Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygène (1976) is a largely instrumental suite of six interconnected pieces that helped introduce ambient and progressive electronic sounds to a wider audience. It uses layered analog synthesizer textures, repeating melodic sequences, gently pulsing rhythms and airy, cinematic atmospheres that shift between introspective ambient passages and more rhythmic, melodic sections. Known for its clear production and memorable motifs, the album is often regarded as an influential work in 1970s experimental electronica.