JMJ is back - and he's brought along some friends!
This is the first part of a 2-CD project where Jean Michel Jarre has travelled the globe and recorded with his contemporaries, those who inspired him and those who he has influenced.
He wrote each track with the collaborating artist in mind and then left room for the other party's own ideas and input and the result is a glorious mix of styles and sounds - but it is still very much a JMJ album.
Especially good are the tracks recorded with Air, Vince Clark, Armin van Buuren and Pete Townsend. But the real treasure and the track we EM fans have been waiting for is the joint effort with Tangerine Dream, one of the last things Edgar Froese did before his untimely death. This is a tasteful, slow-burner with TD's characteristic sequencer work and floating melodies.
It took me a while to get to grips with 'Electronica Part 1' mainly because of the vast range of styles - but once I got accustomed to it and was able to appreciate every track on its own I can now see the album as a whole and am playing it regularly. Jarre revisits his past and gets a grip on the future here. Now I am looking forward to part 2 (JMJ & KS ???? Daft Punk ????) and also to what his next solo effort will be.
'Destinationvoid?' Definitely 
