Vortura

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title: "Vortura" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bailter-space-albums", "1994-albums", "matador-records-albums", "flying-nun-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortura" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Vortura
type	studio
artist	Bailter Space
cover	Vortura.jpg
released	May 1994
recorded	1993
genre	Noise rock, shoegazing
length	45:36
label	Flying Nun Records, Matador Records
producer	Bailter Space and Paul Berry
prev_title	Robot World
prev_year	1993
year	1994
next_title	Wammo
next_year	1995
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| name = Vortura | type = studio | artist = Bailter Space | cover = Vortura.jpg | released = May 1994 | recorded = 1993 | venue = | studio = | genre = Noise rock, shoegazing | length = 45:36 | label = Flying Nun Records, Matador Records | producer = Bailter Space and Paul Berry | prev_title = Robot World | prev_year = 1993 | year = 1994 | next_title = Wammo | next_year = 1995 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score =
| rev2 = | rev2Score = | noprose = yes Vortura is the fourth album by New Zealand band Bailter Space. It was released in 1994. The songs were recorded at five studios, with all of the songs engineered by Bailter Space. The final tracks were produced by Bailter Space and Paul Berry.

Vortura is the band's heaviest album, lyrically and musically, and marked the first time they recorded an album outside of their native New Zealand. The song title "NO2" apparently is a reference to nitrogen dioxide, an air pollutant, though the song title is alternatively spelled as "No 2." "Projects" chastizes "you in your ivory tower" for living well, while "people in projects, people living simply" lead ignored lives; this song coincided with the band's move to New York City from New Zealand. "X" and "Projects" appeared on the B.E.I.P. EP, which came out several months in advance of Vortura. A live version of "Projects" also came out on the Retro EP in 1995.

Track listing

All songs written by Bailter Space.

1. "Projects" – 5:06
2. "Process Paid" – 3:44
3. "X" – 4:47
4. "Voices" – 5:21
5. "NO2" – 3:26
6. "I.C.Y." – 2:30
7. "Dark Blue" – 3:14
8. "Shadow" – 4:03
9. "Galaxy" – 4:44
10. "Reactor" – 3:15
11. "Control" – 5:26

Personnel

• Alister Parker – guitar, vocals
• John Halvorsen – guitar, bass, vocals
• Brent McLachlan – drums, sampler

References

References

1. {{AllMusic. Ned. Raggett

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