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 |