Oxygene
Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre
Released	1976
Recorded	August, 1976- November, 1976
Genre	Electronic
Length	39:44
Label	Disques Dreyfus
Producer(s)	Jean Michel Jarre
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (5/5) link
Jean Michel Jarre chronology
Les Granges Brûlées (1973)	Oxygene (1976)	Equinoxe (1978)

Oxygene is an album of instrumental electronic music composed and produced by Jean Michel Jarre, and released in 1976 (see 1976 in music) on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. scanned album cover image This is an album cover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Jean Michel Jarre (born Jean-Michel André Jarre on August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a legendary French composer and music producer. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Disques Dreyfus is a music label home to artists such as Jean Michel Jarre and Klement Julienne. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jean Michel Jarre (born Jean-Michel André Jarre on August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a legendary French composer and music producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Jean Michel Jarre (born Jean-Michel André Jarre on August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a legendary French composer and music producer. ... Categories: | ... Equinoxe was the second major-label album release by Jean-Michel Jarre, released in 1978 on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. ... Jean Michel Jarre (born Jean-Michel André Jarre on August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a legendary French composer and music producer. ... See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // January 6 - Peter Frampton releases Frampton Comes Alive! January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail... Disques Dreyfus is a music label home to artists such as Jean Michel Jarre and Klement Julienne. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ...

Originally Jarre found it very hard to get this record released due to it being all instrumental and without a clear single, but after its release it has become one of the most popular and characteristic albums of electronic music with a sale of over 15 million copies of albums and singles worldwide. Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...

Contrasted with his contemporaries, such as the rather clinical, hard, futuristic sound of Kraftwerk, or the more 'cosmic' and murky Tangerine Dream, Oxygene had a lush, spacey and strongly melodic sound. Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group which has made significant contributions to the development of experimental and electronic music. ... Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. ...

The track Oxygene Part IV was released as a single and became one of the best-known pieces of electronic music ever.

Key components of Jarre's sound here included his use of the Electroharmonix Small Stone phaser on synthetic string pads provided by the Dutch-built Eminent-310 Unique organ, and liberal use of echo on various sound effects generated by the VCS3 and AKS synthesizers. Electro Harmonix are a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...

In 1997, Jarre produced a sequel to this album Oxygene 7-13, which is written in the same style using the same instruments, but is much more uptempo. Oxygene 7-13 is a 1997 album of instrumental electronic music by Jean-Michel Jarre. ...

The album reached #2 in the UK charts and #78 in the US charts [1]

Track listing

1. "Oxygene (Part I)" – 7:40
2. "Oxygene (Part II)" – 8:09
3. "Oxygene (Part III)" – 2:55
4. "Oxygene (Part IV)" – 4:15
5. "Oxygene (Part V)" – 10:24
6. "Oxygene (Part VI)" – 6:21

Equipment

Jean Michel Jarre performed on the following instruments for this album: ARP Synthesizer, EMS Synthi AKS, VCS 3 Synthesizer, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, Farfisa Organ, Eminent, Mellotron and the Rhythmin' Computer (later revealed to be a Korg Minipops-7 rhythm machine). The Synthi A, and a version of it with a built-in keyboard/sequencer, the Synthi AKS, is a portable modular analog synthesizer made by EMS in England starting in 1972. ... The VCS 3 (from Voltage Control for Studio with 3 components) is an oscillation effects musical analog synthesiser, initially made in 1969 by EMS. The VCS 3 was smaller and less cumbersome than the Moog Taurus and similar early synthesizers. ... Mellotron MK II The Mellotron is an electromechanical polyphonic keyboard musical instrument originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. ...