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Aphrodite's Child Pays : Greece Genre : Folk / Celtique Dates : 1969 - 1972 URL : cliquez ici Acheter un album de Aphrodite's Child - Aphrodite's Child a été consulté 12059 fois - Aphrodite's Child a une moyenne de : 7.62 sur 10 - Aphrodite's Child a reçu 24 note(s) et 0 critique(s) - Aphrodite's Child est classé : 953 ème
Biographie de Aphrodite's Child
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Aphrodite's Child was a Greek rock band formed in 1968 by vocalist Demis Roussos, multi-instrumentalist Vangelis Papathanassiou and drummer Lucas Sideras. After a failed attempt to enter England, the band regrouped in Paris, where guitarist Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris was added to their line-up (although he would be forced to leave the band to perform military service, with guitar and bass both being played by Roussos during his absence). The band's first two albums, End of the World and It's Five O'Clock, combined a very '60s sounding Euro-pop-rock with Greek folk music elements. The former album featured the song Rain and Tears, a reworking of a Pachelbel canon. The song was a minor hit in Britain, but did far better in France, where the band was based, as well as the rest of Europe. Other European hits included Marie Jolie, I Want to Live, and Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall, from 1969 and 1970 respectively. The band began to record their crowning achievement in 1970: a musical adaptation of the biblical Book of Revelations, entitled 666 - The Apocalypse of St. John. Relations between Roussos, Vangelis and Sideras were not good at the time, and continued to worsen before the album's creation. However, the group was contractually obligated to release a third album, and went into the studio in 1970 to create 666. Essentially, 666 was Vangelis' concept, created with an outside lyricist, Costas Ferris. The music that Vangelis was creating for 666 was much more psychedelic and progressive rock oriented than anything the band had done before. This did not sit well with the other band members, who wished to continue in the pop direction that had brought them success. Further, Roussos was being groomed for a solo career, and pressure from the record company for the band to produce another hit single did not help. In essence, the band broke up during the completion of 666. Vangelis finished the album primarily on his own with assistance from studio musicians. Immediately afterwards, Vangelis engaged in a long fight with Mercury over the content of the album. The record company, in particular, objected to the song 8 (infinity), which consisted of actress Irene Papas chanting the words "I was, I am, I am to come" in various stages of orgiastic ecstasy, while Vangelis accompanied her on percussion. However, the double-album length of 666 and the musical experimentation, as well as the subject matter, also exacerbated Mercury's ire. After Roussos and Sideras had already embarked on solo careers, Mercury finally agreed to release 666 two years after its completion, and it came out in 1972. Strangely enough, 666 was the only Aphrodite's Child album to make any impact in America. The blood-red cover with the letters 666 prominently displayed in black and white was striking, and brought immediate accusations of occultism from various quarters. Any suspicions of occultism could be dispersed by simply reading the lyrics, which were fairly faithfully based around the Book of Revelations, but the accusations undoubtedly helped sell the album in the United States. The album met with less controversy overseas and sold reasonably well on its own merits. The music itself was an impressive display of Vangelis' abilities, combining psychedelic and progressive rock with ethnic instruments, choral chanting, recitations, and very advanced use of synthesizers and keyboards for the time. In time the album became recognized as one of the most important early progressive rock works, and a defining example of the concept album. 666 also made Vangelis an underground name to watch, and earned him an offer from Jon Anderson to join Yes. Vangelis turned down the offer in order to concentrate on a solo career. (However, he and Anderson later created several duet albums in the late 1970's and early 1980's.) After the band split, both Vangelis and Demis Roussos pursued successful solo careers, Roussos as a pop singer and Vangelis as one of the pioneers in New Age music. Kolouris worked with both on occasion. Lucas Sideras pursued a less successful solo career, releasing the single Rising Sun after the break-up.
Discographie de Aphrodite's Child
Albums Studio
666 1972 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.87   It's Five O'clock 1969 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.12   End Of The World 1968 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.25
Albums Live
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Albums Compilation, EP, Demo, Bootleg etc.
The Singles + 2003 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Babylon The Great 2002 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   The Complete Collection (aphrodite's Child) 1996 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Aphrodite's Child's Greatest Hits 1995 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   The Singles 1995 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : 7   The Singles 1995 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   The Best Of Aphrodite's Child 1994 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   The Art Of Démis Roussos And Aphrodite's Child 1993 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Best Of Aphrodite's Child 1980 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : 7   Special Radio Cuts! 1972 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Break 1972 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Spring Summer Winter And Fall 1970 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Lontano Dagli Occhi / Quando L'amore Diventa Poesia (7") 1969 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note
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