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Téo and Téa
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 9787798948547
Format: Import
ISBN: 7798948546
Label: Indie
Manufacturer: Indie
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Indie
Release Date: 2007-08-06
Studio: Indie
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Customer reviews of Téo and Téa
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Unusual Cool
Comment: Jean-Michel Jarre has created an impressive electronic body of work that the world (except the US) know and appreciate, over 30 years now. His latest release I must admit took me a while to understand. At first it came across like a big step backward in his usual artistic excellence, so I let go the critic inside me and just enjoyed the album as his "light, fun" stuff..." then it dawned on me - wait a minute! What's really up with the cheesy sounds on a some of the tracks? Why's he doing some outright silly stuff, something a progressive artist as he never would dream of doing, and he's doing it right here... and that's just it, I think he purposely wanted diehard fans and casual listeners to go "what the heck! why??" Genius. He's made an album that's enjoyable to listen to, make us wonder how could an artist of his caliber do something so radically different and arguably below his usual standards, and leave you just wondering why why why? Genius.
5 stars because he did something no fan expected from him, Metamorphoses falls into almost the same category as this by the way, and it's fun to listen to really.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Same S*H*I*T With A Great Presentation
Comment: JEAN MICHEL JARRE's "Teo & Tea", or may I say Roland MC 808 presets collection, Chinnesse edition. Beautiful, with stickers and hologram. But, anyway, the same musical s*h*i*t.
You must buy "Teo & Tea" because is really usefull as "posavasos" (as good as "OLDFIELD's "Light & Shade" or OBK's "Feeling"). But if you get this Chinnesse edition you can put it on your mesita de noche and have a good dream.
Specially decicated to FJARRE dot COM Forum. Is nice, you laugh.
Customer Rating:
Summary: This album ROCKS!
Comment: Pure and Simple. Sure it's not his usual electronic style of Oxygene or Equinoxe; that's because he's exploring new territory. He can only reinvent those so many times without getting bored. On this one, he's just having fun. It's along the lines of Oxygene 7-13 - another dance techno album, with a little Chronologies-stule thrown in. Grab a cup of coffee, plug your iPod into the car stereo, and FFLLLLLYYY down the highway!!!!!!!!! This one's got adrenalin written all over it. He could have done without his wife's orgasms on Beautiful Agony, however. It's a great song, but she's just doesn't fit on it with her groaning. BTW, he's just turned 60 this year, not 70 as some have suggested. This one IS different, but so has every album been post-Revolutions (which was a great album - seen the Concert in Gdansk video?). It's different, but still has the Jarre signature all over it. Chapeau Monsieur Jarre! Now get back to concert work JM. We need a kewl new awesome spectacular mega light & sound show :)
Customer Rating: 
Summary: I will tell you what this means...
Comment: Ok, a couple of years ago a synthesizer company named Roland has released a new synthesizer named Fantom X6.
The synth was not as successful as its rivals, I won't give their name here tough.
It was a bit like a toy with its color graphichal display and unfriendly knobs etc.
Becuase it did not do well, ( I also owned one ), I think the company tried to advertise it, trying to give it a 'serious' image.
And yes this album is the product of this advert. As you will recognize on the cover art everybody plays Fantom X series.
I can not tell anything about the concept of this album, about the artistic aspects of the album; becuase it has NONE.
Nobody, I've seen nobody work on an art-product with a nonsense idea like two fictional cartoon characters doing something nasty.
So why do I give 4 stars ? Becuase:
The album is technically very good. Jarre uses the toy synth workstation at its limits and it is a very interesting experience, a minimalist experience. You may say that the sounds are cheesy, but that's the point, he uses these sounds to build real complex euro-textures. I felt the same technical degree that O once felt with "Magnetic Fields".
But man, where is the artistic ideas ? What happened to concepts ?
This "technically good" album has NO meaning; you don't believe me ? Then just listen what Jarre says in the title track.
( This comes from an SD Memory slot ain't it ?)
And yes once again the "revolutions posing" Jarre proved that he has no ideology at all. (what was that Polish concert ?)
He did and can only pretend to have one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a bad album, but not a great one either.
Comment: I'm a long time fan of JMJ, the first recording of his that I bought, Equinox, was on vinyl, and I wore it out I listened to it so much. I was just 10 years old, and that shaped my entire musical future and firmly cemented me as a fan of electronic music. I've really enjoyed nearly every effort he has created to date (Sessions 2000 being the exception). I am of the rather unpopular opinion that Metamorphoses is his greatest album to date. Had that been vinyl, I'm certain it would've gotten worn out as well. So you can imagine how excited I was that he was releasing a new album that seemed to continue this 'rebranded' Jarre sound. I was severely disappointed after my first listen that this album was not up to the standards of a any of his previous efforts, but decided to hold off a while in writing this review in hope that it would grow on me. It didn't. I was almost embarrassed for JMJ when listening to 'Touch to Remember' with its stale speak-and-spell samples (that sounded cool and fresh in 1987, NOT 2007) and the writhingly awful 'Beautiful Agony'. Ironically, the best song on the album is called 'Vintage' and is very good, nearly making up for the rest of the album. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike it at all, but its only average for an electronic music album and below average for JMJ album.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Special reissue of the French electronic pioneer's 2007 WEA label debut studio album which marked a change in artistic direction from the music to the production and even as far as the tracklist titles themselves. "Teo & Tea" is a shot of fun, hedonistic energy laced with suave groove. It also encompasses Jarre's talent as a composer and producer with strong, catchy melody lines in a singular, panoramic sound environment. The music weaves hip dynamics and sears through sensual & uplifting dancefloor beats. "Teo & Tea" is a `boy-meets-girl' story of soul mates who share similar names, similar physiques & life's ups & downs. The evolution of the music as the album unfolds could be the different moments of their fusional relationship. With this sound-of-the-times album, Jarre has come out from behind the machines to bare a more sensual, groovy and human thread. The proof is in the listening! This edition includes a bonus DVD with both HD and regular video versions of the title song.
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