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Cool Jarre

Scott B. | Paris, France | 11/07/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For those "fans" that didn't get it, Jarre didn't leave the sequencers and computers running while he went to lunch. The 46 minute piece is the soundtrack to a documentary on Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the famed French marine-biologist. That's why it's ambient and mellow. Make sense now? As for the Calypso parts, they are named after the Cousteau Society's three exploration boats: Calypso, calypso II, and calypso III. That's it. Nonetheless, Jarre's trademark sound is on board with lush pads."

One of his best

Rolando A. Buendia | Kansas City,MO, USA | 11/10/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"especially the log melody "En attendant Cousteau" will provide you with endless hours of relaxation and posibly meditation too."

Hydrosphere

dream factory | Triangulum, M33 | 11/23/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I prefer to review ambient music so let me briefly comment on the first three "Calypso" tracks: FF> FF> FF>. Upon hearing track #4 "En Attendant Cousteau" I felt I was wading in shallow Jarre waters. But halfway through the third playing I realized I was swimming in deep ambient seas. A surreal depth of layered oceanic music. Light euphotic sparkling sounds filter down into aphotic middle pseudo-organic tones. With increasing depth finally abyssopelagic tides rise and counterpart up to balance this hydrospheric masterpiece. Here Jarre has proven he has an ambient soul."