POX: Vangelis

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It's easier to make a short list of what to avoid:

Oceanic
Voices
Direct
Alexander

Everything else is worth checking out, pretty much.

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 14:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Antarctica sounds very much like you would want a synthesizer album about Antarctica to sound.

There's a great bootleg of that album I found online which has about three times the music. Alas, it died in the Great Crash of 2010.

Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 12:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

So i conjured the Esper Edition of Blade Runner last night and yeah, wow, I get it now. That is, I get why ppl are so obsessed with this particular score. Amazing.

Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

For the French speakers here ...

Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 11 May 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

I've been listening to this at work after everybody else leaves early:

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

Has anyone heard Demis Roussos' solo LPs? I'm a little scared to dive into them but there's one that Vangelis co-wrote that sounds interesting...

frogbs, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Jaxon could probably answer that but I think he quit posting

Demis Roussos "I Dig You" is the Idjut Boys / Phantom Slasher song "Going Greek"

dmr, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

which I just realized is almost the same as Odyssey - "Who" (which is arr. and prod. Vangelis)

dmr, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Still listening to this Blade Runner boot. So fucking great.

Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 May 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

The Roussos solo stuff that Vangelis had a hand in is a bit heavy on the cheese for me. I would search for albums he produced for other folks in the 70s, especially Italian pop names like Patty Pravo, Riccardo (sp?) Cocciante and Claudio Baglioni. These are all big on the choirs and cavernous "Heaven & Hell" style synth armies. Then there's the lovely, more subdued record he did with Greek teen singer Mariangela. That one has more of an "Opera Sauvage" sound pallette going and is pretty special. All fave records of mine. Avoid most things he produced for others in the 80s I say bar a couple of things like the collabs with Irene Pappas and "Short Stories" with Jon Anderson.

Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 14 May 2012 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 14 May 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

I just cleaned up (hiss removal, added a little dynamics "oomph") two sort of hard to find concerts from 1978 & 1979 - Paris and London repsectively. Beautiful live improvs with piano, synths, percussion and other instruments. Incredible live versions of "Spiral" and others. Can up this week if anyone wants.

― A happenstance discovery of asynchronous lesbians (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:14 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*raises one paw pleadingly*

Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 May 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

oof - misplaced the drive with these files recently during a big apt. renovation but I do have them stored somewhere. will dig them up and post asap.

Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 14 May 2012 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

oof - misplaced the drive with these files recently during a big apt. renovation but I do have them stored somewhere. will dig them up and post asap.

Uh, yeah. Me too, please.

Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

Here's an idea of the London one, though I cleaned it up a bit. Will dig for the concerts this weekend.

Lawanda Pageboy (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:30 (1 year ago) Permalink


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