Eon (musician)

Ian Loveday, better known as Eon (22 September 1954 – 17 June 2009),^[1] was a British rave pioneer.^[2]

Born in 1954, Loveday was the son of violinist Alan Loveday and pianist Ruth Stanfield.^[3]

His tracks made their way to early 1990s

Void Dweller, with its dark and hard driving beats, on Columbia Records in September 1992; it used samples from David Lynch's Dune, The Outer Limits, and themes from the horror movie Basket Case

.

His sound was a link between the early Detroit

Bizarre Inc., and released singles on Trelik Records and Electron Industries.^[5]

Death

Loveday died on 17 June 2009 in London,[6] of complications from pneumonia.

Discography

Albums

Void Dweller (1992)
Sum of Parts (2002)
Device (2006)

Singles

Light Colour Sound (Vinyl Solution - Storm 3) 12" (1988)
Infinity (Vinyl Solution - Storm 4) 12" (1989)
Inner Mind (Vinyl Solution - Storm 14) 12" (1990)
Spice (Vinyl Solution - Storm 22) 12" (1990)
Fear: The Mindkiller (Vinyl Solution - Storm 33) 12" (1991)
Basket Case (Vinyl Solution - Storm 39) 12" (1992)
Worlds Beyond (Vinyl Solution -Storm 66) 12" (1993)
A Kind Of Living (Vinyl Solution - Storm 96) 12" (1994)
Wave Angel (Electron Industries - TRON 2) 12" (1995)
Phase Test (Electron Industries - TRON 8) 12" (1996)
Absorbed (Longhaul - LH 01-6) 12" (2001)
Tantalus V5 (Longhaul - LH 05-6) 12" (2002)
Magazines Will Kill You (Umami - 12003) 12" (2005)

EP's

Cybertone (Vinyl Solution - EON 2) 2x12" (Promo 1994)
D:Delta (PAL - SL2) 12" (1997)
Component X (krack tronik- KRAK 013) 12" (2007)

References

^ Daily Swarm obituary Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Click here to view the tribute page for IAN LOVEDAY". Funeral-notices.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Inglis, Anne (2 May 2016). "Alan Loveday obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "The Spice". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Eon at AllMusic
^ "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

External links

[1] Daily Swarm obituary Archived 3 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Click here to view the tribute page for IAN LOVEDAY". Funeral-notices.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[3] Inglis, Anne (2 May 2016). "Alan Loveday obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[4] "The Spice". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[5] Eon at AllMusic

[6] "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

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