Vangelis & Neuronium ( In London 1982 )

[Dickgasm]

NEEDS DRUM MACHINE OR LIVE DRUMMER :D

[oasthous]

Awesome!



[infraoptic]

Not to everyones taste, but i would loved to hear a very, very light, brushed drum n bass beat with plenty of airy ride start around 3:47 ish just after the poly arp kicks in.

Quality video by the way.

[inocentforever]

a las 12 personas que no les gusta seguro son unos pinches narcotraficantes que se la pasan oyendo musica grupera!

[wrmusic]

amazing

[pete6763]

Very relaxing and beautiful music

[hans2406]

It is a bloody shame that so music of Vangelis never was released on CD, LP or whatever. Hopefully the master, one day, will decide it is time to put ALL his music on CD's.

[GeorgiMl]

synth history is pretty much like "the pendulum effect" ... in the past syhth creators swiched from analog to digital because the analog hardware wasn't as stable as the digital one, but that was the beauty of it..now they are trying to make digitall as good as the old machines...kind of funny isn't it?..Like Hammond Organ company used to thuff the old organs with filters so they can remove the key click...now most of the new "perfect" organ vst's have a keyclick as a bonus hahahaha :)

[mrb1untman]

@GeorgiMl What is old is new is old again, eh?

[TheTrancer85]

yeeehaw :-) great!

[MrGraveWalkerX1]

Strongly agreed, analog synths are the dreamers wet dream of creating some of the most memorable, exotic soundscapes.

[studiodreadful]

Excellent, merci ...

[magicact]

Digital keyboards have taken all the drama out of playing. They all more or less look the same. I recent years manufactures are trying to bring the drama back.

[plinko747]

There's no way you can reproduce all the nuances of old analog synths like these 100% in software VSTs. Arturia's emulations are good but not like real hardware :)

[RoastLambShanks]

brilliant

[MateusTTTT]

Or one of the sound layers is completely lost

[MateusTTTT]

It seems Vangelis was the only one improvising...

[nasetheace]

awesome.

[hageir]

don't you just love Vangelis?

[emdotambient]

Hmm...interesting, I had never heard of Neuronium or Huygen. At times this really starts sounding like something off Michael Hoenig's Departure From The Northern Wasteland album. Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[teatime90]

Great beards :D love the 80s

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

The wobbly VHS just makes it taste all the much better to me.

[Ploonlint]

You can buy this on iTunes "Neuronium & Vangelis - In London" and it's well worth it.

[MrGabineo]

Vangelis! genius!!

[aridipi08]

Mi Dios, si esto es "improvisación", no quisiera imaginarme de lo que serían capaces de hacer si se hubieran sentado a componer algo más elavorado...

[chestertonnable]

@aridipi08 Totalmente de acuerdo "aridipi08".

[anitagallieni]

Where did this session take place?

[clatterbox01]

is there a better recording of this somewhere?

brilliant session.

[LackOfTolerance]

Everyone keeps going on about Vangelis, but you lot never heard Neuronium? Broaden up your stuff, give Neuronium a good listen, very recommended!

[FSXISCOOL]

@LackOfTolerance Am a great huge Vangellis fan but i agree..there is life outside of the big V...lots of artists have great talent...it is a sad fact that the tallest and biggest tree overshadows all the rest of the forest..Neuronium is responsible for this music on this video...it was just a passing fancy for Vangelis....

[chestertonnable]

@LackOfTolerance The best music composed by Neuronium that I ever heard is the main theme from a spaniard documentary called ``La Puerta del Misterio´´. It is so great thant the most great themes by Tangerine Dream.

[mitsupitsu44]

vangelis is nothing less then brilliant, i am a fan for about 35 years now, and hope to still stay a fan of him for many years

[marsupialmicron]

Excellent piece. it sounds a lot like Tangerine Dream, not so much Vangelis

[Festivum01]

That's what I thought too. But more like 'a musical carpet'. Don't get me wrong, both TD and Vangelis are much appreciated by me ;) .

But not always though. I'm more a JMJ and Kraftwerk fan.

[vjrei]

You can really tell Vangelis sound.

[FUHGI]

DEFINATELY ¡¡¡

[oscillator3]

Outstanding improvisational piece. I wish there was a full video of the session. Imagine what it would have been like to be there in the studio watching these guys. What talant!

[GeeDeLCydelix]

apla eyxaristo.... to vlepo ta dyo teleytaia xronia mia fora th vdomada toulaxiston...

