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Zoolook
Sign in to saveZoolook is the seventh studio album by the French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released in November 1984 by Disques Dreyfus. Much of the music is built up from samples of singing and speech in 25 different languages recorded and edited in the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer. The album spawned two singles: the title track and "Zoolookologie".
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- Album
- Artist
- Jean Michel Jarre
- First released
- 1984-11
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ZOOLOOK® is a multidisciplinary artist and musician. ZOOLOOK® official website: https://www.zoolook.com ZOOLOOK® Bandcamp Page: https://zoolook.bandcamp.com/ <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Zoolook">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Album.name
- Zoolook
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Album.cover
- Zoolook Jarre Album.jpg
- Album.released
- 16 November 1984
- Album.recorded
- 1983–1984
- Album.studio
- Jean-Michel Jarre's home studio (Paris) Clinton Studio
- Album.genre
- Electronic electropop new-age collage
- Album.label
- Disques Dreyfus Polydor
- Album.producer
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Album.prev_title
- Musique pour Supermarché
- Album.prev_year
- 1983
- Album.next_title
- Rendez-Vous
- Album.next_year
- 1986
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- publication date
- 1984-11-01
- title
- Zoolook
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Composition and recording
- Release
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- First edition – original track list (1984)
- Second edition (1985)
- Third edition (1997 remaster)
- Fourth edition (30th anniversary, 2015 remaster)
- Fifth edition (40th anniversary - new mastering)
- Personnel
- Equipment
- Charts
- Certifications
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Zoolook is the seventh studio album by the French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released in November 1984 by Disques Dreyfus. Much of the music is built up from samples of singing and speech in 25 different languages recorded and edited in the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer. The album spawned two singles: the title track and "Zoolookologie".
== Composition and recording == Zoolook was greatly influenced by Jarre's former mentor Pierre Schaeffer and Schaeffer's musique concrète, taking samples from everyday life and human voices in 25 different languages from all over the world. The sample-based approach, which had been initiated on Les Chants Magnétiques (1981) and continued on Music for Supermarkets (1983), was expanded on this album. Some fragments were recorded digitally by Jarre and then played back and edited on the Fairlight CMI. This process was done together with Frederick Rousseau for three months.