LES CHANTS MAGNÉTIQUES [AKA: MAGNETIC FIELDS]

A change in sound for Jarre, moving away from the airy noise experiments of Oxygene and underwater float of Equinoxe, focusing more on the rhythm and sampling of voices to create different ambience in the music, something that Jarre would dive deeper into MUCH further on Zoolook later on. The dynamic range here is great, going from frantic to almost experimental ambient in the first track, while the second side keeps a certain catchyness, only interrupted by a mellower transition in Part 3, which sounds like an electronic beach (in a good way) for great atmospheric effect before closing it off with a weird rumba piece at the very end of the album. At only 35 minutes, the album still have loads off good stuff and is highly recommended for anyone curious on this era of JMJ. Highlights: Part 1 (one of Jarre's best tracks), Part 3-4.