch" (2012)
  • "Days Turn into Nights" (2013)
  • "Chrysalis Heart" (2013)
  • "Glimmer" (2015)
  • "Stay" (2018)
  • "In the Deep" (2023)

Remixes

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Third-party compilations that include Delerium

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  • Space Daze: The History & Mystery of Electronic Ambient Space Rock (Cleopatra, 1994), 2CD (featured the song "Dark Matter" from the album Spheres).
  • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, 1998 (featured the song "Silence" in one episode).
  • Brokedown Palace Soundtrack (Island, 1999), CD (prominently featured "Silence").
  • Tomb Raider Soundtrack (Elektra / Wea, 2001), CD (featured a slightly stripped "Laras mix" of "Terra Firma").
  • Best of Mystera (Polys, 2000), 2CD
  • Doctor Death's Volume IV: The Marvels of Insect Life (C'est la Mort, 1990) CD (featured the song "A Certain Trust").
  • Faeries: A Musical Companion to the Art of Brian Froud (RCA, 2002) CD (featured the song "Nature's Kingdom").

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Chimera : Delerium : Review : Rolling Stone
  2. ^ a b Rivaldo, Joey. "Delerium - Silence 2004". about.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  3. ^ Bauer, Henrik (August 14, 2005). "Bill Leeb > Noise Unit 2005 Interview". Mindphaser.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-17.
  4. ^ "Past Nominees + Winners". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. ^ "australian-charts.com - Discography Delerium". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  6. ^ "ultratop.be - Discografie Delerium". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  7. ^ "ultratop.be - Discographie Delerium". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  8. ^ a b "allmusic (( Delerium > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ))". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  9. ^ "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - Delerium". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  10. ^ "Delerium Irish discography". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
  11. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Delerium". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  12. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Delerium". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  13. ^ "The Official Charts Company — search for: Delerium". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  14. ^ Chart Log UK: D Archived November 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Zobbel.de
  15. ^ a b c d directed by William Morrison
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