Oxygene 7–13

Oxygène 7–13
Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre
Released 20 May 1997
Recorded 1996–1997
Oxygene Studio, Croissy, France
Genre Electronica, trance, ambient, new-age, chill-out
Length 41:12
Label Disques Dreyfus
Producer Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre chronology

Jarremix
(1995)		 Oxygène 7–13
(1997)		 Odyssey Through O2
(1998)
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Oxygène 7–13 is a 1997 album of instrumental electronic music by Jean Michel Jarre, his ninth overall studio album. It is the sequel to his 1976 album Oxygène, and is dedicated to Jarre's former mentor, experimental musician Pierre Schaeffer. While the album was recorded using many of the same synthesizers as Oxygène, and the titling suggests a continuation from where the first album ends, many tracks have a more uptempo character-like. The album is not as widely acclaimed as the original Oxygène, but has been quite successful nonetheless, especially among fans. Released approximately twenty years after the worldwide release of the first Oxygène, it is Jarre's final album in his traditional style (exclusive of Oxygène: New Master Recording), and thus comes full circle. It was also the last album by Jarre featuring Michel Geiss as collaborator.

"Oxygène 7", "Oxygène 8" and "Oxygène 10" have been released as singles. A number of remixes of Oxygène 7–13 tracks have been made, including those comprising most of the album Odyssey Through O2. The Orb's single "Toxygene" was originally intended for release as a remix for the single release of "Oxygène 8", but was rejected by Jarre for being too distant from the original.

Track listing

  1. "Oxygène Part 7" – 11:41
  2. "Oxygène Part 8" – 3:54
  3. "Oxygène Part 9" – 6:13
  4. "Oxygène Part 10" – 4:16
  5. "Oxygène Part 11" – 4:58
  6. "Oxygène Part 12" – 5:40
  7. "Oxygène Part 13" – 4:27

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Notes

An excerpt of the last track on the album, "Oxygène 13", is used as the background music of the weather broadcast of RIK1's 20:00 (GMT+2) news program.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r276606

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