So glad I heard this on Apple Music before I bought it, no melody just noise. Come on Jean Michel Jarre you can do better

Jean Michel is still able to surprise, one album is totally different to the other, this Oxymore for me was an instant Gem 💎, I recommend getting the CD and getting the code to download the files to listen on headphones only, it’s fantastic!

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Another proof than JMJ is ahead of his time. Great album which opens the doors of a brand new technology.

This new album from Jean Michel Jarre is absolutely jam-packed with an array of ideas, sounds and layers upon layers. It’s a very intense album, similar in style to some of his recent Electronica collaborations or the EoN app.

Not a second is wasted and is a real treat for the ears. Not only with the super high production values, it succeeds in creating an immersive soundscape in the Binaural (headphones) version which is included.

Jarre’s superb melodies are ever present in this release as well – they’re surrounded by a multitude of styles and progressions so are not as prominent as familiar songs like Rendezvous 4, Chronologie 4. On first listen I found myself unable to sleep that night with all the melodies still dancing around in my head.

The album concludes with an epic track appropriately called ‘Epica’ – definitely one of Jarre’s best tracks in the last few years and I can see it working well as a live track.

This is a very fresh approach – it sidesteps nostalgia. Jarre doesn’t like repeating himself – lucky for us we are still getting great new music from him regularly. The album captures sounds created by French innovator Pierre Henry in the past, bringing it right up to date. It’s like Jarre both going back to the beginning of career with the sounds of music concrete and the spirit of experimentation by French researchers in the 60s and applying the experimental approach to today’s styles which he’s still helping to invent. The result is a fully immersive experience in Dolby Atmos, Binaural or even Stereo.