Aphrodite's Child

"With its stark red, black and white cover it looked more like an Angry Brigade communique than a Genesis album. The band had hinted at apocalypse before on their 1969 single End of the World, with a quiet/loud structure that anticipated the Pixies and Nirvana, but their pastoral moments were nowhere to be found on the dense 666. Vangelis's production was tough but spacious, at its most head-spinning on The Four Horsemen, a chunky funk groove, with a guitar wig-out and Beach Boys-esque backing vocals. 666 was rediscovered in the 1990s, and has since been sampled by everyone from Air to Euro pranksters Scooter (it was also, apparently, the Verve's main inspiration for Urban Hymns)."


Bob Stanley in The Guardian writes a tribute to Greek singer Demis Roussos.