The magic number for Vangelis in 1976 was 0.39. The Greek multi-instrumentalist’s Albedo 0.39 album made its UK chart debut on 9 October that year, and went on to become his first British top ...

The turn of the 1980s heralded a new era of music by Greek instrumental stalwart Vangelis: one in which the word “vocal” was now appearing with more regularity. The album, made as usual at ...

So taken with the album was the painter that, after digesting the full thing, he declared to the band’s leader and ...