RIP Vangelis. To most Americans, he's best remembered for his scores to CHARIOTS OF FIRE - it's astonishing that the movie's instrumental theme was a #1 single - and BLADE RUNNER. But he has a large, varied body of work stretching from the '60s, when he was a member of the prog-rock band Aphrodite's Child, to last year, when his final studio album came out. Although he was Greek, rather than German, his '70s soundtracks, especially for nature documentaries, are cousins of the heady Krautrock of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schultze, with inspiration from jazz and Indian music alongside an electronic pulse. L'APOCALYPSE DES ANIMAUX & LA FETE SAUVAGE are particularly strong. [www.npr.org] https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64169#msg-64169 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:32:03 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64180#msg-64180 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64180#msg-64180
Obviously many of the Canadian content bands who were big here did not crack the U.S. market - that's to be expected - but the differences also affected a lot of acts from Europe and Australia who sometimes got picked up by Canadian radio and sold a lot of units here without making much of a dent on the bigger market down south. This was just before MTV became a major player. Jon + Vangelis were part of that trend.]]> Philippe Trouser Press Fri, 20 May 2022 14:55:14 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64179#msg-64179 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64179#msg-64179 The Friends of Mr. Cairo -- actually the second of four albums Vangelis recorded with Jon Anderson. Yeah, I remember the title track getting a fair amount of radio time, and its video clip (an homage to 1930s/1940s gangster movies) getting some air time on MTV. But neither the single nor the album became a big hit in the U.S., although it was apparently a Top Ten hit around the globe.]]> Delvin Trouser Press Fri, 20 May 2022 14:21:04 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64178#msg-64178 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64178#msg-64178 Michael Toland Trouser Press Fri, 20 May 2022 13:08:28 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64177#msg-64177 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64177#msg-64177 fantastic composer. R.I.P.]]> Middle C Trouser Press Fri, 20 May 2022 13:06:46 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64174#msg-64174 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64174#msg-64174 Philippe Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 21:39:20 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64172#msg-64172 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64172#msg-64172 steevee Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 20:57:18 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64171#msg-64171 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64171#msg-64171 Post-Punk Monk Trouser Press Thu, 19 May 2022 19:26:53 +0000 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64169#msg-64169 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,64169,64169#msg-64169
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