New Vangelis studio album - Rosetta
- KVRAF
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- 3060 posts since 10 Nov, 2013 from Germany
Inspired by the ESA space vehicle Rosetta. Release Date: 23-Sep-2016.
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/ ... k-preview/
Style is downtempo symphonic.
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/ ... k-preview/
Style is downtempo symphonic.
- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
Kind of goes without sayingChris-S wrote:Style is downtempo symphonic.
But I am happy he continues putting out work. I would have to call myself a rather big fan, so looking forward to this
- KVRAF
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- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
Incredible as it may sound... El Greco is a relatively recent work from VangelisJerGoertz wrote:Have been a fan for many years... really like El Greco.
For me, it's the "Nemo Studio Trilogy": Heaven & Hell, Albedo 0.39 and Spiral. Then, come the soundtracks, starting with Chariots of Fire, obviously...
Fernando (FMR)
- KVRAF
- 2822 posts since 14 Feb, 2001 from What do you care? :)
FWIW he was doing soundtracks even before Chariots.
Rosetta seems to fit in the same "box" as the Nemo Studio Trilogy you mentioned. Even better, imo. I really like it.
Rosetta seems to fit in the same "box" as the Nemo Studio Trilogy you mentioned. Even better, imo. I really like it.
Available on iTunes, Amazon, etc.
- KVRAF
- 2822 posts since 14 Feb, 2001 from What do you care? :)
Also fwiw... I love both El Greco's as well. The original album as well as the soundtrack version. Really, they're all good and all inspirational. The only ones that I really didn't like are Hypothesis and Dragon.
- KVRAF
- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
Way before it, I know. If I'm not mistaken, the first soundtrack was for a film called "5000 Lies", in the distant year of 1967 (reportedly, a bad soundtrack)...Sequent wrote:FWIW he was doing soundtracks even before Chariots.
But the first soundtrack ever released on disk (again, according to what I read) was Sex Power, in 1970.
Fernando (FMR)
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I've heard about Sex Power but never heard it. Never heard of 5000 Lies. It would be interesting to hear them just for the sake of curiosity. But probably not really.fmr wrote:Way before it, I know. If I'm not mistaken, the first soundtrack was for a film called "5000 Lies", in the distant year of 1967 (reportedly, a bad soundtrack)...Sequent wrote:FWIW he was doing soundtracks even before Chariots.
But the first soundtrack ever released on disk (again, according to what I read) was Sex Power, in 1970.
One that I also remember listening to a lot when I was younger is Opera Sauvage. Was that one also done at Nemo Studios?
- KVRAF
- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
Yes, it was recorded during 1978 and 1979, and engineered by Keith Spencer-Allen, the same engineer that worked with Vangelis on Albedo 0.39 (and whose voice we can hear reciting the data from the Earth in the last track), Spiral, Beaubourg and China. The data about Opéra Sauvage was written accordingly with the CD sleeve. It was a soundtrack for a series of documentaries from Frédéric Rossif, as was "L'Apocalypse des Animaux" and "La Fête Sauvage" - but these ones were earlier.Sequent wrote:I've heard about Sex Power but never heard it. Never heard of 5000 Lies. It would be interesting to hear them just for the sake of curiosity. But probably not really.fmr wrote:Way before it, I know. If I'm not mistaken, the first soundtrack was for a film called "5000 Lies", in the distant year of 1967 (reportedly, a bad soundtrack)...Sequent wrote:FWIW he was doing soundtracks even before Chariots.
But the first soundtrack ever released on disk (again, according to what I read) was Sex Power, in 1970.
One that I also remember listening to a lot when I was younger is Opera Sauvage. Was that one also done at Nemo Studios?
Vangelis worked in Nemo Studio until at least 1984 (Mask). It was perhaps his best creative period ever.
Opéra Sauvage is excelent, one of the finest Vangelis albums.
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Fernando (FMR)
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I'm listening to Opera Sauvage right now. Went looking through my old cd's and realized that I actually do have it.
I agree with you. Definitely a very fine album and also one that I would heartily recommend to anyone who is new to Vangelis' music.
This is a cd that I got a while ago and it sounds excellent on my studio system. Truly a testament not only to the music but to the production and recording as well.
I agree with you. Definitely a very fine album and also one that I would heartily recommend to anyone who is new to Vangelis' music.
This is a cd that I got a while ago and it sounds excellent on my studio system. Truly a testament not only to the music but to the production and recording as well.
- KVRAF
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Anyone knows what the hieroglyphics on his production modules are meaning?
Trailer vid: https://youtu.be/a7eLhIb-_HM
Trailer vid: https://youtu.be/a7eLhIb-_HM
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- KVRAF
- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
I have no idea, but I would risk saying that the Vs stand for violins (or strings), and that the - over the V would mean sustained, perhpas, or some kind of special articulation. The Us would mean Tiimpani or some kind of percussion, while that thing that reminds an H would mean Bells. This is just me guessing, of course. Bear in mind that you are just watching two of the many interfaces (seems like kind of MIDi controller interfaces) which are connected to the keyboards. I have no idea what his system is about nowadays, but he has an amazing collection of pedals attached, and these "controllers seem to allow him to quickly perform program changes and activate instruments/channels.Chris-S wrote:Anyone knows what the hieroglyphics on his production modules are meaning?
Trailer vid: https://youtu.be/a7eLhIb-_HM
Fernando (FMR)
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- 1209 posts since 28 Jun, 2005
The only instrument on the album I can also play :
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