Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise

Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released6 May 2016[1]
Recorded2011–2016
Length74:14
LabelColumbia
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Electronica 1: The Time Machine
(2015) 		Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
(2016) 		Oxygène 3
(2016)
Singles from Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
  1. "The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1"
    Released: February 2016
  2. "The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2"
    Released: February 2016
  3. "What You Want"
    Released: March 2016
  4. "Exit"
    Released: 15 April 2016
  5. "As One"
    Released: 29 April 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic58/100[2]
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise is the eighteenth studio album of French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on 6 May 2016 by Columbia Records. It is the second of a two-part album (the first being Electronica 1: The Time Machine) that is based around collaborations with other electronic musicians from a wide range of decades and styles.

Electronica 1 included artists such as Vince Clarke, Gesaffelstein, M83, Armin van Buuren, John Carpenter, 3D (of Massive Attack), Pete Townshend, Tangerine Dream, and others, while Electronica 2 includes collaborations with Pet Shop Boys, Rone, Julia Holter, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, Hans Zimmer, Edward Snowden, Peaches, Sébastien Tellier, The Orb, Siriusmo, Yello, Jeff Mills, Cyndi Lauper and Christophe.[4][5] In all, the two-album collaboration has some 30 collaborators, and Jarre has described it as his "most ambitious project."

The name of the album, its album art as well as its full track and collaboration listings were revealed to the public on 19 February 2016.[6][7] The album was nominated for the 2017 Victoires de la musique award in France, in the Album de musiques électroniques ou dance category.[8]

  1. ^ "Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise". Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Electronica, Vol. 2: The Heart of Noise". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ Simpson, Paul. Jean-Michel Jarre: Electronica, Vol. 2: The Heart of Noise at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ Allen, Jeremy (22 September 2015). "A rendezvous with electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre". FACTmag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre taps David Lynch, Julia Holter, & more for new LP". Electronic Beats. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. ^ Kielty, Martin. "Jarre's Time Machine is 'most ambitious project'". Team Rock. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise Trailer". YouTube. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  8. ^ Victoires de la musique 2017 : découvrez la liste des nommés (in French), 10 January 2017