Dilate was an ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 solo project begun in 1996 by keyboard player Victor Wulf.

History

Wulf began writing music in 1977. After working with experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 band Vampire Rodents

Vampire Rodents

Vampire Rodents was the name of an industrial music and experimental rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, although it's core members originally came from Canada. The band was formed by singer, guitarist and composer Daniel Vahnke and keyboardest Victor Wulf. Andrea Akastia joined after the...

, he released his first album under the name Dilate, Cyclos, in early 1996. The follow-up, Octagon, was released in mid 1997. Both albums were released by Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...

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Style

Octagon has been described as "deep sonic environmental minimalism" as well as good for meditation. Wulf has been called the "gentler half" of Vampire Rodents.

Studio Albums

Date	Title	Label
1996	Cyclos	Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
1997	Octagon	Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...