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Remastered Albums 2014 and 2015


Post Posted Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:51 pm
matt222


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Well now,

I havn't been on this site for a while so I thought I'd pop in to see what great new and refreshing stuff Jarre has put out of late.......oh, nothing. Just more re-releases of the same tracks he's been re-releasing for the last God knows how many years.

Being a Jarre fan since 1983, I now feel like Im a fan to a man who died long ago and all we see is someone bouncing around on stage to poorly constructed versions of his ancient masterpieces.

Please stop and do something new now Jean Michel - You're a brilliant, creative man who has that rare ability to really SEE sounds and you have created the most vivid and delicious soundscapes that have ever exsisted. I would love to see a little more.

Perhaps I'll pop back an another couple of years and check again.......

Am I allowed to call myself a 'fan' having wrote the above, or do I need to only praise and idolise regardless?
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:42 am
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Never just idolize blindly. If your favorite artist makes something you don't like, it is fine to say so.

I think most fans here are very, very critical. Sometimes too much. But when it comes to what jarre releases, I think we have not been treated well. Endless complilations, remastered stuff that no one is wanting or waiting for. New work.... we'll see.

I once wrote in a magazine in 1997 that I did not think Oygene 7-13 was that good. I thought some tracks were not new or refreshing and I said I was afraid that JM Jarre was on his way out. I predicted that the albums he would release after that would not be considered important (even though I really liked Metamorphoses, the real world couldn't care less), that the remixes of all the new tracks would not be considered interesting in the danceworld (and almost all of those were awful) and that the fact that he would do concerts indoor (and no longer the big events) would also not help his status. I think I was pretty much right. We know him, but the rest of the world has forgotten.

The response to this honest review were amazing. I was stoned to death and people were outraged. How dared I say something negative. Even the record company called me and asked why I said these things.

I am still a fan and I still love his music. Even though the last 10-15 years have not been that interesting anymore.
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:46 am
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Zoolook (30th Anniversary Edition) (Remastered):

iTunes available for download - 14 November 2014:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/zoolo ... d936769238
Amazon UK available for download - 14 November 2014:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P ... 34&sr=8-14
Amazon Germany available for download - 14 November 2014:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00P78X ... 720&sr=8-1
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O2 Arena, London - 2010
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Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:35 pm
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Listening to Zoolookologie @2014 on Spotify.

Hey, at least it's not the remix!

Blah Blah Cafe has some odd noise in it (similar to certain effects in Oxygene 1 @ 2007).

Ethnicolor I actually brings out some sounds I hadn't really noticed before, but it's stilll a mess. For example at the 9:22 part when the strings kick in... or as it does in this mix, try to kick in and just sort of drop in there. Eh.
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 4:58 pm
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Finaero wrote:Listening to Zoolookologie @2014 on Spotify.

Hey, at least it's not the remix!

Blah Blah Cafe has some odd noise in it (similar to certain effects in Oxygene 1 @ 2007).

Ethnicolor I actually brings out some sounds I hadn't really noticed before, but it's stilll a mess. For example at the 9:22 part when the strings kick in... or as it does in this mix, try to kick in and just sort of drop in there. Eh.
Downloaded it from iTunes. Can not say that I hear something realy bad in it. But I need to listen to the remastered cd-version in January. Then I can judge better. :wink:

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christophe
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:08 pm
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Is left/right swapped like the 1997 remasters?
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:31 pm
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Dr_Jones wrote:Is left/right swapped like the 1997 remasters?
Sounds normal! :D

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Christophe
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:44 pm
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Zoolookologie's kick sounds really weird at the end (as opposed to the beginning) as well... maybe some of this stuff was present before, though :P

Can't comment on the L/R issue since I usually wear headphones the wrong way since I want the headphone cable to go over/past my right shoulder instead of the left one. >_>
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:59 pm
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Yes, I just checked it myself - left & right are the same again.
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:04 pm
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Listening to the Zoolook 30th Anniversary Edition Remastered digital release at the moment and it is awesome...!
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NIA, Birmingham - 2010
O2 Arena, London - 2010
Zénith Aréna, Lille - 2010
Port Hercule, Monaco - 2011
TUI Arena, Hannover - 2011
Festival International de Carthage - 2013
Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham - 2016
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:08 pm
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DarkVoyage wrote:Swapped channels is not a problem really. Are you sure that they are not corrected in 1997 as it was intended, while all others are wrong?
I guess not. The 2014 remaster has the channels just like the 1984 release has.
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:08 pm
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Another odd thing: this release has the 1984 non remix version of Zoolookologie and the 1985 remix version of Zoolook.
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:15 pm
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Well, they f****d that Zoolook remaster up majorly... Ethnicolor 1, at 6:51, a short repeated fragment, probably a mistake with copy/pasting... Where's the quality control when you need it?
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:34 pm
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1984: http://drjones.home.xs4all.nl/jarre/right.mp3
2014: http://drjones.home.xs4all.nl/jarre/wrong.mp3
Post Posted Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:55 pm
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Yeah, the wrong one's present in the 1997 remaster as well.







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