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Les Granges Brûlées

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Since getting my hands on the Equinox Album as a child in the 70's I've been hooked on Jean Michel Jarre and pretty much have everything he's ever recorded before and after Oxygene. That's why I was extremely surprised to hear that the minimal sounding Les Grange Brulees album being re-released. The original album is rarer than hen's teeth and worth a lot of money to Jarre collectors. But after hearing the album, you have to ask yourself why. The painful truth is that there isn't a lot to shout about Jarre's work prior to Oxygene. This album is a stepping stone to the Jarre we know and love. There are some themes in there that are reused in later works and as such, I can see this album only being found interesting by absolute die-hard Jarre fans or possibly academics interested in early electronic music. It's no Oxygene or Equinox.

Don't expect anything from this album, and you won't be dissapointed...
there is nothing to remember from this one. The keyboard sounds like a Casio that you can buy in a Wal-Mart. For die hard fans only.

Strongly recommended for all Jarre fans and / or early synth music lovers. Otherwise you will be deeply disappointed.

Tracks on this album are sometimes comic, sometimes naive, nothing to be compared with next album Oxygene, it's completely different music. Though it shows the development of Jarre's musical ideas.

This is totally awesome, nice buzzy simple stuff! Reminded me of a cross between Dr. Who music, Giorgio Moroder, and musique concrete. At times the music is wondefully cheesey and funny. Pick it up for the insanely cheap price it is here. A real fun treasure for electronic music fans!

I think i'll give this a miss. I'm reviewing it based on the soundclips on this page. I had been a fan of Jarre for about 15 years, and then found myself drifting off after attending his Paris Concert in 1995 (not because of the concert) and attending the Wembley concert in 1993. When his millenium album came out,i think that's where we lost the Jarre we know. Jarre has always been experimental. I mean, that's what helped him be a pioneer of electronic music in the first place. Yet,now he cares more about fitting in with current trends than going for new sound. He's selling out his own uniqueness. Anyway. Back to this early work. Going by these soundclips,it sounds hideously cheap and amateurish. There is no soundscape as such, like in Oxygene and Equinoxe. We had a childrens tv program in the UK called Rhubarb and Custard. The track "Zig Zag" sounds like something from that. Considering this work was a collectors item, some people were hugely ripped off in my opinion. Jarre is just fiddling with sound and making it up as he goes along. No,this is just doodling before Jarre found his style. I'll give this CD a miss,think you.