Jean Michel-Jarre

me loading all my Jarre stuff back on my iPod

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmQorVNU4AAl14q.jpg

Very neat but as mentioned by Mr. Houses they really should've put some effort into segueing it all together.

as I mentioned earlier : AERO.

a brilliant 70+ minute mixtape of all the best bits in massive widescreen stereo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIeAt5invw0

is this vaporwave?

wow

Today I found Metamorphoses and China on cd for 50p each.
Used to have China on vinyl, but lost it years ago so will be fun to hear that again.
Metamorphoses is indeed a lot better than i expected, the vocals fit well in the music.
in fact, i think i prefer it to Electronica 1 actually.

the track with Fuck Buttons is really great

the Electronica albums are better than they've been given credit for but I really wish they were edited down to 45 minutes apiece. I guess he couldn't go through the trouble of asking someone for a collaboration and not use the final result if it didn't turn out well.

one thing I've always wondered about these albums - Jarre has stated in interviews that he reached out to everyone he considered "important" in the development of electronic music and that they all said yes to working with him, which is why it would up being two separate albums. but if that's the case, then does that mean he never reached out to Ralf Hutter or Florian Schneider, or any of the YMO guys? is there some kind of rivalry there?

Hütter and Schneider never worked with anyone so Jarre probably realized any approach to them would be a waste of time.

Still his guestlist has some odd choices, you can work with nearly everyone and the first people you call are Boyz Noise, Moby and Peaches?

he legitimately loves Moby

and y'know, he probably could've gotten Karl Bartos to do a track, he seems like he would've been into it

still, not reaching out to Scooter was a missed opportunity

they've got a lot in common really

Jean-Michel Jarre - Alone Together VR Concert

Scheduled for Jun 21, 2020, 21:15 UTC+2

rocks

This was a bit of a mess but good fun (stream glitching out, leaving the Ableton click track on - which ironically shows there’s probably a bit more live performance going on here than the miming-to-tale of old).

Lots of new stuff I think? All of it EDM bangers. Not entirely my thing but felt a lot more convincing than some of his earlier attempts at engaging with contemporary dance music.

Aw shit I missed it

alright watching the replay. pretty ridiculous but c'mon this is fun

okay I could only make it so far, not because of the music but rather because it was all glitched out

definitely sounds like something clubby is on its way. hopefully these tracks are still gonna be worked on but I kinda liked what I heard

BTW, the Planet Jarre podcast - six episodes of Matt Berry interviewing Jarre - is well worth a listen.

lol I just looked this up and indeed it is *that* Matt Berry. guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow

a shop I was at had a copy of Equinoxe Infinity, so I had to pick it up. only listened to pieces before, it's pretty cool as a whole. it references the original in neat ways - the second half begins with 3 tracks that all have the same bass line just like the original album did. I think it's funny that he's still making music as anthemic and dumb as "The Opening", I kinda love it. downside is the album is so fucking loud. it's got almost no dynamic range which is a disaster for a Jarre album.

If you visit any of the larger Jarre forums (I did it so you don't have to) pretty much all discussion of new/recent releases surrounds the mastering and there's virtually no discussion of the music at all. I hate going all Steve Hoffman, but the latest batch of Sony remasters are truly terrible - weird spatial effects all over Concerts in China, an audible glitch on Chronologie, and a truly abysmal reissue of Rendez Vous where the tape slowed down and sped up. Really grim.

yeah its a shame - I think Oxygene 3 is the worst of the three for that reason alone, he's pushing the right buttons but the pretty/brooding moments shouldn't sound blown out like that.

new album called Oxymore just came out. it's a bit low on melody but the overall sound is cool. the only album of his it kind of compares to is Zoolook.

Yeah, I was drawn in by the idea that it's a tribute to Pierre Henry; it's pretty cool, and available in various different mixes (stereo, surround, and a "binaural headphone mix," which is the one I've...obtained).