Vangelis

It is with some relief that it was decided to promote Evangelos Odyssey Papathanasslou

Просто Vangelis. Родился в Валосе, в Греции в 1943 году. Vangelis became something of a child prodigy performing in his first concert
at the age of six. At a time of political upheaval in his homeland during the late sixties Vangelis was in Paris, unable to return he
formed the band Aphrodites Child with Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras (drums) and had an instant European hit with the haunting
"Rain and Tears" released on the Mercury record label, sadly it was to be their only major success и группа распалась в 1972 году.

There followed a period in which Vangelis concentrated on writing for films and he began exploiting the use of fast developing
              electronic gadgetry to create a mixture of синтезированных и акустических звуков. By now established as a master of the keyboards, in 1974 it was widely tipped that он мог заменить Рика Уэйкмана в группе Yes, правда этого не случилось, но Vangelis остался 
в Лондоне, где построил собственную студию и позднее подписался с RCA Records.

Он вернулся в Грецию to work in 1978 and continued to have considerable mainstream success especially in his work with Yes
vocalist Jon Anderson and with internationally acclaimed film scores such as "Chariots of FIre" and "Bladerunner."

Tracks featured in the "Best of..." compilation contain some of the finest of his RCA recordings such as "Pulstar" и "Theme from
Cosmos," смешанные с the ambient vocal highlights from his collaboration with Anderson including the lovely "So long ago, So Clear," слова Андерсона, взятые из сюиты 1975 "Heaven and Hell". В 1988 Vangelis' relationship with RCA resumed when he
signed to sister label Arista Records, которые выпустили альбом "Direct", several recordings from that greatly under-rated album compliment this collection.

 

ALBUMS:

Sex Power 1970
Hypothesis 1971
The Dragon 1971
Fais Que Ton Reve Soit Plus Long Que La Nuit 1972
L'Apocalypse des animaux 1972
Earth 1973
Heaven And Hell 1975
Ignacio 1975
Albedo 0,39 1976
La Fete Sauvage 1976
Spiral 1977
Beaubourg 1978
China 1979
Opera Sauvage 1979
See You Later 1980
Chariots of Fire 1981
Antarctica 1983
Soil Festivities 1984
Invisible Connections 1985
Mask 1985
Direct 1988
The City 1990
1492 Conquest of Paradise 1992
Blade Runner 1994
Voices 1995
Oceanic 1996
El Greco 1998
Mythodea 2001

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