Direct

by Vangelis

Direct cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 September 1988
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: Greece
  • Length: 1:02:55
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The celebrated Greek composer embraced a new MIDI-based compositional method, allowing him to arrange complex synthesized orchestrations entirely in real-time. The resulting album is incredibly diverse, shifting rapidly from soaring, operatic grandeur to intricate, sequenced electronic pulses.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, progressive, complex, synthesizers, electronic, ambient, orchestral, space

Tracklist

  1. The Motion Of Stars (4:17)
  2. The Will Of The Wind (4:41)
  3. Metallic Rain (6:10)
  4. Elsewhere (5:45)
  5. Dial Out (5:20)
  6. Glorianna (Hymn A La Femme) (4:20)
  7. Rotation's Logic (3:36)
  8. The Oracle Of Apollo (3:55)
  9. Message (7:07)
  10. Ave (5:02)
  11. First Approach (4:58)
  12. Intergalactic Radio Station (7:44)

Credits

  • Michael Rochipp - cover [cover image]

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