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Domestos wrote:Really like Conquistador. Has a nice 'attitude' to it.

MOAR PLEASE

Yes, I can listen the 3 songs (original and remixes) sometimes 3 times after each other. But I don't do that when my wife is here, she will drive nuts.

Greetings,


Christophe

jeanbatman wrote:

Kanta wrote:Image

Mister Jarre going roots again and playing guitar. That's nice!

If this is the first time he has recorded himself playing guitar on an album this has got to be a smaller sensation!
Mike Lévy is a younger Jean-Michel Jarre look-alike.

Jean-Michel Jarre​: His new album in 2015!

Known especially for his mega concerts, Jarre release a new album in 2015. In the introduction, the famous French musician has already released two songs recorded duet Glory (with M83) and Conquistador (with Gesaffelstein).

Celebrated as a pioneering one of the major trends in the music industry today, electronic music composer Jean Michel Jarre elevated the style to the heights of popularity never reached in the 1970s and 1980s, 60 million albums sold worldwide to date. Emerging at the same time as an international star, he created a new kind of outdoor events, concerts which remains absolutely unique.

In 1976, Jean Michel Jarre made a spectacular breakthrough in the music business with his Oxygene album that gets the Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros Award in France and climbs to the top of the charts worldwide. This international success is unmatched today in the French record history, with nearly 12 million albums sold.

After Geometry of Love (2003), Téo & Téa (2007) and the re-release of Oxygene - precursor album, which sold 12 million copies - in high definition (2007), the pioneer of electronic music announces the release of a new album in 2015. His first titled Glory extract is a collaboration with artist M83, used as soundtrack of the short film EMIC.

Another was announced simultaneously Conquistador recorded this time with the French artist Gesaffelstein. "I wanted to work with him. His music is very dark, mystical," says Jean-Michel Jarre. For its part, the Lyon musician does not hide his pride: "When I started music, I went to the side of the pioneers of electro interested to work for synthesizers and technology of the time. His music is in the collective unconscious. It is a classic of electronic music."

Source: http://www.evous.fr/Jean-Michel-Jarre-n ... 52841.html

Francis, Francis...

Is musician jealous?


Francis Rimbert
A écouté le dernier titre de GESSAFELSTEIN (avec la collaboration de JMJ)....

FB.

Dr_Jones wrote:I think it's also got something of Eldorado (the female choir part). Which made me think: is there a connection between Conquistador and Eldorado? In history there is, so maybe JMJ had this in mind when composing?

Yes, you are right… There's some kind of Eldorado connection…
BTW Track names "Glory" and "Conquistador" both feature the same "epic" sense, don't you think?

Robi wrote:Francis, Francis...

Is musician jealous?


Francis Rimbert
A écouté le dernier titre de GESSAFELSTEIN (avec la collaboration de JMJ)....

FB.

Why? He only listen to the track.

Greetings,


Christophe

it would have been correct this way


....dernier titre de JMJ (avec collaboration de Gesaffelstein)

You feel the difference.

Christophe wrote:

Domestos wrote:Really like Conquistador. Has a nice 'attitude' to it.

MOAR PLEASE

Yes, I can listen the 3 songs (original and remixes) sometimes 3 times after each other. But I don't do that when my wife is here, she will drive nuts.

Greetings,


Christophe

I am the same. I listen to them over and over and loose track. But do not want to effective others around me so I hear them also on my headphones. But the AeroSystem One blasts them during the weekend in intervals.

I'm really surprised that people find Conquistador "jarresque". I might be too conservative with regards to what I perceive as "jarresque" but Conquistador to me is "Teo & Tea meets Metamorphoses". I don't find the gated choirs, electric guitar and piano "jarresque" at all.

I also feel that the general consensus here is that so far those tracks would go unnoticed if they weren't bearing the "JMJ & X" sticker, and that there is "95% X and 5% JMJ" in those tracks. I would submit that this will be the case with all the remaining tracks. JMJ said that people will know who did what in "Conquistador". Oh sure, the cliche "phased strings" are "obviously JMJ".

That being said, I kind of like "Glory". Yes, it does sound like a "football anthem" a bit, but I'd say I feel more of a JMJ vibe in it than in "Conquistador". Maybe it's because of the arpeggio and the odd "synthesized-voice-alike" hook. I could see this track played at concert finales, much like RV4 or Chrono 4 in the past.

