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Thu Apr 15 16:44:07 1982
Vangelis
Vangelis Papathanassiou (his full name or very close to it), is
a Greek composer noted for his ethereal keyboard oriented spacey music.
As already posted here, he wrote the "Cosmos" (i.e., "Ladies and Gentlemen,
It's the Carl Sagan Show!!!"), as well as several collaborations with Jon
Anderson, former lead singer of Yes (two "Jon and Vangelis" albums, plus
his own RCA album "Heaven and Hell", which contains "So Long Ago, So Clear"
sung by Anderson).
Some hitherto unmentioned facts about Vangelis:
1) He was originally associated with Demis Roussos, Greek "pop star"
(?) in the group Aphrodite's Child. One song off of their album
"666" was played often by Allison Steele, the night bird of WNEW-FM
(New York City metro area), for those from around here.
("They'll no more suffer from hunger, they'll no more suffer
from thirst")
2) When Rick Wakeman left Yes, Vangelis was the first one considered
as his replacement. Legal hassles (visas, work permits) and
perhaps other things prevented this.
3) His relationship to Yes goes back even further. Those of you who
saw the "Topographic Oceans" tour concerts might remember some
strange eerie music immediately preceding the concert. NOT the
closing moments of the Firebird Suite that opened all of their
concerts for years, but a series of slow, spacey, echoey string
chords (simulated violin sections). I suddenly heard that same
piece on a college radio electronic music program, remembered it
instantly, and found out that it was written by Vangelis.
"Creation du Monde" from the (hard-to-find) album "Le
Apocalypse d'Animale", which is a score for a French film.
Well, enough obscure data on Vangie. I, for one, was extremely
glad that he won the Oscar for his "Chariots" score. Perhaps this will
open up the world to heretofore (or is it hitherto? no, I used that already)
unknown (to the world at large) electronic artists. (But hopefully not so
much as to cause overkill. Though, given the foresight and musical vision
of record companies...)
Rich Rosen
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