Zoolook
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| Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre | ||||
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Publication |
1984 |
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| Label (s) | Disques Dreyfus | |||
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running time |
37 min 54 s |
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Zoolook is the eighth music album by French artist Jean Michel Jarre and was released in 1984. It is his seventh concept album on which voices can be heard for the first time. However, these were largely cut into small pieces and severely alienated.
Specialty
Jarre made massive use of the then new sample technology in Zoolook by cutting up voice recordings of different people into small sequences , alienating them and using them as sound objects. A list of the languages used can be found in the booklet . In addition, vocals were used for the first time in a Jarre album, which was contributed by the performance artist Laurie Anderson . However, understandable text was omitted. The use of guest musicians was also new.
Zoolook is Jarre's first release, which was immediately available on CD in addition to the LP . In addition, according to the SPARS Code, it was a completely digital recording and processing (DDD). Contrary to this, the remastered edition from 2015 printed the note New mastering from the original analog tapes .
Track list
- Written and arranged by Jean-Michel Jarre with the assistance of Pierre Mourey and Dennis Vanzetto. Voice editing in collaboration with Laurie Anderson, Adrian Belew, Yogi Horton, Marcus Miller, Ira Siegel
- Ethnicolor 1 - 11:47
- Diva - 7:22
- Zoo Look - 3:52
- Wooloomooloo - 3:18
- Zoo Ecology - 4:21
- Blah Blah Cafe - 3:21
- Ethnicolor 2 - 3:52
Major versions
| year | Output form | medium | country | Label | Catalog number | comment |
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| 1984 | original | LP | France, Germany | Disques Dreyfus, Polydor | FDM 18118, 823 763-1 | First edition LP |
| 1984 | original | CD | France, Germany | Disques Dreyfus, Polydor | FDM CD-18118, 823 763-22 | First edition CD SPARS Code: DDD |
| 1991 | Remastered | CD | France | Disques Dreyfus | 824 750 2 | Series 'Digitally Remastered' |
| 1997 | Remastered | CD | France, Germany | Disques Dreyfus, EPIC | FDM 36145-2, EPC 4881402 | 96 kHz / 24bit technology, by Scott Hull |
| 2015 | Remastered | CD | Europe | Sony Music | 88875046352 | by Dave Dadwater "30th anniversary" |
occupation
Musician
- Jean Michel Jarre , keyboards and electronic equipment
- Laurie Anderson , voice to diva
- Adrian Belew , guitars and effects
- Yogi Horton , drums
- Marcus Miller , bass
- Frederick Rousseau , various keyboards
- Ira Siegel , various guitars
Keyboards and devices
- Fairlight CMI , E-mu Emulator , Moog System 55, ARP 2600 , Yamaha DX7 , Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-Xa, AMS, Simmons SDS-V, Geiss Matrix Sequencer, EMS Synthi AKS, EMS Vocoder, Eminent 310 Unique , Linn LM-1 and Linn LM-2