Téo & Téa
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| Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre | ||
| Released | March 26, 2007 | |
| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | Electronic | |
| Label | Warner Music | |
| Producer(s) | Jean Michel Jarre | |
| Jean Michel Jarre chronology | ||
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| Sublime Mix (2006) |
Téo & Téa (2007) |
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Téo & Téa is an album by French composer and artist Jean Michel Jarre, published by Warner Music in March 2007. The album tells the story, in musical form, of one day in the life of fictional cartoon characters Téo and Téa, two lookalike creatures who meet, fall in love and spend one day together.[1]
The album was launched, in physical form, as a CD-audio plus DVD-video. The DVD-video features the same tracks mixed for 5.1 sound, and the videoclip for the title track in high-definition, viewable on personal computers. A CD-audio-only edition is expected to be released on April 16, 2007.[2]
The album although uses mordernised electronic dance sounds he still has typical Jarre melodic stuctures and old Jarre music elements.
[edit] Pre-launch campaign
The launch marketing campaign of Téo & Téa started in January 2007, two months prior to the album launch, with two video teasers on YouTube (Téo and Téa), a CD-single for clubs and radio stations, pages on MySpace, t-shirts featuring three different motifs on Spreadshirt, and a DVD-single released to clubs and TV stations. In all these cases the name of Jean Michel Jarre was not mentioned or associated with the music. A promotional CD-audio of the album was released to the press in February 2007, this time mentioning Jarre's name. On March 20, 2007, an official companion website was launched.
[edit] Track listing
- "Fresh News" - 2:44
- "Téo & Téa" - 3:29
- "Beautiful Agony" - 4:40
- "Touch to Remember" - 6:09
- "Ok, Do It Fast" - 3:25
- "Partners in Crime 1" - 3:38
- "Partners in Crime 2" - 3:35
- "Chatterbox" - 2:16
- "In the Mood for You" - 4:20
- "Gossip" - 2:11
- "Vintage" - 3:06
- "Melancholic Rodeo" - 3:51
- "Téo & Téa - 4:00 AM" - 7:06
[edit] Special editions
A promotional CD-single, comprised of track "Téo & Téa", and a promotional DVD-single comprised of the videoclip for the same track, were released to clubs and radio stations in February 2007, without reference to composer or artist. A promotional CD-audio of the album was released to the press in February 2007.
The iTunes release of the album includes some exclusive bonuses: the videos "Making of (English" -8:35 and "Making of (French)" - 11:30; pre-orders also included the tracks "Téo & Téa - 6:00 AM Special" and "Jean Michel Jarre's Track-by-Track Commentary" (English and French versions).
French hypermarket chain Carrefour included an exclusive 32-page booklet with the album.
[edit] Credits
Jean Michel Jarre - keyboards, synthesizers and drum programming: Korg Radias, Moog Voyager, Roland MC-808, Roland Fantom-X-8, Roland V-Synth, Access Virus, SH-201, ProTools HD3; vocals (Vocoder-filtered) on "In the Mood for You".
Claude Samard - string arrangements, guitars, programming, Cubase, Digital Performer, Halion strings, Absynth, Lag guitars, ProTools HD3.
Francis Rimbert - keyboards and synthesizers: Roland Fantom-X-8, V-Synth, ProTools digi 02
Tim Hüfken - Groove Box special programming and artistic collaboration: Groove Box MC-808 and Sonar Sequencer
Bertrand Lajaudie - additional programming
Anne Parillaud-Jarre: additional vocals on "Beautiful Agony"[3]
