EōN by Jean-Michel Jarre

I could and have been listening to this all day! Loving the different soundscapes, really nice to listen to while working, or doing housework etc if it morphs into something too low best I just refresh and I’m back to and then type piece! For a future update it would be great if you could select mood and tempo. Just an idea 😉

Love this but would also love an Apple TV Version

I've been a fan of JMJ's music since a friend introduced me to Oxygene back in the 1980s, so I was intrigued when I saw this pop up in the app store. I hit the buy button, thinking it would be a bit like one of the Brian Eno generative music apps, and it kind of is, but also isn't! I was initially a bit disappointed to find that there's no ability to interact with the music in EōN, by which I mean you can't edit any parameters or set any seed conditions with which to shape the sound. All you can do is hit a refresh button to create a new song. However, the music this thing generates is ASTONISHING. The variety of sounds and different styles of music it creates is jaw-dropping. Like, you'll be sitting there thinking "how the HECK are they DOING that?". I was wondering whether any cloud-bssed AI was involved, but no, the app works perfectly in airplane mode, so it's all being done offline. From punchy dance tracks to drifty ambient, to almost experimental pieces (I swear I had one in 5/4 time signature the other day!), it's all there. I fired this up yesterday and got a beautiful song based around a single female vocal sample, or what sounded very much like it...a single syllable that drifted around the stereo field and reshaped itself dynamically. Oh and on that note, if you'll excuse the pun, this app makes GREAT use of dynamic stereo - sounds will drift from left to right and back again in a way that really elevates the music in a way that I've never encountered in any of the many generative music apps I've got, including the Eno ones. It would be remiss of me not to mention the visuals too. They're stunning. Almost fractal in nature, they pulse and shift with what appears to be a flocking algorithm, and constantly change in colour and shape - and they're dramatically different depending on the song (I haven't yet worked out whether the visuals are random or are connected with the type of music that's being generated; I suspect the latter is true). There's no save button, which is frustrating when you get a really good song, but having watched the interview that JMJ gave at the tech conference where he launched Eōn, I understand that this was by design...he specifically chose not to have a save function, because he wanted the music that Eōn creates to be ephemeral, which fits with the overall ethos of the app which is that it creates a unique song every time you launch it. I totally get this - creating a fleeting piece of magic that leaves no trace other

Like listening to a new Jarre album every time. Always unique

Bliss 🤙

A true fusion of technology and creativity- would love it if ported to apple tv

I really like the music and the app itself. Everything I hoped it would be. However there is a bug when pausing the app from the lock screen widget in that it just restarts a few seconds later. You have to unlock, go to the app and pause there. Update : Issue appears to now be fixed.

world class artist & music

What an awesome app lovely music and visuals. Helps to keep me calm and relax .. Thank you very much Jean-Michel Jarre

I Love It Monsieur JMJ.