This is a review of the truly superb CD and DVD of Jean Michel Jarres 'Aero' which will be in split into 2 parts on this same page... i will start with the CD, then the DVD.

JMJ is in the Guiness book of records several times but perhaps most notably for his live Paris show where he performed to close to 2 million people at the Arche de la Défense, he is clearly no ordinary musician, at worst he is an under appreciated genius of synthesiser music, at best he is sublime in his craft, and unequalled by none.

Well, i imagine most people would instantly recognise some of JMJ's tracks if they happened to hear them, they may not know that he wrote them but they would recognise them nonetheless, whether this be in supermarkets, in elevators or simply whilst holding on the phone... sadly this is how alot of people associate JMJ's music and as such despite being massively popular world wide, he may not have 'touched' as many people as he might have liked, or perhaps in the way that he would have preferred - enter Aero.

So who would want to buy Aero when they may already have some of his work by virtue of his greatest hits CD's?

Aero is a fully immersive experience where the listener will be enveloped into a world of audio never before experienced, every note, every key, every moment will all be heard around you 'swishing' and 'teasing' your senses thru 360° and taking you to a musical heaven of pure Jarre nirvana, this is the very first CD of its type ever created and what a way to introduce us to it, this isnt supermarket music, this is perfect perfection at its most pure timelessness.

Tracks 1, 3, 7 and 12 are all new recordings, the others are re-recorded specifically for this album.

In a nutshell the DVD starts and you are greeted to what may initially seem as a peculiar kind of staring contest by a set of female eyes (i told you it was a little weird) the woman is French actress Anne Parillaud and was filmed in one continous take (with no breaks) of Anne listening to the DVD at the same point as yourself, the recording lasts a full 75 minutes and is unusual to say the least, the option to disable Anne staring at you whilst you are listening can be disabled if you prefer, but for novelty purposes (at least) you should experience the visuals just once in its entirity.

The inlay card of the CD is a montage of various fans and thier submitted pictures to JMJ, he acknowledges some of the better (or perhaps more wierd) ones in the supplied inlay booklet.