A great interview with Vangelis from 1984 - during his Nemo years.

Vangelis - The Man and his Music, Part 2

Vangelis - The Man and his Music, Part 3

Vangelis - The Man and his Music, Part 4

A short segment from Sex Power - a forgotten 1970 movie that Vangelis did the soundtrack for.
“Sex-Power (L’homme coeur) is a film about what happens when imagination takes over. It is the story of a boy (Alain Noury) in search of himself and of the real meaning of freedom: a twenty-year-old face to [...]

mik300z has posted a sort of cheesetacular YouTube video, his version of Rodrigo’s guitar concerto, played Vangelis style! The video is pure synth porn.
Here’s a live video of him doing one of his originals, Far Away Cafe:

Here’s what he has to say about the track:
I’m using the Korg X5’s choir , Microkorg some [...]

In this short video, Vangelis demonstrates his method of improvising in the symphonic electronica style that he pioneered.
via Nusonica

This demo, by retrosound, of the Roland VP330 Vocoder Plus, highlights the sound that Vangelis popularized in his soundtrack to Blade Runner and other works.
Richard Clews of SOS said this about the VP330:
If you ignore the hype and look at this instrument dispassionately, you’ll see it for what it really is — a 1970’s string [...]

In this interview, Vangelis talks about his philosophy of creating music, and the importance of immediacy and improvisation in his music. He also talks about his approach to Blade Runner and the new expanded version of the Blade Runner soundtrack.

Arnaud van Beek doing some Vangelis-style live improv, using a Yamaha HS7 as master keyboard, Roland D70 synthesizer and a computer with V-stack, Hypersonic 2, Nexus, The Grand.
van Beek’s music is retro-esque synth music. You can preview some of his tracks below. More info at van Beek’s site.

 

 Energy: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 The Land And The Sea: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Yamaha CS-80 is considered by many to be the finest analog synthesizer ever manufactured. The CS80 was the flagship synth from Yamaha’s CS family from 1976-80.
It’s best known as the signature synth of Vangelis, but has been used by many other electronic and pop musicians.
CS80 Features

The CS80 is a 2 * 8 [...]