"Equinoxe Infinity" is the twentieth studio album by French musician and composer

Jean-Michel Jarre Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanie ...

, released on 16 November 2018 by

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. It is the sequel to his fourth studio release, ''

Équinoxe ''Équinoxe'' (, en, Equinox) is the fourth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released in December 1978 on the Dreyfus record label, licensed to Polydor Records for its worldwide distribution. The albu ...

'' (1978), released forty years prior.

Recording

Jarre for this album used both analog and digital instruments. At first he was going to use the analog instruments that he used in ''Équinoxe'', but then he refused "because if I was once again the young guy I was when i Began that LP 40 years ago, I would use the instruments available today." Among the instruments he used was the prototype of a small synthesizer that Jarre discovered on

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called the ''granular GR-1'' made by the company Tasty Chips Electronics. This instrument was used to process a child's voice giving him a surreal and technological look on the track "If the Wind Could Speak (movement 5)". Jarre explained that he intentionally shortened it to make a link to "Band In The Rain" (from Équinoxe Part 8) from the 1978 album.

Artwork

Jean-Michel asked an artist from Prague named Filip Hodas to make two covers based on

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's design, ''Le trac'' for the original álbum, one in green and blue to symbolize a peaceful and harmonious future, and another that reflects a more apocalyptic and dystopian world. "The album is the soundtrack to both these futures, with some parts sounding more uplifting and poppy and others more dark."

Critical reception

Aaron Badgley of Spill Magazine wrote that "Jarre does on this record that makes it so great, is develop a somewhat retro sound. This is electronic music from the '70s, with a bit of today's technology thrown in for good measure, and it adds to the album overall."

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel specified in the album notes: *

– publication, composition, production and mixing * Stephane Gervais – production assistance * Patrick Pelamourgues – technical assistance * David Perreau – mastering * Filip Hodas – artwork (based in original by

) *

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– portrait * Eric BDFCK Cornic – graphic design

Equipment

Adapted from liner notes: *

Yamaha CS-80 The Yamaha CS-80 is an analog synthesizer released in 1977. It supports true 8-voice polyphony, with two independent synthesizer layers per voice each with its own set of front panel controls, in addition to a number of hardwired preset voice set ...

ARP 2600 The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer produced by ARP Instruments, Inc. History Developed by a design team headed by ARP namesake Allen R. Pearlman and engineer Dennis Colin, the ARP 2600 was introduced in 1971 a ...

EMS VCS 3 The VCS 3 (or VCS3; an initialism for ''Voltage Controlled Studio, version #3'') is a portable analog synthesizer with a flexible modular voice architecture introduced by Electronic Music Studios (London) Limited (EMS) in 1969. EMS released ...

EMS Synthi AKS The EMS Synthi A and the EMS Synthi AKS, is a portable modular analog synthesiser made by EMS of England. The Synthi A model debuted in May 1971, and then Sythni AKS model appeared in March 1972 a with a built-in keyboard and sequencer. The EMS ...

* Eminent 310 Unique *

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Paraphonic 505 * Minipops *

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

* Korg PA-600 * Korg Polyphonic Ensemble P *

Korg MS-20 The Korg MS-20 is a patchable semi-modular monophonic analog synthesizer which Korg released in 1978 and which was in production until 1983. It was part of Korg's MS series of instruments, which also included the single oscillator MS-10, the ke ...

, GRI * Erica Synths Modular System * OPI * Modular Roland System 500 1 & 8 * Roland Boutiques * Clavia

Nord Lead The Nord Lead is a series of Analog modeling synthesizer, virtual analog Subtractive synthesis, subtractive synthesizers, manufactured by Clavia. Released in 1994, the original Nord Lead was the digital synthesizer that made the term ''virtual a ...

2 * Clavia

Nord Modular The Nord Modular series is a line of synthesizers produced by Clavia, a Swedish digital synthesizer manufacturer. The Nord Modular series, in common with their sister range the Nord Lead series, are analogue modelling synthesizers, producing sou ...

* Small Stone * Electric Mistress * Big Sky & Capistan *

Moog Sub 37 The Moog Sub 37 is a limited edition monophonic analog synthesizer An analog (or analogue) synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog signals to generate sound electronically. The earliest analog synthesizers in the 19 ...

Moog Taurus The Moog Taurus is a foot-operated analog synthesizer designed and manufactured by Moog Music, originally conceived as a part of the Constellation series of synthesizers. The initial Taurus I was manufactured from 1975 to 1981; a less popular re ...

1 *

Animoog Animoog is a music synth mobile app designed for iPad, iPhone and BlackBerry Z10. Animoog is powered by Moog Music's Anisotropic Synthesis Engine. Description There are three versions of Animoog. Animoog for the iPad is simply named 'Animoog ...

Arturia Arturia is a French electronics company founded in 1999 and based in Grenoble, France. The company designs and manufactures audio interfaces and electronic musical instruments, including software synthesizers, drum machines, analog synthesize ...

Arp 2600 *

CS80 * Spectrasonics Omnisphere * NI Kontakt * NI Reaktor *

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Dune 2 *

The Legend * Spitfire Boom * NI Replica XT * u-he Satin * ValhallaDSP *

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Charts

References

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