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 - Oxygene - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 08:45)on July 27, 2024 at 4:36 am
JEAN MICHEL JARRE Oxygene (1977 UK 6-track vinyl LP, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some mild shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with very little play)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe - EX - French - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2024 11:33)on July 27, 2024 at 4:36 am
JEAN MICHEL JARRE Equinoxe (Original 1978 French classic electronic 8-track LP, including Equinoxe 1-8, silk laminate picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and, aside from a few light paper scuffs, the vinyl remains in Excellent condition FDM83150)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - The Essential Jean Michel Jarre - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 10-Apr-2024 14:55)on July 27, 2024 at 4:36 am
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE The Essential Jean Michel Jarre (1983 UK 14-track compilation LP featuring a collection of his much loved recordings, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play PROLP3)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Jarre In China - French - 3-disc CD/DVD Set - £39.99, $51.59, €47.59 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 10:44)on July 27, 2024 at 4:36 am
JEAN MICHEL JARRE Jarre In China (2005 French edition 3-disc set comprising of the complete concert across 2 PAL Region 2-5 DVDs recorded in high definition THX complete with audio commentary by the man himself in English and French plus 'Sur lestraces du dernier empereur' 52 minute documentary and photo gallery plus BONUS CD featuring 70 minute audio version of the concert!)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China - Complete - Stickered - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £30.00, $38.70, €35.70 (New Item) (arrived 27-Apr-2024 10:41)on July 27, 2024 at 4:36 am
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE The Concerts In China (1982 UK 15-track double LP, recorded live during five concerts presented in Peking & Shanghai, the first performances of rock or contemporary music ever given in the People's Republic of China, including forty minutes of then-new material, complete with illustrated tracklisting inners, hype stickered gatefold picture sleeve & rare merchandise insert. The cover shows a little mild scuffing & ring wear, the flyer has a few creases and both vinyl discs appear near 'as new' PODV3)
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