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Oxygene instruments explained

Jean Michel Jarre explains the instruments he used for his new version
of Oxygene

Duration : 0:7:4


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25 Responses to “Oxygene instruments explained”

  1. empiremonkey68 says:

    You are right, …
    You are right, synth hardcore at its best. I just wonder where he got all the money to buy this kit back in the 70’s. This stuff was not cheap.

  2. discothief says:

    Synth !!
    Synth !!

  3. FUHGI says:

    that theremin is …
    that theremin is scary…

  4. feldstecher says:

    schöne seppa
    schöne seppa

  5. DJGahann says:

    O_o check out that …
    O_o check out that Moog Modular, it takes a telephone exchange operator to handle that patching ;-)

  6. DJGahann says:

    Well put. It takes …
    Well put. It takes a good man behind the machine to get a good result.

  7. bne1972 says:

    Thats why i …
    Thats why i appreciate his music even more nowadays. Because it took alot more effort and time back in the 70’s to make this recording with equipment regarded nowadays as primitive.
    I wonder if he knew back then that his music would be years ahead of its time.

  8. tagomi says:

    XDDD obviously …
    XDDD obviously Friend !! XDDD

  9. anomaly189 says:

    He speaks English …
    He speaks English with a French accent but very well

  10. matthehat says:

    Don’t write off …
    Don’t write off laptops, not everyone can afford to buy synth hardware. Give hardware synths to the crap electronic musicians and they will still be crap. Give a laptop and a midi controller to Jarre and he’d probably be as good as ever.

  11. aguacate36 says:

    jean michael jarre …
    jean michael jarre is one of the best music sintetizer in the world nice video very very nice 70`s sintetizers

  12. Bryan198026 says:

    I’m pretty sure …
    I’m pretty sure that is a theremin. You also hear it on Oxygene III. True theremin sounds can be simulated with other synthes but I don’t know how good that was back when the album was originally recorded. He could have done it with another synthe for the new version though. What I wouldn’t give to get my hands on a few of those. Is the Synthi AKS only an SFX sort of synthesizer or can you make actual music with it?

  13. Majonezus says:

    O Rly?
    O Rly?

  14. Majonezus says:

    Yep, laptops …
    Yep, laptops concerts suck, except Kraftwerk.

  15. Bryan198026 says:

    He did use a …
    He did use a theremin on Oxygene didn’t he? I have the original album and I could swear there was a theremin part in Oxygene I.

  16. Naltoidais says:

    You’ve obviously …
    You’ve obviously never seen a Kraftwerk concert then.

  17. Tow0 says:

    thank god :D
    thank god :D

  18. EnglishBobTheDog says:

    It was a joke!
    It was a joke!

  19. Tow0 says:

    Vsts and laptops …
    Vsts and laptops are the reason why most electronic music sucks nowdays. And why would anyone pay to see a gig where someone press play on laptop ?

  20. ElFrankus says:

    This guy is a …
    This guy is a genius, isn´t he?

  21. EnglishBobTheDog says:

    Think he would be …
    Think he would be better off with a laptop and some plugins!

  22. mpearson58 says:

    I think one of the …
    I think one of the most fascinating things about JMJ is that his arrangements of instruments on stage look more like something out of NASA mission control rather than a music concert.

  23. Tuxie says:

    You’ll find them on …
    You’ll find them on eBay every now and then. Search for “Moog Liberation”. If you’re lucky you’ll get one for less than $2000 but don’t count on it.

  24. arhaznook says:

    The AKS is about 24 …
    The AKS is about 24″X24″ and it has just round knobs on it. A very little display area and that is it. Most of these are just an array of knobs. He has a very intersting keyboard that is about the size of a wall piano but it is curved so the keys are a lot longer and looks very ergonomic!

  25. BluDevil93 says:

    I was convinced for …
    I was convinced for years that the sound at 1:27 was a theremin!

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