Zoolook

1984 Ambient Experimental Synth-pop

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Tracklist

A1 Ethnicolor 11:41
A2 Diva 7:33
B1 Zoolook 3:50
B2 Wooloomooloo 3:20
B3 Zoolookologie 4:20
B4 Blah-Blah Cafe 3:22
B5 Ethnicolor II 3:52

Musicians

Marcus MillerBass
Jean-Michel JarreComposed By, Producer, Technician (Ethnic Vocals Processed By), Keyboards, Electronics
Yogi HortonDrums
Ira SiegelGuitar (Additional)
Adrian BelewGuitar, Effects
Frédérick RousseauKeyboards (Additional), Producer (Production Assistant)
Laurie AndersonVocals

Production

Denis VanzettoProducer (Assisted By)
Pierre MoureyProducer (Assisted By)

Also credited. Art Direction (Album Cover): Mark Fisher. Artwork (Images Processed At): Imagine, London. Copyist: Didier Egea, Mark Suozzo. Design (Album Cover): Kate Hepburn. Design (Assisted By): Fiona Doulton. Engineer (Mixing): David Lord. Engineer (Recording): Daniel Lazerus. Lacquer Cut By: BilBo. Mixed By: René Ameline. Research (Ethnologist): Xavier Bellenger. Tape Op: Alan Moulder, Maureen Thompson.

Release notes

Released with a pink picture inner sleeve
Some copies come with the “Prix De L’Académie Du Disque Français” sticker on front cover (see pictures)

Cover:
Mixed on Sony PCM 1610 at Croissy Studio, France.
Recorded at Klinton Studio, New York.[Clinton Recording Studio in the database]
℗ © 1984 Disques Dreyfus
Imprimé en France

Inner sleeve:
Laurie Anderson & Marcus Miller appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Adrian Belew appears courtesy of EG Records.

The human voices heard on this album were created from recordings of speech and song. The original recordings were made in the following languages: Aboroginal, Afghan, Arabic, Balinese, Buhndi, Chad, Chinese, English, Eskimo, French, Gabonese, German, Hungarian, Indian, Japanese, Madagascan, Malayan, Pigmy, Quechua, Russian, Sioux, Spanish, Swedish, Tibetan, Turkish. They were edited and transformed using different electronic devices.

Keyboards and electronic devices: Fairlight CMI, Emulator, Moog 55, ARP 2600, DX7, Prophet V, OBXA, AMS, Simmons SDS V, Matrisequencer, AKS, EMS Vocoder, Eminent, Doctor Click, Linn 1, Linn 2.

Label side B:
Fabriqué en France

Runout groove:
All runouts are hand-etched.

Incidental info:
Mastered at Tape One, London, UK
Pressed at MPO, Averton, France

Three similar versions are known:

Release 5405367 with
- white text “Fabriqué en France” bottom center of back cover

Release 3719691 with
- white text “Fabriqué en France” bottom center of back cover
- black text “Imprimé en France” bottom left of back cover

This release with
- black text “Imprimé en France” bottom left of back cover