I bought the album, not a CD, then you didn't have CD's, a vinyl record, when it was released in 1978, I was a kid, now I'm an old man and listening to it again, haven't heard it for 40 years, it's a timeless masterpiece. The record had to be handled carefully, no scratches. Turned on the record player, lay back with my eyes closed and the journey began. What a fantastic time that was. Sorry kids of today, you really don't know what your missing.
True. Few, if any, listen to music the way we used to. Many is the time I would sit with friends as we listened to each others LPs. No screens, no phones.
utter bollox. you self righteous muppet! music is great either analogue or digital. the medium gets in the way of the sound. guess am just a pureist. guess am with plato......mans effort with sound are just a pale imitation, of transdimensional reality.
at the age of four I secretly got up in the middle of the night to listen to my father's JMJ records for hours. this was the most emotional time of my childhood - now I'm almost 50 and it's the middle of the night and I'm listening to JMJ.. it hasn't lost any of its magic XD
La escuché por primera vez de niño ,, mi abuelo tenía un amplificador Marantz de 800 watts reales , me ponía los audífonos de esos que tapaban toda la oreja y subía casi todo el volumen ..era un verdadero viaje por el universo donde vivisitabas todo tipo de planetas ...sigue siendo una música increíble,..cómo pocas ..jean ..el papá de la música electrónica
@margaritamariaBLANCOCONCHA Well, maybe not. There were others before him. Robert Moog, Walter Sear, Walter/Wendy Carlos, Dana Countryman. And then there were Louis and Bebe Barron, with their "electronic tonalities" in the soundtrack to the Sci-Fi movie"Forbidden Planet, which was out around 1957. The Theremin, developed in 1928 by Leon Terman (Theremin). Michael's music sounds like there was a lot of programmable work. Nothing wrong with that, though. I just don't see Michael as "the father of electronic music."
I know the feeling! The first album and DVD I bought was in 2004 or 2005 with the money from my first real job. It was a Bjork CD and DVD I still own and cherish.
いつ聞いても心が洗れるようで、宇宙にいられるようで時たま聞いています、過去から今現在までにこれ程私の宇宙観を満たしてくれる音楽はお目にかかったことはございません。 そもそも宇宙には時間は存在しないのでしょうが、この音楽を聞いていると膨大な時の流れを意識して目の前の不安や心配事などどうでもよくなるから不思議ですね。 素晴らしく完成度の高い音楽だと思います。 Jean Michel Jarre の天才的感性の素晴らしさと動画をアップロードしてくれたTheDudeさんに感謝申し上げます。
Tracks 5-7 are, in my opinion, the best pieces of electronic music ever composed. The use of stereo soundscapes, especially on good speakers or headphones are truly amazing. A true timeless classic.
Fantastique , les plus belles musique du monde , des étoiles , du rève , quand on écoute on est avec Dieu je dirais , on est enfant d'ailleurs enfant du cosmos , je suis sur qu'il a reçu un don du ciel , un langage venu d'ailleurs pour nous dire de lever la tête la haut . Parfois je fais une sièste avec mon chat il ronronne , eux aussi ils aiment . Mon chat reconnait certaines musiques d'oxygène et il ronronne dès qu'elle passe , une en particulier , on apprend beaucoup . Si ça se trouve les plantes aussi pourraient aimer , car pourquoi elles ne sentiraient pas les choses de l'au dela ? Pour moi c'est le meilleur même s'il y a tant d'autres musiciens merveilleux , il a touché les étoiles ou bien elles lui ont parlés .
Thank you Dad .. I dsicovered music with this album when I was young boy (born 1974)..now it's 21 years today you're in the sky with the stars... forever love you. I miss you
What kids of today do not realise is that to anyone like myself born in the 1970s (in my case 1971), synthesisers only properly became usable and commonplace in the latter part of that decade. So for many of us hearing them for the first time, it was truly awe inspiring and magical. People these days are so bombarded with synths and samples at every turn 24/7, so now synth sounds are taken for granted as if they are commodities.
+Emmanuel Boudoir I wouldn't say it's the last album made with analog synthesizers but I totally agree that these days almost all synthesizers are made with sounds already built for the user and that it requires less knowledge to make various sounds. I feel that it takes away the magic of really exploring sounds yourself..
+Emmanuel Boudoir Hi there there was a fast movement of synth pioneers at that time; kraftwerk, klaus schulze, td, synergy and so on... the pure analogue synth compositions kept on until 1980 i summon. But i agree that the digital revolution led to an end of that aera. Unfortunately.
+EgoShredder Analogue synths are having a bit of a renaissance in terms of appreciation and new gear being made. Dave Smith who developed the Prophet 5 that was big in the late 70's - Early 80's have just released the Prophet 6 which looks and sounds amazing, and he teamed up with Tom Oberheim who developed the SEM & OB-X to produce the OB-6 which is equally amazing.
James Pilcher Hi there. Yes You are wright about the renaissance of analogue synthesized instruments! I try to follow this developement , but above all the joy is that many appreciate listen to the music as well the quality of analogue synths. So its an exciting aera we are living...
This album is a masterpiece. I never get tired of listening to it. It makes my spirit soar through the heavens and beyond. I even use it in healing sessions. There have been times when I was so I'll I could not even sit up in bed. Listened to this, feeling every nuance very deeply, and got up feeling entirely healed! There is magic in this masterpiece, healing magic. So much more than just music. Thank you JMJ for creating such a deep and wonderful experience. It's not just music it is an experience all its own.
@@zioslayerslayer1562 I thought Zoolook was quite different to his earlier albums and I still like it to this day. But then we all have our likes and dislikes.
i grew up listening to my dad's music. I love Jarre, every album is so unique and immersive. I wish more of my generation would listen to his music, they are truly works of art.
Words are so poor when one listens to the music of a true master like Jean Michel Jarre. Still today nothing comes close to what he created back in the 70'ies and 80'ies. What a legend and by the way super nice person he is.
