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Oct 29, 14:29
Oxygène (Part IV) was made in a kitchen. 🎛️
Jean-Michel Jarre taped down two buttons on a cheap pub drum machine to make them play at once, ran a home organ through a phaser pedal, and put a tape delay on one speaker only. Hi-fi shops later used the record to show off their speakers. Nobody told them about the Sellotape.

With the 50th anniversary edition and its first Atmos mix out November 20, we broke down how the track was built and the tricks you can borrow today.

Read it here: https://www.soundgym.co/blog/item?id=fifty-years-on-jean-michel-jarre-s-sellotape-beat-still-runs-oxygene-iv