| Amazônia | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jean-Michel Jarre |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | 2021 |
| Studio: | JMJ Studio, Paris |
| Length: | 52:47 |
| Label: | Sony Music |
| Producer: | Jean-Michel Jarre |
| Prev Title: | Radiophonie vol 10 |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Radiophonie Vol. 12 |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
Amazônia is the twenty-first studio album by French musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on 9 April 2021 by Columbia Records.[1]
The album serves as the 52-minute musical score for the exhibition Amazônia, a project by photographer and filmmaker Sebastião Salgado presented from May to October 2021 in the Paris Philharmonic complex.[2] Jarre had access to the Museum of Ethnology in the city of Geneva, Switzerland.[3]
The exhibition focuses on the Brazilian Amazon, featuring more than 200 photographs and other media by Salgado. In this album, a combination of electronic and orchestral instruments was made, natural sounds were also used.[4] As well as a standard stereo version released on CD and LP, a binaural version and a 5.1 surround sound version were made available in digital download.[5]
Some of the revenues will be sent back to the Indigenous communities where the recordings were recorded, according to a statement in the CD booklet or on the LP cover. Yet, it is not yet apparent how this will be accomplished.
Adapted from album booklet:[6]
| Peak position | |
| French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 34 |
|---|---|