C'est tout simplement magnifique.En fermant les yeux tu te retrouves aux delà du réel dans une dimension intergalactique et laisse ton imaginations te propulsé c'est un voyage inoubliable même à laisser tomber quelques larmes tellement que c'est BEAUX!! c'est du grand Michel Jarre à l'état pure (c'est un grand chef d'œuvre merci jean Michel Jarre pour tes trésors et ton talent tu resteras gravé à jamais 🙏❤️🙏.
I bought the vinyl record of this music as soon as it came out, and used to listen to it lying in bed, with my eyes closed in my dark bedroom. It was magic.
I did buy this album in Vinyl as a boy in the end of the seventies, my sisters and parents said: "Strange music", but now I am almost 50 and I still love it. It has the beauty of Simple Timeless Music
Me too. My late father was a huge Oxygene and then Equinoxe fan who got me fascinated with the whole Analog Synth sound. Still brings up great memories along with fresh discoveries. RIP indeed.
So how many modern albums have you listened to all the way through? And how many of them are not mainstream? I think you're talking bullshit and just doing the old man cloud shout .
purplevoxeater hes had the biggest shows in history he gets invited to play anniversary events all over the world check out rendevous houston and la defense there incredible shows that literally envelope cities more people have seen him live than his views on RUclips trust me if you already love his music your gonna shit your pants if you watch la defense he turns the skyline into a progection screen for amazing light and lasor show not to mention a huge fireworks display
LOL, he has international respect and recognition! It's not that he's some unknown artist like e.g. Mrs. Audio Boy whom nobody knows and gives a shit about!
J'ai 52 ans, je l'écoute depuis que j'ai dix ans, c'est un génie de la musique, notre Mozart contemporain...Merci Jean-Michel d'avoir bercé mes oreilles avec ton cerveau...
This guy was so far ahead of our times. The first time I heard him was in 1978. My brother was going to school to become a music teacher because of him. I learned about Jarre, so I'm so happy I did. His music just relaxes your mind without being high!😂 You need to listen to kosmos tomita
We all owe the great deal of respect to JMJ. Jean was so far ahead of his time. Like many of you already commented, place the record on the record player, seat back, close your eyes, and enjoy the journey. No need for anything else. At the end, open your eyes and say, thank you JMJ for the greatest journey in music history.
Нечеловеческая музыка... Понимаю что слушая её прожил огромный кусок своей жизни. Гениальное сочетание нот и души. СПАСИБО Жану за это. Кстати...он один из немногих кто не просто знает что такое Ультравокс....но играет LIVE на нём !!! ГУРУ !!!! ТАЛАНТИЩЕ !!!! СПАСИБО тебе от всей планеты ЗЕМЛЯ за твою совсем НЕземную музыку .
I first heard Jarre when in a taxi ride, around 2011 - 2012. The driver who was middle-aged was playing Oxygene I believe. It was enchanting and unique. I asked him what he was listening to and he said Jean Michel Jarre. I'm really glad I asked him.
Obra de arte, uno de los mejores discos del género electrónico cósmico...planeador por excelencia y melodías increíbles... una auténtica maravilla sonora. Jarre y muy pocos otros artistas supieron crear obras que no tienen tiempo..van más allá de cualquier etiqueta que le quieran dar. Esta es música que sólo un genio puede crear. Nunca la música electrónica ha mostrado su lado espiritual como en eestas ocasiones yólo artistas como Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis y unos pocos más fueron capaces de llegar a estos niveles.
Quem curtiu Jean Michel Jarre, viajou no centro da terra. a melhor terapia que uma pessoa possa fazer mas bem copenetrado, pelo seus objetivo da ate mesmo pela sua suavidade , falar com Deus. e espantar tudo aquilo que possa estar te atrapalhando pisicologicamente, e pisiquicamente, pois só Jean Michel Jarre para te amenizar e ficar 100%. e um cocelho meu ta bom , valeu reviver esta viagem cosmica
Jarre is an underrated total genius. While he is an electronic music pioneer for sure, I think his music transcends the electronic. I could image this same music sounding great played by an orchestra, for example. But I love it as it is. Totally timeless, classic and emotive.
Certainement pour moi l'un des meilleurs albums qu'il ai pu faire. Tout s'enchaîne si bien. Comme le dit Jean Michel lui même, C'est un album qui s'écoute en s'imaginant une journée, du matin au soir. C'est un excellent album.
To my ear, the transition from Part5 to Part6 and onward to Part7, is one of the most captivating music written. Up there, with Beethoven's second movement of the 7th... the absolutely perfect Allegretto.
i was a kid and had my first autoreverse walkman, and every night, i listened to this universal floaty mysterious music… my mind was rocked and i fell asleep in dreamy lands…. i was a fan! definitely !! :)
This music never stops to amaze me, just like Oxygen series. Or Vangelis' music as well. Born in 72, I totally loved these magic masterpieces and still do.
J'avais 8 ans en 78.. En découvrant Jean Michel (sans trait d'union!) dans le clip d'Equinoxe part IV, environné de tous ses claviers par piles de 4, avec ces robots miniatures errant parmi la multitude de potentiomètres, je me retrouvai projeté dans un univers que je ne devrais plus jamais quitter tout-à-fait.. Mes parents n'étaient pas audiophiles et je devais me contenter de repasser le 33t sur le stupide électrophone familial (pas trop fort, sous peine de sanction immédiate!). Aujourd'hui j'écoute toujours ce chef-d'œuvre (à vrai dire je passe rarement un semestre sans le réécouter in extenso), mais sur un système 7.1 et à un volume qui me fait espérer que mes voisins l'apprécient autant que moi! Merci pour ce partage dans cette qualité audio inédite!
