Dichotomy

…compelling are his series of MIDI keyboard compositions that are flipped, tripped and blipped cosmic journeys that are the perfect soundtrack for that elusive "close encounter." Folks into that other Greek space rocker, Vangelis, know what we're talking about.
Focus Entertainment Magazine
 

A letter from my friend and one of the worlds best fine-art photographers Yanni Galanopoulos wrote the following regarding my Dichotomy CD.

Well, anyway, this morning I am listening to your CD for the third time. You know something, Vas? I like this CD. I didn’t expect to like it so much. So, while I was listening to your music, I tried to describe what I felt or put your compositions in words and images. I know it sounds crazy, but please allow me to do so. I hope you don’t mind.

NEW YORK CITY: I like the low-tone atmosphere you create here. It is like somebody driving in New York City on a cold rainy night looking at the city lights through the dull windows of his car. He continues to drive and drive and nothing is going on; nothing exciting to see. He just keeps driving alone with his hazy thoughts or memories.

DREAM CLOUD: Listening to it, I thought I was in heaven encircled by little white puffy clouds, amazed by their motion around me. A truly dreamy piece, almost angelic. Great Title!

TRAIN TO THE PAST: I felt an agony, a running towards the unknown chased by many questions that need to be answered. I loved the last minute or two – it was like a cavalry attack from people that were created by cloning. It was a great piece overall. Even my father liked it. He happened to be there while I was listening to your piece.

ANGEL’S LULLABY: Scary, a nightmare. Not good music to listen to when you’re depressed. It was music coming from Hell. Only you could give such an ironic title.

CATTLE DRIVE: Music coming from space, from another universe. It evoked in me strange feelings. I guess this is how extraterrestrials should feel. The silent parts of the piece are full of tension, but nothing happens. The atmosphere is like the time when the extraterrestrial people had ruled on earth. A requiem for the loss of our planet. And then a dim light begins to appear hesitatingly over the dark horizon and gives us hope again. The light becomes brighter and brighter, bathing us, inundating us and finally taking us to another dimension where we step down like winners. I love the composition of this piece. It says a lot of things.

ALPHA: How much Greek!! How much Byzantine!! I felt that I was in an olive tree grove thinking about our glorious past.

BETA: A dance is taking part here, a dance facing the wild passionate Aegean Sea. Then it goes back to the olive grove. I felt a venetian loneliness. The last part of the piece is finishing with silence.

GAMMA: A completely different piece from Alpha and Beta. Very personal. You’re saying a personal tragedy with many details, as for example, what did you feel when you saw her for the first time or when the wind blew her hair. I like the ending which describes these powerful details.

DELTA: Again, very personal, but in a different way. Brush strokes full of tension and energy, like a painting of Jackson Pollock. In this piece I realized how much you like abstract art. Then you go back to the three previous pieces. But you’re very angry. You have a revolutionary spirit. You want to demolish everything in order to start from the beginning, all over again. I can imagine you playing on the piano this great piece: disheveled, unbuttoned, enraptured. I loved it.