Euphonia (album)

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Euphonia
Perceptual Outer Dimensions - Euphonia.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1995 (1995-09-19) [1]
StudioPOD Studios
(Virginia)
Genre
Length72:43
Label Fifth Colvmn
Producer Holmes Ives
Perceptual Outer Dimensions chronology
The Journey to Planet POD
(1994)
Euphonia
(1995)

Euphonia is the second studio album by Perceptual Outer Dimensions, released on September 19, 1995 by Fifth Colvmn Records. [2]

Contents

Music

Composer Holmes Ives had recorded and released The Journey to Planet POD on Fifth Colvmn Records compilation. [3] The composition "De La Luna" was released for the Fifth Colvmn compilation Forced Cranial Removal. [4]

Reception

Sonic Boom described Euphonia as an album "nothing short of astounding in its complexity and depth" that "creates an acoustic effect produced by musical patterns combined as to please the ear or euphony." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Holmes Ives.

No.TitleLength
1."Preludeum"0:18
2."Euphonia"5:28
3."Voltaic"4:38
4."Neophilia"5:06
5."Eliquaform"4:28
6."De La Luna"4:52
7."Neptunium"5:20
8."Enchanted Loom"4:26
9."Inamorata"5:21
10."Compucosis"5:46
11."Macrocosm"5:25
12."Cathode"5:35
13."Maelstrom"4:24
14."Thanatopsis"5:22
15."Nocturnal Montage"5:10
16."Terminus"1:03

Personnel

Adapted from the Euphonia liner notes. [6]

Perceptual Outer Dimensions

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1995 Fifth Colvmn CD 9868-63207

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References

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  2. "Perceptual Outer Dimensions: Euphonia > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  3. "Perceptual Outer Dimensions: The Journey to Planet Pod > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  4. Dean Miles, Larry (1996). "Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal" (PDF). Black Monday (1): 3. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  5. Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Perceptual Outer Dimensions: Euphonia". Sonic Boom. 3 (8). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  6. Euphonia (booklet). Perceptual Outer Dimensions. Washington, DC: Fifth Colvmn Records. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)