Amazônia (album)
2021 studio album by Jean-Michel Jarre
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Amazônia is the twenty-first studio album by French musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on 9 April 2021 by Columbia Records.[2]
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| Released | 9 April 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
| Studio | JMJ Studio, Paris | |||
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| Length | 52:47 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Jean-Michel Jarre | |||
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Background
The album serves as the 52-minute musical score for the exhibition Amazônia, a project by photographer and filmmaker Sebastião Salgado presented from May to October 2021 in the Paris Philharmonic complex.[3] Jarre had access to the Museum of Ethnology in the city of Geneva, Switzerland.[4]
The exhibition focuses on the Brazilian Amazon, featuring more than 200 photographs and other media by Salgado. In this album, electronic and orchestral instruments were combined with natural sounds.[5] As well as a standard stereo version released on CD and LP, a binaural version and a 5.1 surround sound version were made available in digital download.[6]
Some of the revenues will be sent back to the Indigenous communities where the recordings were made, according to a statement in the CD booklet and on the LP cover. It is not yet apparent how this will be accomplished.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jean-Michel Jarre.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Amazônia Part 1" | 7:42 |
| 2. | "Amazônia Part 2" | 9:59 |
| 3. | "Amazônia Part 3" | 8:10 |
| 4. | "Amazônia Part 4" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Amazônia Part 5" | 6:04 |
| 6. | "Amazônia Part 6" | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Amazônia Part 7" | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Amazônia Part 8" | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Amazônia Part 9" | 6:23 |
| Total length: | 52:47 | |
Personnel
Adapted from album booklet:[7]
- Jean-Michel Jarre – production, mixing
- Patrick Pelamourgues – technical assistance
- David Perreau – mastering
- Sebastião Salgado – Amazônia photographs
- Gong Li – Jean-Michel Jarre portrait
- Renato Amoroso – Sebastião Salgado portrait
- Eric BDFCK Cornic – graphic design
Charts
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 13 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 23 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 6 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] | 24 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[12] | 34 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 5 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] | 30 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[15] | 6 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] | 7 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] | 4 |
| Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[18] | 23 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 4 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 21 |