From Loudersound.
Jean-Michel Jarre has just released a video for his brand new single Brutalism, which can be viewed below.
It’s the fist new music from Jarre’s upcoming album Oxymore, which will be released through Sony Music on October 21.
“That’s definitely a heavier track,” explains Jarre, who celebrated his 74th birthday earlier this week. “I wanted to create an apocalyptic mood. Like a kind of big bang of Berlin techno, at the beginning when it was an explosion, that kind of feel, maybe due to the remains of the war.”
Oxymore is an homage to the late French composer Pierre Henry, with whom Jarre had been intending on collaborating for Jarre’s Grammy-nominated project album Electronica. A musical journey where Pierre Henry’s sounds interact with Jarre’s world back-and-forth between analogue and digital sounds and inspired by the French movement ‘musique concrete’.
Oxymore‘s conceptual creation builds on the immersive qualities of its 2021 predecessor, Amazônia, which provided the soundtrack to Sebastião Salgado’s exhibition of the same name. This time, the creative process was road-tested in an exclusive 360 concert for a small number of fans. The finished album is also a binaural recording – ie. it was tracked using two microphones to give the music a 3D feel when listened with headphones. Oxymore will be accompanied by a VR world, Oxyville, which is designed to further enhance the listening experience.
“Oxyville will be a virtual music city, and in the future I will invite other artists to be a part of it, as well as hold masterclasses and other events,” adds Jarre. “I want it to become a sandbox for new music experiences.”
(Image credit: Sony Music)
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- Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe - 180gm - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €36.29 (Back In Stock) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 6:27 pm
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Equinoxe (2015 UK remastered Audiophile issue of the classic 1978 8-track LP pressed on 180gm Vinyl, picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains insuperb condition with few signs of play)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe - Etched + P/s - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 02-Dec-2024 14:03)on December 21, 2024 at 6:27 pm
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Equinoxe (1978 UK limited edition injection moulded 7" vinyl single with the B-side etched with the title, facsimile autograph and the date Dec 78. Features Parts 5 & 1, flipback style paper picture sleeve. The sleeveshows some very light ring wear to the back whilst the vinyl has little signs of play POSP20)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Project + Posters - UK - vinyl box set - £75.00, $94.50, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 18-Sep-2024 17:00)on December 21, 2024 at 6:27 pm
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Equinoxe Project (2018 German pressed UK & European FOUR-DISC 40th Anniversary boxset comprising a remastered version of his classic 1978 8-track album accompanied by his newly released 'Equinoxe Infinity' album. Each albumis individually pressed on both 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl [in their own gatefold picture sleeves] and CD [inside separate gatefold digi sleeves]. Complete with download code scratchcard and four mega-sized artwork posters, allhoused in a 13" x 13" x 1.5" two-piece glossy picture box. The box displays some light general wear, whilst the content remains in a 'near mint' condition)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Revolutions - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 24-Sep-2024 09:11)on December 21, 2024 at 6:27 pm
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Revolutions (1988 UK 7-track LP, the sixth studio album by the French composer including the singles Revolutions & London Kid [a collaboration with Hank Marvin], picture sleeve. The sleeve has light wear and the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play POLH45)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Planet Jarre (50 Years Of Music) - Sealed - German - vinyl box set - £195.00, $245.70, €235.95 (New Item) (arrived 04-Oct-2024 14:40)on December 21, 2024 at 6:27 pm
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Planet Jarre (50 Years Of Music) (2018 German Deluxe Limited Edition 41-track Four Vinyl LP compilation box set, includes a download code to access high quality audio files and exclusive 5.1 content. Housed in a coffee table style book format, and remains factory sealed in the hype stickered shrink)
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