[gatitatriphop]

fome

[isanvice]

do not forget carlos guirao, from cataluña spain, plays a role very important in this inprovisational , he is the third guy no as famous as the other two

[waveterm]

Prophet-5

[vangelisideras]

excelente material!!! fantastic! two colosus

[GeeDeLCydelix]

Vagelis sideras e??? exeis to onoma tou kallitexni kai to eponymo to louka sidera apo aphrodites child...lucky guy

[Trancemania785]

Fantastic piece of music. Thanks for the upload!

[ShynAwkward]

I can hear that 80's 8bit attenuation.....& I luv it!

Sounds like the opening music to a classic 80's sci-fi movie ;-)

[kosmischemyke]

I love this and I own the platinum series CD

[rethink621]

The Tangerine Dream that never was.

[chestertonnable]

@rethink621 No exactly. Neuronium maked that thanks to the great basic structures done by Tangerine Dream. In this video Vangelis demonstrates he can do so well these forms.

[matt9741399]

Ahhh, that wow and flutter... love it.

[loafdapesholmes]

In fact leon Theramin knitted the orange pineapple knot knit design sweater and as well as all the below being true it is a working theramin. Also you can use the left upper arm as a ribbon controller for pitchbending other synths. But a lot of audio as coming straight out of that sweater and being controlled by the sweater. You have to think in Russian for it to work though as it works off sensing the neurons firing in your brain and is thought activated just like firefox with clint eastwood.

[loafdapesholmes]

what an amazing sweater it sounds awesome the way the filters sound on that sweater is unbeleivable. The orange sweater is triggering the cs80 via cv and gate i think. I think the orange sweater may have even had a rudementry 5 dyn sync that predates midi . I think the cuffs plug into the back of other synths envelope generators such as buchla 201 and arp 2500.

[theescher]

what synth is the raspy one from the start?

[WolfgangAmadeusF]

Belgian and Greek composers should be more popular.AWESOME piece of music.

[KidFiction101]

thats wicked.

[erdavis7]

Wow, that's so awesome! CS-80, Prophet 5, VP-330, SH-1000, and ...

What are those other 2 keyboards the orange-sweater guy plays (under the VP330) at 5:03 and (to his left) at 5:16? Any guesses?

[golafs]

@5.03  maybe the yamaha sk-30?

[Gazdatronik]

@golafs Thats the Roland VP-330. Best analong string/choir/vocoder ever made.

[PacoLazaro]

Cuando dos genios se juntan, sólo puede dar como resultado un producto genial.

[felmoe]

where can I GET THIS VIDEO original ?

[yonnii]

awesome

[DancingAngelicR]

Dreamy Music...Two of my favorite composers, Bravo guys!!!!!

[Pmls1972]

Beautiful, inspirational!

[aridipi08]

Que música por Dios, había que ser muy bueno en esa época para ser músico electrónico. Todas las ejecuciones en tiempo real, no existía el MIDI ni los preset tal como los conocemos hoy en día, pero que bien que sonaban esos analógicos.

[MaxSynths]

Not true. In an interview Neuronium said there was some prerecorded stuff involved in these sessions. Great performance anyway.

[BestiaDeAviles]

ACOJONANTE

[DaCrazyDiamond]

crack

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Ahhhhh Bliss !

I wonder if the age of this video adds to the pitch wobble effect !

Just love it.

[galvezpablo]

excelente improvisacion y la verdad me gustaria que pudiese tocar con jarre, klaus schulze, tangerine dream, y porque no tambien incluiria a kitaro, yanni pudo haber entrado pero el definitivamente chafeo y no es si quiera ni la mitad del yanni que se dio a conocer hace mucho que lastima pero bueno

[5735740]

yanni se ahorco solito con lo qeu hizo ultimamente... vangelis con eso nos demuestra que es el papá de la musica con sintetizadores

[aridipi08]

Yo le agragaría a tu lista a Wendy Carlos y Gershon Kingsley

[juglarlocogmail]

omfg awesome

[kovalmoog]

Carlos Guirao (from Neuronium) touched the heaven on that session. He and Vangelis were very inspired and synchronized. Meanwhile Michel Huygen seems to be in a serious search of the "final volume" control of the Prophet 5. Years later, in the final CD edition of that performance "In London", Huygen excluded the Guirao's presence in the inlay photo (but not his shadow, projected on the rear wall of the studio :-)

[mitsupitsu44]

vangelis is a musical genius,he playes almost all instruments that exist,not only synths and keyboards

[Patrickillian]

I Agree !

