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Oxygène 7–13

"Oxygène 2" redirects here. Not to be confused with Oxygène Part II from the original album, Oxygène.

Oxygène 7–13 (known as "Oxygène 2" on the Oxygène Trilogy box set) is the twelfth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released by Disques Dreyfus on 17 February 1997. It is the sequel to his 1976 album Oxygène released two decades before and used the same synthesizers. The album is dedicated to Jarre's former mentor, experimental musician Pierre Schaeffer. The album cover art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger.[3] The CD cover used lenticular printing to make the illusion of moving stars in the background.

Oxygène 7–13
Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released17 February 1997[1]
StudioOxygene studio
Croissy studio
Length41:12
Label
ProducerJean Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Jarremix
(1995) 		Oxygène 7–13
(1997) 		Odyssey Through O2
(1998)
Alternative cover
Cover on the Oxygène Trilogy box set
Singles from Oxygène 7-13
  1. "Oxygène 8"
    Released: January 1997
  2. "Oxygène 7"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Oxygène 10"
    Released: June 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Background

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Oxygène 7-13 is dedicated to his mentor at the GRM, Pierre Schaeffer, who had died two years before. The album was recorded and mixed by Jarre together with Patrick Pelamourges and René Ameline respectively at Oxygene studio and Croissy studio. It was also the last album by Jarre featuring Michel Geiss as collaborator.[4] It also had the collaboration of keyboardist Francis Rimbert and programmer Christian Sales. He combined the "spherical sounds" of the 1976 album with contemporary rhythms.[5] Eschewing digital techniques developed in the 1980s, in an interview for The Daily Telegraph he said:

The excitement of being able to work on sounds in a tactile, manual, almost sensual way is what drew me to electronic music in the first place ... The lack of limitations is very dangerous. It is like the difference for a painter of getting four tubes with four main colours or being in front of a computer with two million colours. You have to scan the two million colours and when you arrive to the last one you have obviously forgotten the first one. In the Eighties we became archivists and everything became rather cold as a result.[6]

Release

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Oxygène 7-13 was released in February 1997.[7] "Oxygène 7", "Oxygène 8" and "Oxygène 10" were released as singles. A number of remixes of Oxygène 7–13 tracks were made, including those comprising most of the album Odyssey Through O2. The Orb's "Toxygene" was originally going to be a remix of "Oxygène 8". However, The Orb "obliterated it" and reassembled only a few fragments for their new song.[8] The album was followed by a promotional indoor European tour,[7] and a concert in Moscow, Russia in which he would break for the fourth and last time his record for the largest audience in an open-air concert with a total of 3.5 million.[9]

Track listing

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All tracks by Jean-Michel Jarre.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Oxygène 7"11:41
2."Oxygène 8"3:54
3."Oxygène 9"6:13
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Oxygène 10"4:16
2."Oxygène 11"4:58
3."Oxygène 12"5:40
4."Oxygène 13"4:27

Equipment

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Adapted from liner notes of the album:[4]

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Gold 25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[30] Gold 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[31] Gold 50,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 600,000[32]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Oxygene 7-13".
  2. ^ Bush, John. Oxygène 7–13 at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre #2".
  4. ^ a b Oxygène 7–13 sleeve notes, Francis Dreyfus Music and Jean-Michel Jarre, 1997, 486984 2
  5. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre - "Oxygène" for the third time". eclipsed Rock Magazin (in German). 23 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ McCormack, Neil (22 February 1997), "Give me that old-time synthesiser music", The telegraph, archived from the original on 11 November 2012, retrieved 20 June 2009
  7. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1999. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  8. ^ Smith, Andrew (16 February 1997). "Music of the Spheres". The Sunday Times. p. 13.
  9. ^ Cacciottolo, Mario (28 March 2008), Jarre breathes again with Oxygene, BBC, retrieved 26 May 2009
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 143.
  11. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygène 7-13" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Lescharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Charts.nz – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  21. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  22. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène 7-13". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1997". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Rapports Annuels 1997". Ultratop. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  28. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  29. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene 7-13" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  30. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 1997 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  31. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 943. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  32. ^ Bouton, Remi (24 January 1998). "French exporters mind their language" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

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