IN MEMORY OF VANGELIS
The stellar career of Vangelis means many things to many people, such was the magnitude of his success. He was an electronic pioneer to some, a neoclassical titan to others; a highly decorated soundtrack composer who could do light as easily as shade, a magician, a guru, and a prog god on top of it all. The Greek musician, who died of heart failure in a Paris hospital on May 17 aged 79, was all of these things and more.
Not that Vangelis felt comfortable with the word ‘career’. In a rare and exclusive interview with in 2016, he said: “I make music every day because it’s been like this all my life and I continue to do so the same way. I have never felt comfortable to be part of the music ‘business’. For me, ever since my earliest days working with record companies, it has been a means for
