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Beaubourg (album) - Wikipedia

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Beaubourg

Studio album by

Vangelis

Released

July 1978^[1]

Recorded

1978

Studio

Nemo Studios, London

Genre

Electronica, experimental

Length

39:14

Label

RCA (Original)
Esoteric Recordings (2013)

Producer

Vangelis

Vangelis chronology

Spiral
(1977)

Beaubourg
(1978)

Hypothesis
(1978)

Beaubourg is a studio album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in July 1978.^[1] It was the fourth album produced by Vangelis in Nemo Studios, London, and his final album for RCA Records. It is an avant-garde-experimental album.^[2]

Overview

It is a concept album inspired by the architecture of the homonymous complex area, specifically Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.^[3]^[4] He visited the area in 1977, and recalls "I was very impressed. I returned to London and I recorded my album Beaubourg quickly, spontaneously. So I 'felt' Beaubourg, but that does not mean that Beaubourg is only this: I can redo Beaubourg in 30 different ways". The recording took him less than a month.^[5]

Vangelis noted that many people in the beginning had difficulty listening to it, but later appreciated it. He said it can be played in the background.^[5]

Vangelis expressed that he "needed courage to release this record" as RCA "has not believed in any of my four albums", or in his artistic activity, and he was "accused of purposely recording a disc of very ‘different’ electronic music"; nevertheless the album sold well. Thus he decided to leave RCA for Polydor Records.^[5]

Its release was promoted with a live appearance by Vangelis at the Pavillon de Paris on June 19, 1978.^[4]

Release

In 2013 the album was released in remastered and reissued digipak edition by Esoteric Recordings.^[2]

Instrumentation

The music on the album was primarily improvised on one or more Yamaha CS-80 analog synthesizers, and a ring modulator, which transforms simple tones into complex noises, was extensively used.^[3]^[6]

Composition

It is entirely synthesizer-based, highly experimental and abstract; together with Hypothesis (recorded in 1971 and unofficially released in 1978) it is often considered to be one of Vangelis' least accessible works.^[3] It is musically expressive, with dramatic transformations of tonality, with short melodies that suddenly drift into distorted noises.^[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]

Steve McDonald of AllMusic noted that the album is a "difficult listening" due to its style and "great dark synthesized tone poem". Henri Stirk from Background Magazine similarly rated the 2013 edition by Esoteric Recordings with 2/5 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Vangelis.

"Beaubourg, Part I" – 18:09
"Beaubourg, Part II" – 21:05

Personnel

Vangelis – keyboards and other instruments

Production

Vangelis – producer, arranger, original LP design
Keith Spencer-Allen – recording engineer
Marlis Duncklau – assistant engineer
Louis East – graphics
John Dyer – art director
Veronique Skawinska – photography

Production (2013)

Vangelis – remaster
Frederick Rousseau – remaster sound engineer

References

^ ^a ^b "Vangelis | A musical journey | (Page 3 of 15) | Vangelis Papathanassiou". NemoStudios.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019. In July 1978, Vangelis released his next album, entitled 'Beaubourg'.
^ ^a ^b "Beaubourg (Official Vangelis Supervised Remastered Edition)". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Vangelis - Background Magazine Review". Background Magazine. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Mark Powell, Sleeve note from the 2013 album edition
^ ^a ^b ^c Dali De Clair (June 1979). "An interview with Vangelis". Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Vangelis – Beaubourg". Synthtopia. December 7, 2003. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ McDonald, Steven. "Beaubourg". AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2013.

External links

'Elsewhere' webpage entry

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Discography
Studio albums	Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit Earth Heaven and Hell Albedo 0.39 Spiral Beaubourg Hypothesis The Dragon China See You Later Soil Festivities Mask Invisible Connections Direct The City Foros Timis Ston Greco Voices Oceanic El Greco Mythodea Rosetta Nocturne: The Piano Album Juno to Jupiter
Soundtracks	L'Apocalypse des animaux Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer ? La Fête sauvage Opéra sauvage Chariots of Fire Antarctica Conquest of Paradise Blade Runner Alexander El Greco
Compilations	Themes Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear) Reprise 1990–1999 Odyssey: The Definitive Collection The Collection
Songs	"Rain and Tears" "It's Five O'Clock" "I Hear You Now" "Chariots of Fire" "I'll Find My Way Home" "State of Independence" "Conquest of Paradise" "Anthem"
Other collaborations	Odes Rapsodies
Related	Aphrodite's Child Jon and Vangelis
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