When I was a young child (I'm 23 now), I found this record and bought it simply because I liked the cover. Years later, I hear it again and it's bringing tears to my eyes and joy to my heart...
awesome haha same for me sorta. it was in the youtube suggestions list before they completely fucked it up to censor certain people or subjects they didnt like and force people to wqtch what they want you to watch and its quite annoying. i mean if i feel like watching holocaust survivor documentaries and whatever else they are trying to get us to watch ill go watch that
1986 me and huge boom box with good friends and belly full of Shrooms on local golf course in the snow with this album playing,,,,,,, tears of joy, enlightenment and barriers being broken down, this man was many many tears ahead of the game absolutely genius, peace and love to all of you 🎶🎶🎶🎶✌✌✌✌
Just to join the discussion, for my personal taste Equinoxe is by far the best album of JMJ. So etheric, so calming-uplifting, sooo spiritual aura-smoothing, the play with frequencies and the play of synths, asking and answering to eachother, the parallell tunes which start from one point, then go their own ways and join finally again, symbolizing the pulsating universe, omg and then Track 2 feeling like walking in heaven between angels.. lower chakras are touched by the lower frequencies while upper synth tones are tickling the crown chakra.. omg I love it so much.. Equinoxe is a therapy, not just music.. it's a journey to the universe and our inner space.. relaxing.. Track1 preparation for the journey, cleansing effect.. track 2 going deeper, very deep while lifting our consciousness and opening the 3rd eye.. then we enter the star gate at around 7:00 .. and the roller coaster pulls us to the top in track3 .. then hyperspace opens slowly.. and the journey between stars is beginning at around 12:40.. whoaaaa ... k.o. :) ... And then comes my little room from my childhood, with the C64, LOAD "LOCO*",8,1 and RUN .. :) 19:40.. and I travel in heaven again ... and again... :) No other music is able to play with energies so much.. not even Oxygene..
this was written in the exact same manner as a symphony...an overture, different movements etc The technology of the era was pre MIDI and digital technology so everything had to played in realtime and synchronized...Jarre's albums of this era are not only incredible, timeless works of art, but also amazing feats of technological excellence that has never been surpassed.
Mike Oldfield was a lot better as he didnt use synths. he learnt to play every instrument he put on his records. For tubuler bells he spent years making it. he wrote it then decided what instruments he wanted learnt how to play them recordred it. wasnt happy and wanted other instruments so learnt how to play them and added them on. amazing thing was he did it in his spare time as he worked for Richard Bransons virgin label and could only use the studio when it wasnt being used by anyone else. for the small vocal parts he got his sister sally to do them. or he did them himself. by the time he finished he was exhausted and having mental breakdown as he was still not happy and wanted to make it even better but said no more im never going in the studio again to make another record. but after a few years still not happy he went back into the studio to make number 2 and learnt to play all the insruments better and added a few more he learnt to play. Even now decades later he is still not happy with tubular bells and wants to remake it again to try and make it even better. think their has been about 5 remakes of it so far. and still not happy with it. prob with his stuf he cant really do them live on his own so had to get others to come for the concrts to play all the instrument's.
@@cliffbird5016 No matter how much I like Mike Oldfield, your comparison doesn't stand. MO and JMJ ar not comparable. Different style, different music, different background. It's simply pointless to try and pick one over the other.
When I was little kid and my father sat to listen to his musical collection I was so happy when he played this album because since I didn't know how to use the turntable I had to wait for him to be in the mood to play it. Then one time when he was playing his records I made a drawing of the audio system to see where all the controls and knobs were positioned so I could play records on my own and to my amazement it worked! (I learned after that just the source knob had to be positioned in "PHONO" 😃). This record brings me back tho those times, life was so simple and happy.
Reminds me of Saturday mornings at home with my parents and sisters... Played loud as everyone did their tidying up and sorting out - truly happy days and memories. Almost feels like I'm there. Genius.
As majestic and triumphant as the day I first heard this. Takes me back to an optimistic (as opposed to dystopian) sound of the future. This LP still releases a little bit of the now long gone child in me. Perfect for any journey, especially the public transport germ wagons.
To, co się dzieje po 27. minucie zawsze zapiera mi dech i rozwija definicję piękna. Coś, czego na co dzień nie umiemy nazywać, a co wyrazić może tylko Geniusz.
I seem to be younger than a lot of the people in these comments, I was born in 1993. However, my dad instilled a love of JMJ'S music in me (and the rest of my 80's & 90's siblings) from a young age. I have many memories of him taking us for drives in his old Honda with JMJ playing off cassette (mainly Oxygene and Equinoxe). I think his music transcends the ages for sure and everyone, even people who are hearing it the first time, feel a sense of shared nostalgia.
When I was 3, my dad used to put this song in the background and it instantly hit different, JMJ changed my life and it’s still changing it today and he is the reason why I’m taking music for GCSE, I’m 14 now and I never finished this song fully and the end brought me back and I wept and it’s the only song that I consider to be a 💖masterpiece💖
That is genius, i was born in 89, my dad used to have a couple of jean michel jar cds. I listened to them but it had been 15 solid years i didnt hear him.. i stumbeled upon this today listened to it all in one go shivering from gosebumps all along the way an absolute legend.
Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe album constitutes one of the most refined musical expressions of the Information Age. It directly inherits the aesthetic concepts of Classical Music, while providing a foundation for subsequent sound design within the Electronic Music genre, in a true pioneering spirit. I consider myself lucky to be a contemporaneous of such great composer.
Toute mon enfance!!! Quelle nostalgie...(j'ai 42ans...) L'un de mes albums préférés! J'ai été bercé par ses piliers que sont Oxygène et Equinoxe!!! L'électronique a cette magie, ce son spatial, cérébral qu'aucun instrument acoustique ne possède..sauf si on le "triture" et le détourne de son usage classique...
THIS is the APEX of Electronic Music, compare all others to this and they fall into the shade of This Greatness. Electronica and Techno, You Are Born of THIS.! bow down in reverence and quake with awe. THIS is where You were Forged. Bow Down! Bow Down!
i totally agree, many people dont like modern day dance music but if it wasnt for people like jarre it would never exist, he showed what can be achieved with electronic music through the 70's 80's 90's and now, just listen to stuff like omd, ultravox, prodigy, paul van dyke, push, then we get into stuff like hardwell, deadmua5, avicii etc, its all there, whether you like it or not :)
Este álbum curiosamente es uno de los recuerdos que mejor grabo de mi niñez, mi padre lo compró y lo ponía muy seguido. En lo personal me sigue fascinando.
