2. Interview with
Vangelis
Part1. July 1990 issue of Sound On Sound
Vangelis by Richard Buskin
Sound On Sound Magazine July 1990
Background
"In over 20 years there is not one synthesizer that has become a classic. Nobody created one as a performance instrument instead of as a computer, and then developed it. I’m not saying the computer approach is bad, but there should have been a balance
between the two. Today everything is geared towards pop music, and whilst I’m all for pop music I’m against this being the only consideration."
Vangelis is not a man given to making light and generalised statements about the current state of his art. Music has been his life and he a part of that music, ever since he began composing at the age of four, and from the very start he strayed from the
conventional and strived for the unimaginable.
Through a list of 17 solo albums stretching back to 1972, as well as two ballets, five collaborations with Jon Anderson, several television themes, and film soundtracks that include Blade Runner, Missing, and the Oscar-winning
Chariots of Fire,<
/i> Vangelis has continually explored the creation of musical forms via the integration of the acoustic with the electronic.
Uninhibited neither in terms of his work methods nor in terms of his geographical location, Vangelis has brought his unique talent to wide-ranging projects around the globe, moving from his native Greece to Paris during the late 1960s, on to London -and h
is own studio/music laboratory - in the mid 70s, and across Europe and the States since the mid-80s.
Taking his collection of instruments with him as he travels, he is currently located back in Paris, where he chooses to employ his synth setup either in his hotel suite or in the larger confines of Mega Studios.
Heavily involved, as usual, in his life-long programme of making music, Vangelis took time out recently to talk not only about his own work methods but, more specifically, about his views on the current technological scene. Not at all interested in a sel
f-promotional exercise, his sole desire was to express his forthright opinions about contemporary electronic keyboards; their design, manufacture, marketing, and utilisation.
Discography
More information in English
Interview 1 by Bob Doerschuk, Keyboard Magazine August, 1982 in English
Interview 3 Part2. Keyboard Magazine, December ’92
The Navigations of Vangelis by Christian Jacob
in English
Interview 4 Vangelis Speaks in English
More information His Biography in English
More information His Biography in Turkish
Vangelis and Neuronium in English
Pictures of Vangelis You will find Vangelis himself and also album covers
Another Internet Pages about Vangelis
Going on means going far.
Going far means returning.
(TAO TE CHING)