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Jarreshair

Sadly E2 is shaping up not to be as good as E1

jarrepaul

Elf wrote:
Jarreshair wrote:Sadly E2 is shaping up not to be as good as E1
Let's see:

The Heart of Noise Part 1 and Part2 - Two of the best tracks from the whole project so far
Brick England - The best pop song to come out of this project so far, and way better than anything on PSBs latest album
What you want - Cool spoken track. Nothing earth shattering, but good
Exit - Sounding like something that was rejected from a 90s action flick and one of Jarre's worst tracks ever
As One - Rather simple and dull, but not obnoxiously so

Considering that I liked everything on E1, it could be that you will be right in your prediction.

Wow guys seriously. You have heard 6 tracks from an 18 track album. PSB was leaked so really 5. Following the same pattern as E1 as in not really the strongest tracks get released first. Peaches/Little Boots, Primal Scream/M83. Exit is politically motivated. All the best tracks from E1 were heard when first played on either LP, CD or MP3 album download.

synthmann

with regard to 'Exit', it is obviously not 'listening music' in the same vein as Oxygene or compared to E1 tracks like The Train and the River, A question of blood or Zero Gravity.

However, I think not every track needs to be listening music. I think 'Exit' brilliantly captures in sounds, rhythm and general feel, the topic they want to tackle with the track. I think it shows Jarre's class in composing to the specific purpose and I appreciate it in that sense.

Finaero

http://petshopboys.co.uk/news/6954/201604

Lyrics by PSB apparently, music by JMJ and PSB.

Sounds good to me.

Then again, if Jarre had composed Oxygene with a Stradivarius, Jarre fans would claim that Stradivarius composed Oxygene.

Violator

Elf wrote: The Heart of Noise Part 1 and Part2 - Two of the best tracks from the whole project so far

Best tracks from the whole project were in the 1st part.

Christophe

May be "As One" is a simple song, but it works with me. Some people call it here a dull song. But listen on the radio these days, most of the songs are more dull in my opinion.

Greetings,

Christophe

Jarreshair

Mixed review:

http://soundblab.com/reviews/albums/938 ... t-of-noise

But the guy doesn't rate Zoolook or Rendez-vous so he's a knob who's opinion can be dismissed.

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Robi

- E2 : does seem better

- who made the artwork for E2 ?

Jote

"However, the divergent vocal tracks dissolve any possibility for a uniform musical concept. Instead, the record feels like a random compilation of both modern and classic electronic artists – leaving the listener confused"

Well, those are exactly my sentiments with regards to E1. Even though I found it enjoyable, this is the thing that seems odd about it and can't help but wonder: would I ever listen to it if it wasn't for the "JMJ" tag?

shadow

The Time Machine (and probably The Heart of Noise) has a terrible track listing. The tracks themselves are fine, but the way they're ordered is all over the place. The Time Machine began with an upbeat and energetic track, followed by the much slower but 'uplifting' Glory which was followed by a very slow and old electronic piece. And that really goes for the entire album.

The track listing was all over the place and not really consistent what-so-ever. The music is good, but not really well thought out how it fits together. But still, I just re-ordered the separate tracks and I'm fine with it now

1906

Robi wrote: - who made the artwork for E2 ?

The same guy that made the artwork for both Atomic and The Source, released a couple of weeks ago

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Jote

"Swipe to the right" sounds quite bad in this preview.

As for "Falling"... I've said it many times, and I'll say it once again: that is one "classic JMJ" track. Can't wait to hear it.

netrom

Now we're talking! This sounds very promising, only not so sure about "Gisele". The Julia Holter track is going to be out of this world.

Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise by Jean-Michel Jarre