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Direct is a 1988 album by the Greek synthesizer artist Vangelis. The album marks a new development in Vangelis’ music, employing a somewhat more popular format. After Mask (1984) and Invisible Connections (1985) there was a brief pause of album work, during which Vangelis moved his creative base from London to Greece, and was involved in theatre work. The album sleeve mentions that Vangelis called the album “Direct” to reflect his way of composing. Rather than preparing the music on paper (Vangelis never ever wrote music, his style was purely improvisational) or sequencer tracks, he works from a synthesizer workstation that is controllable real-time (something considered quite novel in the late 1980s). Occasionally, though, some of the album’s tracks belie sequencer... Read on...