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offers the same mesmerizing effect, with rapid spinning sequencer washes and bubbling synthesizer portions all lilting back and forth to stardust scatterings of electronic pastiches. Using more than 13 different types of synthesizers, Jarre combines whirling soundscapes of multi-textured effects,
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organ and the VCS 3 went through an
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wrote that "the result is a complex, starkly-toned album which is surprisingly accessible and invigorating. Although even liberal AOR stations may hesitate to place this LP on steady rotating, Jarre's sizable following plus adventurous rock fans will find this LP fascinating."
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passages, and sometimes suites to culminate interesting electronic atmospheres... So much electronic color is added to every track that it is impossible to concentrate on any particular segment, resulting in waves of synth drowning the ears at high tide."
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for its worldwide distribution in 1979. The album featured two singles: "Équinoxe Part 4" and "Équinoxe Part 5", the latter having more success reaching No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached number 11 on the
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featured at the event. Along with its 1976 predecessor, both sold more than 1.5 million copies in France and in 1981, it would be certified platinum, in
November 1979, both sold 11 million worldwide.
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that one of his wishes was to get a sequencer based on a matrix. Geiss designed the
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2025:"The Complete Music of Cosmos"
1961:. 9 December 1978. p. 19.
1712:Bein, Kat (16 November 2018).
1687:"Calm Jarre 'Oxygene' Success"
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1874:"Electric Dreams"
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