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About Vangelis Yalamas:
The main composer and the bassist of the progressive rock/metal band Fragile Vastness which have released two albums ".excerpts" (2002) and "A Tribute To Life" (2005). The band has been voted by the readers of the greek metal magazine "Metal Hammer" as the "Best Greek Band of the year 2005".
Collaborations:
He has worked for the worldwide famous progressive metal band Fates Warning as a Live sound engineer, guitar technician and roadie during their live performances in Greece (2005 & 2010). You can see more of this collaboration of Fates Warning and Vangelis on the official live dvd "Fates Warning: live in Athens".He has also worked with Duncan Patterson (ex-Anathema, Antimatter, Ion). Some of the recordings of Duncan's debut album with Ion called "Madre,Protegenos" (2006) took place at Vangelis' personal studio called "Fragile". You can also check his collaboration with the well known composer/musician Michalis Nikoloudis on "Deja vu" (2001). His latest personal project is called " Jazzment Day" featuring Dermot Cassidy {The father of the famous actress Elaine Cassidy ("The Others","The Lost World")} and the two best bass players of Greece Yiotis Kiourtsoglou and Yiorgos Fakanas among many other great musicians.
About "JAZZMENT DAY" Project:
"music.hmmm.what kind of music?".this is what I was thinking right after the second Fragile Vastness album was released in 2005."what kind of music should I write for the third album of F.V.?". I couldn't put myself in a box and write metal, progressive rock, ethnic or jazz music.actually I couldn't write any of the above. From 2005 until 2007 I was making music sounding like the last album of F.V.which was good.but still not the kind of music that would make me feel the adventure, excitement, love, passion, mystery.while we get older and we learn more things, we get more experienced, we see and feel the same things but from a different perspective.Personally I discovered new music worlds that took me somewhere else.somewhere that I can see or feel this adventure, love, passion and mystery from another point of view. So, I woke up one day, I grapped my bass guitar and I started writting music without pressing myself what kind of music should I write.and there it wasJazzment Day. I started calling some of my best friends and musicians to help me make my vision come true. We all enjoyed the recording procedure and I want to believe that all of these people are proud and happy that are part of this project. So.do you really care what kind of music "Jazzment Day" is? Just close your eyes and listen with your heart and mind.listen and feel free by staying away from labeling music.
-Vangelis Yalamas-
OFFICIAL DISCOGRAPHY
Michalis Nikoloudis-"Deja Vu" (2001,Sony)
Fragile Vastness-".Excerpts" (2002,Sleaszy Rider)
Fragile Vastness-"A Tribute To Life" (2005,Sleaszy Rider)
Íon - Madre, Protégenos (Equilibrium, 2006)
Jazzment Day- A Brand New World (???, 2009)
PRESS
"Vangelis Yalamas is a man with great talent and LOVE for quality music that fact is obvious in his album. My wish for his future is to keep traveling in the undiscovered harmonic worlds."
- YIORGOS FAKANAS -
"Bass player, musical composer and main producer Vangelis Yalamas successfully mixed and combined these countless musical elements and created a deep, satisfying sound. Every instrument, no matter how small a part, is audible and made an intricate piece of this progressive pie."
- Scott "Random Axe" Pierce, progressiveworld (Jan 01, 2006)
"Vangelis is an accomplished musician himself and knows what he is doing. I'd love to do a full album there with him, as he genuinely cares about all aspects of it."
- DUNCAN PATTERSON (ION, EX-ANATHEMA), lordsofmetal interview (Jun 21, 2007)
"Fragile Vastness - Best Greek Band "
- Metal Hammer magazine/greece (Jan 01, 2006)
"Vangelis Yalamas,isn't just the composer of almost the whole album but took over the play of a lot instruments and is in charge for the programming and mixing of it. Greek prog metal scene is in need of such talented and energetic people to lift it on their shoulders"
- Lambros Tsirolias, metalperspective (Jun 22, 2006)
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