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This is very interesting research! Thanks markuss!

I really wanted the "Easter Island" version so I had to check out 3 stores to get it on CD, and then another 2 stores to get the vinyl... Incidentally none had the "apocalyptic" version on vinyl, only on CD. So it looks like people do prefer that version on vinyl! Where do you g...

Thanks Finareo and Dr_Jones for your contribution to this study ;-) Yeah, "you can't always get what you want" as the Rolling Stones once sang... As Jarre said the "randomness" was part of the game. I really wanted the "Easter Island" version so I had to check out 3 sto...

Speaking of covers... Just noticed... The gatefold image of the Équinoxe Inifinty album included in the Équinoxe Project box set is slighlty differemt from that of the standalone album: In the box set, the gatefold of both the LP (red / orange) and the CD (blue / green) features a "stick figure...

Just curious... Among those who purchased Équinoxe Infinity in physical format, who bought the album with the blue / green cover and who did the red / orange cover? (And to those completists who purchased both versions, which cover do you prefer?) (As for me I bought the blue / green version.) Just ...

Great covers indeed! Earlier in 2018 Sudar Percussion made an interesting cover of Révolutions together with Stefan Milenković on violin and Božo Vrećo on vocals, who added his own lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXzbsJMWr_o Does anyone understand what he sings? Anyone will...

You're welcome!

Yes, this podcast should make for a nice lesson in French while possibly providing some interesting facts about JMJ...

If there are a few passages you have trouble understanding, let me know, I might have some time to transcribe (and maybe translate) or summarize a few bits.

Cheers!

Just stumbled upon this. I can't remember whether it was mentioned on this forum, so I thought I'd post the links. Apologies if duplicate. À Voix Nue is a radio show on France Culture. There were 5 shows with JMJ back in September. 1. Futur antérieur https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/a-voix-nue...

Beliieve it or not, yesterday I saw the new Oxygène 7-13 CD in a record store in New Jersey. Pretty rare to see Jarre CDs (or even LPs) in record stores in the US, let alone a new release in new condition! Incidentally I saw a used Houston-Lyon CD too... I should play the lottery...

Thank you Kanta for the info! There is an interesting statement in this interview: "The last track, Équinoxe Infinity, was made together with a group at Microsoft that specializes in artificial intelligence. I added to the algorithm my "personal big data" made of samples, loops and so...

Thanks for the info... Yes, it's a bit odd that nobody participated, even when the tour was near the collaborators or when collaborators were onstage at the same festival... Maybe it's just that JMJ had the track list so locked in for this tour that he didn't actually invite anyone...

Hi,

Does anyone know how many co-writers on the Electronica project went on stage during the Electronica tour?

AFAIK only Peaches participated. That was at the Berlin show in October 2016.

Cheers!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ccd4on0z79iwzh/1997.wav?dl=0 And yes, even with that one you have to listen closely to hear the beat and the Theremin lead of Oxygene 10 playing faintly in the background. (Sure, you can make O10 out better if you listen to the whole initial laser harp intro at a very lou...

I still like the "Oxygene 10 playing at the beginning of Oxygene 7" unintentional easter egg... sort of gives it a "humane" touch (in the vein of that random phone ring in the middle of "Rock The Casbah", IIRC) . I've never been able to find that "easter egg"...

I remember a TV show back in 1997 when JMJ explained the title (instead of the more obvious Oxygène 2). Beside indicating the opening and ending tracks, numbers 7 and 13 have opposite "meanings", 7 being positive (good luck) and 13 being negative (bad luck). Of course it depends on your cu...