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Vangelis – Aquatic Dance

2010

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1.“As I listen to your music, I realize humanity hasn't gone completely wrong.”

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2.“Dolphins are allegedly more intelligent than (some) humans. I tend to believe that.”

The story

This is a fan upload, not an official Vangelis video. A YouTube channel called AirefrescoONLINE posted it in 2010 under the title Aquatic dance DOLPHIN, and the title tells you who the stars are.

The music comes from Oceanic, Vangelis's 1996 album about the sea. Aquatic Dance is the short, bouncy one, built on a looping synth-bass line, with synthetic voices carrying a little melody that keeps coming back in new clothes. It was the B-side of the Song of the Seas single. Oceanic earned the Greek composer his first Grammy nomination, for Best New Age Album, years after his Oscar for Chariots of Fire. Whales, ship horns, seagulls and porpoises already drift through the record. Dolphins fit right in.

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