Jean Michel Jarre – Zoolook (40th Anniversary – new mastering) (2024) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Jean Michel Jarre – Zoolook (40th Anniversary – new mastering) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 40:58 minutes | 532 MB | Genre: Electronic, Techno
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Catalog

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has announced that he will release a newly remastered version of his 1984 album Zoolook on vinyl through Sony Music on January 10. It will be preceded by a digital version of the album on November 8.

Greatly influenced by Jarre’s former mentor Pierre Schaeffer’s musique concrète approach, something he also utilised on 2022’s Oxymore album, Zoolook saw Jarre recording samples of singing and speech in 25 different languages which were then put through a Fairlight synthesizer, an early example of sampling in music.

The album also featured contributions from avant-garde vocalist Laurie Anderson, whose imaginary language vocals were recorded at Jarre’s invitation. Other vocal contributions were the result of Jarre’s work with French ethnologist Xavier Bellanger, who during his travels recorded a large collection of tapes.On the first departure of his career since 1977’s Oxygène, Jean Michel Jarre combined an actual band and processed vocal samples — recorded in 25 different languages — with his rich, melodic synthesizer pop. The rhythm is often propelled by guttural vocal snippets, as on “Ethnicolor” and “Zoolookologie.” That’s not half as disconcerting for those used to his previous work as the album’s art-funk backing: Adrian Belew on guitar, Marcus Miller on bass, and Yogi Horton on drums, plus Laurie Anderson on one track. Though Zoolook is interesting throughout, the tracks with Jarre alone are often the best, reprising the classic Oxygène sound. – John Bush

Tracklist:

1-1. Jean Michel Jarre – Ethnicolor (new mastering) (11:41)
1-2. Jean Michel Jarre – Diva (new mastering) (07:31)
1-3. Jean Michel Jarre – Zoolook (new mastering) (03:52)
1-4. Jean Michel Jarre – Wooloomooloo (new mastering) (03:18)
1-5. Jean Michel Jarre – Zoolookologie (new mastering) (04:21)
1-6. Jean Michel Jarre – Blah Blah Cafe (new mastering) (03:21)
1-7. Jean Michel Jarre – Ethnicolor II (new mastering) (03:53)
1-8. Jean Michel Jarre – Moon Machine (Bonus Track new mastering) (02:58)

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