Desde que escuché OXIGENO en mis años de estudiante, Jean Michel Jarre sigue vigente al escuchar buena música... Saludos desde San Francisco de los Romo Aguascalientes México.
As a 7 year old back in 1978 I had to be subjected to the diatribe of Boney M and John Travolta. Unbeknown to me was a glorious underworld of David Bowie, Kraftwerk and this absolute gem!!!!......Four years later I introduced it to my Spandau Ballet, Wham< Nik Kershaw school friends.....needless to say, I converted them
Track listing (Aprox.):
"Équinoxe Part 1" - Starts at: 0:00
"Équinoxe Part 2" - Starts at: 2:25
"Équinoxe Part 3" - Starts at: 7:26
"Équinoxe Part 4" - Starts at: 12:34
"Équinoxe Part 5" - Starts at: 19:29
"Équinoxe Part 6" - Starts at: 23:23
"Équinoxe Part 7" - Starts at: 26:51
"Équinoxe Part 8" - Starts at: 33:57
Thanks!
Thanks for making up for the uploader's poor effort, as usual.
thanks this very thoughtful :)
👍
4-5... Wow
I bought the album, not a CD, then you didn't have CD's, a vinyl record, when it was released in 1978, I was a kid, now I'm an old man and listening to it again, haven't heard it for 40 years, it's a timeless masterpiece. The record had to be handled carefully, no scratches. Turned on the record player, lay back with my eyes closed and the journey began. What a fantastic time that was. Sorry kids of today, you really don't know what your missing.
I agree 100 %. And it is still great to do it ;)
True. Few, if any, listen to music the way we used to. Many is the time I would sit with friends as we listened to each others LPs. No screens, no phones.
you can still buy the LP... no big deal. Old LP sounded bad and muddy
utter bollox. you self righteous muppet! music is great either analogue or digital. the medium gets in the way of the sound. guess am just a pureist. guess am with plato......mans effort with sound are just a pale imitation, of transdimensional reality.
If they don't know what they're missing, that's okay. It's when people know what they're missing that sadness happens.
at the age of four I secretly got up in the middle of the night to listen to my father's JMJ records for hours. this was the most emotional time of my childhood - now I'm almost 50 and it's the middle of the night and I'm listening to JMJ.. it hasn't lost any of its magic XD
Definitely wind down music at its finest! 🎉
Really? At the age of 2 i conducted the Berlin symphony
It's more the opposite to me - it even gained over the years, especially hearing today's music ;-)
jeah sure🙄
I was born in 1973. Jarre was perfect with old space Lego. As a kid, I found many new planets and civilizations. Thank you Jean-Michel.
When music was music, unlike the tripe being foisted upon us these days!
Absolutely spot on, well said 👍🏻
The Mozart of electro music...
La escuché por primera vez de niño ,, mi abuelo tenía un amplificador Marantz de 800 watts reales , me ponía los audífonos de esos que tapaban toda la oreja y subía casi todo el volumen ..era un verdadero viaje por el universo donde vivisitabas todo tipo de planetas ...sigue siendo una música increíble,..cómo pocas ..jean ..el papá de la música electrónica
@margaritamariaBLANCOCONCHA Well, maybe not. There were others before him. Robert Moog, Walter Sear, Walter/Wendy Carlos, Dana Countryman. And then there were Louis and Bebe Barron, with their "electronic tonalities" in the soundtrack to the Sci-Fi movie"Forbidden Planet, which was out around 1957. The Theremin, developed in 1928 by Leon Terman (Theremin). Michael's music sounds like there was a lot of programmable work. Nothing wrong with that, though. I just don't see Michael as "the father of electronic music."
This was the first album I bought with the money from my first job in 1986. I write this comment with tears in my eyes, flooded with good memories
I know the feeling! The first album and DVD I bought was in 2004 or 2005 with the money from my first real job. It was a Bjork CD and DVD I still own and cherish.
Should've got #Oxygene first 😉😅👍.
good use of the money.
God bless you mate i'm with you. Good times.
May God bless you and your memories! Love, Yolanda from Hungary!
いつ聞いても心が洗れるようで、宇宙にいられるようで時たま聞いています、過去から今現在までにこれ程私の宇宙観を満たしてくれる音楽はお目にかかったことはございません。
そもそも宇宙には時間は存在しないのでしょうが、この音楽を聞いていると膨大な時の流れを意識して目の前の不安や心配事などどうでもよくなるから不思議ですね。 素晴らしく完成度の高い音楽だと思います。
Jean Michel Jarre の天才的感性の素晴らしさと動画をアップロードしてくれたTheDudeさんに感謝申し上げます。
Very nice comment! とても嬉しいコメント！
"The Dude Abides" - (Jeff Bridges)
J’avais 13ans quand j’ai écouté cette album j’en ai 53 maintenant et pour l’époque c’était un extra terrestre
@@Desmo6 Ben de senin yaşındayım ve Seninle aynı fikirdeyim. 🙂 🙂 🙂
15-16 years of age,in my bedroom,lights off,headphones on,full volume....this music took me on a journey so many times,still stands up today imo
Same here, my friend.
Me to... But with speaker. (2 x 80 w) I also thought about the neighbors... :)))
@@istvanszocs That's what I call honest socialism. 😄
Hi this is your neighbour. Please, I beg you to turn up the volume, I want to hear this great synth music. Do it or I call the police immediately.
I there a little seed within us all ?
Tracks 5-7 are, in my opinion, the best pieces of electronic music ever composed. The use of stereo soundscapes, especially on good speakers or headphones are truly amazing. A true timeless classic.
pour moi c'est son meilleur album, j'écoutais cet album enfant au walkman et je voyageais dans la musique... tant de souvenirs et d'émotions
My brother liked it sooo much 40 years before.....now he had passed nearly 5 years and i still cant believe. rip, hope i see you in heaven.
Mi respeto a su memoria Srta Karol.
