Mahorka presents a bold and visionary tribute to Vangelis, uniting experimental and electronic sound artists in a genre-blurring compilation that celebrates the legendary composer’s expansive legacy. Traversing cinematic ambient, downtempo, and space-infused electronics, the release captures both the emotional depth and inventive spirit that defined Vangelis’ music.
Echoes of Vangelis in Mahorka
Original and highly productive, Mahorka is a publisher with a broad vision for challenging and advanced electronics blended with experimental music, standing as one of the key players among like-minded quality acts. The friendship philosophy which lies behind a community of contemporary sound artists is well exposed in this groundbreaking compilation around the creative figure and iconic personality of Vangelis whose musical career spanned over several decades, navigating from ethereal rock to melodious space music, to new age, and music for films.
The musicians gathered for the occasion are collectively sounding inside a spectrum of sub-genres which oscillate between cinematic electronica, extended crystal-like atmospherics and thickly woven tapestries. After the dense and meandering prelude by sound artist Substak and LR Friberg, the compilation unfolds into emotional drift-scapes and downtempo, beat-laden spheres — as in the chthonic yet aerial piece by Automaton, or in the retro-ish intersidereal symphonic grandeur of Pariah.
All in all, a flowing, generous, alluring, sophisticated and multi-dimensional, synth-oriented album, pushing boundaries and honoring with tasty ideas the pioneering efforts of Vangelis. A beautiful addition to Mahorka’s already vast catalog. Recommended for open-minded listeners and nostalgic followers of Vangelis’ substantial music production and synthetic wizardry.
One of these tributes vol.2: inDirect eVANGELISm (chapter 3: epilogue) is available on Mahorka. [Bandcamp]
