Vangelis S & D

Any evolution in opinion about the Vangelis remasters? Still recommend I stay away from remastered Odes?

I only liked the Mask and See You Later remasters, if I recall. I would go with earlier masters of most of
his work if possible.

Tribute compilation with proceeds going to charity:

https://castlesinspace.bandcamp.com/album/music-is-vast-a-tribute-to-the-music-and-legacy-of-vangelis

I sometimes think that double duo version of the band is my favorite. It wasn’t their best material but they were totally unhinged when they did their improvisations.

Rosetta, his first new studio album since 1998's El Greco came out on September 30th, and has a web site promoting it where you can, uh, play Vangelis Asteroids:

http://www.vangelisrosetta.com🕸/

Listening to the City tonight, a longtime favorite, the soundtrack to many a bleary dawn in the 90s, reeking of smoke and reeling from the sudden collapse of the heap of dark hours supporting me, a fond memory of being young and exhausted. I suspect I am unmoored these days not due to COVID or the state of things, but because the passing of Vangelis has robbed humanity of a vital connection to the universe writ large, a radio telescope we cannot rebuild, his regular output having margins densely filled with revelations written at just such liminal hours