18 November 2022
Newsdesk
Following reworks with Martin Gore (‘BRUTALISM TAKE 2’) and Deathpact (‘BRUTALISM REPRISE’) for his OXYMORE album track ‘BRUTALISM,’ globally-acclaimed electronic artist Jean-Michel Jarre has paired with revered artist Brian Eno for the release of ‘EPICA EXTENSION’ out today (November 18) on Sony Music.
“When I started ‘EPICA,’ I immediately thought that Brian Eno could be involved in this most rhythmic track of the album, thinking that he could bring his signature ‘ambient’ touch in reworking the track – another kind of oxymoron,” shares Jarre. “…but he told me that he was most interested in developing rhythmic ideas these days…and here is the beautiful, ghostly, unexpected result. Thank you Brian.”
The original ‘EPICA’ track appears on Jarre’s album OXYMORE crafted as a tribute to the French roots of electronic music which has had a major influence on the music production of the genre over the years. OXYMORE is also an homage to the late French composer Pierre Henry, an iconic figure in electronic and classical music, and one of Jarre’s influences at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) where he studied. Since his death in 2017, Henry’s widow provided Jarre with original sounds which had been intended for use in this collaboration. Released October 21, 2022 as Jarre’s 22nd studio album, OXYMORE conceptually his most ambitious and groundbreaking to date as the first commercial release of this scale which fully utilizes multichannel and binaural sound (spatial 3D), with Jarre not just producing, but also composing and recording and mixed in audio 360 in the "Innovation" studios of Radio France.
