Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise

Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise is the fifteenth studio album of French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre, released on 6 May 2016. 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.[2][3] 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.

Tracklist

1. The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1

2. The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2

3. Brick England (with Pet Shop Boys)

4. These Creatures (with Julia Holter)

5. As One (with Primal Scream)

6. Here For You (with Gary Numan)

7. Electrees (with Hans Zimmer)

8. Exit (with Edward Snowden)

9. What You Want (with Peaches)

10. Gisele (with Sebastien Tellier)

11. Switch on Leon (with The Orb)

12. Circus (with Siriusmo)

13. Why This, Why That and Why (with Yello)

14. The Architect (with Jeff Mills)

15. Swipe to the Right (with Cyndi Lauper)

16. Walking the Mile (with Christophe)

17. Falling Down

18. The Heart of Noise (The Origin)