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| Jean Michel Jarre - Sessions 2000 Classification: New Age / Meditation Band: Jean Michel Jarre Tracks: - January 24 - March 23 - May 1 - June 21 - September 14 - December 17 Not as different as you think In response to those reviewers who sense Sessions is "new" Jarre, I can steer them to Rareties, GEMA CT03, a Truly rare mix of Jarre's very early work: Zig-Zag Dance, La Cage, Eros Machine, Les Grange Brulees... when I first heard this pre-Oxygene stuff, I couldn't believe this came from the same guy! How did THIS lead to Oxygene and Equinox? If anything, Sessions represents a return to Jarre's truest and most authentic musical impulses; it's the most like his early inclinations as anything I've heard since, but with the added depth that comes from thirty years of experience. Sessions, then, strikes me as a culminating album and so much more authentic and honest to my ears than, say, Revolutions or Metamorphoses will ever be. Hearing Sessions ties it all together for me; I begin to understand Jarre's whole artistic arc a little better. Oxygene and Equinox, in this context, are the rare and odd soufflés that rose from magic and will never rise again. And I see Sessions not as the oddball effort, but a fascinating bookend to complement who Jarre was as a young Artist decades earlier. Highly recommended. Worthy of deep and careful listening. Beautifully recorded. Samples...little synth work Jarre made a peak on his musical career with 'Chronologie' (Great solo dist. guitars & symphonic structure & digitally ruling Kurzweil and Korg 01) but since then he absolutely puts very little genius on his albums.Oxygene 7-13 was a dull, re-implementation of analogish sounds, and the patterns were not as exciting as the original Oxygene. The later release, 'Metamorphoses', is the album by which I lost my belief in Jarre. Simply, ordinary. <BR>'Sessions 2000' is a kind of acoustic trauma, Jarre always gets influenced by Electronic pop and vice versa. That's obvious and understandable. But here, this is just an imitation of the late 90's elec. pop trend. Lots of samples, computer aided sound generation (dull sounding soft synths). As the song titles suggest, the songs on 'Sessions 2000', with a little studio crew help, could be jammed up in one night or at best one day. These days, every guy who owns a pentium and a good sound card can write songs like these. Shame... (By the way, one 'Top Reviewer' compares this one with Vangelis' 'City'. There are no similarities between the two. 'City' is a careful studio work,on the other hand, 'Sessions' is a sound garbage.) jean michel...the god of music! how can all the so called "jarre fans" be giving this album anything but 5 stars. if you Live and Breathe him as i do, you will appreciate this music as much as all the other works he has done throughout the years. being an Artist is about exploring new avenues in order to reach the highest artistic point you can ever reach throughout your life time. and this is one of those moments. Call it jazz. Call it experimental fusion Electronic music. this is sublime. jen michel's work has always been 100 percent and i'm sure will continue to be as long as he is weaving his magic into his work. for those who have never heard of him, yes this is different to his old material, but i LOVED metamorphoses and i Love this as much. this is the kind of album that grows on you very quickly. my fav tracks are track 2 and 4. if you want intelligent thinking music, then buy this album immediately. i cannot wait for jean michel's next piece of work. he is the god of music and we are his servants. so pay respects to the GOD! Buy Jean Michel Jarre Sessions 2000 at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
