Dilate was an ambient solo project begun in 1996 by composer and synthesizer player Victor Wulf, formerly of the sound collage and industrial music band Vampire Rodents.
[1] Dilate was started by composer Victor Wulf after parting ways with the sound collage project Vampire Rodents in 1993.
Wulf had already been began composing since 1977, worked with independent film scoring in Belgium, Canada, Japan, and the United States and performed in Vampire Rodents on the albums War Music and Premonition, released in 1990 and 1992.
Jim Brenholts of AllMusic reviewed the album positively and called the compositions "full of textures and sonic clouds.
[6] Cyclos was well-received with the exception of critical opinions of the music sounding inferior to its sources of inspiration, such as Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream and The Orb.