...Label: Warner Music France (Europe), 2564699766
...Style: Instrumental, Synth-Pop, New Age, Electronic
...Country: Lyon, France (24 August 1948)
...Time: 50:35
...Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
...Size: 346 Mb
Charts: FRA #8, NL #46, SWI #43, UK #103.
I
thought Jean Michel Jarre was a name long gone, but not only has he
'returned' with a new album, but it seems that he was there all along,
just nowhere where I was or would have wanted to be. Apart from all the
goodwill work and a live album of hits (2004's 'Aero') recorded at one
of his occasional and epic concerts (in front of dwindling audience
numbers no doubt), Teo and Tea represents his first album of new
material since 'Metamorphoses' in 2000. The latter's over-emotional trip
hop/ambient clash almost seems like gold compared to where he has
arrived now. Teo and Tea is nothing short of embarrassing. It bursts
into life with some of the most galling Gaulish pop techno you could
imagine - the kind of album you might find your pre-teenage daughter
listening to. The single and title track, for example, sounds like the
theme music to some cute after school adventure program or a platform
game. It's all high pitched and hysterical with short-lived changes for
the attention deficient. Track three, 'Beautiful Agony', follows with
bubblegum pink beats, squirts of synth jizz and ridiculous samples of a
woman's orgasmic moaning. Even the Happy Hooker is more listenable.
'Touch to Remember' is nothing of the sort, even though it slows things
slow down a little, but there is nothing to merit it either musically or
lyrically (the cliches are spoken by the computer simulated voice).
'Partners in Crime 1 and 2' are probably the only tracks you would
contemplate listening again. Part one has a jazzy mood cut through with
rustling rolls of break beats, while part two again utilises a trip hop
palette with nice JMJ signature retro atmospherics underneath. From then
on, the album heads back where it started (ending with another version
of the title track) and there's no saving it. Given that JMJ has had his
moments of quality, and that he has been name-checked recently by some
of the more interesting new producers, for example Redshape, you might
have imagined he could have put something a bit better together than
this.
(ra.co/reviews/4546)
01. Fresh News (02:44)
02. Teo & Tea (03:29)
03. Beautiful Agony (04:40)
04. Touch To Remember (06:09)
05. OK, Do It Fast (03:25)
06. Partners In Crime 1 (03:38)
07. Partners In Crime 2 (03:35)
08. Chatterbox (02:16)
09. In The Mood For You (04:20)
10. Gossip (02:11)
11. Vintage (03:06)
12. Melancholic Rodeo (03:51)
13. Teo & Tea 4:00 AM (07:06)
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