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Oxygene by: Jean-Michel Jarre List Price: £9.99 Price: £9.79 You Save: £0.20 ( 2%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 3460503614024 Label: Drefus Manufacturer: Drefus Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Drefus Release Date: April 02, 2007 Studio: Drefus Sales Rank: 15617 Disc 1: Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Album Review: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - It took me to another place...!I was 15 years old, utterly bored with pop music and disenchanted with the Stock, Aitken and Waterman 80's takeover. One day, I was at a friend's house and just happened to pass by his big brother's room. The door was ajar. Inside was dark. 'Sweet-smelling' smoke gently issued forth. And there was this sound, this wash of music. I had not heard anything like it before. I was immediately mesmerised, entranced, seduced, taken somewhere else by those incredible soundscapes (or was it the sweet-smelling smoke???) This is a work of art. For my money, I reckon in a few decades or so it will be regarded as a classic, electronic symphonic work. I saw him live in Glasgow and it was then I realised this music was as close to ... Read More: Rating: - Whiff of fresh air, that's oxygenMy very first instrumental album that wasn't a various artists compilation. Another of my university albums, and another that had an impact. Electronic music at that time was a novelty and Jarre's innovative techniques made this album interesting listening. Twenty years on, I still find it innovative. Rating: - Charming Classic !Truly brilliant or second rate "commercial" Tangerine Dream? I had this dilemma when I first heard this (now important) album. At first, it all seems too simple and easy. The almost cheesy percussion sounds, the swoops and swerves and childishly simple melodies almost appearing to come from a textbook "pop" manual Further listening shows just how proficient JMJ was (and is) at his craft. He kept things easy and simple, so that all manner of people could enjoy its almost naive beauty. There's a real flow to the pieces and the melodies stay in one's head for YEARS afterwards. Time has again been kind to this release. I think I prefer "Equinox" overall, as it has a bit more to get one's teeth into, but this ... Read More: Rating: - A Milestone In Electronic SoundFirst of all, this must be the best electronic album ever created. Although it may not be the album that began the elctronic revolution (Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach did that), this album certainly made elctronic music much popular. Being a musician myself, at the end of a concert in which I appeared playing Magnetic Fields Pt. II, a member of the audience said to me, after the concert, that she used to play this legendary album to her young daughter to help her sleep. It would have certainly helped. I don't think that Jarre has ever been recognised for this brilliant ambient album. Part 1 is pure ambience with VCS3 burbles mixing in and out with chilled-out Mellotron strings. Part 2 is probably a better song than Jarre's most popular Oxygene ... Read More: Rating: - Pure electronic perfection - heavenAt time of writing this album is nearly 30 years old. It doesn't sound it. Any artist who uses any electronic instrument owes a debt to this album. Firstly because Jarre developed many of the instruments played on this and secondly because he broke new ground. I have his earlier work: this is so breathtakingly different it is difficult to imagine it is by the same artist. This disc is visionary. Quick guided tour - for me the album speaks of movement through air, perhaps flight. We are taken through atmospheres and eventually arrive at a stormy coast. If you can allow your mind to wander with this music guiding you will be rewarded. I rate this top of all music ever experienced. I can have it on repeat all day and not tire of it. ... Read More: |
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