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ÉQUINOXE

Jean-Michel Jarre

 

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4.04 | 308 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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4 stars It is always damned difficult to release a great album after a great album. Huum?are you following me?

The man does use the same technique, skill and maestria than for "Oxygène", maybe an inch lower in the hierarchy of commercial feel.

The music performed holds its bunch of emotional affairs, gut feeling themes, above the atmosphere music which is able to reach unmatched textures: in one word it is another of his extremely good albums.

I am of course biased, being a deep lover of prog electronic. But I only want to share my passion with all of you: some of these moments are just magical. As some TD or Schulze in their first decade of grandeur. No more, no less.

I guess that this shows enough the quality of this album. But JM already demonstrated his talent during "Oxygène". The great point is that he is matching again the expectations (which were quite high after such a ground breaking album).

This one man band is quite efficient in terms of bombastic themes ("Part IV" for instance) and grandiose music. It is of course more commercial than lots of his fellow mates (the great German wizards) but at this stage one can't say that the man was selling off or playing too conventional music. "Part VII" is sublime, attractive, rhythmic and just beautiful to summarize in one single word.

Let's not forget that this album was released just after the punk explosion and the new wave ignition. This is probably why I didn't discover it at the time of release since I was much more involved into these scenes. But such a work does pass the proof of time and each of us should at least spend some time to try and appreciate.

Similar to "Oxygène" and its famous "Part IV", this one is also holding a chart song with "Part V": an upbeat, synthetic and melodic pop electronic track. A good track, in line with the whole of this album.

To have this artist catalogued into the prog related genre is quite bizarre. Electronic prog would be a "suit" that would "suit" him much better. This aim will surely be met.

Four stars for this very good album.

ZowieZiggy | 4/5 |

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