Oxygène: New Master Recording

Oxygène: New Master Recording is a new recording by Jean-Michel Jarre of his 1976 album Oxygène. It was released in 2007 by EMI (subsequent releases were on Capitol Records), marking the 30th anniversary of the original's release.

Oxygène: New Master Recording
Studio album by Jean-Michel Jarre
Released	26 November 2007 France 11 December 2007 Worldwide
Recorded	2007
Length	40:10
Label	EMI
Producer	Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Téo & Téa (2007) Oxygène: New Master Recording (2007) Essentials & Rarities (2011)

Release

The album was released on enhanced CD, using Opendisc, on November 26, 2007.^[1] The art features a 3D model by Giovanni Bourgeois, based on Michel Granger's original design for the cover of Oxygène.^[1][2]

Also in 2007, Disques Dreyfus released Oxygène (The Complete Oxygène), including the original Oxygène, Jarre's sequel album, Oxygène 7–13, and remixes of movements from Oxygène 7–13.^[3]

In 2008, The Mail on Sunday newspaper distributed more than two million Oxygène: New Master Recording CDs to its readers in the United Kingdom. Disques Dreyfus claimed that the discs did not, in fact, contain Oxygène: New Master Recording, but instead the original recording of Oxygène, to which it owned the rights. Disques Dreyfus stated its intention to bring legal action against The Mail on Sunday and EMI.^{[4][needs update]}

Live in Your Living Room

Jarre, with the assistance of Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard, and Dominique Perrier, performed the entire album live in a studio in Lint, Belgium, without tape or hard disk playback, for a DVD titled Live in Your Living Room.^[2][5] Said Jarre:

Sometimes there are two or three layers of the same sound, each with different phasing and processing. For example, there are several Eminent String Machines that make up one of the main Oxygène string sounds. Having four of us meant I had to multiply the number of instruments, and finding the equipment was quite a headache, especially as I tried, as much as I could, to avoid using instruments produced after Oxygène. There are one or two exceptions but 95 percent of the instruments are of that time. For me it was really important for the radicalism of the process.^[5]

The performance includes three additional transition pieces between the main movements.^[2][5] It was shot in 3D as well, and in addition to a standard DVD, an anaglyph 3D DVD, including viewing glasses, was released.^[5]

Additional performances

To promote the rerecorded album, Jarre performed ten concerts in Paris's Théâtre Marigny, a small, 1,000-seat theatre on the Champs-Élysées, from 12 to 26 December 2007. Jarre also performed several additional concerts elsewhere in Europe the following year,^[6] including at the Royal Albert Hall in London.^[7]

Track listing

New Master Recording CD

1. "Oxygène Part 1" – 7:39
2. "Oxygène Part 2" – 7:54
3. "Oxygène Part 3" – 3:06
4. "Oxygène Part 4" – 4:13
5. "Oxygène Part 5" – 10:11
6. "Oxygène Part 6" – 7:05

Live in Your Living Room 2D DVD

Special edition only

1. "Prelude" (new track)
2. "Oxygène Part 1"
3. "Oxygène Part 2"
4. "Oxygène Part 3"
5. "Variation Part 1" (new track)
6. "Oxygène Part 4"
7. "Variation Part 2" (new track)
8. "Oxygène Part 5"
9. "Variation Part 3" (new track)
10. "Oxygène Part 6"

• + The Making Of
• + Instruments Presentation

Live in Your Living Room stereoscopic 3D DVD

Limited edition only (plus two pairs of 3D glasses)

1. "Prelude" (new track)
2. "Oxygène Part 1"
3. "Oxygène Part 2"
4. "Oxygène Part 3"
5. "Variation Part 1" (new track)
6. "Oxygène Part 4"
7. "Variation Part 2" (new track)
8. "Oxygène Part 5"
9. "Variation Part 3" (new track)
10. "Oxygène Part 6"

• + The Making Of
• + Instruments Presentation
• + 3D gallery

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[8]	83
French Albums (SNEP)^[9]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[10]	55
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[11]	67

References

1. "Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene (New Master Recording) | Releases". Discogs. from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
2. Oxygène: New Master Recording. EMI/Capitol Records/Aero Productions. 26 November 2007. 50999 5141372 9.
3. Oxygene (The Complete Oxygene). Disques Dreyfus. 16 November 2007. FDM 46050 368872.
4. Cardew, Ben (7 March 2008). "EMI faces Oxygene battle". Music Week. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
5. Flint, Tom (February 2008), "Jean-Michel Jarre – 30 Years of Oxygene", Sound on Sound, retrieved 28 May 2009
6. Jean-Michel Jarre: "The extraordinary landscapes of the Canary Islands are very inspiring to my music", iac.es, 14 July 2008, retrieved 10 December 2008
7. "Jarre gives another Oxygene dose". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
8. "Italiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
9. "Lescharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
10. "Ultratop.be – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
11. "Spanishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène - Live in your living room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

External links

• Oxygène: New Master Recording at Discogs