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How does this manage to feel both futuristic and nostalgic at the same time? Futuretro?
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Because it's what the future USED TO sound like!
I pretty much just gave you guys a standing ovation in my kitchen.
The answer's so perfect that it sounds like a quote... Whether it is or not, "kudos to you"!
(.... Maybe that isshowing my age, where I used to troll and roll on the web, just maybe.... :-) )
Hoped I would never hear this again. Oh well.
Careful what you ask for.
I'd rather hear everything again, than never again.
Apparently Timmus never heard of Classical music or Jazz.
… for many of us our first exposure would have been in 1963 when Delia Derbyshire's original arrangement of Ron Grainger's theme for the Doctor Who BBC TV show exploded into the consciousness of a nation (and subsequently the world)….
Oh man, yeah! I was thinking about the earlier comment by hana.tisserand (How does this manage to feel both futuristic and nostalgic at the same time?), but you are absolutely right about the Dr Who theme. That’s embedded in my head even more deeply than Oxygene. I was disappointed to discover that the original Derbyshire version only survived for 17 years(!). I still heard the original in my head when I last watched Dr Who during the Jodie Whittaker era.
While they certainly brought this sort of thing into the music industry mainstream Electronic Music goes back rather further than that, and for many of us our first exposure would have been in 1963 when Delia Derbyshire's original arrangement of Ron Grainger's theme for the Doctor Who BBC TV show exploded into the consciousness of a nation (and subsequently the world) leaving echoes you can still hear in the work of the likes of Orbital, and Aphex Twin today...
But yeah, still great to hear this, and it still sounds great - that'll be a solid 8 from me, and I don't give 9s and 10s out lightly...
He's French. Why would he care about American nonsense?
he probably wouldn't, but that was not the intent of the original post, i'm sure. it was making a time reference some of us could relate to. but thank you so much for explaining that he's french. i'm sure we'd have never realized.
7 for the song... +2 for the memories listening to it when this first came out, -1 because I cannot remember all those memories, time is cruel but it still gets an 8
7 for the song. 3 more because the influence of this record on decades of e-music simply can not be understated. the definition of godlike (IMO)
Crazy to think this came out during the same years of the Ford Administration and the Bicentennial.
Crazy to think that this came out during my sophomore year of college.
Crazy to think this came out during the same years of the Ford Administration and the Bicentennial.
He's French. Why would he care about American nonsense?
How does this manage to feel both futuristic and nostalgic at the same time? Futuretro?
Because it's what the future USED TO sound like!
My dentist back in the early eighties would always have this playing in the background!
So did my first GF. I guess you both got drilled to Jarre! 🤣😂😜
That's the last thing I'd expect to read in a thread about Jean-Michel Jarre and Oxygene, but at least it's an honest memory.
It was. And being just a kid in the 60s it was hard to appreciate how unique the situation was. I just accepted the fact that every month there would be a new sound, a new innovation, some never before heard combination of insturments, sounds, and production techniques. And the music of every year would sound like nothing that could have been out the year before.
I'm sure that is why I listen to RP and other venues with obscure artists (check out Magnatune). I'm still always expecting to hear something completely new. The amazing thing is, I still do.
Here at RP we do get a variety, buts its never really very intense or dark. (rocking or otherwise)
Will & Bec spin the tunes. Be grateful !
Thank you Will & Bec !
My favorite tidbit about this album (which is incredible as a whole) is that JMJ sequenced and recorded the whole thing on his kitchen table with 100% analog equipment.
Luckilly, most of us are still analogue, despite Elon's eagerness.
made groundbreaking contributions to Ambient/Electronic
music.....
Apparently those are not strings in Del Shannon's "My Little Runaway"... so it goes further back. There is a good YouTube (probably more than one) on the advent of the Synth... where I learned about Del Shannon!
ALLLLL those 80s tunes I adored... synthesizer. Who knew!? (Not me)
File Mixup. Fixed.
My favorite comments so far, since 2006. Like a small peek behind the curtain.
45 years old and still great!
7 for the song... +2 for the memories listening to it when this first came out, -1 because I cannot remember all those memories, time is cruel but it still gets an 8
Ha! My thought process for a final rating too!
It was epic.
And look, Bill got it fixed! Bill you're the greatest.
It was. And being just a kid in the 60s it was hard to appreciate how unique the situation was. I just accepted the fact that every month there would be a new sound, a new innovation, some never before heard combination of insturments, sounds, and production techniques. And the music of every year would sound like nothing that could have been out the year before.
I'm sure that is why I listen to RP and other venues with obscure artists (check out Magnatune). I'm still always expecting to hear something completely new. The amazing thing is, I still do.
Heard this song the first time in 1976 and proceeded to rush out and get the LP. Nothing like it through a pair of KOSS headphones at the time. Thanks for the trip back RP!
Equinoxe, V is his supreme achievement. Pure Sonic Nitrous Oxide
made groundbreaking contributions to Ambient/Electronic
music.....
Thank you RP for the memories.
Please give us Equinoxe Part V. It's a trip.
Stranger Cheese. I like.
Not heard this for too long - Thanks AGAIN B&R x
Please give us Equinoxe Part V. It's a trip.
Would love to hear the original recording.
File Mixup. Fixed.
I agree! While it was interesting to hear this current "remixed" version once, I much prefer the original.
There were musicians making electronic music in the late 1940s and '50s; it just didn't really get much attention until the late '60s. It is pretty incredible how quickly and dramatically music changed in that time period.
Would love to hear some of that immediate post-war electronica.
One of my first few pieces of vinyl, a gift if I remember correctly. I couldn't have been more than 10 or 12 at the time. An older friend knew that I liked Pink Floyd and said "Here, this is what you should be listening to". At the time I didn't hear the similarities and didn't REALLY develop an ear for JMJ until Zoolook. Now here we are 40 years later and in light of the previous comment, I totally get the connection!!! I truly think that Younger Brother is a wonderful evolution in music and easily the PF of today. I'd also suggest anything by Air could be played after this track next time.
There were musicians making electronic music in the late 1940s and '50s; it just didn't really get much attention until the late '60s, especially after the appearance of the Moog Synthesizer. It is pretty incredible how quickly and dramatically music changed in that time period.
His second album was the first thing I listened to after "graduating kiddie records". He definitely had a upwards trend:
Oxygene
Equinox
Magnetic fields
Zoolook (fan-tas-tic album)
Rendez-vous
Revolutions (also outstanding)
Waiting for Cousteau (fantastic 44 minutes long ambiental)
After that he lost steam, IMO.
Younger Brother next?
It was. And being just a kid in the 60s it was hard to appreciate how unique the situation was. I just accepted the fact that every month there would be a new sound, a new innovation, some never before heard combination of insturments, sounds, and production techniques. And the music of every year would sound like nothing that could have been out the year before.
I'm sure that is why I listen to RP and other venues with obscure artists (check out Magnatune). I'm still always expecting to hear something completely new. The amazing thing is, I still do.
And that is a shame as there are so many of his other songs that deserve to be on RP.
woW!
Brings back good memories of my Commodore 64.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgxj-TvsujQ