With numerous layers of synthesizers droning, sweeping, and warbling over each other, the six-part suite of
Oxygène flows along on gentle energies and light playfulness.  Adapting largely the same instrumentation and synth voices to various moods, tempos, and densities of activity, the album proceeds along its course with smooth transitions.  Hints of early techno crop up from time to time, usually when the bass-lines are allowed to take hold, while the slips into slow particle washes foreshadow the emergence of dark ambient.  Though the conclusion is a bit lacking, with no firm completion of the themes, it’s still an interesting set of compositions, and its anticipation of further developments in electronic music adds some extra spice.