French composer Jean Michel Jarre and whistleblower Edward Snowden have collaborated¹ on "Exit," a track off the electronic music pioneer's upcoming new LP Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise. 

 

法国作曲家、电子音乐领军人物让-米歇尔·雅尔与泄密者爱德华·斯诺登，携手打造了一支单曲《出口》。这首歌将被收录到雅尔即将发布的黑胶唱片《Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise》中。
 

 

The composer travelled to Russia to work with the former NSA analyst³, who remains⁴ in exile after leaking classified documents detailing how the United States and other countries are spying on their citizens. 

 

Jarre says he reached out to a journalist and mutual⁵ acquaintance he shared with Snowden who eventually put them in contact. "I think that Edward was surprised to receive my invitation to collaborate² on a musical composition, to voice his message via another media," Jarre said. 

 

"Edward Snowden became a modern hero, not by saying 'stop,' but to be careful regarding the (ab)use of technology," Jarre said. 

 

Over the course of a few videoconference conversations, Jarre and Snowden laid the foundation for their collaborative track. The collaborators eventually met up in Russia, where Snowden has been seeking asylum⁶, to complete work on "Exit." "I was surprised, " Snowden admits. "It was certainly not something I was expecting, as an engineer [and] someone who's not really cool." 

 

Jarre added that it was Snowden who gave "Exit" its name. "You have a choice and 'Exit,' whether it's used as a noun or a verb, is something which we pursue," Snowden said of the track.

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