Those who love Vangelis` music are gorgeous people, noble and heartwarming. Brothers and sister for an evolving humanity.

I can, without a doubt, say that this album changed my life.

I remember buying Soil Festivities when it first came out. I excitedly put it on my turntable and heard this...I was so disappointed, I almost broke the record...literally! I stuck it in a drawer for six months, angry at it. Finally, something told me I should listen to it again. So, six months after my first listen, I gave it another chance. This time, I "got" it. Maybe it was because I spent the previous six months thinking about it, processing it. It eventually became one of my favorite Vangelis albums, probably second or third after Heaven and Hell (my favorite). Today, Soil Festivities is the Vangelis album I listen to most often.

I have all the Vangelis albums. I think this is the one I have played more times than any other. Most hypnotic and mesmerizing at the same time.

Structurely, one of Vangelis' most cohesive and immersive atmospheric albums to date ...an amazingly evocative creative project....

Thanks for this wonderful and insightful interview. The master will be sorely missed.

For me, this is one of his best album made by Vangelis. Love it. Thanks for uploading it. Greetings from Belgium. Dirk.

This a wonderful album to listen too whilst walking in the rain. ❤

Everytime I listen to this album I imagine short movies of small creatures walking around a misty forest, misterious forms. Every sound is a different creature of that forest.

What a wonderful interview, a fantastic interviewee, and an equally wonderful interviewer : that was none other than my favorite radio host from my favorite radio show : John Schaefer ! What a pleasure it was to hear him again ! Thanks for posting this, DK

"I don't know what I'm saying..." He doesn't laugh often but it is nice when he does! A very nice interview where he seems quite comfortable.

The Paris 1979 live show is great.

I love Soil Festivities. It sounds mysterious and magical to me and very aptly describes the milling around of the microcosm of lifeforms in nature. I bought it in the local record store as late as 1994 after the album cover with the Great Diving Beetle attracted my attention for almost ten years and I always wondered what it might sound like. I was not disappointed! :)

Vangelis - Soil Festivities was the first CD I ever purchased! I wish I had the mix that's being used for this interview! It sounds different from the CD & LP. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm glad this exists, and has been uploaded!

Damien....MORE PLEASE!!!!!

Very good interview.

This and China are my favorite albums of Vangelis, both are in my personal Top 50 albums.

Thanks for all these Vangelis albums/edits.

Excellent interview! Thanks for posting!!!

Thank you so much for this!

Espectacular entrevista.Gracias por compartirla!!!

Damien K, do You think there is any chance of You reposting Vangelis' August 1980 live performance at Sophia Antipolis? I Miss Listening To It... 😐👆☝️🙏

Wowowowowowowowowowiw!!!!!

You come to it, not the other way around.

This is lovely and you have a new subscriber too, keep it up.

I’m sure it’s a matter of control but I could see Vangelis setting up his own Bandcamp subscription where many of these pieces can be brought back to life. Edit: To be clear, I wrote this before his death. Now I know it will be a matter for his estate executors to decide what to do with any and all recordings he has made.

Freeform Artists need a different sort of record company,most record companies just want hit single after hit single and this is what i think pissed Vangelis off all of his career, probably why he got into film scores more.

Thank you for this. I have an unrelated question. I was wondering if you know what is going on with the new album from Vangelis? Is it for sale, and where can I get it? I have been waiting since last year and I can't find solid news on it. Any help would be appreciated. You can also email me using my first and last name at gmail in case you have any other "options" :) I'm willing to pay or not pay, I just want to hear.

I can't find it... who is the interviewer? Is that Steven Hill? I dug down here, forgot his old show even existed before HOS. John Schaefer, New Sounds, WNYC