Jean Michel Jarre und Jeff Lynne
ELO waren zu ihrer Zeit herausragend, Jeff Lynne ist ein Genie.
Source: Walter Sehrer. „Das Audiophile Interview. Jean Michel Jarre.“ Eclipsed, Februar 2017.
They’re all linked with technology or electronic music in one way or another. … For instance, I chose Discovery by ELO – I didn’t work with Jeff Lynne but I would like to have done.
Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery
Jeff Lynne for me is more than just a composer, he’s a conceptual artist like The Beatles were. A fantastic songwriter, but he also has a concept of mixing classical and neoclassical types of harmonies. Everything I like in an art form is in yellow. This kind of mysterious, fun, extreme, mad melody is on this album [Electronica 1], which is really important. And Electric Light Orchestra thinks the same way.When I think about that album, for me it has been a source of inspiration. But more than that, it also became a family album. When they were younger, my kids would play this all the time. It was the soundtrack for a particular period of my life. The album itself was linked to a sunny and dark mood. I was in Los Angeles as well at that time, producing and composing some French rock and pop music. Discovery was linked with a very interesting, audacious and quite interesting way of processing sounds. For me, Jeff Lynne is like a fifth Beatle. In fact, if The Beatles had continued, they probably would have made Electronic Light Orchestra-type music in the ’70s. That’s what I think.
Source: Yousif Nur. Baker’s Dozen. Oxygene Of Collaboration. Jean Michel Jarre’s Favourite Albums. The Quietus: http://www.thequietus.com, 20. Oktober 2015.
So, das musste ich mal raushauen, nachdem ich mich an anderer Stelle wieder über einige klischeehafte Äußerungen zum „Discoalbum“ geärgert habe.
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