一聽音樂網

1988年5月Mike Vanportfleet組建了LYCIA,他帶領著樂隊的其他成員用音樂描述著一個荒涼的世界.短暫的加入的John Fair,幾進幾出的Will Welch,David Galas以及Tara Vanflower-Mike后來的終身伴侶. 1989年LYCIA在 Orphanage Records旗下發表了一張6首歌的EP:WAKE.那時的他們還是以吉他貝司為主要表現方法.1991年,lycia在Projekt發表了 IONIA,Mike在Will執意離開而使BYZANTINE這本來應該出版的作品流產后獨自創作了全部的作品,那是一種荒涼,空曠的氛圍音樂.含有大量的合成器聲響.在隨后的歲月里,Mike不斷的創作著新的作品:93年的A DAY IN THE STARK CORNER 94年的LIVE(LYCIA首次演出的錄音,David Galas加入到樂隊里來,同年兩人組成了一個分支樂隊BLEAK,并與95年發表了專輯VANE.不同于LYCIA的作品，VANE是一張暗淡的抑郁民謠作品)95年的THE BURNING CIRCLE AND THEN DUST是一個值得紀念的雙專輯，并不是指音樂又回到了LYCIA那種混合了吉他貝斯與合成器的荒涼蕭瑟的招牌音樂,而是第二張專輯中女歌手Tara Vanflower的出現,這位后來的MIKE夫人當年還是個小姑娘,她為LYCIA帶來一種清澈的歌聲,但絲毫也不損害以往LYCIA音樂中那種孤獨和凋零的氣氛,反之更加映襯出那種種荒蕪背后的悲苦.96年COLD推出的背后是Mike的身體被病魔糾纏,這很不幸,LYCIA停止了所有的活動,消失在人們的視線里.在修養期間mike夫婦組建了Estraya,而David組建了自己的Snowblind,但都沒有真正出品作品.97年,lycia已經瀕臨解散,但大家還是決定為它做一次好的巡演留做紀念.98年ESTRELLA發表,這張他獨自創作的專輯本來應屬于BLEAK的作品,mike考慮后還是用lycia發表了他在喪母與自身重病的情況下堅持完成專輯..99年TARA VANFLOWER在MIKE的幫助下發表了自己的首張專輯THIS WOMB LIKE LIQUID HONEY。一個詭異凄涼的黑暗音樂童話.同年還有一件大事就是mike成立了自己的廠牌Lycium Music. John Fair，Will Welch,David Galas都加入到這個廠牌下.2001年Estraya終于推出了自己的首張專輯,同年projekt也發表了兩張LYCIA的精選集. 聽LYCIA 及Mike其它分支組合的作品你會發現一張比一張荒涼,悲楚.有如從深秋走到隆冬.有人說是mike居住的俄亥俄荒野的小山令他的音樂如此,有人說是他那久治不愈的病痛令他的音樂如此,但我想主要還是他的內心世界本就如此荒蕪吧.lycia雖然結束了，但Estraya完全繼承了它的血脈. 樂隊成員： John Fair: bass, drum programs David Galas: drum programs, synth Mike VanPortfleet: guitars, bass, drum programs, synth, vocals Will Welch: bass, drum programs, synth by John Bush Mike Van Portfleet formed Lycia in early 1988 in his hometown of Phoenix. Inspired by post-punk and the ethereal 4AD sound of the 80s, he began experimenting with guitar loops on his four-track recorder. He recruited an old friend, bassist John Fair, to join him, and the two recorded Wake in 1989 for Phoenixs Orphanage Records. Fair left a year later to play with Caterwaul, but Van Portfleet continued to record, sending his demos to the goth-ambient Projekt label. Projekt liked what it heard and signed him to a contract. The first Lycia release for Projekt, Ionia, appeared in 1991. After recording A Day in the Stark Corner in 1993, Lycia became a duo once again when David Galas appeared on several live dates in California, documented on 1994s Live. Van Portfleet and Galas first recorded in the studio as Bleak, a side-project which released Vane in 1995. Tara Van Flower became the third member of Lycia that year, and her vocals appeared on The Burning Circle and Then Dust, a double-album released in 1995. Estrella followed in 1998.