{"id":22572,"date":"2021-03-04T03:27:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T03:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=22572"},"modified":"2025-11-23T18:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T18:10:45","slug":"ava00414","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/ava00414\/","title":{"rendered":"Lycia: Ionia (Red, Black &#038; White Vinyl 2LP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\u201cposition: relative; display: block;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"320\" width=400 src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=3769102202\/layout=http_3A_2F_2Fwww.projekt.com_2Fstore_2Fassets_2Fbandcamp_5Flayout.txt\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"200\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/ionia\">IONIA<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>2LP released by Italy&#8217;s AvantGarde.<br \/>\nCD, Shirt + Tote available from <A HREF=\"\/store\/product\/PRO00032\/\">Projekt Records<\/A>.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/ava00414-tracklist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">Tracklist:<br \/>\nA1 Ionia<br \/>\nA2 A Brief Glimpse<br \/>\nA3 November<\/p>\n<p>B1 Fate<br \/>\nB2 Desert<br \/>\nB3 Renewal<\/p>\n<p>C1 This Moment<br \/>\nC2 Monsoon I (Anticipation)<br \/>\nC3 Monsoon II (Aftermath)<\/p>\n<p>D1 Granada<br \/>\nD2 The Realization<br \/>\nD3 Distant Eastern Glare\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>Released in 1991, <strong>Ionia<\/strong> was Lycia\u2019s debut on Projekt. With its brilliant blending of intense cascading guitar, drone synths and deep, whispered vocals, the release quickly found a home with fans of independent, underground goth as well as spacey ambient music. On this influential and much-admired album, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike VanPortfleet speaks to a melancholy that\u2019s intentionally left open-ended. A raw mournful mood pulses beneath songs of isolation, existence, love and loss. <strong>Ionia<\/strong> was a post-punk musician\u2019s attempt to create an ambient record. VanPortfleet (with musical assistance on a few tracks) created hypnotic soundscapes that turned the mournful into the majestic. Inspired by the primal sounds of bands like Swans, Big Black and Cindytalk, and a desire to take it into realms of deeper experimentation, VanPortfleet reflects, \u201cThe mood of the album was influenced by my growing interest in darker-themed books and films, mysticism and existentialism, as well as an increasingly isolated and aloof personal life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><BR>Since their inception in 1988 US pioneers Lycia have been a landmark for the darkwave and gothic scene. They set the highest standards with their classic 90s releases on Projekt. And here we are, in early 2021, with Italy&#8217;s AvanteGarde having the greatest pleasure to reissue the unique <b>Ionia<\/b>, celebrating its thirtieth birthday in 2021! Originally released on September 3rd 1991, <b>Ionia<\/b> was recently re-released on CD by Projekt in 2017. And yet, such an important album had never been pressed on vinyl. Until today. Lycia\u2018s debut album will be released for the first time on double vinyl in two different colored versions!<\/p>\n<p><BR>Recorded from February to June 1991 on 4 track cassette, <b>Ionia<\/b> comes to vinyl in a completely remastered version (courtesy of Attrition&#8217;s Martin Bowes), specifically for this 2LP edition.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Limited to 250 copies.<\/p>\n<p><BR><br \/>\n<IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/PRO-00361g.jpg WIDTH=300><\/p>\n<h3>Also available on vinyl from LYCIA, the 2LP <A HREF=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/pro00361\/>A Line That Connects<\/A>.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"socials\"><h2>love it, share it<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fava00414%2F&t=Lycia%3A+Ionia+%28Red%2C+Black+%26%23038%3B+White+Vinyl+2LP%29\" class=\"socials-small facebook-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" >facebook<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fava00414%2F&text=Lycia%3A+Ionia+%28Red%2C+Black+%26%23038%3B+White+Vinyl+2LP%29\" class=\"socials-small twitter-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" >twitter<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fava00414%2F&media=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/ava00414-1.jpg&description=\" class=\"socials-small pinterest-small\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" >pinterest<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fava00414%2F&title=Lycia%3A+Ionia+%28Red%2C+Black+%26%23038%3B+White+Vinyl+2LP%29\" class=\"socials-small google-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google\" >google<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":22574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,135,25,98,571,100,69],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22572","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-darkambient","product_cat-darkwave","product_cat-goth","product_cat-lycia","product_cat-shoegaze","product_cat-vinyl","pa_format-red-black-vinyl-2lp","pa_format-red-black-white-2lp","pa_label-avantgarde-music","pa_release-year-832","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable","border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=22572"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22572"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}