Vangelis - China
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Artist: VangelisEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polygram UK
Soundtracks:
- Chung Kuo
- The Long March
- The Dragon
- The Plum Blossom
- The Tao of Love
- The Little Fete
- Yin and Yang
- Himalaya
- Summit
Free Music Notes for China
Free Music Review: A nice balance of electronic and acoustic textures
Hit: 5 Stars
This 1979 release is yet another wonderful album of progressive electronic with some vaguely Chinese compositional themes occasionally played on traditional Chinese instruments. One other property that sets China apart from his other albums is the use of acoustic instruments. I feel that the acoustic aspects of China balance the electronic textures nicely - come to think of it, there is some especially nice acoustic piano playing on The Long March.
In typical fashion, Vangelis plays a number of instruments on this album including an arsenal of synthesizers (Yamaha CS80, Korg polyphonic ensemble, Roland Jupiter 4, Yamaha CP-70 electric piano etc.) along with the acoustic piano, various bits and pieces of percussion, bamboo flutes, and what may very well be a Guzheng (plucked string instrument). Vangelis is joined by excellent violinist Michael Ripoche on one track (The Plum Blossom); and two individuals that provide very brief spoken word recitals including Yeung Hak-Fun and Koon Fook Man (The Little Fete).
The nine tracks on the album range in length from 2:44 to the lengthy and spacey track Himalaya (10:53). Musically, this is a very solid album that boasts the gloomy atmospherics and synth heavy nature of his late 1970s output along with some fairly interesting arrangements. I think that he did a pretty good job with the traditional Chinese instruments and integrating the Chinese themes into the more electronic pieces. By the way, although acoustic instruments are used on this album, this is very much a synthesizer dominated album - the synthesizer tone colors he selected are very warm sounding.
All in all, I found this to be yet another exciting album by Vangelis and rank it right up there with some of my favorites including Spiral (1977), Opera Sauvage (1979) and Chariots of Fire (1981). Recommended.
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