Oxygene

Artist: Jean Michel Jarre
Label: Mobile Fidelity
Category: Music

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Format: Gold CD
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 015775161320
EAN: 0015775161320
ASIN: B000000ITJ

Release Date: 1994-10-11

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Tracks:

Oxygene Part I
Oxygene Part II
Oxygene Part III
Oxygene Part IV
Oxygene Part V
Oxygene Part VI

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Customer Reviews:

A long-lost friend.......2007-04-14

I really enjoyed this when I was a kid, many moons ago. It still does it for me.
It was composed when the complex synth systems were emerging. What makes this work unique is not that it was one of the first, but that it is a lovely arrangement that offers an exploration of the medium. There are layered levels of musical complexity that when combined somehow do not overwhealm. I recommend you take the time in a quiet room with headphones and LISTEN. There is a lot to be found in the stereo mix.
Enjoy!

Outstanding New Age Music Album.......2007-01-19

Though originally released in the late 70's, this piece of music sounds more like early 80's new age. The best way I can describe it; Vangelis meets techno. Truly a great album, and should be owned by any new age music fan. Also check out Oxegene 7-12.

Reach for the stars.......2007-01-16

Do not look unfavorably upon this peenemundic project. 1976 PONG came out (and how far has computer gaming evolved). Same holds true for electronica. 1976 OXYGENE was categorized under jazz (?). Now we know it as the Sputnik that changed the space and contour of a developing genre. Jarre's musical elements built upon set confirurations offering a whole new order of dimentionality. With this LP he expanded the ring of the horizon and allowed cosmic integration for a much greater spacial atmosphere. With futuristic energy and french melancholy he released composition from the conventions of naturalism. This progressive conviction to soar was expounded upon by numerous musicians to what we have today. A potpouri of electronic space/thinking music. The final oxygene track is the best arranged sculpted space you shall ever hear.

Music from another time and space.......2007-01-08

This album is simply impressive, after all those years, it doesn't sound old at all. You could easily imagine that it has been release recently and that would still make sense. Great music, from future times !
A classic.

An electronic classic.......2006-07-10

My first exposure to this 1976 album took place in 1985 during my freshman year at college. As somebody who lived on a steady diet of Yes, Pink Floyd, and Tangerine Dream in high school, I was (at the time) surprised that I had never heard of French electronic composer Jean Michel Jarre. At any rate, discovering this album was a moment that I will forever cherish and it is now an integral part of my electronic collection along with the follow-up album Equinoxe (1978).

Stylistically, this music is closest to the "Berlin School" approach to electronic music (e.g. Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze) especially the mid-1970s work of Tangerine Dream, although an admixture of the styles of electronic composers that are closer to progressive rock (e.g. Synergy, Kitaro, Tomita, and Vangelis) is present too. I should note however that the music on Oxygene is not as intense as the music written by any of those other composers and as such is a lot more "listener friendly" and inviting.

The six part Oxygene suite includes sections (or movements if you will) that range in length from 3'24" to 10'26". The movements are mostly brooding and synth heavy, with the occasional "computerized" rhythm provided by what is referred to in the liner notes as a "Rhythmin' computer". Other instruments used by Jean Michel on Oxygene include the ARP synthesizer (possibly an ARP string ensemble), AKS synthesizer, VCS3, RMI Harmonic synthesizer, Farfisa organ, the Eminent, and the mellotron. Together, these instruments are used to create ever-changing and spacey soundscapes that fizzle, bubble, pulse, and brood. He has a good sense of melody and there is certainly no shortage of them on this album. When the melodies are coupled with the wide range in dynamics and timbres, it makes for a very interesting listening experience. On top of it all is his trademark phasing, which makes everything sound just that much more...cosmic.

All in all, this is a classic of electronic music and is very highly recommended along with Equinoxe.

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