Jean-Michel Jarre has collaborated with Armin van Buuren on ‘EPICA MAXIMA’, a re-interpretation of ‘EPICA’ from Jarre’s last album ‘OXYMORE’. It is the second time the two electronic music behemoths have worked together. Their previous collaboration, ‘Stardust’, was the most popular track from Jarre’s 2015 album, ‘Electronica’, having been streamed well over 8 million times to date. The track is included on Jarre’s new project ‘OXYMOREWORKS’, also out today.
Jean-Michel Jarre announces ‘OXYMOREWORKS’, a collection of collaborations with other artists, to be released on November 3. The nine track body of work comprises re-works of tracks from his 2022 album ‘OXYMORE’, some of which have been revealed over previous months. Each track has been meticulously composed and produced by Jarre in direct collaboration with each featured artist, resulting in a distinctive new version that showcases the collective artistry of...
Jean-Michel Jarre will release a remastered version of his historic live album ‘The Concerts In China’ on November 25. Originally released in 1982, the album served as a document of an historic concert tour Jarre undertook in 1981 - consisting of five spectacular concerts in the People's Stadium of Shanghai and Beijing. It was the first time a Western music artist had performed in the country following the Cultural Revolution....
Jarre’s new project is inspired by the French movement ‘musique concrete’, a genre of music composition that utilises recorded sounds as raw material. The movement was first developed in the 1940s and went on to revolutionise the way music is produced. With ‘OXYMORE’, Jarre takes this concept and reinvents it with the tools of today. “I always thought that musique concrete, or electroacoustic music, actually had heavy and delicate aspects,”...
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre reveals his brand new single ‘BRUTALISM’. The first track to be taken from his 22nd studio album ‘OXYMORE’. The album, one of his most ambitious projects to date, will be released on October 21st via Sony Music.
‘BRUTALISM’ is an unashamedly banging techno track that wouldn’t sound out of place at Berghain, the iconic Berlin club and the temple of the genre.
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre will release his 22nd studio album, and one of his most ambitious projects to date, ‘OXYMORE’ on October 21st, via Sony Music.
The album has been conceived as an immersive work in a multi-channel and 3D binaural version. Multi-channel binaural sound will revolutionise how music is composed, mixed and produced, placing sounds and textures in space in 360 degrees, and can be easily experienced by...
Jean-Michel Jarre rang in 2021 with a groundbreaking live performance from a virtual reality Notre-Dame cathedral. The show, which combined life-like concert visuals in VR with a real live studio performance, introduced a mixed-media approach which was the first of its kind. It attracted a staggering audience of over 75 million viewers globally. This historic achievement saw Jarre top the Pollstar chart for livestreams, out-performing the entire top 10 combined....
Jean-Michel Jarre rang in 2021 with a groundbreaking live performance from a virtual reality Notre-Dame cathedral. The show, which combined life-like concert visuals in VR with a real live studio performance, introduced a mixed-media approach which was the first of its kind. It attracted a staggering audience of over 75 million viewers globally. This historic achievement saw Jarre top the Pollstar chart for livestreams, out-performing the entire top 10 combined....
The Electronic music pioneer will be awarded the insignia of Commander to the Legion of Honour on the same day by President Emmanuel Macron
Jean-Michel Jarre has curated an intergenerational concert, taking place in the courtyard of The Elysée Palace in Paris, as part of the Fête de la Musique festival on June 21. It comes on the same day he will be awarded the insignia of Commander to the...
“A bird sings, the wind rushes through the foliage, passing men sing and chat, women bathe, the storm rumbles, a plane flies by, rain falls on the stone, all these random sounds, unaware of any orchestration or arrangement, nevertheless form a global harmony: the music of the forest” - Jean-Michel Jarre
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has composed and recorded a 52 minute musical score for ‘Amazônia’, a new project...
