Apyuxjj.149 net.music utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!pyuxjj!rlr 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 ...!pyuxjj!rlr ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.