The Burning Circle and Then Dust is the fourth studio album by the American Dark Wave band Lycia

Lycia (band)

Lycia is a darkwave/gothic rock band that was formed in 1988, Tempe, Arizona, United States. The main personnel of the band are Mike VanPortfleet, Tara Vanflower, David Galas and . Although only achieving minor cult success, the band is notable for being one of the ground breaking groups in...

, released on April 3, 1995 through Projekt Records

Projekt Records

This is the article for the record label. You might be looking for Pro-jekt, ProjeKct, Project Pitchfork, or Projekt RevolutionProjekt is a Brooklyn, New York-based independent record label specializing in gothic rock, ambient, ethereal, darkwave, shoegaze, dream-pop, and dark cabaret created by...

. It was remastered and edited to fit on a single disc and re-released by Silber Records in 2006.

Reception

Ned Raggett of allmusic gave it 4 out of 5 stars, praising it as being "a high point of American dark rock" and the band's greatest and most ambitious work. Piero Scaruffi

Piero Scaruffi

Piero Scaruffi received a degree in Mathematics in 1982 from University of Turin, where he did work on the General Theory of Relativity. For a number of years he was the head of the Artificial Intelligence Center at Olivetti, based in Cupertino, California. He has been a visiting scholar at...

 gave it an 8 out of 10, saying, "this album codified Lycia's message, halfway between a philosophical treatise, a religious prophecy and the last thoughts of a dying man." It would be placed at #2 on his "Best Gothic Albums of All Times" list as well as selecting it as the second best album of the year.

Track listing

All songs composed by Lycia

Lycia (band)

Lycia is a darkwave/gothic rock band that was formed in 1988, Tempe, Arizona, United States. The main personnel of the band are Mike VanPortfleet, Tara Vanflower, David Galas and . Although only achieving minor cult success, the band is notable for being one of the ground breaking groups in...

.

Personnel

Lycia

• David Galas – bass guitar
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  , keyboards
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  , engineering
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  , programming
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• Tara Vanflower
  Tara Vanflower
  Tara Vanflower is a vocalist whose music has been described as ambient, experimental, and darkwave.In October 1994 she became vocalist for Projekt Records darkwave outfit Lycia. She married fellow band member Mike VanPortfleet. After two albums, the couple left the band...
  
   – vocals
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• Mike VanPortfleet – vocals, guitar
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  , keyboards, programming

Additional musicians and production

• Kevin Gray – mastering
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• Ryan Lum – mastering
• Lycia – production
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