For fans of Jean-Michel Jarre, the remains an essential, immersive experience that pays homage to the 1976 classic while providing a fresh, breathtaking auditory landscape.

Oxygène: New Master Recording is, therefore, a fresh interpretation of his groundbreaking work. The goal was to achieve a level of sound quality that met modern standards while respecting the spirit and integrity of the original compositions. The album was released in November 2007 in several configurations, including a standard enhanced CD, CD+DVD sets, and a limited edition 3D DVD set.

When Jean-Michel Jarre released Oxygène in 1976, he didn’t just release an album—he created a blueprint for electronic music. Decades later, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking masterpiece, Jarre did something unprecedented. Instead of simply remastering the old tapes, he completely re-recorded the entire album using the original vintage analog synthesizers, leading to the creation of .

Extracting this archive (using software like WinRAR, 7‑Zip, or macOS’s Archive Utility) reveals the digital replica of the 2007 “New Master Recording” DTS‑CD. The exact contents will match the track listing of that release:

The first disc is an Enhanced Audio CD. It contains the six parts of the Oxygène 2007 New Master Recording in high-quality stereo. Furthermore, the disc is enhanced with the "Opendisc" feature, which, when inserted into a computer, would connect to a website to unlock exclusive content.

The file you’ve mentioned — — is a specific archived DTS Audio CD image of Jean-Michel Jarre’s seminal 1976 album Oxygène , using the 2007 “New Master Recording” and encoded in DTS (Digital Theater Systems) surround sound.

The spatial separation allows the dense layering of the ARP strings and sequencing to breathe without crowding the frequency spectrum. The subterranean low frequencies (LFE channel) provide a punchy, physical weight that the 1976 vinyl and cassette releases simply could not replicate. Digital Formats and the ".rar" Archival Legacy

The total runtime of the DTS‑CD is approximately 40 minutes, which fits comfortably within the maximum 80‑minute capacity of a standard CD. The DVD also contains bonus features: a “Making‑of” documentary and a presentation of the original instruments by Jarre himself, plus three interludes (“Variation I”, “Variation II”, “Variation III”) that bridge the live performance.

This DTS-CD version is not the same as the stereo CD or the DVD-Video 5.1 (which is 48kHz/16-bit). DTS-CD is — CD-compatible.