Vangelis - Prog?

1967/ 1976 wrote: I consider Vangelis one of the most sincere examples of Prog musician, although I could not frame it in a specific sub-genre of Progressive, since he has played various genres of this music.

Any time dude

There is no doubt in my mind at all he is a prog artist, and would probably fit best within either eclectic or crossover.

Mask Zeuhl? I may have to give it a spin one of these days Luca But again - it points a finger towards eclectic.

I guess we're back at the original purpose of this thread, which was to determine whether Vangelis would fit inside a prog category proper, which by looking at the poll results and all the different people chiming in, is an overhanging YES. The problem is however that we can't seem to agree were to put him. If you read back through the pages, there are people suggesting the electronic moniker as well as the eclectic, but deciding on which is damn near next to impossible as it turns out. Being part of the prog electronic team, I would personally rather see him under eclectic, because he did so much more than that. Like Infocat just mentioned, he is perhaps the very definition of eclectic - as I see it that is. Yes he made a couple of full fledged prog electronic albums, but then again he also made a couple of full fledged fusion ones. I think we would better honour the scope of this man's work by including him in a genre that speaks about the many different sides to his output, rather than merely focusing on a few electronic stints. But again that's just my take on it. I am just glad he is on here. We are all free to review his work, which is the bottom line.

Guldbamsen wrote: Hey Bearded Bard! If you're looking to get some Vangelis, then there is much more to be found than 'just' his soundtrack albums. A compilation cd just might do the trick - I agree with Richard here. But if you know what you like, then you can navigate pretty easily between at least a couple of his experiments: The Dragon = Krautrock Beaubourg = Avant-guarde Hypothesis = Fusion Heaven & Hell = Symphonic Albedo 0.39 = Electronic Oh and please take these monikers with a grain of salt (or two!), because just like many other great artists, Vangelis was indeed one of those who managed to blur the lines between the styles. All I can say is that he is definitely worth getting some music from.

Isn't this the very definition of eclectic?

Hey Bearded Bard!

The Bearded Bard wrote: Haven't heard any of his albums, but from what I've read in this tread his music seems to be something I need to check out.

Prog for sure

richardh wrote: the 'prog related' bit may also be down to Aphrodites Child I think he ought to be in progressive electronic if only for Heaven and Hell, Albedo 0.39 and Spiral. btw which albums are symphonic prog? Perhaps you were thinking Heaven and Hell?