Zoolook
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Zoolook is the fifth album by Jean-Michel Jarre, and released in 1984 on Disques Dreyfus. The music takes sampling to a whole new level and is Jean-Michel Jarre's most experimental album to date. The music itself is built up from song and speech from over thirty different languages.
Languages
The voices heard on this album were based on recordings of speech and singing in numerous languages:Aboriginal, Afghan, Arabic, Balinese, Buhndi, Chinese, English, Eskimo, French, German, Hungarian, Indian, Japanese, Malagasy, Malayan, Pigmy, Polish, Quechua, Russian, Sioux, Spanish, Swedish, Tibetan and Turkish.The sleeve notes in the CD
Track listing
- "Ethnicolor" - 11:40
- "Diva" - 7:35
- "Zoolook" - 3:42
- "Wooloomooloo" - 3:18
- "Zoolookologie" - 3:50
- "Blah-Blah Cafe" - 3:20
- "Ethnicolor II" - 3:53
Personnel
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Keyboards and electronic devices
- Laurie Anderson - Vocals
- Adrian Belew - Guitars and effects
- Yogi Horton - Drums
- Marcus Miller - Bass guitar
- Frédéric Rousseau - Additional keyboards
- Ira Siegel - Additional guitars
Equipment
- Linn LM-1
- Linn LinnDrum
- Simmons SDS V
- Eminent 310 U
- Garfield Electronics Doctor Click
- E-MU Emulator
- Fairlight CMI-II
- ARP 2600
- EMS Synthi AKS
- Moog 55
- Oberheim OB-Xa
- Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
- Yamaha DX7
- EMS Vocoder 1000
References
External links
- [Allmusic review]
- [Details on the album from Jarre UK]
- [Overview of Jean-Michel Jarre CDs from Jarrography]
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