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Jean-Michel Jarre is a French composer and pioneer of electronic music, born in 1948. His 1976 album "Oxygène" helped bring synthesiser music to a mass audience.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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