JEAN-MICHEL JARRE: RENDEZ-VOUS
In "Rendez-Vous" Jarre slows his sound down quite a bit. It will sound familiar but at times it seems to need something to help or push it along. Musically, this is a great selection of (mostly) gloomy synthesizer pieces loaded with sad and sweeping atmospherics, with the occasional brisk and upbeat track featuring bright cheery melodies and synthesized percussion. The choir parts are wonderful and add soft textures to this album, which seems to have more than its fair share of classically influenced passages (some of which are fairly dark).
Tracklist:
1.First Rendez-Vous 2.Second Rendez-Vous Part 1 3.Second Rendez-Vous Part 2 4.Second Rendez-Vous Part 3 5.Second Rendez-Vous Part 4 6.Third Rendez-Vous 7.Fourth Rendez-Vous 8.Fifth Rendez-Vous Part 1 9.Fifth Rendez-Vous Part 2 10.Fifth Rendez-Vous Part 3 11.Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)
Lineup:
Jean-Michel Jarre - Seiko DS-250, Elka Synthex, Moog synthesizer, Roland JX 8P, Fairlight CMI, E-mu Emulator II, Eminent 310U, EMS Synthi AKS, Laser Harp, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, Oberheim OB-X, Yamaha DX100, Matrisequencer, Roland TR-808, Linn 9000, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Casio CZ 5000, ARP 2600, Michel Geiss - ARP 2600, Eminent BV, Matrisequencer, Roland TR-808, Dominique Perrier - Memorymoog, Joe Hammer - E-mu Drumulator, percussions, David Jarre - Baby Korg personal keyboard (9), Pierre Gossez - saxophone (11), The choir of Radio France, directed by Sylvain Durand - vocals (2,3,4,5)