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Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene

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Label: Disques Dreyfus
Released: 1976
Time:
 39:45
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Francis Dreyfus, Jean Michel Jarre
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jeanmicheljarre.com
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Purchase date: 1997.12.29
Price in €: 10,99



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[1] Oxygene 1 (J.M.Jarre) - 7:40
[2] Oxygene 2 (J.M.Jarre) - 7:37
[3] Oxygene 3 (J.M.Jarre) - 3:24
[4] Oxygene 4 (J.M.Jarre) - 4:06
[5] Oxygene 5 (J.M.Jarre) - 10:26
[6] Oxygene 6 (J.M.Jarre) - 6:24

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Jean Michel Jarre - Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Mellophonium, Rhythm, Mellotron, Farfisa Organ, Rhythm Programming

Jean-Pierre Janiaud - Engineer, Mixing
Patrick Foulon - Assistant Engineer
Charlott Rampling - Photography
Michel Granger - Cover Design
Jim Black - Liner Notes
Scott Hull - Digital Rematering 96Khz - 24 bit
 

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1976 CD Polydor 800 015
1976 CD Dreyfus FDMCD77000
1976 CD Dreyfus 827885-2
1976 CD Polydor 1 6112
1976 CD NTI 824746
1977 LP  Polydor 6112
1989 CD Polygram 8899212
1993 CD Universal 8000152
1993 CD Dreyfus     36140
1994 CD Mobile Fidelity 613
1994 LP Mobile Fidelity 212
1994 LP Dreyfus 827885-1
1994 CS Dreyfus 827885-4
1994 CS Dreyfus 36140
1994 CS Dreyfus Music 361404
1999 CD Columbia 9
2000 CD Sony International 4873752

Recorded between August and November 1976.


This album conveys the excitement and freshness you'd expect from a talented young man embarking on a career in what was still a relatively unknown and unjaded electronic music scene. Sometimes innocent and introspective, other times ambitious and even a little spooky, this is a must for anyone interested in electronic music.

Linda Kohanov - All Music Guide



Jean Michel Jarre, son of film composer Maurice Jarre, is one of the true pioneers of electronic music. Oxygene is one of the original e-music albums. It has withstood the test of time and the evolution of digital electronica. Jarre's compositional style and his rhythmic instincts were his strong points in 1976. While his popularity has escalated exponentially over the years, he never quite achieved the quality of this amazing recording. The innocence and freshness provide most of its charm. Jarre's techniques and ability provide the rest. This epic CD will appeal to fans of Tonto's Expanding HeadBand, Tangerine Dream, Synergy, Kraftwerk, and Klaus Schulze.

Jim Brenholts - All Music Guide



Was Jean Michel Jarre in den vergangenen zwanzig Jahren abgeliefert hat, kann man - von wenigen Ausnahmen abgesehen - vergessen. Seit den Achtzigern enttäuscht der Franzose mit überfabrizierten Sounds, inhaltsleeren Effekthaschereien und einem pathetisch-kitschigen Gewaber der Marke Pomp, Protz & Prunk. Mitte der siebziger Jahre war das noch ganz anders. Da zählte der Sohn von Filmkomponist Maurice Jarre zu Europas führenden Elektronikern und veröffentlichte wegweisende Frühwerke, denen man bis zum heutigen Tage mit großem Vergnügen lauschen kann. Vor allem sein op. 3, Oxygène, hat nichts von seinem Reiz eingebüßt -- weshalb es auch immer noch Musiker der stromologischen Abteilung beeinflußt. Man denke nur einmal an jüngere Produktionen von Enya, Robert Miles, Harold Faltermeyer oder auch The Orb.
Auf Oxygène erschuf der Absolvent des Pariser Konservatoriums eine bahnbrechende Verbindung von klassizistischen Strukturen und poppigen Melodien, großorchestralen Partituren und vollelektronischen Klängen. In seinem Synthesizer-Schaltwerk erfand er 1976 einen plakativen Space-Sound, der damals auf Anhieb den Weg zu acht Millionen begeisterten Käufern fand. Nicht zuletzt wegen "Part IV", Jarres Kennmelodie, die bis heute gern als Unterlegmusik von Tierdokumentationen, Landschaftsaufnahmen oder Reiseberichten im Fernsehen eingesetzt wird, ist die sechsteilige Suite ein Muß für jeden Plattensammler. Sollte in keiner gutsortierten Kollektion fehlen!

Harald Kepler - Amazon.de



Long before Yanni played to packed stadiums and Vangelis was a mainstream film composer, a handful of electronic music artists with full names plied the trade with considerable aplomb. Among those early few was a pioneering synthesist named Jean Michel Jarre, whose critically acclaimed and commercially successful releases during the late '70s and early '80s irrefutably placed him at the head of his musical class. OXYGENE, released in 1977, is quite arguably one of the most important releases in the realm of electronic new age music. Anyone who has ever heard the pulsing melody of "Oxygene, Part II" has it indelibly etched in their gray matter. Though Jarre released excellent and well-received albums throughout this period - notably EQUINOXE and MAGNETIC FIELDS - OXYGENE most typifies his melodic and rhythmic strengths. With his electronically windswept aural canvas, Jarre created the ultimate late-night, musically caressing, sensuous piece for both lovers and the lonely.

Ken Masters - Barnes & Noble
 

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