The music Vangelis composed was much more psychedelic and progressive rock oriented than anything the band had done before. The band began to record, late ina musical adaptation of the biblical Book of Revelationentitled However, relations between the band members were declining, and things continued to worsen during the methodically slow recording process.Įssentially, the ambitious double album was Vangelis's concept, created with an outside lyricist, Costas Ferris. To keep the steady flow of hits, the band released another single in August"Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall". The year went by with the band promoting their latest album and Vangelis working on his first film project. After their second album, the band began touring again, this time without Vangelis who preferred to stay in Paris and record the music for Henry Chapier 's film, Sex Power. Their next hit single was "I Want to Live", an arrangement of the song " Plaisir d'amour ".įor their second album, the band traveled to London to record at the Trident Studios. The band began touring around Europe, and in January they recorded a single in Italian for the Sanremo Festivalin which they did not participate. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Koulouris had to stay in Greece to fulfill his military service, while the band, on their way to London, got stuck in Paris partly because they did not have the correct work permits and partly because of the strikes associated with the May events.
It was probably Vangelis's idea that the still-anonymous band should be relocated to Londonwhich would be a more suitable environment for their music, as their country had entered a right-wing dictatorship in This decision, however, was not problem-free. In the same year, they recorded a two-song demo and submitted it to Philips Records. Their first recording as a band was for George Romanos' album In Concert and in Studio where they played on four songs and were credited as "Vangelis and his Orchestra". Papathanassiou and Roussos had already been successful in Greece playing in the bands The Forminx and Idols respectively when they got together with Sideras and Koulouris born 26 JanuaryPiraeus, Greece to form a new band.
My Reason.Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed inby Vangelis Papathanassiou keyboards, flutesDemis Roussos bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocalsLoukas Sideras drums and vocalsand Silver Koulouris guitar. Summer turnierplan reiten sachsen 2021 Her Eyes.