Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3

I like it. Given some of his dire output over the years, this is a breath of fresh air. Lean and yet sleeking sounding electronics. I also like how he has given the back cover a nod to his earlier work.

Anyone know where to buy lossless?

https://www.7digital.com/artist/jean-michel-jarre-1/release/oxygene-3-5945734?origin=fr

and 24Bit FLAC

https://www.7digital.com/artist/jean-michel-jarre-1/release/oxygene-3-5945737?f=5945734

  On 12/2/2016 at 8:10 PM, fumi said:

https://www.7digital.com/artist/jean-michel-jarre-1/release/oxygene-3-5945734?origin=fr

 

and 24Bit FLAC

 

https://www.7digital.com/artist/jean-michel-jarre-1/release/oxygene-3-5945737?f=5945734

Thanks! Have you purchased hi res files here before? 

  On 12/2/2016 at 10:46 PM, Avarik said:

 

  On 12/2/2016 at 8:10 PM, fumi said:

https://www.7digital.com/artist/jean-michel-jarre-1/release/oxygene-3-5945734?origin=fr

 

and 24Bit FLAC

 

https://www.7digital.com/artist/jean-michel-jarre-1/release/oxygene-3-5945737?f=5945734

 

Thanks! Have you purchased hi res files here before? 

 

Yes, many times. Sometimes I have to wait while it routes me to the correct store/country.

I've often found stuff on 7digital that other places like Bleep etc don't have.

  On 12/2/2016 at 11:51 AM, A Reggae Lee Bowyer said:

keygen music.

Sounds like it might be my kind of thing

Totally enjoying this album now. Much better than I thought it would be. He has done some really crap stuff over the last few years but this is much better. I guess JMJ is deeply unfashionable with the Autechre/AFX crowd (i.e. - this forum) but I think it deserves a few listens.

  On 12/6/2016 at 3:02 PM, fumi said:

Totally enjoying this album now. Much better than I thought it would be. He has done some really crap stuff over the last few years but this is much better. I guess JMJ is deeply unfashionable with the Autechre/AFX crowd (i.e. - this forum) but I think it deserves a few listens.

I grew up listening to Jarre, so to hear something recent from him that doesn't sound like crap, is refreshing.

Quantise everything + use uninspired presets.

7-13 is so much better than this.

  On 12/7/2016 at 1:08 PM, futureimage said:

Quantise everything + use uninspired presets.

 

7-13 is so much better than this.

No, it's worse. 7-13 is just basically a remix of 1-6.

At least 14-20 is new material.

Will try this out later, not holding much hope because I love his early stuff. Made me who I am.

I have a fondness towards Revolutions too. All D50 I know but it transports me back so well.

  On 12/7/2016 at 1:08 PM, futureimage said:

Quantise everything + use uninspired presets.

 

7-13 is so much better than this.

I very much agree with this. I never understood why 7-13 has been viewed in such a lukewarm way. To me it seems to be a very vivid and imaginative album and goes to some darker places than most other JMJ albums (particularly parts 11 and 12) whilst retaining everything that made Oxygene so approachable. It is definitely melodically, harmonically and texturally more interesting than 3 to my ears, and structurally it seems themes actually develope in interesting, coherent even majestic ways (that end of part 7!) ways rather than just sort of come in and out as on a conveyer belt. Sure, it did quote short parts of 1-6 in one or two places, but that never bothered me while listening and most of it is new.

My favourite JMJ album along with Zoolook. Don't know another electronic album with its feel, actually. Would love more of this kind of 'feeling' from him!

better than i thought it'd be but still boring compared to other today's releases

  On 12/7/2016 at 1:08 PM, futureimage said:

Quantise everything + use uninspired presets.

 

7-13 is so much better than this.

There's enjoyable bits here and there but in the end it sounds kind of uninspired.

I really like Jarre but this Oxygene 3 is precisely what I feared it would be : it's cheesy.

Putting trancey chords all over Oxygene sounding atmospheric pads probably didn't help :(

  On 10/21/2016 at 8:03 PM, fumi said:

https://youtu.be/1FGtd3oH_PQ?t=39m30s

 

https://youtu.be/IE9jShG9sD0?t=3m5s

Good catch. I looked for this on whosampled, couldn't find it.

I really had no idea BoC sampled so much, but obviously it's a winning strategy xD

After listening to the previews I'm sort of predictably underwhelmed (pardon moi, monsieur). I grew up under the original, which I thought was reasonably good; but the follow-up, Equinoxe, I still believe is one of the most beautiful and perfectly-executed electronic music albums.

I don't know. This new digital sheen doesn't serve the old guard very well. Jarre, Vangelis, Schulze...their music lost some of their soul, the stuff that, as younger men, they excelled at. But I think that's true of nearly EVERY artist: it's unfortunately a slow, downward creative trajectory for most of us. 'New' is different and it's very hard to learn 'different' when you've been doing it your whole life.

I saw a comment above: "keygen music". How tragically accurate.

  On 12/22/2016 at 9:43 PM, clocolan said:

After listening to the previews I'm sort of predictably underwhelmed (pardon moi, monsieur). I grew up under the original, which I thought was reasonably good; but the follow-up, Equinoxe, I still believe is one of the most beautiful and perfectly-executed electronic music albums.

I don't know. This new digital sheen doesn't serve the old guard very well. Jarre, Vangelis, Schulze...their music lost some of their soul, the stuff that, as younger men, they excelled at. But I think that's true of nearly EVERY artist: it's unfortunately a slow, downward creative trajectory for most of us. 'New' is different and it's very hard to learn 'different' when you've been doing it your whole life.

I saw a comment above: "keygen music". How tragically accurate.

None of the artists (whose hey-days were the late 70s and early 80s) are going to be particularly relevant now or be producing their best work. At least they can take comfort knowing that all the Aphex Twins and Autechres owe a great deal to these electronic pioneers.

  On 12/22/2016 at 9:48 PM, fumi said:

 

None of the artists (whose hey-days were the late 70s and early 80s) are going to be particularly relevant now or be producing their best work. At least they can take comfort knowing that all the Aphex Twins and Autechres owe a great deal to these electronic pioneers.

 

Yes, no question; that'll always be true. I recall Wendy Carlos saying (paraphrasing) that the new generation will pick up where they left off, and that's the way it should be.

I still don't see what's wrong with it sounding like keygen music.. a lot of my inspiration comes from keygen/demoscene music lol

  On 12/23/2016 at 1:00 AM, modey said:

I still don't see what's wrong with it sounding like keygen music.. a lot of my inspiration comes from keygen/demoscene music lol

Try try try

Before buy buy buy...

Got this for Christmas. Really like 14, 15, 16 and 20. Not at all fond of 17, 18 and 19.  I can't see myself preferring it to the first two parts of the series, but it's enjoyable enough and I'm sure I'll pop it on from time to time. I really like the sample of 6 in 20, a nice callback for the last track of the series.