Jean-Michel Jarre’s “Oxymore”: He dances with the cyborgs – album reviews

The intimate bond that Jean-Michel Jarre cultivates with synthetic sound generators was not sung to him from his cradle. As a boy, France’s most famous electronic musician once listened to the cool jazz legend Chet Baker: an infinitely sad trumpet that complained about loneliness. Although the machines are Jarre’s best friends to this day, grateful for every oil change and a few fresh cables, the star rider (74 years old today) also includes them on his 22nd album with the title Oxymoron still huffing and sighing.