;)

[atnonis]

@mitsupitsu44 vangelis is dead?

[mitsupitsu44]

@atnonis no,he is still alive and well, as far as i know

[Otonium]

@mitsupitsu44 He can play violin... something that Oldfield (another great artist) wasn't able to

[mitsupitsu44]

@Otonium mike oldfield wasnt bad for sure(and yes,i am from that music era,thank god i was born in the beginning of the sixties,and grew up with some of the most awesome music ever made) but he was just not as multitalented as Vangelis was and still is.

[Secondlifecreator]

@mitsupitsu44

Well your wrong , he plays mainly synthesizers/piano/hammond..a drumkit with limitations. That is about all he can play. So you got 13 idiots with you that do not know how to google. Just like you

[mitsupitsu44]

@Secondlifecreator i am not wrong at all,he plays several kinds of flutes,he playes the guitar and bassguitar,the keyboard,piano,synthesizer,dru­ms,harp and so on. I was already a fan of this guy when you were not even born yet,so get your facts straight.

[Secondlifecreator]

@mitsupitsu44

His own website does not lie , have fun being a " fan" came right of a official site of his lol.

When he played once a flute does not make him a master of it.

[mitsupitsu44]

@Secondlifecreator you can talk all you want,you cannot convince me anyway....

[Secondlifecreator]

@Secondlifecreator

Thats is because you to stupid and to thickskulled. To simple pop open his OWN website...

I suggest you keep believing the never landed on the moon either...

Fail...lol

[mitsupitsu44]

analog synthesizers sound so much better then the digital ones

[Schmeeky455]

@mitsupitsu44 Oh my God, yeah! Synths are analog, keyboards are digital...

[mitsupitsu44]

@Schmeeky455 most of the synthesizers today are digital,but to me they do sound not half as good as the old fashioned analog synthesizers that they are using in this clip!!

[Schmeeky455]

@mitsupitsu44 Aye, I know, but it's just the way I think of them - for it to a proper synth for me it HAS to be analog! :)

[carlosi104]

@mitsupitsu44

In this clip you are hearing Low-Fi: Analog synthesizers broadcasted by FM (TV), recorded on a Video Tape (probably VHS) digitized and compressed to mp3. Digital synthesizers can produce very good sounds, but there are not exatly the same type of sound that can be produced by analog synthesizers, it's simply different.

[mitsupitsu44]

@carlosi104 hi,carlosi,i agree that the sound of digital synthesizers can be very good,no question about it,but i only wanted to state that i myself prefere the analoog.

[manu2000qc]

I have this cd since long time and i listen more, i like it.

[mostanica]

sounds like tangerine dream,they are both great.

[ltxym]

tu tu tu tu tuuuuuuuuu ti tu ti tu tuuuuuuuu LOL , i really love this one finger concerto

[jone4s]

i like it... it´s very moody.... sounds like future.... can´t conceive roncsteleps comment at all..... but nevermind...

[roncstelep]

Long, empty fantasyless stuff. I admire Vangelis but the presence of Neuronium holds him back. There's no real music but commonplace chords and already much too well known atmospheres. No idea. I'm sorry, I would never release such music. Vangelis tries playing and allocating the themes but the other 2 men are not responsing. Dull, flat..

[alancambridge03]

Vi este vídeo en 1982, en el programa de Angel Casas. Una locura, pero ahí se nota también mucho la mano de los Neuronium.

[jokunitzky]

Increible

[vicko77]

Three Psychos locked in a cellar are larding synthesizer's keyboards. Hidden in their world, each hidden in his private emotional base,with colours of shades and sadness, calmness,environmental memories,galatic lovers, dark metallic mines, shapes of lost lover's grave, untold secrets in a grave, losing it,finding it,new hope.vangelis a genius ....

[jarriano]

if you dont know,Neuronium is spanish.

[GCom67]

Absolute respect!

[fleshmannn]

Jean Michel Jarre is also good.

[aureliosjc]

Sinistro

[maykatideeba]

Neither do I! This man is an absolute master of keyboards!

[ediexxi]

somebody can surpass this in 2008... I don´t believed

[pp12021]

magnificant track!

[vicko77]

perfect musician he is

[WolfgangAmadeusF]

Awesome

[aridipi08]

Vangelis, el más grande entre los grandes. Mucho sintetizador analógico, mucho cosmos de Carlg Sagan y mucho "paladar negro". Esto si que es musica de alto vuelo!!!

