Equinoxe

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Equinoxe
Equinoxe cover
Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre
Released 1978
Recorded January 1978 – August 1978
Genre Electronic, New Age, ambient
Length 38:53
Label Disques Dreyfus
Producer Jean Michel Jarre
Professional reviews
Jean Michel Jarre chronology
Oxygene
(1976)		 Equinoxe
(1978)		 Magnetic Fields
(1981)

Equinoxe was the second major-label album release by Jean Michel Jarre, released in 1978 on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. The album has since sold more than 10 million copies in total, though still not as many as its predecessor Oxygène.

The album reflects a day in the life of a human being, from morning to night. Parts 1 to 4 (i.e. side A) and tracks 5 to 8 (side B) segué smoothly from one to the next.

Jarre had developed his sound, employing more dynamic and rhythmic elements, particularly a greater use of sequencing on basslines. Much of this was achieved using custom equipment developed by his collaborator Michel Geiss.

The release was followed by a concert on the Place de la Concorde, Paris on July 14, 1979. The concert attracted 1 million people, becoming Jarre's first entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest crowd for an outdoor concert.

Two singles were released from the album, "Equinoxe Part 5" first, and then "Equinoxe Part 4".

The album reached #11 in the UK charts and #126 in the US charts [1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Equinoxe Part 1" – 2:25
  2. "Equinoxe Part 2" – 5:00
  3. "Equinoxe Part 3" – 5:09
  4. "Equinoxe Part 4" – 6:54
  5. "Equinoxe Part 5" – 3:47
  6. "Equinoxe Part 6" – 3:28
  7. "Equinoxe Part 7" – 7:06
  8. "Equinoxe Part 8" – 4:57

[edit] Personnel

  • Jean-Michel Jarre – ARP 2600 Synthesizer, EMS Synthi AKS, VCS 3 Synthesizer, Yamaha CS60, Oberheim TVS-1A, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, RMI Keyboard Computer, ELKA 707, Korg Polyphonic Ensemble 2000, Eminent, Mellotron, ARP Sequencer, Oberheim Digital Sequencer, Matrisequencer 250, Rhythmicomputer, EMS Vocoder Fairlight CMI Digital Sampling Synthesiser

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Jean-Michel Jarre
Albums
Deserted Palace (1972) · Les Granges Brûlées (1973) · Oxygène (1976 in France, 1977 worldwide) · Equinoxe (1978) · Magnetic Fields (Les Chants Magnétiques) (1981) · Music for Supermarkets (Musique pour Supermarchés) (1983) · Zoolook (1984) · Rendez-Vous (1986) · Revolutions (1988) · Waiting for Cousteau (En attendant Cousteau) (1990) · Chronologie (1993) · Oxygene 7–13 (1997) · Metamorphoses (2000) · Interior Music (2001) · Sessions 2000 (2002) · Geometry of Love (2003) · Téo & Téa (2007) · Oxygene: New Master Recording (2007)
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