Vangelis-Direct (1988)

Vangelis had started the eighties with numerous solo projects in addition to collaborations with Jon Anderson contributing great works such as "The Friends of Mr Cairo", "Chariots of Fire", "Mask" or "Invisible Connections" among others.
They all had a common denominator, they had been born in large European cities, especially London, but for his next album "Direct", Vangelis would choose to move to his hometown, Athens, trying among other things to reconnect with the flavors of his home and his childhood.
For this new work Vangelis would abandon the long suites divided into movements to record a series of shorter, very rhythmic, contemporary and commercially more urban themes.
From the spirited "The Motion Star", to the immeasurable "Intergalatic Radio Station", passing through the exotic and rhythmic "The Will of the Wind", the epic "Metallic Rain", the cosmic "Elsewhere", the majestic "Dial Out" "or the sublime" Glorianna "make up the indisputable work of a genius like Vangelis