Ionia

by Lycia

Ionia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Projekt
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:37
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album from Mike VanPortfleet's darkwave project establishes a signature sound built upon freezing, ethereal atmospherics. Driven by drum machines and heavily processed guitars, it became a defining artifact for the Projekt label and the burgeoning American neoclassical underground.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Ionia (5:11)
  2. A Brief Glimpse (4:41)
  3. November (2:06)
  4. Fate (5:50)
  5. Desert (4:55)
  6. Renewal (3:18)
  7. This Moment (5:59)
  8. Monsoon I (Anticipation) (3:32)
  9. Monsoon II (Aftermath) (4:02)
  10. Granada (5:59)
  11. The Realization (6:09)
  12. Distant Eastern Glare (6:51)

Credits

  • Lycia - primary artist
  • Mark Gill - written-by
  • Will Welch - written-by, sampler

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