A-Z: Aphrodite's Child - Aegian Sea

With its elaborate electronic textures, this 1972 track from Greek prog rock outfit Aphrodite's Child sounds very much ahead of its time, almost like some modern ambient piece. The band formed in 1967, and consisted of Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris (guitar).

After their first two albums, in 1970 the band began to record a musical adaptation of the Book of Revelation, entitled 666. But relations between the band members were at a low, and things ...