[milolouis]

I love this composition style with the calming drone it is a shame that it has pretty much died out now. As people cant focus without a regular melody and thumping bass line.

[deadredeyes]

You should check out Stars of The Lid, Hammock, Robin Guthri & Harold Budd, M83, Biltmore Dive ... there's still some guys out there doing the ambient thing.

[mullin797]

stuff like this exists you just have to look hard, there are many many good ambient producers out there.

[dgontar]

I've been looking for some good progressive electronic music, stuff similar to what Vince DiCola did in Rocky IV. Do you know any big names?

[mullin797]

try some of the later Tangerine Dream stuff 80's onwards.

[4darin5]

I did.

It tastes bland.

[mullin797]

well the progressive stuff like the rocky theme that you mentioned isnt really my thing and not what ambient music is about for me, my favourites are Biosphere 'The Things i tell you' and 'Kobresia' steve roach 'Grounding place' 'reflections in suspension' and john foxx 'oceanic' all can be found on youtube.

[mullin797]

it wasnt even you that asked, well have it anyway dusty knuckles.

[kenlazslo1985]

los ochentas, la era analogica de la musica electronica de elite,ESTA SI ERA ELECTRONICA, NO COMO LA DE HOY

[pau55555]

I love this kind of music, but the monotony in that piece is annoying. Climax ad-nauseam is more tense than relaxing.

I could swear Vangelis´lead lines circa 03:15 subtly suggest to change key. He´s clearly a much more competent musician than the other two who´re stuck to the same minor chord, possibly due to lack of imagination or absent musical talent. The Neuroniums could learn from Klaus Schulze the mastering of well-played space drone music. Pity it´s not Vangelis´ cup of tea. Sorry...

[mullin797]

pedantic and swollen with wrongness pau55555.

[pau55555]

My thoughts exactly when I hear the Neuroniums play ;-)

[mullin797]

exit stage left, NEXT

[rgh97]

who is the far right outrageous haircut guy?

[Peggols]

Spettacolare!

[rjb2008]

shades of tangerine dream in the mid 70's, such classic synth music

[ueabmyj]

does anyone know if this is available on dvd or commercial medium that i can buy?

[oS2006DE]

I found it on itunes, Vangelis - In London. My only gripe with it is that it's mostly washed out by effects, but it's definitely this piece.

[ueabmyj]

Thank you! I just bought them from there as well + plus everything I needed to complete my Vangelis collection!! Awesome!

[Synthomania]

OMG im in love with vangelis. He is a god to me. I want a CS80!

[Patrickillian]

me too :P

[dontillman]

@Patrickillian They have virtual ones now! : )

[ministeroftuba]

@Synthomania There's a digital model of it that's quite cheap. Check out Arturia CS-80V. Sounds amazing.

[TheMCMXXL]

@ministeroftuba Yes, to sounss amazing, but approx. 70% of the original CS80 and it eats a lot of CPU power.

[Booger6995]

@TheMCMXXL Yep. Know someone who has it and doesn't even use it. Eats way too much CPU resources and it doesn't sound good. According to him that is. He simulates CS80 with and ESQ 1. Really versatile synth.

[drchepa]

una autentica gozada.

[taosaurio]

Vangelis+Michel Huygen+sintetizadores analógicos=akojonante!! 5 estrellas

[kotep777]

holy shit

[gilwe]

What can I say. Amazing.

How better can you get than Prophets, Moogs and a CS80 ?

;)

[mitchthompson]

Fantastic! Is a DVD of the complete performance available?

[Patrickillian]

no ... its recorded from TV :(

[davelectronic]

this video its amazing. Im a big fan of vangelis and michael h(neuronium)and I enjoy this. thanks mr patrickillian.

[devoxtc]

Thanks for posting this - two of my all-time faves at once, Vangelis v Huygen! Also it is a liitle different to the available EP.

[4darin5]

The Synthesizer: The final & ultimate form of musical expression!

[earthacademy]

Mr Neuronium was in the audience at our gig... :-P

seeing as we grew up listening to these guys music....it was kinda cool to know he was there...

[LUCANUS1]

vangelis inspires me to want to go to mykonos island for three months and make quality aphrodites child type tracks

[tangragama]

simplemente hermoso para quienes amamos la verdadera musica electronica es un deleite

[davelectronic]

estoy totalmente deacuerdo contigo tantagrama.me gustaria ver a ellos dos con jarre tocando juntos.(y si se pudiera agregar a tangerine dream y klaus shulse mejor aun).