Fantastique , les plus belles musique du monde , des étoiles , du rève , quand on écoute on est avec Dieu je dirais , on est enfant d'ailleurs enfant du cosmos , je suis sur qu'il a reçu un don du ciel , un langage venu d'ailleurs pour nous dire de lever la tête la haut . Parfois je fais une sièste avec mon chat il ronronne , eux aussi ils aiment . Mon chat reconnait certaines musiques d'oxygène et il ronronne dès qu'elle passe , une en particulier , on apprend beaucoup . Si ça se trouve les plantes aussi pourraient aimer , car pourquoi elles ne sentiraient pas les choses de l'au dela ? Pour moi c'est le meilleur même s'il y a tant d'autres musiciens merveilleux , il a touché les étoiles ou bien elles lui ont parlés .
Joli texte plein d'émotions : bravo
Oh my .......im 13 again!...listening to this on vinyl, on my Sennheiser headphones....It was glorious
Has not changed
Con esta musica nos sentimos astronautas fuera de la Tierra.
Thank you Dad .. I dsicovered music with this album when I was young boy (born 1974)..now it's 21 years today you're in the sky with the stars... forever love you. I miss you
What kids of today do not realise is that to anyone like myself born in the 1970s (in my case 1971), synthesisers only properly became usable and commonplace in the latter part of that decade. So for many of us hearing them for the first time, it was truly awe inspiring and magical. People these days are so bombarded with synths and samples at every turn 24/7, so now synth sounds are taken for granted as if they are commodities.
+Emmanuel Boudoir I wouldn't say it's the last album made with analog synthesizers but I totally agree that these days almost all synthesizers are made with sounds already built for the user and that it requires less knowledge to make various sounds. I feel that it takes away the magic of really exploring sounds yourself..
+Emmanuel Boudoir
Hi there
there was a fast movement of synth pioneers at that time; kraftwerk, klaus schulze, td, synergy and so on... the pure analogue synth compositions kept on until 1980 i summon. But i agree that the digital revolution led to an end of that aera. Unfortunately.
+EgoShredder Analogue synths are having a bit of a renaissance in terms of appreciation and new gear being made. Dave Smith who developed the Prophet 5 that was big in the late 70's - Early 80's have just released the Prophet 6 which looks and sounds amazing, and he teamed up with Tom Oberheim who developed the SEM & OB-X to produce the OB-6 which is equally amazing.
+EgoShredder he's french you know.
James Pilcher
Hi there. Yes You are wright about the renaissance of analogue synthesized instruments! I try to follow this developement , but above all the joy is that many appreciate listen to the music as well the quality of analogue synths. So its an exciting aera we are living...
Je pense que nous écouterons Jean Michel Jarre dans 200 ans ;) je suis né en 1962
même peut être bien plus !
I bought this record in 1982, when I discovered Jean Michael Jarre,after Magnetic fields. I still hear his music...with the same feelings.
This album is a masterpiece. I never get tired of listening to it. It makes my spirit soar through the heavens and beyond. I even use it in healing sessions. There have been times when I was so I'll I could not even sit up in bed.
Listened to this, feeling every nuance very deeply, and got up feeling entirely healed!
There is magic in this masterpiece, healing magic. So much more than just music. Thank you JMJ for creating such a deep and wonderful experience. It's not just music it is an experience all its own.
I agree with you.
I follow Jean Michel Jarre since 1978 and I believe EQUINOXE still his Best ever !
Zoolook was a bad album, But all the stuff he made before that album was masterpieces.
@@zioslayerslayer1562 I thought Zoolook was quite different to his earlier albums and I still like it to this day. But then we all have our likes and dislikes.
i grew up listening to my dad's music. I love Jarre, every album is so unique and immersive. I wish more of my generation would listen to his music, they are truly works of art.
We have a lot to thank our Dad's for.
Words are so poor when one listens to the music of a true master like Jean Michel Jarre. Still today nothing comes close to what he created back in the 70'ies and 80'ies. What a legend and by the way super nice person he is.
His new album, Oxygene 3, is his best since Equinoxe. Very 70's sounding.
So you've listened to every single album made today from every country? Even the underground label bands?
C'est tout simplement magnifique.En fermant les yeux tu te retrouves aux delà du réel dans une dimension intergalactique et laisse ton imaginations te propulsé c'est un voyage inoubliable même à laisser tomber quelques larmes tellement que c'est BEAUX!! c'est du grand Michel Jarre à l'état pure (c'est un grand chef d'œuvre merci jean Michel Jarre pour tes trésors et ton talent tu resteras gravé à jamais 🙏❤️🙏.
A magical masterpiece which is even more relevant now than in 1978. Thank you, John Michael Jarre for your genius ❤
I bought the vinyl record of this music as soon as it came out, and used to listen to it lying in bed, with my eyes closed in my dark bedroom. It was magic.
I did buy this album in Vinyl as a boy in the end of the seventies, my sisters and parents said: "Strange music", but now I am almost 50 and I still love it. It has the beauty of Simple Timeless Music
A big thanks to my father who introduced me to this fantastic ARTIST in the days of my youth.. Still play even at 47.. RIP dad x
+richiow68 Maybe he can hear this where he's gone :-) HOPE for the best
+richiow68 Much love, dude :)
hey me too, though more recently---like yesterday in the the car he showed me some of the electronic stuff he likes
Me too. My late father was a huge Oxygene and then Equinoxe fan who got me fascinated with the whole Analog Synth sound. Still brings up great memories along with fresh discoveries. RIP indeed.
big ups to you m8..... love it when the kids say I FUCKIN LIKE IT .... Im 55
Masterpiece 40 years on and still better than today's dishwater
nah bro, this album is good but you just dont know any today music and say shit like that
this music is art@@Edeblack123
So how many modern albums have you listened to all the way through? And how many of them are not mainstream?
I think you're talking bullshit and just doing the old man cloud shout .
@@RooseMooseAll music is art. You don't get to decide and segregate based on your own opinion.
Jean-Michel Jarre deserves international respect and recognition!!!
