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Length
  
37:50

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
Private Music

Artist
  
Yanni

Producer
  
Yanni


Released
  
March 2, 1984 (Atlantic) 1989 (Private Music)

Recorded
  
1980 at Cookhouse Studios and Sound 80, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Optimystique (1984)
  
Keys to Imagination (1986)

Genres
  
New-age music, Instrumental, Progressive rock, Pop rock

Similar
  
Yanni albums, New-age music albums

Optimystique is the debut studio album by Keyboardist Yanni, released on Atlantic Records label in 1984 and again on the Private Music label in 1989.

Contents

Personnel

  • All music composed and produced by Yanni
  • Yanni – Synthesizers and Keyboards
  • Ernest LaViolette – Drums and Percussion
  • Tom Sterling – Bass guitar on "Twilight"
  • Dugan McNeill – Bass guitar on "The Chase"
  • Tony Matsis – Bouzouki on "Strings"
  • Bruce Kurno – Harps

    • Production

  • Produced by Jerry Steckling and Yanni
  • Executive Producers: Mark MacPherson and Tom Paske
  • Engineered by Jerry Steckling
  • Assistant Engineer: Chopper Black
  • Recorded at Cookhouse Studios and Sound 80, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles

    • Songs

    1The Sphynx4:13
    2Butterfly Dance6:26
    3Strings3:49

    References

    Optimystique Wikipedia
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