There's also one more thing about "Glory" that speaks to me much better than "Conquistador". It has MELODY. A catchy one. I can actually HUM IT. I guess I like tracks I can replay in my head without actually listening to them.

Conquistador is number 1 in the Beatport top 100 releases chart.

Source: https://pro.beatport.com/top-100-releases

Nice!

Jote wrote:I'm really surprised that people find Conquistador "jarresque". I might be too conservative with regards to what I perceive as "jarresque" but Conquistador to me is "Teo & Tea meets Metamorphoses". I don't find the gated choirs, electric guitar and piano "jarresque" at all.

I also feel that the general consensus here is that so far those tracks would go unnoticed if they weren't bearing the "JMJ & X" sticker, and that there is "95% X and 5% JMJ" in those tracks. I would submit that this will be the case with all the remaining tracks. JMJ said that people will know who did what in "Conquistador". Oh sure, the cliche "phased strings" are "obviously JMJ".

That being said, I kind of like "Glory". Yes, it does sound like a "football anthem" a bit, but I'd say I feel more of a JMJ vibe in it than in "Conquistador". Maybe it's because of the arpeggio and the odd "synthesized-voice-alike" hook. I could see this track played at concert finales, much like RV4 or Chrono 4 in the past.

There's also one more thing about "Glory" that speaks to me much better than "Conquistador". It has MELODY. A catchy one. I can actually HUM IT. I guess I like tracks I can replay in my head without actually listening to them.

What is truly "Jarresque music" anyway? He has got so many different styles from one album to an other and different people to work with through the years so for me it's quite difficult to even tell.

While listening to Gessafelstein's latest work I can't help but feeling more and more fascinated by his sound. How come I never heard of this man before?
If JMJ wasn't still among us I would say he could've been a right down reincarnated Jean-Michel Jarre because you can find that same mystique and sometimes spoky sound as you can find in JMJ's early work.
Gesaffelstein is using modern DJ-equipment in a far more "Deserted Palace" way then JMJ himself will ever be able to do!

Velodynamic wrote:

Jote wrote:I'm really surprised that people find Conquistador "jarresque". I might be too conservative with regards to what I perceive as "jarresque" but Conquistador to me is "Teo & Tea meets Metamorphoses". I don't find the gated choirs, electric guitar and piano "jarresque" at all.

I also feel that the general consensus here is that so far those tracks would go unnoticed if they weren't bearing the "JMJ & X" sticker, and that there is "95% X and 5% JMJ" in those tracks. I would submit that this will be the case with all the remaining tracks. JMJ said that people will know who did what in "Conquistador". Oh sure, the cliche "phased strings" are "obviously JMJ".

That being said, I kind of like "Glory". Yes, it does sound like a "football anthem" a bit, but I'd say I feel more of a JMJ vibe in it than in "Conquistador". Maybe it's because of the arpeggio and the odd "synthesized-voice-alike" hook. I could see this track played at concert finales, much like RV4 or Chrono 4 in the past.

There's also one more thing about "Glory" that speaks to me much better than "Conquistador". It has MELODY. A catchy one. I can actually HUM IT. I guess I like tracks I can replay in my head without actually listening to them.

What is truly "Jarresque music" anyway? He has got so many different styles from one album to an other and different people to work with through the years so for me it's quite difficult to even tell.

While listening to Gessafelstein's latest work I can't help but feeling more and more fascinated by his sound. How come I never heard of this man before?
If JMJ wasn't still among us I would say he could've been a right down reincarnated Jean-Michel Jarre because you can find that same mystique and sometimes spoky sound as you can find in JMJ's early work.
Gesaffelstein is using modern DJ-equipment in a far more "Deserted Palace" way then JMJ himself will ever be able to do!

I fully agree ! I also think he has showed so much creative facettes of electronic Music through his life. I think everybody will find his favourite style.
I´m also interested to hear more about Gesaffelstein now

But I wondering why they sold downloads only on beatport ? I think Amazon and ITunes are much more popular for musicdownloads.

Velodynamic wrote:What is truly "Jarresque music" anyway?

1976-1996

Velodynamic wrote: While listening to Gessafelstein's latest work I can't help but feeling more and more fascinated by his sound. How come I never heard of this man before?

The same here. And I think it's great that Jarre is that open-minded and does not stick to any kind of "formular".