+purplevoxeater Don't worry he does.
purplevoxeater hes had the biggest shows in history he gets invited to play anniversary events all over the world check out rendevous houston and la defense there incredible shows that literally envelope cities more people have seen him live than his views on RUclips trust me if you already love his music your gonna shit your pants if you watch la defense he turns the skyline into a progection screen for amazing light and lasor show
not to mention a huge fireworks display
LOL, he has international respect and recognition! It's not that he's some unknown artist like e.g. Mrs. Audio Boy whom nobody knows and gives a shit about!
He has had for 50 years !
It's a bit sad that, in his own country -France-, he doesn't have so much respect and recognition.
In 1980 aged 15 I bought this and it changed my world. Always loved electronic music, led me on a beautiful journey of discovery....
im 15 and I bought this album today, it seems history does indeed repeat itself
For me it was 17.
Still absolutly *stunning* .....after all of these years. Rock on *Jean Michel Jarre!*
J'ai 52 ans, je l'écoute depuis que j'ai dix ans, c'est un génie de la musique, notre Mozart contemporain...Merci Jean-Michel d'avoir bercé mes oreilles avec ton cerveau...
Merci Jean-Michel d'avoir bercé mon cerveau avec tes oreilles...
Mois aussi. C'est ca. Genial.
@@johnbobpoker Li I ok III I pi for a couple Ku my outti
This guy was so far ahead of our times. The first time I heard him was in 1978. My brother was going to school to become a music teacher because of him. I learned about Jarre, so I'm so happy I did. His music just relaxes your mind without being high!😂
You need to listen to kosmos tomita
We all owe the great deal of respect to JMJ.
Jean was so far ahead of his time. Like many of you already commented, place the record on the record player, seat back, close your eyes, and enjoy the journey. No need for anything else. At the end, open your eyes and say, thank you JMJ for the greatest journey in music history.
Classical composition in modern format.
mettez vous dans le noir total et écoutez l'album.... un véritable voyage.
Planet Earth thanks for this music
Нечеловеческая музыка... Понимаю что слушая её прожил огромный кусок своей жизни. Гениальное сочетание нот и души. СПАСИБО Жану за это. Кстати...он один из немногих кто не просто знает что такое Ультравокс....но играет LIVE на нём !!! ГУРУ !!!! ТАЛАНТИЩЕ !!!! СПАСИБО тебе от всей планеты ЗЕМЛЯ за твою совсем НЕземную музыку .
Юрий Тихонов все так, только не Ультравокс, а терменвокс. Ультравокс - это группа такая была.
Точно... ))) Спасибо.
В первый раз я услышал "жарре" в 1983 году , класс !
Magnifique album que j'écoute toujours avec mes souvenirs, Bravo J.M Jarre
Bravo ,viva Francia
I first heard Jarre when in a taxi ride, around 2011 - 2012. The driver who was middle-aged was playing Oxygene I believe. It was enchanting and unique. I asked him what he was listening to and he said Jean Michel Jarre. I'm really glad I asked him.
Obra de arte, uno de los mejores discos del género electrónico cósmico...planeador por excelencia y melodías increíbles... una auténtica maravilla sonora. Jarre y muy pocos otros artistas supieron crear obras que no tienen tiempo..van más allá de cualquier etiqueta que le quieran dar. Esta es música que sólo un genio puede crear. Nunca la música electrónica ha mostrado su lado espiritual como en eestas ocasiones yólo artistas como Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis y unos pocos más fueron capaces de llegar a estos niveles.
Totalmente hermano!!!!
Uno de los mejores discos de la historia de la música
Quem curtiu Jean Michel Jarre, viajou no centro da terra. a melhor terapia que uma pessoa possa fazer mas bem copenetrado, pelo seus objetivo da ate mesmo pela sua suavidade , falar com Deus. e espantar tudo aquilo que possa estar te atrapalhando pisicologicamente, e pisiquicamente, pois só Jean Michel Jarre para te amenizar e ficar 100%. e um cocelho meu ta bom , valeu reviver esta viagem cosmica
Jarre is an underrated total genius. While he is an electronic music pioneer for sure, I think his music transcends the electronic. I could image this same music sounding great played by an orchestra, for example. But I love it as it is. Totally timeless, classic and emotive.
The greatest electronic music album ever recorded.
YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just bought this album at a record fair for 5 bucks. Probably the best bargain I've ever seen.
sonidos que si cierras los.ojos te situan fuera de este planeta. Relajarse y disfrutar. Gracias Jean.
I was 7 in 1978. Ahhh... the amazing effect these early JMJ albums had on us when we first heard them.
yes
Certainement pour moi l'un des meilleurs albums qu'il ai pu faire. Tout s'enchaîne si bien. Comme le dit Jean Michel lui même, C'est un album qui s'écoute en s'imaginant une journée, du matin au soir. C'est un excellent album.
Un disco muy importante en la historia de la música
So many people so may different memories with the album ! We All Same !
I first heard of this beautiful composition in 1980 - it has been a long time since, but today hearing it was just like the old days.
45 años despues sigo maravillado con esta musica..es cerrar los ojos y viajar...una delicia para los sentidos y un balsamo para el alma.
100% de acuerdo. La banda sonora de mi juventud !
Szívemből szòlsz❤
This album for me was a reboot button at times of stress, it still is.
I'll use it now, too....
To my ear, the transition from Part5 to Part6 and onward to Part7, is one of the most captivating music written.
Up there, with Beethoven's second movement of the 7th... the absolutely perfect Allegretto.
С 23.04 и далее это просто п...дец!
a 12mn21s time is not time, bise
i was a kid and had my first autoreverse walkman, and every night, i listened to this universal floaty mysterious music… my mind was rocked and i fell asleep in dreamy lands…. i was a fan! definitely !! :)
Omg david me tooo lol
ahhhhhhhhhmmmmmm autoreverse - the memories click click
1978 ... the year of my birth. Addicted to this masterpeace ... forever!!!
Same here...on both counts! Part 2 is my favourite.
truly masterpiece
Carinthian Wizard 1978 too, music from the 70s' are beyond this world...like this masterpiece.
Mine 76 oxygene, that this, magnetic fields and rendez vous.. Wow
I was born in 1978 too, and "Equinoxe" is my favorite !
