JEAN-MICHEL JARRE: ZOOLOOK
Moving away from his sweet '70s persona, Jarre enters with "Zoolook" a different sphere entirely. He still uses a remarkable combination of electronic sounds, many recognizable from his earlier work. The simple harmonies remain, too. But added is a large, sometimes harrowing palette of sampled sound from Muslim chants to animal grunts and Jarre uses them in ways that often make the disk almost frightening. Laurie Anderson's vocal contributions are among the work's greatest riches. Sometimes sampled, sometimes presented in straight vocalise, her trademark creativity meshes brilliantly with the new direction Jarre takes and gives his music the human touch without which it might have been no more than horrific. Though "Zoolook" is interesting throughout, the tracks with Jarre alone are often the best, reprising the classic Oxygene sound.
Tracklist:
1.Ethnicolor 2.Diva 3.Zoolook 4.Wooloomooloo 5.Zoolookologie 6.Blah-Blah Cafe 7.Ethnicolor II
Lineup:
Jean Michel Jarre - Linn LM-1. Linn LinnDrum, Simmons SDS-V, Eminent 310U, Garfield Electronics Doctor Click, E-mu Emulator, Fairlight CMI-II, ARP 2600, EMS Synthi AKS, Moog 55, Oberheim OB-Xa, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha DX7, EMS Vocoder 1000, Laurie Anderson - vocals ("Diva"), Adrian Belew - guitars, effects, Yogi Horton - drums, Marcus Miller - bass guitar, Frederick Rousseau - additional keyboards, Ira Siegel - additional guitars