Listen to Jean-Michel Jarre's new song "Stardust" featuring Armin Van Buuren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwYx8w1clk
Jean-Michel Jarre is one of electronic music’s most important and influential figures, and Electronica Part 1: The Time Machine is his most ambitious project so far.
Under the working title E-Project, Jarre recorded the album with 15 collaborators showing the true extent of his range, his reach and his influence in the wider music world. Tapping new artists like Gesaffelstein and Little Boots alongside electronic music veterans such as Massive Attack, and fellow pioneer John Carpenter, Electronica tells Jarre’s own personal history of electronic music.
So far, Jarre has shared tracks of collaborations with M83, Gesaffelstein, Massive Attack and Tangerine Dream—the latter being one of the last recorded works of the late Edgar Froese. The full tracklist for Electronica 1: The Time Machine reveals new collaborations with Moby, Boys Noize and Armin van Buuren, underlining a taste for dance music which Jarre also showed off on his recent remix record with the likes of Above & Beyond and Steve Angello.
Instead of just making music remotely, Jarre took a hands-on approach to Electronica getting to know his collaborators and working with them in person. That careful process ensures that the album has a cohesive and unified feel despite its diverse collaborations and wide range—the true mark of a visionary.