Haven't heard this for 40 year. I forgot so many things. But the memory of this music is still vivid and my heart still jumps with joy.
Gracias Dios por crear este genio de la música es un placer escucharlo disfrútenlo por siempre saludos cordiales desde Chile Chillán América latina
This music never stops to amaze me, just like Oxygen series. Or Vangelis' music as well. Born in 72, I totally loved these magic masterpieces and still do.
voici l Homme qui créa la Musique
2015 and this album still has a profound impact on my life. Music just isn't the same these days
johnbocanable Do not give up for there is hope in this generation of music.
August 2023!
J'avais 8 ans en 78.. En découvrant Jean Michel (sans trait d'union!) dans le clip d'Equinoxe part IV, environné de tous ses claviers par piles de 4, avec ces robots miniatures errant parmi la multitude de potentiomètres, je me retrouvai projeté dans un univers que je ne devrais plus jamais quitter tout-à-fait.. Mes parents n'étaient pas audiophiles et je devais me contenter de repasser le 33t sur le stupide électrophone familial (pas trop fort, sous peine de sanction immédiate!). Aujourd'hui j'écoute toujours ce chef-d'œuvre (à vrai dire je passe rarement un semestre sans le réécouter in extenso), mais sur un système 7.1 et à un volume qui me fait espérer que mes voisins l'apprécient autant que moi! Merci pour ce partage dans cette qualité audio inédite!
When I was a young child (I'm 23 now), I found this record and bought it simply because I liked the cover. Years later, I hear it again and it's bringing tears to my eyes and joy to my heart...
+Carlos Miguel Me too.. Except I am 55 now. haha. Still a young minded individual fo sho. Travel did that to me.
I have tears in my eyes when I hear the introduction tune.
awesome haha same for me sorta. it was in the youtube suggestions list before they completely fucked it up to censor certain people or subjects they didnt like and force people to wqtch what they want you to watch and its quite annoying. i mean if i feel like watching holocaust survivor documentaries and whatever else they are trying to get us to watch ill go watch that
sorry about that i got way off-topic :P
1986 me and huge boom box with good friends and belly full of Shrooms on local golf course in the snow with this album playing,,,,,,, tears of joy, enlightenment and barriers being broken down, this man was many many tears ahead of the game absolutely genius, peace and love to all of you 🎶🎶🎶🎶✌✌✌✌
MASTERPIECE.............
totally agree 👍
totally agree,
me too, from France
Merci the dude de me permettre de réécouter oxygéne qui m'avait marqué alors que j'avais tout juste 9 ans, il y a des choses que l'on oublie pas. ☺
Just to join the discussion, for my personal taste Equinoxe is by far the best album of JMJ. So etheric, so calming-uplifting, sooo spiritual aura-smoothing, the play with frequencies and the play of synths, asking and answering to eachother, the parallell tunes which start from one point, then go their own ways and join finally again, symbolizing the pulsating universe, omg and then Track 2 feeling like walking in heaven between angels.. lower chakras are touched by the lower frequencies while upper synth tones are tickling the crown chakra.. omg I love it so much.. Equinoxe is a therapy, not just music.. it's a journey to the universe and our inner space.. relaxing.. Track1 preparation for the journey, cleansing effect.. track 2 going deeper, very deep while lifting our consciousness and opening the 3rd eye.. then we enter the star gate at around 7:00 .. and the roller coaster pulls us to the top in track3 .. then hyperspace opens slowly.. and the journey between stars is beginning at around 12:40.. whoaaaa ... k.o. :) ... And then comes my little room from my childhood, with the C64, LOAD "LOCO*",8,1 and RUN .. :) 19:40.. and I travel in heaven again ... and again... :) No other music is able to play with energies so much.. not even Oxygene..
i used to listen to this when i was a young teen (13) taking copius amounts of lsd and what i experienced n what you are saying is soooo true
+Mark Hawes it always seems really pure white this album n it makes me think of fairys n the little things at the bottom of the garden
Quel pied de réécouter tout ça et mon commodore 64 qui me manque, hebdogiciel, Gosub please !!!!
Mert Magyar vagy 😉
this was written in the exact same manner as a symphony...an overture, different movements etc The technology of the era was pre MIDI and digital technology so everything had to played in realtime and synchronized...Jarre's albums of this era are not only incredible, timeless works of art, but also amazing feats of technological excellence that has never been surpassed.
Everything had already surpassed by KRAFTWERK, the real GODS of electronica...
Mike Oldfield was a lot better as he didnt use synths. he learnt to play every instrument he put on his records.
For tubuler bells he spent years making it. he wrote it then decided what instruments he wanted learnt how to play them recordred it. wasnt happy and wanted other instruments so learnt how to play them and added them on. amazing thing was he did it in his spare time as he worked for Richard Bransons virgin label and could only use the studio when it wasnt being used by anyone else. for the small vocal parts he got his sister sally to do them. or he did them himself.
by the time he finished he was exhausted and having mental breakdown as he was still not happy and wanted to make it even better but said no more im never going in the studio again to make another record. but after a few years still not happy he went back into the studio to make number 2 and learnt to play all the insruments better and added a few more he learnt to play.
Even now decades later he is still not happy with tubular bells and wants to remake it again to try and make it even better. think their has been about 5 remakes of it so far. and still not happy with it.
prob with his stuf he cant really do them live on his own so had to get others to come for the concrts to play all the instrument's.
@@cliffbird5016 > For *tubular bells he spent years making it.
How many years?
@@cliffbird5016 No matter how much I like Mike Oldfield, your comparison doesn't stand. MO and JMJ ar not comparable. Different style, different music, different background. It's simply pointless to try and pick one over the other.
@@Cosmicprog2012 actually, both JMJ and KJraftwerk can be pointed out as the very trailblazers of electronic music.
un seul mot : magnifique ! une de ses plus belles compositions
+CLAUDIE B Entièrement d'accord, et de surcroit avec la technologie de l'époque du même niveau artistique que Tangerine dream et Klaus schulze.
