Vangelis - rare recording

A rare recording of Vangelis performing on synthesizer.

Original video enhanced with denoising, contrast improvement and colour correction.
Sound remastered for better clearity and stereo imaging.

Date of recording unknown but somewhere in the '80.

Enjoy! - Nimanty -

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Vangelis
• Nimanty
• synthesizer
• space music

[polimorfomusic]

Que Genio!

[ptpt88]

@markusmala This documentary was created in 1980 indeed.

[MrModulator]

@markusmala It may even be in 1979. The Vp330 came out in that year and as you say, the rest of his stuff are just old things. The Prophet 5 came out in 78. No sign of any Jupiter 8 or some other stuff which were released in the early 80;s. My guess is somewhere between late 79 and early 81.

[markusmala]

Funny, Vangelis inspired, truely loves to play in his favourite black keys, pentatonic scales are there easier to grasp ! like these sound of his old gear at the time so much, it is touching my emotional memories.

[markusmala]

@kovalmoog Maybe you seem a little harsh with Jarre even if it's true he came later in Emusic, I believe he was not so bad technically, it is said he was nearly alone to do Oxygène in his kitchen! and what about his Concrete studies with pierre Schaeffer? I think he loved and still does analog gear, like EMS A, and the ARP 2600, results were good musically even if is stays overlooked, that all the others deserved also so much. shortly after he got a lot of help for programming. Just a Lucky guy.

[vanfan1960]

@markusmala Amazing sound, love his musical creations. I was also thinking early 80's. I hear familar sounds from Opera Sauvage, Antarctica, The Bounty and Chariots of Fire in this composition.

[VictoryBarry]

@Nimanty, I wasted one hour of my time a while back in 2000 , watching and then e-mailing a colleague this early improvisation. You've given it anew life ! I appreciate that, thank you . :)

[markusmala]

Very early eighties must be, you can see even a single white hair on his look apart his beard! Then the material he got shows the age somehow, the latest you can see is the Prophet and maybe the Yamaha CP piano, the CS 80 is a little older in late 70', also the Roland VP330 must be around 1980. Thanks for this rare video.

[lacerdatech]

Thank you for uploaded,... bravissimo

[Jamesrosscooper]

@kovalmoog - I like jarre - but I have to say you really do have a point! Jarre pre and post Oxygene/Equinoxe is not exactly ground breaking stuff.