[markusmala]

I would so much make a Jam with Mr.papathanssiou, this guy's were lucky to find a moment to make it with Vangelis, very impressive electronica more in the ways of Berlin School results, Neuronium I didn't new very much before, and good hot sounding gear, this was good times in 1982, just before DX times

[drchepa]

great sounds from 1.981...!

[rg2027x]

Vangelis' playing & sounds have so much personality. You recognize it's him just on a few notes.

[sausagenmuff]

yes i like analog so much better too.. digital loses somthing.. like a picture of a photograph.

[oS2006DE]

Actually, Digital processing works much better for photography than for music. In music these days, it's either analog, a respectable facsimile thereof, or just plain ignorant!

It's just a shame that such open-minded music has to come from some of the most notoriously closed minds in electronic music history.

[sausagenmuff]

speak english oS2006DE. I have no idea what your saying. are you in favor of analog music or not?

and no digital photography is not better than traditional. not by a long shot. a 20$ film camera still takes better pictures than a 1,000$ Digital.

when you go from analog to digital you cut out a HUGE amount of data. doesnt matter if it's Light wave or audio wave.

[oS2006DE]

NM on the digital photography thing---I hadn't realized you were making an analogy.

To answer your question, I love analog more than I love my balls. I'd love it more if it weren't so difficult to come by. I settle for the analog modeling stuff available; it's much farther along than it was even 5 years ago (ie Arturia, GMedia)! :-D

[valdeci2910]

es maguinifico

[pabcasado]

even the sound recorded on video tape is bad thew analogue sound is amazing

[Jonno71]

8 minutes of analogue heaven that stills kicks 10 colours of shite out of todays digital market. This is what it's all about. Once you've tried analogue, you never go back.

[Vassal18]

Imagine(you)if there were a project named KS3, that is, a live-show for keyboards-synthsizers players such as Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Neuronium, Kitaro, Yanni....

[CliffBrton]

great synthsizers!!!

[Vassal18]

Well, if there is the project named G3 (for guitarrists of Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock), it would be interesting if it contained a project which involves synthsizers and keyboards players, too...

[Vassal18]

Very cool, in spite of having analogue keyboards, only...

[devmiles]

meaningfull and heavy synth shit!! true synh power to he max! respect!

[intigfx]

this sounds great, like something between a jarre intro and tangerine dream with the vangelis touch

[napoleon8181]

Amazing.

[drchepa]

jarre once in greece invited vangelis to his cocert in 2001 but the greek refused because he was makihg MYTHODEA that could be very interested too....

[Patrickillian]

I agree ... i Would like to see it happens ... Jarre+ Vangelis ;)

[Togodumnus]

Analogue bliss! None of that digital shite. Bloody amazing post. Makes me want to dig out my old Neuronium and Vangelis albums and, ... just look at them I suppose - I don't have a USB turntable yet.

[drchepa]

these kind of analogue sounds is almost imposible to hear today THESE are real composers not today freaking beautiful low minded boys today everything has to be fast here you can hear different textures and beautiful melodies...just music from another time just..........great.

[devilfisk]

true true... so far from softsynth preset arps you can come :D

[Ultimatequinoxe]

Aaahhhhhhhh ! Just imagine........To be in that room among all those fine, even finest Synths - Moog's, Prophets, roland drum machines and.....The CS(id sell my manhood for) 80 ! - THEN, double that by being among some or even THE finest players theres been to date !...........Awe inspiring !

[BADAWYY]

This looks like astronauts working on some control pannels. :) Kind of Sci-Fi...I like it.

[gmegas]

Vangelis is one of the best composers of modern era!

[mohthegreat]

Musicians these days make shit music comparing to these guys.

Amazing music!

[gordongate]

try tangerine dream, either rubycon or phaedra album

[giorgosgatzigristos]

Tnx buddie... :(

[voorniks]

unbelivable

[howsmydrifting]

UNBElIVEABLE...TRANCE b4 TRANCE!

[kfrausto]

Good god....that was unbelievable. Wow.

[tzrd350]

out of this world

[antolintinez]

Neuronium fue una excelente banda catalana, aunque efímera, lamentablemente. Vangelis es un genio. Qué más podemos querer?

Neuronium was an excellent catalan band, but, saddly, short in time. Vangelis is a genious, what else we want?