It’s his 22nd full-length album.
Acclaimed sonic explorer Jean-Michel Jarre is back with the drop of ‘OXYMORE’, his latest studio LP. The new record is available as a CD, double vinyl, and digital in Stereo, Binaural, 5.1, and Dolby Atmos.
‘OXYMORE’ is the first commercial release by Jarre that implements multichannel and binaural sound (spatial 3D), with the Frenchman producing, composing, recording, and mixing in audio 360º in the Innovation studios of Radio France.
“In real life, stereo does not exist, our audio field is 360 degrees. Today, technology allows us to explore composition in spatial audio and that opens a whole new experience for us musicians in the creative process. Music will be more easily experienced by anyone with regular headphones or the new generations of sound systems, offering a more physical and natural way of listening to sound and music in full immersion,” explains Jean-Michel.
Jarre’s ‘OXYMORE’ is both a tribute to the French roots of electronic music and also an homage to the late French composer Pierre Henry, with whom Jarre had been intending to collaborate for his GRAMMY-nominated project album, ‘Electronica’. “Pierre’s work inspired me for ‘OXYMORE’ and working around some soundbites of his led me down a creative path that I may not have taken otherwise. I chose some of his sounds precisely from one track to another.”
In line with the release, Jarre is also launching ‘OXYVILLE’, a VR world that accompanies the album release as a digital stage for Jarre to perform the album live in VR.
Listen to Jean-Michel Jarre’s ‘OXYMORE’ album below, and purchase your copy of the record here.
