Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3 (2016)

Oxygène 3 is the nineteenth studio album by the French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Announced via a post on Jarre’s Instagram account, the album was released on 2 December 2016, on the 40th anniversary of the original Oxygène album.

In 1997, another sequel Oxygène 7-13 was released on the 20th anniversary to the 1976 album Oxygène. During the recording of his 2015 album Electronica 1: The Time Machine, Jarre composed a piece of music (later titled “Oxygene 19") that “made me think about what Oxygene could be if I was composing it today.” In an interview with Billboard he stated: “What made the first Oxygene so different at the time, is probably the minimalist aspect, and the fact that there are almost no drums, and I wanted to keep this approach, creating the groove mainly with the sequences and the structure of the melodies only”.

The 1976 album was made on an 8-track multitrack with very few instruments. “I tried to keep this minimalist approach for Oxygene 3,” Jarre stated.[5] Jarre also stated that the album is separated into two distinct “light and dark” sides. “Oxygène (Part 20)” samples “Oxygène (Part VI)” from the original album within the sounds of wind and white noise that play at the beginning of the track.[7] The album was recorded in just six weeks and mixed by Jarre using the Ableton Live audio software.
Artwork

The album cover features a 3D model that recreates the original Michel Granger design used for the 1976 album. For the cover, Jarre asked Granger for permission to make a model based on his artwork, but from another angle. According to Jarre the artwork is “an ecological warning signal, dark and surreal, evoking both outer space and that of our vital living space.” He also added that it had “become inseparable from the music.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyg%C3%A8ne_3

During the recording of his Electronica albums, Jarre composed and recorded a piece that he said “made me think about what Oxygène could be if I was composing it today.” With the 40th anniversary in mind, Jarre decided to record another chapter of Oxygène, with the original minimalist approach in mind, but using new technology to create it.
During the Electronica Tour, Jarre previewed the track Oxygène 17, which was released as a single on 4 November. For the artwork of the album, Jarre returned again to longtime collaborator and artist of the original Oxygène album cover Michel Granger to create a 3D model of his original painting that served as the cover for Oxygène.

Oxygène 3 was released as a standalone album on CD, digital download and LP, as well as in the Oxygène Trilogy package. The Oxygène Trilogy was released on CD in digipak format, and in the Ultimate edition, which contains the CDs of the albums, as well as transparent vinyl and an exclusive coffee table book. The book contains pictures and a brief description of the various recording equipment (studio tape recorders, master SSD and tapes, DAW software etc.) and musical instruments (organs, synthesizers, drum machines, VST plugins etc.) used to record the three albums in the Oxygène series.

Album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts6vS98ijSM

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène 7–13 (1997)

Oxygène 7–13 (known as “Oxygène 2” on the Oxygène Trilogy box set) is the twelfth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released by Disques Dreyfus on 17 February 1997. It is the sequel to his 1976 album Oxygène released two decades before and used the same synthesizers. The album is dedicated to Jarre’s former mentor, experimental musician Pierre Schaeffer. The album cover art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger. The CD cover used lenticular printing to make the illusion of moving stars in the background.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyg%C3%A8ne_7%E2%80%9313

Album Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWw0u9UeYccFfKwwZHaDs15MJqwF_9Qpo&si=PvzGegX2iB2vXIh8

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène (1976)

Oxygène is the third studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre. It was first released in France in December 1976 by Disques Motors, and distributed internationally in 1977 by Polydor Records. Jarre recorded the album in a makeshift studio that he set up in his apartment in Paris, using a variety of analog and digital synthesizers, and other electronic instruments and effects.

French sound engineer Michel Geiss helped Jarre in the purchase, recording and programming of some instruments used on the album. Jarre’s musical style was influenced by musique concrète, developed by Pierre Schaeffer. The album was supported by two singles, “Oxygène (Part II)” and “Oxygène (Part IV)”. Following the international success of the latter, the album became Jarre’s breakthrough, reaching number one on the French Albums Charts. It was inspired by the track “Popcorn” by German-American electronic composer Gershon Kingsley.

Oxygène has been described as the album that “led the synthesizer revolution of the Seventies” and “an infectious combination of bouncy, bubbling analog sequences and memorable hook lines”. The album influenced later artists such as Moby and Brian Canham of Pseudo Echo. In 1978, it would be followed by Equinoxe and in 1979, Jarre held an open-air concert at the Place de la Concorde, causing the sales of both albums to increase, reaching worldwide figures of 15 million copies. As of 2016 it had sold an estimated 18 million copies and is one of the best-selling French, electronic and instrumental albums in history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyg%C3%A8ne

Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS2LNaGiGaRth7982d7qa1kCJxJw2vv

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It's interesting to listen to this orchestration by the Prague philharmonic of #JeanMichelJarre. Many spot on picks, though I'd definitely go for Oxygene 2 and 3 rather than part 4. It also shows how much of a composer #Jarre has been through his life and what is really missing from #electronicMusic today.

Wish I had a chance to experience an orchestration like this live.

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