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Drift to Heaven (tribute track for Vangelis)

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Vangelis, the Oscar-winning composer of the music for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, and a pioneer of electronic music, has died. He was 79.
According to several media outlets in the musician’s native Greece, Vangelis died of coronavirus in France, where he lived part-time. He also had homes in London and Athens.
Over his more than 50-year career, Vangelis was renowned for his musical experimentation and eclectic influences. He won an Oscar in 1982 for his theme for the British film Chariots of Fire, and went on to develop the scores for a slew of other movies, including Ridley Scott’s cult classic Blade Runner, as well as for theatre and ballet.
Born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou in Agria, a coastal town central Greece, Vangelis developed an early interest in music and experimented with sound by banging pots and pans or fixing nails, glasses and other objects to the strings of his parents’ piano. He performed his first piano concert at the age of six.
“I’ve never studied music,” he told Greek magazine Periodiko in 1988, in which he also bemoaned growing “exploitation” by studios and the media.
“At one time there was a craziness … now it’s a job.”
“You might sell a million records while feeling like a failure. Or you might not sell anything feeling very happy,” he said.
After studying painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Vangelis made his start with local Greek rock bands. He left for Paris when he was 25, part of an exodus of artistic talent following the 1967 military coup.
In Paris, he joined fellow Greeks Demis Roussos and Lucas Sideras in the progressive rock band Aphrodite’s Child, achieving cult status and selling millions of records before they broke up in 1972.
Fascinated by the then-new field of electronic synthesizers, Vangelis settled in London in 1974, where he established Nemo Studios, the “sound laboratory” that produced most of his solo albums for more than a decade.
But he valued his independence over record sales.
“Success is sweet and treacherous,” the composer told Britain’s Observer newspaper in 2012. “Instead of being able to move forward freely and do what you really wish, you find yourself stuck and obliged to repeat yourself.”

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released May 21, 2022

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Romerium's music transcends the ordinary. It's a gateway to another dimension, an auditory escape that transports listeners to realms of their own imagination. He is widely recognized as one of the most original artists in the electronic music genre, and his professionalism extends beyond his creative prowess.
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