Maybe as a Journalist you could do some research at IFPI, RIAA or similar and give us then better and more reliable data than Wikipedia or Dreyfus Records ....Elf wrote: Yeah... I kind of want a more unbiased source than record company promotion
Somebody has done some math :Elf wrote:I have, and I can't find anything that verifies 80 million sold. On the other hand, such things are very hard to measure and get correct figures for. Which makes a lot of artists get away with esitmates and claims that really can't be verified (Kiss is the main culprint here)Oxynoxe wrote:Maybe as a Journalist you could do some research at IFPI, RIAA or similar and give us then better and more reliable data than Wikipedia or Dreyfus Records ....Elf wrote: Yeah... I kind of want a more unbiased source than record company promotion
Well that's just depressing...Concerts in China : 1 million at best
Chart positions in Germany:Jarreshair wrote:No.41 in the UK. Not good, especially when the Electronica albums went top 10.Robi wrote:How about the low chart positions ?
But it's no major surprise. People I know thought the Electronica albums were interesting and highly enjoyable (Vol 1 more so than 2) but they are think Oxy 3 is dull and uninspiring, and I don't think anyone who heard the previews would have rushed out to buy it.
Having said all that, the Trilogy boxset is at No.78, so obviously if it went on joint sales it may well be Top 20.
Heavily beaten by metallica.Oxygene wrote:Chart positions in Germany:Jarreshair wrote:No.41 in the UK. Not good, especially when the Electronica albums went top 10.Robi wrote:How about the low chart positions ?
But it's no major surprise. People I know thought the Electronica albums were interesting and highly enjoyable (Vol 1 more so than 2) but they are think Oxy 3 is dull and uninspiring, and I don't think anyone who heard the previews would have rushed out to buy it.
Having said all that, the Trilogy boxset is at No.78, so obviously if it went on joint sales it may well be Top 20.
Oxygene 3: 34
Oxygene Trilogy: 25
Elf wrote:My interview from Brussels about Oxygene 3, and the tour and Electronica, can now be read in English here -> http://domino.elfworld.org/jean-michel- ... -audience/
I've included a lot of bonus stuff for you that did not make it into print in the original version in Dagbladet, one of Norway's biggest newspapers.
Yes. This is the thing with JmJ humane sensitve he cloaks behind cheerfulness as those Tibetan sages pretending to be jokesters.AFAN Alessandro Fantini wrote:
Moreover, he seemed quite moved when I told him that my brother was dying from lung cancer (he passed away 2 days later). He signed the cover of an "Oxygene" lp with his name and he didn't speak anymore as he was brooding over that horrible fact.
When I've heard "Oxygene 18" for the first time I couldn't help thinking it was a musical translation of the last hours of my brother. That melancholic ambient interlude reflects exactly my feelings when he was in coma in his bed with a respiratory mask, adding the sense of otherworldly peace of someone who's freed from a long suffering.
Thanks for your kind thought.plate of chips wrote:Yes. This is the thing with JmJ humane sensitve he cloaks behind cheerfulness as those Tibetan sages pretending to be jokesters.AFAN Alessandro Fantini wrote:
Moreover, he seemed quite moved when I told him that my brother was dying from lung cancer (he passed away 2 days later). He signed the cover of an "Oxygene" lp with his name and he didn't speak anymore as he was brooding over that horrible fact.
When I've heard "Oxygene 18" for the first time I couldn't help thinking it was a musical translation of the last hours of my brother. That melancholic ambient interlude reflects exactly my feelings when he was in coma in his bed with a respiratory mask, adding the sense of otherworldly peace of someone who's freed from a long suffering.
Oxygene 18 is just as you describe.
I wished JmJ put one of your artwork as Oxygene 3rilogy cover.
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Interesting. I don't feel the same way though. That being said this is my most played track from this album (not counting Oxygene 17 single and my "concert remix"). The strings were a bit confusing at first but I got used to them quickly. Definitely "Side A" favorite.Velodynamic wrote:I think I'm going to rename Part 16 to Magnetic Fields 2016 because that's exactly what it feels like to me.
To me, part 16 sounds like a demo Jarre did for the Tangerine Dream-collaboration in the Electronica-project. It has that 80's vibe of TD: Tangram, Green Desert, White Eagle, Logos.... And that's a positive thing.Jote wrote:Interesting. I don't feel the same way though. That being said this is my most played track from this album (not counting Oxygene 17 single and my "concert remix"). The strings were a bit confusing at first but I got used to them quickly. Definitely "Side A" favorite.Velodynamic wrote:I think I'm going to rename Part 16 to Magnetic Fields 2016 because that's exactly what it feels like to me.
