''Sessions 2000'' is the fourteenth

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by French

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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 music, electronic, Ambient music, ambient and New-age music, new-age genres, and is known for organising out ...

, released on

Disques Dreyfus Dreyfus Records (; , ) is a record label which released the work of artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre who was part of the label for more than 20 years. Francis Dreyfus founded Disques Dreyfus no later than 1980, expanding to the United States i ...

and distributed by

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in 2002. On January 7, 2003 was released in US. ''Sessions 2000'' featured

Francis Rimbert Francis Rimbert (born 3 October 1952 in Val d'Oise, France) is a French musician and composer. Biography Francis Rimbert started playing classical piano when he was 5 years old. At the conservatory, he studied harmony, counterpoint, the fug ...

, and was recorded at Croissy studio and later mixed at Square Prod studio by

Joachim Garraud Joachim André Garraud (; born 27 September 1968) is a French DJ, music producer and remixer from Nantes. He is a producer of artists such as Paul Johnson (DJ), Paul Johnson, Deep Dish (band), Deep Dish, David Bowie, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the ...

. According to Jarre, the album was made as part of a duology meant to fulfill his contract with Dreyfus as quickly as possible following a personal and legal falling out with

Francis Dreyfus Francis Dreyfus (; 2 March 1940 in Le Raincy – 24 June 2010 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French record producer, who focused on jazz and electronic music, publishing Jean-Michel Jarre's first commercially successful work, ''Oxygène''. In 1971, D ...

; the other album, ''Experimental 2001'', went unreleased. The feud with Dreyfus additionally informed the album's jazz-driven sound, as Jarre had previously encouraged him to reorient the label towards the genre. ''Sessions 2000'' reached the 140th position in French charts.

Reception

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'' write that the "tracks all share a certain cinematic scope, which is not unusual for ambient tunes, but Jarre has put a good deal of effort into evoking a pensive, understated, jazz feel that, at times–particularly on “March”–is reminiscent of Miles Davis’ late work." Also added that "he's created a deeply nuanced soundscape that invites repeated listening". Lorna Palmer from ''

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'' commented that "the album is laced with acoustic instruments (a mix of live playing and samples) placed over a backdrop of seamless ambient electronics and soft trip hop grooves, with chilled jazzy undertones throughout." ''

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'' described it as "an enjoyable and very listenable experience." Amy Hanson of

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stated that "Jarre's six-track view of a year is energetic, invigorating, and after-dinner-drink smooth."

Track listing

Personnel

- keyboards,

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, sound programming *

- keyboards, sampler, additional programming

Equipment

Equipment instruments used in the album: *

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Eminent 310U The Eminent 310 Unique is a home electronic organ that was built and introduced in 1972 by the Dutch organ manufacturer Eminent, at the time based in Bodegraven, the Netherlands. It was the first organ to include a string section, making it the ...

ARP 2600 The ARP 2600 is a subtractive synthesizer first produced by ARP Instruments in 1971. History Developed by a design team headed by ARP namesake Alan R. Pearlman and engineer Dennis Colin, the ARP 2600 was introduced in 1971 as the successor to ...

Minimoog The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popul ...

Korg KARMA The Korg KARMA music workstation was released in 2001 as a specialised member of the Korg Triton family. KARMA stands for Kay's Algorithmic Real-time Music Architecture. The unit features up to 62 note polyphony and is 16-part multitimbral. Its s ...

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Supernova II *

microKORG The microKORG is a MIDI-capable digital synthesizer/vocoder from Korg featuring Digital signal processing, DSP-based virtual analog, analog modelling. The synthesizer is built in such a way that it is essentially a Korg MS-2000 with a programmab ...

Roland JP-8000 The Roland JP-8000 is an analog modeling synthesizer released by the Roland Corporation in 1996. Overview The Roland JP-8000 was released in early 1997 as part of the first wave of virtual analog modeling synthesizers (VA synths). Others fro ...

Korg Mini Pops The Mini Pops were a number of early analog drum machines from the Japanese musical equipment company Korg during the late 1960s and the 1970s. The machines were based around a number of preset rhythm patterns, such as waltz, samba, rhumba, bossa ...

7 * Digisequencer *

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XL7 *

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Handsonic *

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

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* RMI Harmonic Synthesizer

Charts

References

External links

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