Oxygène: New Master Recording
Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released26 November 2007 France
11 December 2007 Worldwide
Recorded2007
Length40:10
LabelEMI
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Téo & Téa
(2007)		 Oxygène: New Master Recording
(2007)		 Essentials & Rarities
(2011)

Oxygène: New Master Recording is a new recording by Jean-Michel Jarre of his 1976 album Oxygène. It was released in 2007, marking the 30th anniversary of the original worldwide release. It is his first release on EMI and his next releases were on Capitol Records.

Background

The album was recorded live, without tape or hard disk playback, with help from Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard and Dominique Perrier. The album also contains three extra tracks ("Variation Part 1", "2" and "3", respectively) not found on either the original or remake, which form links between the main movements.[1] The artwork featured a 3D model by Giovanni Bourgeois based in the original Michel Granger design used for Oxygène album cover.[2]

Sometimes there are two or three layers of the same sound, each with different phasing and processing. For example, there are several Eminent String Machines that make up one of the main Oxygene string sounds. Having four of us meant I had to multiply the number of instruments, and finding the equipment was quite a headache, especially as I tried, as much as I could, to avoid using instruments produced after Oxygène. There are one or two exceptions but 95 percent of the instruments are of that time. For me it was really important for the radicalism of the process.[1]

Release

In November 26, 2007, Oxygène: New Master Recording was released on EMI label in different editions which included a CD with 5.1 Surround sound recording and animated visual, a 2D DVD featuring a live performance recorded in Lint, Belgium called Oxygène — Live in Your Living Room,[3][2] and a 3D DVD featuring the live performance in stereoscopic 3D High-Definition, which also includes two pairs of 3D glasses. To promote this album Jarre performed 10 concerts (Oxygène Live) in Paris, from 12 to 26 December 2007, held in the Théâtre Marigny, a small 1000-seat theatre in the Champs-Élysées. Later in 2008 Jarre performed several concerts to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oxygène, in theaters in Europe.[4] He also played the album at the Royal Albert Hall, London.[5]

That same year Disques Dreyfus re-released The Complete Oxygène, containing the original versions of Oxygène and Oxygène 7–13, and remixes of the latter.[6] In 2008, The Mail on Sunday newspaper distributed more than 2 million copies of the Oxygène: New Master Recording CD to its readers in the United Kingdom. In the same year, Francis Dreyfus Music said it intended to bring legal action against The Mail on Sunday and EMI, based on the claim that the contents of the CD did not come from the new re-recorded master, but from the original master of which the French label owned the rights.[7]

Track listing

New Master Recording CD

  1. "Oxygène Part 1" – 7:39
  2. "Oxygène Part 2" – 7:54
  3. "Oxygène Part 3" – 3:06
  4. "Oxygène Part 4" – 4:13
  5. "Oxygène Part 5" – 10:11
  6. "Oxygène Part 6" – 7:05

Live in Your Living Room 2D DVD

Special edition only

  1. "Prelude" (new track)
  2. "Oxygène Part 1"
  3. "Oxygène Part 2"
  4. "Oxygène Part 3"
  5. "Variation Part 1" (new track)
  6. "Oxygène Part 4"
  7. "Variation Part 2" (new track)
  8. "Oxygène Part 5"
  9. "Variation Part 3" (new track)
  10. "Oxygène Part 6"
  • + The Making Of
  • + Instruments Presentation

Live in Your Living Room stereoscopic 3D DVD

Limited edition only (plus two pairs of 3D glasses)

  1. "Prelude" (new track)
  2. "Oxygène Part 1"
  3. "Oxygène Part 2"
  4. "Oxygène Part 3"
  5. "Variation Part 1" (new track)
  6. "Oxygène Part 4"
  7. "Variation Part 2" (new track)
  8. "Oxygène Part 5"
  9. "Variation Part 3" (new track)
  10. "Oxygène Part 6"
  • + The Making Of
  • + Instruments Presentation
  • + 3D gallery

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] 83
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 55
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[11] 67

References

  1. 1 2 Flint, Tom (February 2008), "Jean-Michel Jarre – 30 Years of Oxygene", Sound on Sound, retrieved 28 May 2009
  2. 1 2 Oxygène: New Master Recording. EMI/Capitol Records/Aero Productions. 2007. 50999 5141372 9.
  3. ↑ Oxygène (New Master Recording). Capitol Music/Aero Productions. 26 November 2007. 50999 5141362 0.
  4. ↑ Jean-Michel Jarre: "The extraordinary landscapes of the Canary Islands are very inspiring to my music", iac.es, 14 July 2008, retrieved 10 December 2008
  5. ↑ "Jarre gives another Oxygene dose". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Oxygene (The Complete Oxygene). Disques Dreyfus. 2007-11-16. FDM 46050 368872.
  7. ↑ Cardew, Ben (7 March 2008). "EMI faces Oxygene battle". Music Week. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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