Oxymore by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2022 album Oxymore is a bold instrumental work of immersive, spatial electronic sound.
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Electronic
Electronic music is built from synthesisers, samplers, and programmed rhythm, ranging from dance floors to ambient soundscapes.
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Amazônia by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2021 instrumental work, an immersive electronic journey through the sound and spirit of the rainforest.
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Revolutions by Jean-Michel Jarre
A late discovery of Jean-Michel Jarre's 1988 album, electronic music that folds machines and world sounds together.
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Equinoxe Infinity by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2018 electronic album, a sequel to Equinoxe asking how we will live with machines.
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Rendez-Vous by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1986 album, an instrumental record of grand synth suites that I found long after its release.
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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's second Electronica volume is a sprawl of collaborations, an instrumental tour through decades of electronic sound.
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Oxygène 3 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2016 album closes the Oxygène trilogy, warm analogue electronic music marking forty years of the original.
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The Fall of a Rebel Angel by Enigma
Enigma's 2016 album is a cinematic electronic concept record about a soul's journey through doubt toward a new life.
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Oxygène 7-13 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1997 sequel to his landmark, six wordless movements I came to long after the original.
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Electronica 1: The Time Machine by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2015 album, a sweeping collaboration record where the electronic pioneer works with many artists.
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Zoolook by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1984 album built from sampled human voices, a strange record I discovered long after.
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The Screen Behind the Mirror by Enigma
Enigma's calm 2000 album, chant samples woven through electronic moods, found by me years after it appeared.
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Métamorphoses by Jean-Michel Jarre
A later discovery: Jean-Michel Jarre's 2000 album adds voices to his electronic sound, turning instrumentals into strange, warm songs.
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Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! by Enigma
A 1996 Enigma record I found years later, the third album, where chant and electronics search for the eternal.
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Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields) by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1981 electronic landmark I found years later, Jarre's Magnetic Fields, four parts of pure synthesiser music.
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The Cross of Changes by Enigma
A late discovery of Enigma's 1993 album, a moody blend of world voices, chant, and downtempo electronica.
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Chronologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1993 electronic suite on the theme of time, an instrumental record I came to long after it appeared.
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Équinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1978 instrumental electronic suite, a flowing eight-part work I found decades after its release.
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MCMXC a.D. by Enigma
Enigma's 1990 debut blends Gregorian chant with downtempo electronics, a strange hypnotic record I found years on.
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Waiting for Cousteau by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1990 instrumental record by Jean-Michel Jarre, found years later: bright calypso pieces and a long, calm ocean drift.
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Seven Lives Many Faces by Enigma
Enigma's 2008 album mixes chant, beats and warm voices into a calm record about lives lived and faces worn.
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A Posteriori by Enigma
Enigma's 2006 album drifts into space and science, a mostly instrumental record about distance and wonder.
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Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1976 electronic landmark, six wordless movements I discovered long after they reshaped the genre.
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Voyageur by Enigma
Enigma's 2003 album drops the Gregorian chant for a brighter, more human electronic sound about travel and change.
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