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Elf wrote:Oh, by the way. All Oxygene albums have been remastered again for the new package, "with an analogue approach (no loudness war!) " and Jarre said he completely agreed with all the fans who have been complaining about the latest remasters. Jarre said they are awful, and that they were done by the record company and was out of his hands.

Thank you Elf - very informative. That's the best news I've heard all year It will be very interesting to see who remasters the albums this time ...

Finaero wrote:So if these tracks have been made years ago... maybe there IS a chance that Oxygene 3 will have a Dec 2016 release after all!

Why ? Was there doubts about a December release date ?

Finaero wrote:So if these tracks have been made years ago... maybe there IS a chance that Oxygene 3 will have a Dec 2016 release after all!

Why ? Was there doubts about a December release date ?

A new (and possibly good or even potentially great) remastering might be absolutely great news here. Really looking forward to it!

Thank you Elf! That's exactly what we wanted to read.

Suddenly the Ultimate vinyl deluxe box feels a lot "less expensive" and I'm really looking forward to this year's christmas.

Dr_Jones wrote:Big time, kudos for being such an observant listener. If you didn't post this, I hadn't dug up this mp3 from my archive.

You are very welcome Dr Jones! I'm still not giving up on getting a studio version of that 20 minutes piece, I bloody want it!! Let's see what happens!

Big time wrote:

Dr_Jones wrote:Big time, kudos for being such an observant listener. If you didn't post this, I hadn't dug up this mp3 from my archive.

You are very welcome Dr Jones! I'm still not giving up on getting a studio version of that 20 minutes piece, I bloody want it!! Let's see what happens!

And if that's not possible, could you at least try to find out which parts of the mp3 are JMJ pieces (apart from Oxygene 19 and These Creatures)?

Thanks the news for everyone!

Dr_Jones wrote:Wow, what happened in August that made him want to quit? That's heavy!

My hypothesis is that he is very negative about the music industry… seing it from the inner view every single day at the CISAC…
The new album could carry this kind of very dark mood…

For the existing parts, it wouldn't be the first time. Remember Musique pour Supermarché or even the Swatch Event, Jarre is always processing new music, trying it in many ways, and then, after acceptance and refinement, it end up often in a album.

Thank you very much Elf, I was totally displeased by the remastered versions, I couldn't get ho Jarre could have accepted that.

Can't wait to hear this new album, really, I mean it's like after Oxygène 7-13, Jarre tried many things. Some I like as GOL, Printemps de Bourges even if it is made of some existing parts (1st part, aka "Alive in Bourges", is my favorite), I enjoyed the variations on Oxygène 3D, and Electronica 1 & 2 are very interesting in many ways, but nothing like a good old studio album.

As the links for previews were not working (mp3 files couldn't be found), there is something on Youtube. Oxygène 17 is much nicer on the album, as of course a concert version is always a bit louder and differ from the original :



of courses, theses are short extracts not representatives of a whole track (we can judge that with Oxygène 17, the extract miss some of the best parts)

Let's also point out the tried covers of Oxygène 17, they are not perfect but maybe one of the best I found.
By Stany Ballano :
By Dreaming :

Anyway... let's start the countdown... can't wait...

jeanbatman wrote:

Dr_Jones wrote:Wow, what happened in August that made him want to quit? That's heavy!

My hypothesis is that he is very negative about the music industry… seing it from the inner view every single day at the CISAC…
The new album could carry this kind of very dark mood…

Or the split-up with Heidie has happenned.

Maybe the fact that all the interesting collaborations work with Electronica 1 & 2 is now done, complete finished and in the past made him a bit low? Now sitting by himself again in a large studio...
speculatively speaking. Heidie who...Heidi Klum?

jeanbatman wrote:

Dr_Jones wrote:Wow, what happened in August that made him want to quit? That's heavy!

My hypothesis is that he is very negative about the music industry… seing it from the inner view every single day at the CISAC…
The new album could carry this kind of very dark mood…

Well the music industry is pretty Satanic, which normal person wouldn't be?

Didn't Jarre appear in one of those "these are how the remasters were made" videos for the 2014-15 releases?

(And for that matter, the 2007 remaster was quite loud.)

Well, anyway, here's hoping that all parts of the Oxygene 3 release have been mastered properly as he said... especially Oxygene 7-13.

@Pat Gleeson: It's been barely a month since the album was announced, so unless they've really been planning it for a long time, I'm not entirely sure how they're gonna pull off such a quick release. Judging by Elf's post, it hasn't been planned for more than 3-4 months or so anyway. And reports say that during his gig in Finland two days ago, JMJ might have said that the new album was gonna be released next year.

Alas, here's hoping for a timely 40th anniversary release on Dec 2nd. :]

It would be perfect for Christmas!