Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (Jean Michel Jarre)

Feek · 24-02-2008, 00:49

Last year Jean Michel Jarre re-recorded his first album Oxygene live and it was filmed in 3D for release on DVD. The 3D doesn't interest me but it's absolutely fascinating to see a group of dudes recreating this absolute classic album live. There's no audience, just a bunch of french blokes surrounded by keyboards and generally very old synthesisers with loads of knobs and buttons all over the place.

There's some bonus material on the DVD including a run through of all the instruments used and a lot of the stuff is exactly the same as he used when he originally recorded the album over 30 years ago. It sounds great in 5.1 and being a techy person I find it intriguing to see all the old kit sounding as good now as it ever did. There's a Mellatron and a Theremin and Moogs and other such stuff all over!

If you're a fan of Jean Michel Jarre or electronic music at all then I can thoroughly recommend this. Even if you're not, I can still recommend it. You may think you've never heard any of Oxygene but I can guarantee you will recognise at least some of the tracks as bits of it have been used widely as backing and incidental material over the years.

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24-02-2008, 00:49	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (Jean Michel Jarre) Last year Jean Michel Jarre re-recorded his first album Oxygene live and it was filmed in 3D for release on DVD. The 3D doesn't interest me but it's absolutely fascinating to see a group of dudes recreating this absolute classic album live. There's no audience, just a bunch of french blokes surrounded by keyboards and generally very old synthesisers with loads of knobs and buttons all over the place. There's some bonus material on the DVD including a run through of all the instruments used and a lot of the stuff is exactly the same as he used when he originally recorded the album over 30 years ago. It sounds great in 5.1 and being a techy person I find it intriguing to see all the old kit sounding as good now as it ever did. There's a Mellatron and a Theremin and Moogs and other such stuff all over! If you're a fan of Jean Michel Jarre or electronic music at all then I can thoroughly recommend this. Even if you're not, I can still recommend it. You may think you've never heard any of Oxygene but I can guarantee you will recognise at least some of the tracks as bits of it have been used widely as backing and incidental material over the years. hotlinked image follows.. non hotlinked image follows.. __________________ Last edited by Feek; 24-02-2008 at 01:03.