Rapoon

Rapoon
Origin	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Genres	Ambient, Electronic, Experimental
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Staalplaat, Soleilmoon, Ewers Tonkunst, Lens Records, Aquarellist
Members	Robin Storey
Website	rapoon.org

Rapoon is a musical project of Robin Storey, a former member of Zoviet France, who has released material on notable independent labels such as Staalplaat, Soleilmoon, Manifold, Beta-Lactam Ring, and Lens Records.

Selected discography

• Dream Circle, CD, 1992, DOVentertainment (DOVeCD244)
• Raising Earthly Spirits, CD, 1993, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 063); CD, 1999, Soleilmoon (SOL 65 CD)
• Vernal Crossing, CD, 1993, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 082)
• Fallen Gods, CD, 1994, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 086)
• The Kirghiz Light, 2CD, 1995, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 097)
• Recurring (Dream Circle), CD, 1996, Soleilmoon (SOL 11 CD)
• Errant Angels, CD, 1996, Soleilmoon (SOL 34 CD)
• Darker by Light, CD, 1996, Soleilmoon (SOL 36 CD)
• Easterly 6 or 7, CD, 1997, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 117)
• Messianic Ghosts, CD, 1997, Syntactic (Sophie 17) Klanggalerie (2002, gg24), Aquarellist (2011, aquarel 18-11)
• Tin of Drum, CD, 1998, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 130)
• The Fires of the Borderlands, CD, 1998, Relapse Records/Release Entertainment (RR 6978-2)
• Just Say the Faith, LP, 1998, Soleilmoon (SOLV 6); CD, 2001, Soleilmoon (SOL 107 CD)
• Navigating by Colour, CD, 1999, Soleilmoon (SOL 71 CD)
• What Do You Suppose? (The Alien Question), CD, 1999, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 141)
• Cold War: Drum n Bass, 2CD, 2001, Caciocavallo (CAD 7)
• Pell Mell, 2002, CD, Staalplaat (S.T. CD 155)
• Rhiz, 2002, CD, Klanggalerie (gg59)
• I Am a Foreigner CD, 2003, Caciocavallo (CAD 26)
• My Life as a Ghost, 2004, CD, Klanggalerie (gg49)
• Alien Glyph Morphology DVD, 2005, Caciocavallo (CAV 30); 2x10", 2006, (CAL 30)
• Church Road CD, 2006, Tantric Harmonies (TANTRA X37)
• From Shadows Sleep, 2006, CD, Essence Music (ESS006)
• Time Frost CD, 2007, Glacial Movements (GM 003)
• Obscure Objects of Desire, 2008, CD, Vivo (vivo2008039CD)
• The Library of the Dead, 2008, CD, Ewers Tonkunst (HHE 018 CD), Indiestate Distribution (IST 059 CD)
• Dark Rivers, May 2009, CD, Lens Records (LENS0102)
• Melancholic Songs of the Desert, 2009, CD, Soleilmoon (SOL 166 CD)
• Wasteland Raga, 2009, CD, Aquarellist (aquarel 11-09)
• The Bush Prophet, 2010, CD, Ewers Tonkunst (HHE 029 CD), Indiestate Distribution (IST 079 CD)
• Media Studies, 2011, CD, Aquarellist (aquarel 17-11)
• Disappeared Redux, 2012, CD, Zoharum (ZOHAR 029-2)
• Stray, 2012, CD, Soleilmoon (SOL 181 CD)
• Cultural Forgeries, 2014, CD, Alrealon Musique (ALRN058)

Side projects

• Oedipus Brain Foil 3xCD (with Randy Greif and Nigel Ayers), 1998, Soleilmoon (SOL 66 CD)
• The World Turned Gingham CD (with Nigel Ayers, released under the name Hank & Slim) (Caciocavallo, 2000)
• About Breathing CD (with Victor Nubla), 2002, Caciocavallo (CAD 24)
• New Cult of the Sun Moon 2CD (with Black Faction), 2002, Soleilmoon (SOL 122 CD)

External links

• Official website
• Google Groups Mailing List
• Rapoon biography and discography on Allmusic.com
• Rapoon discography on Discogs.com