Oxygène: New Master Recording is a new recording by Jean-Michel Jarre of his 1976 album Oxygène. It was released in 2007 by EMI (subsequent releases were on Capitol Records), marking the 30th anniversary of the original's release.
The album was released on enhanced CD, using Opendisc, on November 26, 2007. The art features a 3D model by Giovanni Bourgeois, based on Michel Granger's original design for the cover of Oxygène.
Also in 2007, Disques Dreyfus released Oxygène (The Complete Oxygène), including the original Oxygène, Jarre's sequel album, Oxygène 7âÂÂ13, and remixes of movements from Oxygène 7âÂÂ13.
In 2008, The Mail on Sunday newspaper distributed more than two million Oxygène: New Master Recording CDs to its readers in the United Kingdom.
Jarre, with the assistance of Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard, and Dominique Perrier, performed the entire album live in a studio in Lint, Belgium, without tape or hard disk playback, for a DVD titled Live in Your Living Room. Said Jarre:
The performance includes three additional transition pieces between the main movements. It was shot in 3D as well, and in addition to a standard DVD, an anaglyph 3D DVD, including viewing glasses, was released.
To promote the rerecorded album, Jarre performed ten concerts in Paris's Théâtre Marigny, a small, 1,000-seat theatre on the Champs-ÃÂlysées, from 12 to 26 December 2007. Jarre also performed several additional concerts elsewhere in Europe the following year, including at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Special edition only
Limited edition only (plus two pairs of 3D glasses)