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"AI repair" version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELwPbQUscRI

I think the Overture sounds pretty good.

Doesn't sound like much was fixed tbh. I feel like I could achieve similar results without using AI. Ngl I do kind of hope that one day AI will get to the point of being able to restore AM ...

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME AOR LEAKED IN FULL OH MY GOD

I'm listening to it, I understand a lot of people don't like it because of how experimental and noisy it is but that's precisely why I like it. It's Jean-Michel with one synthesizer with his experiences at GRM still front and center in his ...

I just pulled out my vinyl copy of this album (which I admittedly never really played because I didn't like the sound quality and the lack of treble) and it was here that I learned about the original mix of part 5. Didn't know it even existed until today and it confused the hell out of me. Gotta say ...

I would highly suggest looking at albumartexchange.com. There's a surprisingly large amount of JMJ stuff on there and you can find stuff there up to 1500x1500. Downside is you need to have an account to download stuff without a watermark but it's free. They don't have everything as a vinyl scan but ...

Happiness is a Sad Song takes the cake in terms of it having almost no musical elements whatsoever, most you get is some harmonic droning in the middle section and some demonic sounding choirs. Still one of my favorites from JMJ's musique concrete era though.

Dr_Jones wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 4:12 pm Here are samples of all 15 tracks

https://www.soundohm.com/product/deserted-palace

Thanks to LaCage for this

Can def hear crackle etc in some places, Bridge of Promises for example, but it still absolutely shits all over the 2011 remasters

All of the AOR tracks and snippets from around 71, some of them are on YT and others aren't

I think there's still reason to suspect this may have been remastered from vinyl. Spectrogram analysis (from Bandcamp via soundcard so not the best quality, still ok for this purpose though) shows slight warbling during Windswept Canyon.

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Highlighted section is one ...

Definitely not something I ever expected to happen. The tracks they've put out early sound pretty promising. Definitely an improvement over the sound quality of the DP tracks from the Rarities comp. No Dadwater mastering on this one earns it some extra points as well. Looking forward to hearing the ...

Ran DROnline on the new edition, the overall dynamic range scale is 7, one lower than the November version and same as the 2014 remaster.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Just one question about Moon Machine first edition on 1986 Rendez Vous IV Maxi Single.
Is this sounds like Best of IMAGES Version?

I find this link : https://www.cdandlp.com/jean-michel-jarre/rendez-vous-iv-special-remix/maxi/r123626209/
And we can listen (bottom right) a 30 seconds extract but ...

Quants pointed me to this error on Moon Machine:

The 1986 vinyl rip:
mm1984.mp3

The 2024 remaster:
mm2024.mp3

And as a bonus: the 1991 Images version, 1 second into the track (most of the RV4 "noise" has faded):
mm1991.mp3

On the 1986 vinyl version, the melody starts at 10:00, the Images ...

It was evidently deleted sometime either yesterday or this morning. No idea why. I wasn't active much on it but I know it did have a problem with spam bots (and moderators who didn't really know how to deal with them) so maybe that could've had something to do with it?

It always seemed to me like ...

Here's hoping they give Deserted Palace a proper cleanup and reissue at some point, nothing they put out now would surely be as bad as the versions from the Rarities comp

i once heard orient express in a car commercial, i don't remember for which brand but i wanna say it was around 2014