De jolie moment adolescent....avec ces musiques dans tout les villages en fête....feux d'artifice et tout..rien n'est plus pareil
When I was little kid and my father sat to listen to his musical collection I was so happy when he played this album because since I didn't know how to use the turntable I had to wait for him to be in the mood to play it. Then one time when he was playing his records I made a drawing of the audio system to see where all the controls and knobs were positioned so I could play records on my own and to my amazement it worked! (I learned after that just the source knob had to be positioned in "PHONO" 😃).
This record brings me back tho those times, life was so simple and happy.
WOW! JUST WOW! 31 and listening to it now in bed home after a few drinks down the local. JMJ *****!
+Doug Peter From the local to the far reaches of the cosmos ...
So much sensitivity and finesse in this electronic music.
Reminds me of Saturday mornings at home with my parents and sisters... Played loud as everyone did their tidying up and sorting out - truly happy days and memories. Almost feels like I'm there. Genius.
As majestic and triumphant as the day I first heard this. Takes me back to an optimistic (as opposed to dystopian) sound of the future.
This LP still releases a little bit of the now long gone child in me. Perfect for any journey, especially the public transport germ wagons.
To, co się dzieje po 27. minucie zawsze zapiera mi dech i rozwija definicję piękna. Coś, czego na co dzień nie umiemy nazywać, a co wyrazić może tylko Geniusz.
Es impresionante
This Album is Amazing.Jarre are one genious.
The Master of electronic music
I seem to be younger than a lot of the people in these comments, I was born in 1993. However, my dad instilled a love of JMJ'S music in me (and the rest of my 80's & 90's siblings) from a young age. I have many memories of him taking us for drives in his old Honda with JMJ playing off cassette (mainly Oxygene and Equinoxe).
I think his music transcends the ages for sure and everyone, even people who are hearing it the first time, feel a sense of shared nostalgia.
When I was 3, my dad used to put this song in the background and it instantly hit different, JMJ changed my life and it’s still changing it today and he is the reason why I’m taking music for GCSE, I’m 14 now and I never finished this song fully and the end brought me back and I wept and it’s the only song that I consider to be a 💖masterpiece💖
La mejor obra de Jarre de toda su carrera. Insuperable y transcendental.
Varelator la segunda obra , por que antes fue oxígeno
Uno de los mejores discos de la historia de la música,Equinoxe es mejor Álbum, Oxigene 4 y 2 son alucinantes.Pero Equinoxe es Todo alucinante
Para la historia de la música
This is why i love electronic music.
Synthwave
Me too!
Timeless masterpiece! Still like this album very much. I have his earlier work on vinyl. Bought later the cd's.
So Great to start more beautiful morning with Jean Michel Jarre
Love him and his cosmic music//
02/2019
Moti Israel
That is genius, i was born in 89, my dad used to have a couple of jean michel jar cds. I listened to them but it had been 15 solid years i didnt hear him.. i stumbeled upon this today listened to it all in one go shivering from gosebumps all along the way an absolute legend.
Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe album constitutes one of the most refined musical expressions of the Information Age. It directly inherits the aesthetic concepts of Classical Music, while providing a foundation for subsequent sound design within the Electronic Music genre, in a true pioneering spirit. I consider myself lucky to be a contemporaneous of such great composer.
Can't believe I'm listening to this again after 20+ years. Sounds like yesterday. cooool tunes
Toute mon enfance!!! Quelle nostalgie...(j'ai 42ans...) L'un de mes albums préférés! J'ai été bercé par ses piliers que sont Oxygène et Equinoxe!!! L'électronique a cette magie, ce son spatial, cérébral qu'aucun instrument acoustique ne possède..sauf si on le "triture" et le détourne de son usage classique...
This was the first album to touch my musical soul... I remember playing it numerous times from my mother's LPs.
Just super.
THIS is the APEX of Electronic Music, compare all others to this and they fall into the shade of This Greatness. Electronica and Techno, You Are Born of THIS.! bow down in reverence and quake with awe. THIS is where You were Forged. Bow Down! Bow Down!
i totally agree, many people dont like modern day dance music but if it wasnt for people like jarre it would never exist, he showed what can be achieved with electronic music through the 70's 80's 90's and now, just listen to stuff like omd, ultravox, prodigy, paul van dyke, push, then we get into stuff like hardwell, deadmua5, avicii etc, its all there, whether you like it or not :)
thanks, its the truth :)
Simply brilliant and timeless. One of my favourite of all albums and probably the most played.
Fantastico ho 56 anni ho conosciuto jean michel jarre nel 1980 grandissimo❤
Space time continuum travel at the speed of thought. Star mania, merci Jean Michel pour tant d'années de musique extraordinaire :)
a mes yeux. le meilleur album. quelle maîtrise de la technique
For me it was the best Album Jean Michel Jarre released . i listen to it over and over in 1979 and even now, its so genial and timeless
I can remember buying this record way back when it came out. Always good to hear it again and again
so alien.....so strange....so trippy......yeah that;ll be joan michel jarre to be honest bless him.you rule!!!
'JOAN Michel Jarre'..?
big deal a typo sue me???
Probably his lil' sis :'D
Um dos primeiros discos de vinil que comprei, lançamento, uma grana bem investido. Até hoje possuo o disco e ouço.
Este álbum curiosamente es uno de los recuerdos que mejor grabo de mi niñez, mi padre lo compró y lo ponía muy seguido. En lo personal me sigue fascinando.
Desde que escuché OXIGENO en mis años de estudiante, Jean Michel Jarre sigue vigente al escuchar buena música... Saludos desde San Francisco de los Romo Aguascalientes México.
As a 7 year old back in 1978 I had to be subjected to the diatribe of Boney M and John Travolta. Unbeknown to me was a glorious underworld of David Bowie, Kraftwerk and this absolute gem!!!!......Four years later I introduced it to my Spandau Ballet, Wham< Nik Kershaw school friends.....needless to say, I converted them
done my 1st meditation to this in 1979 and it works! one of the best ones I did. I this go back to it now today..!!!